The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-17

Cuduu plOu.
For one of the few times that
worlds championship has changed
hands on the decision of referee
and two judges in New York, there
were no experts or no losing bettors
at the train shed to hurl razzberries
at new champion.
Delaney so far outfought, out
boxed and outsmarted Paul Berlen.
bach in a fifteen-round bout Friday
night in the Brooklyn ball park that
thousands of the $4,000 spectators
who had paid a half million dollars
to see the battle of the ages" left
their seats at the end of the tenth
round to beat the rush for the linn
sited transportation facilities result
ing from the strike.
The score in baseball language was
Delaney 10, Berlenbach 2, with three
rounds even.
Delaney by the widest margins
won ,the first, second, fourth, fifth,
seventh, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth rounds.
Berlenbach had a slight edge in
the eighth and tenth rounds.
The third, sixth and ninth rounds
were called even simply because "a
champion-even falling champion,
should be entitled to a little con-,
sideration.
The decision Of the rereree and
the two judges was unanimous that
Delaney had won by a mile, and
there was no dispute.
Even Berlenbach, good sportsman
that he always has been, gave his
victorious rival a warm handshake
after the final bell and said: Jack,
you took It. Good luckr'
DelaDey, with the cheers of the
multitude roaring in his ears smiled
a real movie smile and replied: ITS
all in the game, Paul. This must
have been my night"
Never a Doubt
From 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 cor
ners, there never was a doubt as to
the outcome.
Delaney hit Berlenbach on the jaw
with left hooks, right hooks and left
and right uppercuts. In the fifth,
left hook dropped Berlenbach to his
knees, but he was on his feet and
tearing back In on the attack be-
fore the count was started.
Berlenbach's right eye was dam
aged and his chin slit and Delaney,s
ribs were cut and bruised and his
body was punched.red from the hard
short jabs that Berlenbach landed at
close quarters, but they both kept
their feet and were fighting ,srather
weakly, but desperately, at the final
bell.
With weight advantage estimat
ed at from ten to twelve pounds,
Berlenbach was an even money
choice when he entered the ring and
the experts figured that Delaneys
jinx was still with him and that he
could not withstand fifteen rounds
of body punishment.
Delaney's brains overcame the
weight advantage, however.
Berlenbach kept watching and
waiting fdk the right hand to the
jaw that had knocked him out three
years ago and Delaney crossed him
by shooting to the body.
Blows to Heart
In the second round, Delaney
started pouring his punches to the
body and with two terrible blows un-
der the heart he took most Of Berlen-
bachs steam out of him.
Johnny Dundee, one of the smart
est little fighters that ever lived, was
spectator close to the ringside.
Delaney Dundee said. won the
fight in the first three rounds with
two Of the best punches to the heart
ever have seen. Berlenbach was
hurt then and he was licked, because
he had to guard his body and his
jaw"
Delaney was in danger only once
and that was in the tenth round.
When he came to his corner after the
ninth round he looked down at some
friends in the press box and said:
It's about even so Ear isn't it?"
"Even?" one Of his seconds
shouted. even HE'LL You're win
ming from here to Jersey"
Delaney took nothing FOR granted.