New Britain herald., 1927-12-10
KELLY LOSES TO RYCHLAK
 ON FOUL IN THIRD ROUND
Connecticut Champion Has Things Own Way When Low Blow is Struck - Clnch and Renatllt Furnish Feature Fight of Night - Leo Larriver Kayoes Johnny Walker - Howard Wins Despite Injured Right Hand-Results of Other Bouts

Only one of the four Boston anna teur battlers who appeared at the tournament staged by the Mohawk \. C.. in the Tabs hall last night, emerged with q victory in their clashes with Connccticut's fistic lead- CTS and he won his bout when he was fouled in the third round. Frank Rychlak. the Bay State punch thrower. who. the week before, had knocked out Jack Beasley of New Haven, was the victorious Bostonian. He was taking neat shellacking and had gone down for the count Of nine in both the first and second rounds. In a miX-up in a neutral corner. Kelly let q hard right go and it landed clearly below the belt. Referee Joe Wirtz immediately step ped between the fighters and disqual- flied Kelly.
 It was a bautiful fight while it lasted with the Connecticut boy showing clear superiority in every department. Kelly's right sent Rychlak down for count of nine in the first round and although the Boston boy weathered the storm the performance was repeated in the second stanza. Kelly apparently hit low in the second round but the foul blow in the third was very plain and evident. They fought at l70 pounds
 Johnny Clinch of this city and Jack Renault of Boston furnished the feature fight ot the night. Both pounded each other on even terms for two rounds but then C'linch slam med his way to a victory over the invader in the third canto. The final round told the story and although Renault showed plenty of stuff, he tired and Clinch. throwing caution to the winds, tore in and won the de- cision handily. The weights were l45 pounds,
 Joe Howard. despite an injured right hand. polied. hooked and jab- bed his way to a left handed vic- tory over Oscar Record in the 11o pound class. Howard sent q terrific punch over in the first round that all but put the Boston battler away for the night. Record came back to try his best. but Howard kept moving and out of harms way The by an old break and the former mddleweight champion will be out of action for several weeks, it is thought.
 Leo Larrivier scored the one knockout in the interstate fights when he put Johnny Walker to sleep in the second round. Walker was fighting on even terms with the Waterbury assassin but suddenly Larrivier let loose with h.a lightning like right cross that sent the Bos. ton boy down in a sitting posture, Walker got up but a few more punches sent him down for keeps. He failed to get his bearings for | long time after he was in the dress. Ing room. The fight lasted two minutes in the second round. They fought at 147 pounds.
 Art Buck of Waterbury scored a technical knockout over Frank Keenan of this city in the first round of their bout at 146 pounds when Keenan injured his left arm 50 that he could not continue. A strained ligament received when he threw punch. put him out of &C., ton for the night.
 Ray Taylor of Terryville was say ed from an apparent defeat in hia set-to with Joe Dignal of Waterbury when Dignal received a bad cut over an eye that caused Referee Wirtz to stop the fight in the third round. Dignal had the better of tho punch ing up to the time of the sudden cessation of hostiiities although both | had been putting up an exciting OK