Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-12
BERLENB'CH TAKES PUNISHMENT BUT DEFENDS HIS TITLE

NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (P)-Paul Ber- lenbach, worlds light heavyweight champion successfully defended his title last night in fast tifteen-round match against Jack Delaney, of Bridgeport. This was the first box ing show to be held in the new Madi- son Square Garden.
 Pat Mccarthy, of Boston won de- cision over Max Reilly, negro light heavyweight of Peru in the prelimin- ary before a crowd of twenty-three thousand people.
 George Cook, an Australian heavy got a ten-round decision over King Solomon of Panama, in the, semi final.
 The card was considered one of the finest ever held in New York.
 The following are the rounds of the Main eventers:
 Round one-Delaney got a rousing ovation and danced around the cham pion for half minute before he landed a cross-cut with his right, but Berlenbach caught it and going away cautiously. The crowd roared for &C., tion Delaney landed two weak jabs and the champ countered with a stiff left to the body. No damage.
 Round two-Dancing continued and neither men were willing to open up. Delaney bounced left jab off Berlen- bach's jaw and stumbled as he evaded the champions return, falling in the ring but immediately Berlenbach land- ed right to the jaw. Jack jared the champ with a stiff left to the face and continued dancing gracefully about the ring like colt putting out weak jabs at his opponent.
 Round three-Delaney scored two lefts and the champ retaliated and prot blood from hard jab to the chal- lenger's nose. Delaney lifted the big boy off his feet with a stinging left to the ear. Both landed lefts to the head. Delaney lifted neat uppercut and drove the champ to the ropes and landed three jabs to the champs head and took one when the bell sounded.
 Round four-The Champ landed sol idly to the challengers head and body. Delaney countered with a left to the ho oh nH fnn1apnu fO a corner and had a bitter and wild exchange. Delaney knocked Berlen- bach down with a we'll timed right to the point of the jaw and the champ crumpled and took the count of three. Blood trickled from the champs mouth, but he was cool as when he started. When Delaney delivered a blow that he thot would change the championship, the champ covered com pletely and weathered the storm.
 Found five-Delaney jabbed a left and Berlenbach backed away when he countered and brotl blood to Delaney's nose again. Delaney cleverly blocked a left to the head and kept sticking a left jab to Berlenbachs face. Anoth- CT stinging jab sent the champ in a clinch and a we'll delivered right sent Berlenbach on his heels. Both men were bleeding and fighting faster, and about the time the bell sounded Dela- ney staggered, Berlenbach came in with a wicked right which sent his opponent reeling to his corner.
 Round six-Berlenbach struck a jab to Delaney's face when the latter con- tinued to torment the champ with tan talking jabs. Both were boxing clev- erly but the champ couldn't set him. self for punch. Another we'll timed punch with right to the jaw sent Der 1enbach into clinch and in second the challenger backed him into the kropes. Rerlenbach landed left to the nose and the claret flowed freely and also landed a vicious body blow.
 Round seven - Berlenbach rushed the challenger with flying fists land ing both on the face, but Delaney box ed away. Berlenbach sank a left to Delaney's body when the latter retail ated and turned the champ around with right to the jaw, smacked two left jabs and another crashing right caught Berlenbach on the jaw. The