New Britain herald., 1927-02-17
DELANEY FAVORED TO BEAT MAL0NEY
Fight World Has Gone Wild
 Over Bout Friday Night

New York, Feb. IT LF-Stirred to i the very depths by promise of the most thrilling heavyweight encount- CT of the season New York's fistic world today talked nothing but fight" as Jimmy Maloney and Jack Delaney prepared to pull up training camp stakes and head for the scene of their ten round battle Friday night.
 Rumors of investigations" and dire injury to Maloney, coupled with Q last minute rush of thousands of fans for tickets that do not exist, contributed confusion to the situa- tion. At Madison Square Garden, Tex Rickard wrestled with the prob lem of finding room in an arena that seats 1S,OoO for the 100000 fans besieging him for tickets.
 Odds on the bout were juggled about in Wall street when Maloney was reported to have injured his right hand in the final day of train- ing at Long Beach, N. J., when the report reached the outskirts of fam dom, the Boston giant had broken wrist" then a fractured arm," and finally Rickard himself hastily call ed the camp to find if Maloney had broken his arm in several places" The report was false.
 ! Despite the refusal of the boxing commission to investigate the ticket 1o nf al of h were reported on the streets with pasteboards available at fancy quo- tations. Prices for s22 ringside seats were said to be bringing an average of S110 apiece in groups and as high as S150 for single ticket.
 Investigation rumors reached their height with the report that inspec tors of the United States internal revenue department had been assign ed to each ticket office in the Broad way district with orders to gather | evidence of ticket sales above $50 margin allowed by law. This report could not be verified.
 With the ticket sales creating a sit uatlon unparalleled in local boxing annals and exceeding in demand even the Dempsey cham pionship match last fall, boxing fans took a final look at the betting odds and disgorged predictions. The odds | on Delaney stood to for victory and l to that the light heavyweight champion would score a knockout. A flood of backing to the Maloney cause reported from wise" sources, made the ordinary fan wary, how ever.
 For the smiling Boston 1rishman, slugging machine of 200 pounds ringside, has caught the interest of the metropolitan enthusiasts with a bruising style of milling that has overwhelmed his last three op- | ponents here. The picturesque De-
 laney, perfect ringman with a cool 1 defense and tricky resourceful of fense that includes one of the most powerful right hands in fisticuffs, ! already had captured public fancy in his parade through the light heavyweights. Weighing in around | 175, he crushed Bud German, Wis consin heavyweight, in two rounds in | his principal clash with a big man. Apparently the only answer to the unprecedented interest in a match not of championship importance comes from the records of the fight CTS themselves. Delaney, one of the l most graceful and accomplished per | formers the ring has ever seen, has proven conclusively his ability to box and hit. The flashing French-Ca- madam Is proven sharpshooter, with ability to drive his fists through the slightest of openings with un- canny rapidity.
 The Boston strong boy, minus the i grace of his antagonist. still has re-
 markable speed for a big man, a cut
 ting left hand, and a smashing right
 drive to the body with either fists.
 The fans in the street without at
 tempting to pick the winner. still are
 willing to wager even money that
 someone will be knocked out before
 the fight has gone three-quarters Of 1 the scheduled distance.
 Both warriors brought their active
 training to Q close yesterday. De ! laney spared a bit with his partners 1 at Bridgeport, Conn.,, punched th" ! bag and shadow boxed. Only sufli-
 cicnt exercise to keep his muscles
 Timber and his weight down to the 175 pound limit he must make at the
 behest of the boxing commission was
 on the program today He will leave
 for New York early Friday morning
 to weigh in before the commission
 at p. Tn.
 Maloney, firm in his belief that q Tighter man cant stand before a
 heavier man at close quarters" toss
 ed his sparring mates around rough
 ly In his lengthy session and kept up the slugging attack that has featured
 his daily program. After today's light
 calisthenic program, the Boston bat
 tier intended to leave immediately
 for New York and seclusion before