New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
.STRIBLING EASY FOR BERLENBACH
Light Heavy Champion Gives
 Georgian a Fierce PunmeGng

New York, June II P}-Paul Der
 lenbach of Astoria, N. Y, wrestler and dog-fancier. remains champion iof the worlds light heavyweights
 after registering an overwhelming
 point victory over the youthful Georgian, Billy (Young) Stribling.
 More than 50,0oO persons, paying something like $2Oo,OOO wee aston ished at the contest they witnessed at the Yankee Stadium last night. They saw the rout of a challenger who had ruled a favorite up to the vel week of the battle.
 Brilliant, powerful aggressive for the first three rounds, Young Strib" ling in the fourth felt the sting of a solid Bcrlenbach smash over the i heart and from that moment resort ed to the only escape from punish ment a beaten ringman can find i holding, pushing, pulling his oppon- erlt Even then the champion broke | from the clinging arms to drive heavily to body and head and sev- eral times the Georgian appeared to be rear oblivion.
 At times after that terrific blow 1 in the fourth Stribling mustered a | little of his former fire and dashed back at the rugged mauler before him 10 score few points. These gave him, in the opinion of critics, just three rounds out of the fifteen while two were about even. When the final bell rang the man from the south was a badly beaten boxer, booed by the throng for his tactics while from the same threats arose tremendous cheers for the champions fiery defense of his valu- able crown.
 Berlenbach met the hopes of his friends, who argued that a return Ito his old aggressive policy would carry the day. He fought in the manner that won him the title, al- ways boring in. shaking off the drives of his antagonist to returR them three fold On the other hand Stribling failed to gamble in the opening rounds as expected and contcnted himself with gaining c lead by his speed and defensive ability.
 To the champion the victory meant another great battle this sum- mcr, with Jack Delaney of Bridge port, Conn.,, as his opponent. This will be staged at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. in the near future. Der lcnbach and Delaney have met twice. Delaney won the first con- test by a knockout. before Paul gained the title, but Berlenbach re- taincd the crown in q second battle last winter.
 Round One-Strihling landed the first punch, a light right to the chin. BrIenbach countred with weak left to the body. They danced around cautiously. Berlenbach rip ped his left 10 the challenger's ribs at close quarters. Berlenbach missed left lead and took Stribling's right to the head. They clinched and Ber- IenDach scored to the body with his left A glancing right bounced off Berlenbach's head but it only unused the champions hair The bell stop ped BerIenbach's counter.
 Round Two-Suibing rushed in but Berlenbach clinched. A left to the body caused Stribling to back. Another left sent the challenger's head back but the blows were weak. A swinging right struck Berlenbach in the face and he clinched. They wrestled around. The referee eau toned Stribling for holding. A right to the body and left to the chin sent the champion to the corner, but Stribling did not follow A right to the face forced the champion to cinch just as the bell rang.
 Round Three-Stribling stuck his
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