New Britain herald., 1927-05-03
|kID kAPLAN MAKES
 VACCARELLI QUIT
Former ReaherWeight Cham- pion Scores Technical Knockout
Special to the Herald)

:! kaplan, Meriden's master of maui. slashed and crashed his way to . one sided victory over Tony Vac- carelli of New York at the Arena last night. the Gothamite quitting after the seventh round and claim- ing that he had broken his hands. Examination after the fight disclosed that no bones were broken but both hands were injured trying to find soft spot on Kaplan's jaw. Vac- carelli weighed 139 pounds, accord ing to the announcer. and Kaplan 1S3 1-2. The bouts were staged by the Elm City A. c. with Anthony Paolillo as promoter.
 Louis acted like the explosion of a fireworks factory He shot rights and lefts from all directions, reach ing the New Workers jaw and body at will and taking no more than three good solid shots in return dur ing the seven rounds of the engage ment. He swarmed all over Vac carelli from the opening gong and refused to give his opponent the slightest chance to draw breath.
 Naccarelli lowered over the Meridenite and frequently tried to escape the tornado of assault and battery by leaning back on the ropes and stretching himself But his efforts were fruitless. Regardless of the position of Vaccarellis body. kaplan slammed him plenty with steam behind everything he sent over. At times Kaplan hit vaccarel- Ii five or six times without any come- back on the part of the New York CT. who seemed able to absorb pun isllment like blotter takes up ink He was so completely outclassed tha. his only possible chance of vic- tory was to hit the Kid on the but ton, but kaplan took good care that that didn't happen. Vaccarelli had neither offense nor defense. He couldn't hit Louis hard enough or often enough to hurt and he found 1t impossible to stem the tide of gloves that beat on all parts of his body.
 Kaplan gave vaccarelli a broad hint of what was coming right in tho first round. He administered gruelling punishment on Vac's face and jaw and when the gong changed Vac's physiognomy resembled the dying hues of an Italian sunset. His expression bespoke his amazement that there were so many gloves in a to Kaplan by large margin. Vic hit home one on the jaw. This stung the Meriden boy into action and he responded with glee, pound- ing the New Yorker around the squared circle.
 Vac looked better in the third round than at any other time during the fight. He socked hard one over on kaplan's jaw. That was virtually the last blow he hit Rap climbed all over him from then on. Kaplan featured the fourth by sending over a left to Vac's jaw that rocked the New Yorker's head so far back his scalp almost fell of. The fifth, sixth and seventh were simply repetitions of what had gone before. Vac took everything that was coming to him gamely but that's all that can be said for him. The 5000 citizens of Mittmania who were present did not appear greatly disappointed when Faccarelli quit because they realized that there would be no novelty in sitting there for the rest of the night watching the Meriden buzz saw doing all the heavy work.
 When Vaccarelli proclaimed that he did not wish to proceed further, State Athletic Commissioner T. E. Donohue ordered his wages held up pending an examination of his hands by x-ray experts. The pene- trating rays failed to disclose any broken bones but they did show his hands to be in such a condi- tion that he couldn't go on with the program.
 Al Tripoli and Steve Smith of Bridgeport put up an eight rounder that kept the fans on edge. Tripoi weighed IF and Smith 129. From the standpoint of skill and solid smacks. it was the best bout of the night and when Tripoli. a former amateur. was given the verdict by Young" McAuliffe, dissension was expressed by many of the custom CTS although an equal number ap proved of the decision. The boys stood toe to toe for the greater part Of the distance and smashed home socks that would have para lyzed the average fighter. Both were in tip top condition and took their medicine without flinching.
 Tommy Shea. whose flashing left used to whale home on his oppo- nents' jaws about eight or ten years ago, engaged in. six round bout with Nick Petite of Bridge port at about 155 pounds. Shea didn't resemble the Shea of old. It couldn't properly be said that he was a ghost of his old self because they don't make ghosts so fat. Tommy was flabby but his knowl- edge of the game. and his fast fly ing left which still works with napier like precision. earned him the decision. Tommy knew his gro- ceries when Petite was eating zweibach. That explains why he won although he was exhausted from his efforts. If Tommy is se- riously thinking of trying to stage comeback he should get rid of the idea. When a man is 3S and fat. the ring is no place for him.
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