New Britain herald., 1927-02-18
S7URLNO- HOWARD BATTLE
SENSATION OF TOURNEY
NV York Iron Horse and Connecticut Middleweight
Champion in Fine Form For Clash Tonight
LaPera and Brophy Also On Card-Johnny Crock,
Lightweight Titleholder Appears in Bout-Indica-
tons Point to Sell-Out at State Armory.

WI leAd to the state armory In this
~ tonight whore Joe sturino. the
''Iroa Horss." Of New York. and Joe
Reward OF Hartford. state middle
weight champion. viii meet to settle
tAe question Of which has the harder
punch. The pair met two weeks ago
tonight IN what proved to be the
x1oatast sensation ever seen in this
aty In = fight ring. Remarks from
both camps indicate that each boy
V out to put away the other and
although no prediction on the out
come 10 possible, 1t is pretty certain
that one or the other will go down
before tbs bout comes to close.
6turino has never worked harder
In his life than he has since he was
knocked out by Howard two weeks
ago. He Is at present in prime con-
dttion and ready for tough battle.
In the last fight whenever either boy
landed. 1t meant a knockdown and
It 10 expected that they will repro
ducs the spectacle again tonight.
Howard Is Just as confident as Stur-
inc that he will end the fight the
same a. he did the first one,
Az an added attraction, two other
New York boys will be seen on to-
nights card of bouts. Frank LaPera,
New York welterweight champion
will meet the title holder In that
class in Connecticut, Fritz Adamson
of New Haven. This will be battle
In itself because LaPera showed two
weeks ago that he has the goods.
The other New Yorker is Jack
Brophy q 1928 FOUNDER, who will
meet Frank Moore. Brophy has q
Knockout punch that lands often and
although Moore is tough boy, the
New York boys followers predict
that he will win by the sleep-pro-
ducing route tonight.
Eight members OF the Franco
American club OF Waterbury, one of
the leading organizations in the
state In the development Of amateur
fighters, will be matched. Mingo
Travers was reported sick with
tho grip and Abe Bodine has been
substituted in his place. He will
1u0ok 1bOllO 4SOAdllo VI w dlCA bdl
who gave Bat Battalino such tough
battle a few weeks ago in this city.
The Kelley brothers. the Llarriviers
and other well known members OF
the Brass City club will be seen In
action.
Johnny Clinch OF this city will en-
ter against Joe 3rightwood Of Water
h,~ will ho bocfo
gagement that Johnny has had in his
meteoric career as an amateur
battler. Joe Zotter and Terry Fa-
gan will be two other New Britain
boys who will be seen In action.
In addition to all these, New Brit
ain fans for the first time will see
Johnny Crock OF Meriden in action.
Johnny is the lightweight champion
OF the state and clever and tough
fighter. He will enter either against
Pancho Villa or Charlie Romano and
either OF these two will make 1t a
hot hight Crock is in the pink of
condition and Just anxious to get go
ing in this city.
Tho results of the Delaney-Ma
lVACy DV0t AL NC" L III ~ Will bc slii-
nounced round by round at the ring
30 that the fans present will be &C.
auainted with what is going on in
New York. The officials of the Mo-
hawk A. c., have secured $500
chairs for the night but because q
capacity house witnesse the last
fights, those coming first will be the
~a$ fo5r -
selling fast in Hartford, over 500 OF
them having been sold up to last
night. New Britain people should
take a warning from this and be at
tho state armory early The box
Office will be opened at $3.50 o'clock.
The entries In the various classes
which have been received by Match
maker ]. J. Whaler, are as follows:
1853 pounds - Joe Sturino, New
York and Joe Howard, Hartford.
lat pounds - Frankie LaPera,
New York and Fritz Adamson, New
Haven.
1913 pounds - Jack Brophy, New
York and Frank Moore, Waterbury
1se pounds - Jack Kelley, Water
bury and Ed Skinner, New Haven.
100 pounds - Lucien Larrivier.
Waterbury and George Beasley New
Haven.
14s pounds - Eddie Laven.ky.
Waterbury and Charles Anderson.
New Haven.
14o - Joe Brightwood, Waterbury
and Johnny Clinch. New Britain.
las pounds Joe Zotter. New
Britain and Leo Larrivier, Water
bury.
1913 pounds Terry Pagan. New
Britain and Joe Dignal, Waterbury.
1873 pounds Rollo Roland.
Waterbury and Abe Bodine. Hart
ford.