Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-17
DELANEY TAKES
WORLDS CROWN
IN SLOW SCRAP
Connecticut Boxer Wins
Ten Rounds While Paul
Gets Two.
BY HENRY L. FARRELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

Nt3W YORK. JdH l7.-Onc tall
, handsome French Cauuck. known tn
ito his parents rs OviIle Chap lclainp
lnl registered in the fight records
Is jack Delaney, checked out of his
hotel i'm the roaring forticS. = this
morning and started back to Bridgn
mort. Conn. bearing the crown of
the worlds light heavyweight
c.ampion.
/ Fer one of 4 few times that n
/ word : championship has changed
bands on the decision Of referee
and two iudge> in New York. there
were no experts or no losing bet
tors n the train shed to hurl razz-
hergieS At 4 new champion.
Delaney 50 far outfought. outboN-
ed and outSmarted Paul Bcrlenbach
N a II round bout last night in the
Brooklyn ball park that thousands Of
! tie $4,000 spectators who had paid
" million dollars TO see the "battlc
e the ages" left their seats at the
end Of the tenth round to beat the
rush far the limited transportation
. facilities resulting from the strike
The score in baseball language
was Delaney 10: Bcrlenbach =, with
three rounds even.
AL II Game
Eclancy, by the widest margins.
won the first. second. fourth. fifth.
seventh. eleventh. twelfth. thirteen.
IL, fourteenth and fifteenth rounds
Bcrlenhach had a slight edge in
the eighth and tenth rounds.
The third. sixth and ninth rounds
We're called even simply because a
champion - a falling champion -
should be entitled to little consid-
Grafton.
The decision Of the referee and
the two Judges was unanimous that
Delaney had won by a mile and
there was no dispute.
It's all in the game, Paul. This
must have been ny night said
Delaney after the fight.
Frsa the tap of the first gong
that brought those thousands Of
spectators to the rim of their chairs
until the final rap on the bell which
sent two weary fighters to their
corners. there never was q doubt as
to the outcome.
Delaney hit Berlenbach on the
iaw with left hooks, right hooks and
left and right uppercuts. In the
fifth, a left hook dropped Berlcn-
bach to his knees but he was on
his feet and tearing back in on the
attack before the count was start
ed.
Rerlenbach : right eve was dam
aged and his chin slit and Delaney ;
lips were cut and bruised and his
body was punched red from the
herd short labs that Bcrlcubach
landed at close quarters but both
Kept their feet and We're fight ing
rather weakly but desperately at
the final bell
Betting Even
With weight advantage cstimat-
ed at from 10 to - pounds, Berlcn-
bach was an even money choice
when he entered the ring and the
experts figured that Delaney's ink
was still with him and that he could
not withstand - rounds of body
punishment.
Delaney's brains overcame the
weight advantage, however.
Berlenbach kept watching and
waiting for the right hand to the
jaw that had Knocked him ont three
wears ago and Delaney crossed him
by shooting to the body.
In the second round Delaney start
ed pouring his punches to the body
and with two terrible blows under
the heart he took most of the Bcr-
lcnbach steam ont of him.
Delaney was in danger only once
and that was in the tenth round.
He wanted to win by a knockout and
he went out in the tenth and started
swapping punches with Bcrlcnbach
and was taking more than he was
giving.
4" Box, Jack, Step back, Take
it easy his corner shouted in a
panic Delaney perhaps didn t hear
but hard left hook to his head
awakened him and he went back to
his beautiful boxing.
Pete REILLY, Delaney 5 manager,
said after the fight that Delaney
had fractured the thumb of his left
hand in the sixth round and that he
wouldn t be able to box again for
months.