New Britain herald., 1927-01-08
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 Amateur fight fans who attended the tournament of the Mohawk A c. at the state armory last night were treated to ten bouts of req 1stic action. The list of amateur fighters Is growing every day ane each time a tournament is conduct ed, new faces are seen breaking into the ranks
 To our minds last night, the one feature that stood out above all the rest is the constant improvement be. ing shown by Johnny Clinch. who has succeeded his brother Jimmy as the leading amateur fighter ir this city.
 Last night, Johnny was matched with a boy who, 1t was predicted was out to win. Jim Bernardo, the Hartford battler had appeared in South Manchester Tuesday evening against Barney Youseman of Hart ford and had knocked the almost unhittable Youseman down four times In the first round.
 Any amateur fighter in his weight that can do this to Youseman, has a sock and can fight. Youseman Is far from being champion, but he has a solid pair of legs that hold nim up under terrific lombard ment.
 It took one punch from Clinch last night to lay Bernardo low. The Hartford lad went in fast. but Clinch took what he had to give on his gloves and waited for an opening. Johnny has the knack of waiting and studying his opponent He saw Bernardo's guard go to his jaw and he sank hard left to Bernar- dos heart.
 The force of the blow sent Der nardo clear across the ring and into the ropes. Clinch went into finish him but Bernardo was helpless ana Referee Joe Wurst stopped the bout.
 4 hoy in whom we are 1ntensely interested, made his first appearance in the amateur ring last night rom Southineton, Frank Carbonc. He showed a lot of stuff against Pancho Villa but In the second round, after sharp exchange of blows, he went to the ropes and standing up straight. without crouching. he coV- cred his face with his gloves and started to take a terrific body lac ing.
 He failed to lower his hands to defend himself or to fight back. so Referee NTurst stopped the bout ana sent the fighters to their corners.
 Jimmy Moe, the New Haven col ored boy, also suffered loss in this manner when he took blow on the forehead over his left eye and be- came blinded by his own blood. we haven't seen any fighter bleed any more than Moe did last night. It seemed that the blood just spurted out of the, cut and drenched him.
 He tried to continue, but then called to the referee that he could not see and the bout was stopped. Some of the crowd thought that Moe was protesting that the bout should not be stopped, but instead of this, he called out that he was blinded by his blood and evidently couldn't go on.
 One must remember in these anna teur tournaments that the boys ap- bearing in the bouts are not season. ed fighters and much care must be exercised in their conduct. Joe Wurst is a commissioner of the A. A. T.. and as such. is thoroughly conversant with the rules that gov ern the amateur fight tournaments.
 In cases such as arose last night, somc permanent damage might have been done 10 the boxers if the bouts had been allowed to go on and that would mean the finish of the spot in this state. In our opinion. Ref cree Wurst did the right thing in the bouts which he stopped.
 Jack Davis of New Haven is one colored fighter who can take and give. He was so far ahead in his fight with Monte Lusa of Hartford he didn't need 10 do anything but bide his time. He hit Lusa when the latter was on the floor and lost the fight on foul.
 Davis should be heard from again in the future and nothing would please New Britain fans more than to have the two matched for an- other tournament here. Monte Lusa is a tough boy and carried knock out punch in either hand. He almost had Davis out on several occasions last night, but the New Haven col oreSl boy appeared to be in superb condition.
 Ray Hogan is rightly named the "Terryvillc Terror" He met Fritz Adamson of Now Haven, welter- weight champion of the state last night and gave him the worst beat ing Adamson has received in the ring so far. Hogan is q straight and heavy puncher and if he fight all the time as he did last night, he will soon be among the leaders in the amateur ranks of the state.
 The next tournament will be held at the state armory on Friday night, To