The Washington times., 1926-07-17
ONES.
FOOL EDDY
DEL ANEY
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NEW YORK, July 17.-Jack %
laney, nee oville CnapeIaine. fooled
en-, As 900 Of 'em. and that II.
ciudes the wise ones from here 70
Banff.
Delaney would win. said long
headed wise men from under their
green eye shades, but he would
have to win early. If he failed 10
put Paulie to sleep before the sixth
frame. Paulie would keep hIs gilt
tering light heavyweight crown He
would wear the French Canadian
from Bridgeport down with body
punches land he would depart with
scepter intact.
But Delaney fooled EN-. He went
the fun distance and right merrily
Paulie was his sand bag and
though he remained upright he lost
the fight
Berlenbach In his own ponderoua
way did q little fooIing Of his own.
He fooled the boys at the ringside
but most OF all he fooled Jack De.
Ianey. q very hard man to fool.
He beat him out of bulls eye, or
knockout, as It is referred to III
the vernacuIar. Burly Paul, show
ing the result OF careful coaching,
failed to resort to his crude shift
which Monster Chapelaine solved
with q knockout victory III their
first meeting and knock down
that was almost fatal in the second,
That IS how it came 20 pass
that Punch En- Paul. as he ID
affectiOnateIy described, escaped
that which Is worse than death 20
3 chaEnpi0n-a knockout.
The csutomers agreed that last
nights Berlenbach was d different
Ber1enbach than they had expected.
Paul cid not rush III where an
gels fear to stub their toe. lie
thought 50 much about evading that
sure-shot right nnitt that he forgot
that It Is the business IL not the
duty Of good oxfighter to do
damage to his opponent. Paul did
a lot Of rushing but little punching
with the result that cOncenslIs
Of experts at the ringside gave him
only two Of the fifteen rounds. Che
was even.
The fight was really decided In
the eleventh and twelfth rounds
which went to Delaney BY q wide
margin. Up to this point IL vas
more or less q toss.up with De-
laney's advantage in the first five
rounds being offset by Berlyss rally
from the sixth to the eleventh.
Paul was giving the good old COLI
lege try. but it wasn't so good The
new champion upset the caAcula
tons Of the experts BY boxing care.
fully In the first few rounds. And
then in the closing rounds, when
1t was figured that Jack would BE
weary athlete and Berlenbach
would throw caution to the winds.
Delaney utterly confused his op-
ponent by driving home his best
ticks.
In defeat Paul was sportsman
and Delaney a gracious winner.
The fight was waved cIeaniy and
with no show Of animosity. There
was no doubt but that the better
man won.
Berlenbach has no excuses. His
friends advanced the theory that
championship fights, hardly more
minute struggle to make weight had
robbed him OF endurance. Paul.
however, fought better as a loser
against Delaney than he did as q
winner against Stribling.
Delaney won on. sheer, cold sci
ence. He easily outhOxed Paul and
carried him along at his own pace.
Jack tried many a well-meant smash
for the chin. He landed many q
shot, too. But Berry, rugged and
tough as the forest oaks, took them
and shook them off.
There isn't much FOR Delaney to
do now, except TO enter the
honest to goodness heavyweight
ranks. There are no light heayies
I'm sight who appear able to give
him battle.
But Dempsey, Wills and Tunney
appear to be pugilistically dead for
the nonce. Also the time being.
Why doesn't the New York Box
ing Commission call Delaney the
heavyweight champion, as well as
light heavyweight champion, and
let it go at that?