Evening star., 1926-03-16

AS is well known, he WdlIOped Fat
so hard in the middle Of the fight that
Paul fell 10 the canvas twice, once
upon being hit and then without being
touched. There was an opinion tha'
this automatically put Paul out o. the
bout. but the officials were inclined =
overlook the second fall.
None Too Impressive.
SO Paul still holds the title ne wor>
from McTigue on q decision that dlo
. not look any too good and Will surelJ
defend IL against the hard-hitting De
laney when the Summer stars are
shining down on some big ball park,
Delaney Is getting heavier all thc
time, and what he will make OF hin.
self before he is through no one car
positively say. But one can guess
all right, all right.
There IS no man in the game today.
outside Of Dempsey, who can drop 'er
the way this French Canadian can.
and with extra avoirdupois and the
strength that comes with il, It Is by
no means out Of the question that he
will some day stand in Dempsey :
shoes.
When McTigue and lie met las.
night both men had a little rabbit
foot in their gloves. Three years ago
barring q day. Michael had plasterec
Battling Sikh in Dublin and taker
from him the light heavy title thai
the negro had won from Carpenter.
AS for Delaney, this is the week oI4
which his birthday falls. Next Friday
he will be 26 years of age AT II turn
ed out the Dublin hunch went all
wrong.
Is Difficult Task.
II takes q clever man to catch, lef
alone bring down, McTigue. In the
years he has been scrapping Mike has
never had any one count over him
He has had the faculty of making thd
best Of them look awkward.
So while every one piled into the
arena in the hope of seeing A KNOCK
out-that is every one but the loyal
sons Of Erin--there was an idea thai
the bout might turn out to be q stuplc
one.
| 1t was just the opposite. After three
rounds. in which Michael kept his face
| and body clean, Jack nipped him with
a left hook. and from that time on :;
vas all over but the shouting.
| Referee Haley, a fighter himself a.
one time, who knows what hard wal
lopS mean, stopped the fight Just be
fore the end of the fourth round to
i
ed out the frame, but, on the Other
! hand. he stood to receive {: wallop tha.
/ might have done him very serious
damage. Haley was right.
! By the Associated Press.
/ NEW YORK. March 16.-Aluaos-
/ three years TO a day after gaining the
world light-heavyweight boxing chan-
pionship, Mike NcTigue. one OF rha
greatest defensive fighters in the ring
today. has suffered his first knockout.
! His conqueror is one famous for
/ Knockout ability, Jack Delaney cf
| Bridgeport, Conn, who has f1attened
two Of the present world champions.
yet fails to hold q title. The chance
| for q crown will come to DELANEY
again on July 10, with the present
light heavyweight titleholder. Pau!
| Berlenbach.
Delaney knocked out Berlenbach
before Dom Paul won the title from,
McTigue by decision last Summer. He
! knocked out Tiger Flowers Of Atlanta
4 year ago, and today the negro is
rniddlev eight champion by virtue OF q
! decision won over Harry Greb only re
Gently.
McTigue did not take the count.
/ but he was So battered in the fourth
round that the referee stopped the
carnage. It was Il technical knock
out.
McTieue had gone to the floor ayi,7
reeained his feet only with the great
est effort.
A right 10 the head sent NicTigue
down for the count of eight. Then ho
went down for the count of nine. He
was helpless on the ropes, and the ref
cree was stopping the fight when the
gong sounded.