New Britain herald., 1926-12-18
CHIEF HART STOPS BOUT
 ON LOCAL AMATEUR CARD
Unfair Tactics of Barney Youseman Without Dis qualification Causes Spectator to Jump Into Ring Ray Hall Scores His 39th Knockout Johnny Clinch Wins-Crowd Gives $10575 to Fund For Frenchman's Burial.


 the bout between Joe Zotter of this city and Barney Youseman of Hart ford stopped In the middle of the fourth round at the amateur tourna- ment at the Mohawk A. c. at the state armory last night when one of the spectators jumped Into the ring protesting against alleged unfair tactics of Youseman. Two police mon who were doing duty in the hall climbed into the ring to eject the spectator when the chief who vas also present, ordered the bout stopped.
 'The Amateur Athletic Union has rules to conduct these bouts" the chief said, land If they are not lived up to, these fights cannot go on." Youseman had repeatedly jabbed Zotter with his left on breaking from the clinches although the New Britain boy was breaking with his arms opened out. '..
 In the opinion of the writer. there was no need for a fourth round. Zotter had clearly won the fight in the three rounds, but the demand for . fourth round was shouted by spectators and the bout was ruled | draw. The crowd had been on its feet during the three cantos pro- testing against the tactics employed by Youseman and Referee Frank Portell had repeatedly warned the Hartford boxer but did not disquali- fy him.
 Al the fourth round started, the two went into clinch and after he had been ordered to break, Youse- man got one hand free and started to pummel Zotter on the ribs. Su- denly Frank Basil, jitney driver who once fought as professional pugilist under the ring name or "Battling Green" leaped into the ring from his seat and squared of with Youseman. He was followed by Policeman Louis Harper and John Rappinotti. By this time a near riot was in progress.
 Chief Hart who was sitting among the spectators hastened to the ring and ordered the bout stopped and both fighters were ordered from the ring. The rest of the card was al lowed to go on as schedule.
 Between the bouts, Councilman Samuel Sablotsky, at the request or the management, made a plea to the fans for donations towards the funeral fund for Charles Pegulihan, French boxer who died in St. Fran cis, hospital, Hartford, early Tues day morning from the effects or ms fight with Al Friedman of Boston in the semi-final to the Mccarthy Persson fight. The councilman an- nounced that collectors would pass through the crowd and he appealed to the spectators to contribute to make up what remained to defray the expenses of sending the body back to France.
 Five collectors with boxes went through the crowd and the fans rave generously, touched by the ap- neal of the member of the city gov ernment. Silk" OLoughlin. club announcer, later on announced the result of the collection as being a total of s105.75, wonderful tribute to the sportsmanship of the hght fans.
 Johnny Clinch scored a sensation al victory over Pat Shea of Hart ford in the fourth bout. Clinch, flashing a punishlng left hand, knocked Shea down for the count of nine four times in the second round but the Hartford boy came back for more. The third round opened up and Clinch again caught Shea flush on the jaw and he went down for a short count. He went down once again for the count of nine, but he refused to be counted out He lost the bout but his ex hibition of gameness in getting to his feet after each knockdown, was one Of the finest ever seen. Clinch's margin of victory was very wide.
 Ray Hall scored his 39th knock out when he put Harry Reyder, col ored, of Hartford away in the first round. Reyder went down once un- der the pile-driving smashes of Hall but got to his feet. He was caught on the ropes when Hall caught him with Q smacking left flush on the jaw. and Reyder went down, his chin hitting the canvas with re- sounding whack.
 The results of the bouts as they were presented last night, were as follows: 140 pounds, Charley Ro- mano of Hartford, scored q tcchni- cal knockout in the first round over Charles Newman of New Britain when Newman went to the floor without being hit. 13O pounds, Barney Youseman of Hartford and Joe Zotter of New Britain, bout stopped by Chief Hart.
 133 pounds, Phil Olarcheo, East Hampton, knocked out Louis Dehm Of New Britain, in the second round. 137 pounds, Johnny Clinch beat Pat Shea Of Hartford, in three rounds. 11S pounds Joe kody of New Brit ain won in three rounds from Dom mick Palmeri of Southiugton. l42 pounds, Art Pollowltzer of Hartford, scored a technical knockout over Gregory Mongillo of Southmgton in the second round when AI0ngillo quit after being hit on the nose
 135 pounds, Abe Bodine was giv- en the decision over Rancho Villa in three rounds. l30 pounds, Pat Me Kavanaugh of Hartford won in three rounds from John Shubert Of Middletown. 14U pounds Ray Hall of Hartford knocked out Harry Rcy- der of Hartford in the first round.
 The next tournament will be held at the state armory on Friday. January [, and star card will be named to take part in It.
 Lake Worth, Fla,-Jimmy Cahill