New Britain herald., 1926-12-14

Harry Person, heavyweight cham pion Of Sweden and far famed har- binger of evil tidings for all his opponents, was a soldier without his rifle last night at the state armory in Hartford. Fitted against Pat Nc Carthy. the Irishman from Boston. Persson's deadly right was held at bay and never found its mark and Mccarthy received Referee Billy Conway's decision In the 1o round star bout of the evenings program. The verdict was a popular one with the crowd all of whom were with Mccarthy from the beginning, but it was q close one and a draw verdict would have hurt neither.
 Charles Pegulihan of Paris, France, suffered serious injuries in his bout with Al Friedman of Bos- ton and he had to be carried out of the ring on q stretcher to an am- bulance which took him to St. Fran cis' hospital Th was apparently leading in the fight until the eighth round when Friedman started to batter him about the ring. His head sagged and he went helpless on the ropes. He careened about under terrific punching by Friedman and collapsed in a neutral corner. He was out stone cold and failed to rom4 to. Two doctors were called 1-I l,i vr, i,, q he failed to revive.
 Mccarthy continuously outboxed Person. lighting a wary fight all through the 12 rounds. At times, by his clever sparring and clinching, he made the Swedish champion look like a novice. Only once. in the third round, did he let Persson get a shot with his right cross and although 1t travelled like a streak Of lightning, it only glanced off Nc Carthy's jaw. It was enough for the Boston man, however, and from then on. Mccarthy kept going bacl; and fought defensively.
 Person outweighed Mccarthy by 2i pounds. He stood inches taller than the Irishman and he had an exceptionally long reach. Despite these handicaps, Mccarthy made Person miss repeatedly and coun- tered with light blows that helped to pile up the points which gave him the referees verdict.
 Time after time. Person in the c,inches started to slug. He caught Mccarthy with some mighty slaashes over the heart and near the solar plcxus but although the blows slow ed the Bay State battler up, he recuperated quickly. These alone were the features of the SWede's ap- pcarance In Hartford. Mccarthy Nsed his left hand repeatedly to find Persson's chin and on one oc- casion, he socked home hard hit blow that stopped Persson in his tracks. Mccarthy never stood toe to toe with his opponent but back ed away and tied him up when he came in. Short hooks and clips 10 the chin gavo Mccarthy his points in the clinchcs.
 Newspapermen at the ringside were of the opinion that the bout could we'll have been called draw. Experts in point scoring after total ling up their lists for the rounds, found the score even. Mccarthy S ability. however. to make Person look like a novice and clumsy is thought 10 have swayed the referee s decision in his favor.
 The two preliminaries wore shost. Two colored boys were knocked out in the first round of the first and second fights on the card. Joe Smith knocked out George McRae of Springfield in the four round opener and Nick Tall of Passaic, \. J., kayoed Johnny Bartlett of San Do- mingo in the initial stanza.