New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
DELANEY AWARDED
BOUT ON A FOUL
Paolino Is Waved to His Corner
in Seventh Round

when Jack Delaney's right hand was
lifted in victory on a foul, after one
minute and 81 seconds Of fighting in
the seventh Of 15-round fight al
the Yankee Stadium last night.
Thrice warned by the referee fol
low punching, Paolino was waved tc
his corner after fourth left hook
landed below the belt. The result,
stunned the spectators, who had
seen nothing untoward in the mill
ing. and left in its wake a contro'
versy OF foul or no foul" that ri
vailed the sudden termination Of the
battle between Dempsey and Shar-
key in the same ring and in the
same round only three weeks ago.
While the fracas lasted there was
no question Of supremacy. Return
ing to heavyweight ranks six months
after his defeat at the hands OF
Jimmy Maloney, Delaney speared
the clumsy Paolino at will with
either hands; cut his face and
bruised his nose until his features
were a mask of blood But hard and
straight as the punches fell, Paolino
refused to go down or waver. He
never once halted steady al
though futile advance.
Weighing is pounds less than the
squat Spaniard. Delaney, at 1T IL,
was little over the weight limit OF
the Interchangeable division,
where he ruled as champion before
relinquishing the title to cast his lot
among the heavyweights.
And despite Delaney's sharp
shooting ability with both hands
and the ease with which Paolino
could be hit the heft necessary to
bring the big man down obviously
was lacking.
There was little to thrill the spec
tators in the six rounds of milling
preceding the unsatisfactory ending.
1t was a case Of Delaney, artistic
boxer and master Of ring arts,
matching all his skill against a pow
ertul bat clumsy opponent, who had
little but sweeping left hook and
elbow defense in his f1stic repertoire.
Occasionally Paolino caught the
tall, bronzed woodsman in a clinch
or surprised him with a sweeping
random shot to the head. At close
range the basque drove stiff shots
into Delaney's body, but the toll he
paid was heavy in ripping jolts,
jabs and uppercuts to the head and
ribs. At the close, Paolino's mouth
nose. and left eye were bleeding
freely
Half way through the final session
Referee Crowley pulled the Spaniard
back 70 warn him that his fists were
below the waist line. There
followed a clinch at the ropes. with
the gloves of both fighters flying to
the body, and the sudden waving of
Paolino to his corner, as much mys-
tilted as the spectators.
Hats flew into the ring as a mob
of 5000 spectators gathered about
the enclosure and jeered their dis
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bounced about in a series of aero
batic stunts on the canvas, Peter
Reilly, manager of the Bridgeport
warrior, dashed about the enclo-
sure, waving a metal cup. groin pro-
tector, that showed several dents.
Ringside opinion differed but ma
jority of newspapermen agree that
Paolino's blows even low did not do
enough damage to merit disqualifi
cation.
Sitting in his corner, Delaney dis
played no sign of injury and made
no effort to appear hurt.
Nor had the picturesque French
Canadian complained of any low
blows in actual battle. The Referee
explained that Paolino had been
warned three times and that there
was nothing to do but end the bat
lie when the Spaniard again trans
crossed. The fight:
Round by Round
Round One-Paolino came out In
a crouch behind his huge arms. AS
he swung a left hook to Delaney's
head, Jack started stream Of left
labs that reached a dozen. all clean
blows TO the head, without a return.
The Spaniard walked in close
and slugged jack with right to the
chin. Jack ripped solid right up
percut to the Basque's head when
he tried it again. Paolino was clum-
sy but the big gathering. mostly
cheered his every move to the echo.
A left hook, buried deep in De-
Ianey's body, doubled him up mo-
at the bell.
Round Two-Paolino was a mass
Of elbows, head buried deeply be-
hind, as he walked into Delaney. A
sharp right dashed into Jacks chin.
Paoino hooked a stiff left to the
body as Delaney whaled him inef-
fectually with three right uppercuts.
Another right uppercut buried in the
Spaniard's body.
Delaney hammered Czcudun with
both hands as he bored in and even
,uffed the spaniord playfully on the
Far. but Paolino did not seem TO
mind a bill
The bell found the Basque still
advancing into "a hail of gloves.
Round Throe-Paolino tried to
weave hut could not get within
'ange as Delaney pasted him at will
fbout the head and body. Jack was
at the Spaniard's efforts as
le cuffed Paolino around. A stiff
light upercut drove through the
3asque's guard 10 the body A wild
eft landed on Delaney's head but
he danced away. Without ever
backward movement. Paolino plod-
led after the sharpshooter. taking
steady jolting about the chin.
The Basque was still on the hunt
when the gong rang.
Round Four-Delaney's left lab
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