New Britain herald., 1927-01-22
LA BARbA WINS IN
 ONE SIDED MATCH
Elky Clark, Scotchlnan, Battered
 for 12 Rounds Of Bout

l Clark must go back to Scotland and l the continent where he rules the l flyweight division without even the l satisfaction of having ruffled the curly hair of Fidel Labarba of Cali fornia, who today Is the undisputed king of the 112-poundera
 The stoop- shoulder invader from the land of the heather. who sought to take back to Great Britain the world cham pionship Jimmy Wilde relinquished to Pancho Villa in 1923 was battered from gong to gong of 12 merciless rounds by the dapepr westerner in Madison Square Gar den last night.
 The bout. strikingly similar to the stand of Britain's Mighty Atom" against Villa in defense of England's last world title. was one of the most one-sided in recent ring history. Five times the ripping punches of the clean-cut Californian tumbled Clark, weak and dizzy, to the can- vas. Throughout the entire match LaBarba hammered his challenger about the ring while 1e,O00 fans awaited the finishing blow.
 But unlike his predecessor, Wilde. who fell before Villas crushing punches in seven rounds at the Polo Grounds, Clark, from somewhere, found the stamina to keep coming back, round after round. into the hail of jabs, hooks and smashes. The bristly- haired Scotchman, blink ing under the powerful ring lights and rubbing continuously at his slowly closing right eye, even staged rallies in the final round that brought cheers for his gameness but little change in the aspect of the fight. The outcome clearly estab- lished LaBarba's right to the world title. disputed since the death of Villa, the champion in 1925.
 The vividness and color of the 21 year old Los Angeles youth formed a marked contrast to the bent figure of the little Scotchman-29 years old and the father of four children. AS Clark shambled forward in a crouching, weaving style that La Barba at times found difficult to penetrate, he met that storm of blows in each round almost efore he left his corner. The Scotchman's timld left leads to the head and body were mostly feelers. His right hand rarely found it's mark. In the 12 rounds Clark failed to land a single damaging blow.
 In contrast the champion literally smothered the invader with punches ripping solid left hand punches to the head and body at will. Occas- ionally Labarba crossed a crunch- ing right to Clark's head that sag ged the Scotchman's knees.
 The fight was scarcely under way when ripping left hook floored Clark In the center of the ring. Three times in the third round the rail of punches took their toll and the challenger tumbled to the floor. Clark was stretched on his back on the canvas when the bell ended the third frame. and Referee Patsy Haley was forced to carry the dazed Scotchman to his corner, his feet dragging in the resin. Again in the eighth round when Clark appeared to be weathering the storm left hook to the head dumped him to the floor. The judges decision in favor of LaBarba was a formality at the end of the 12 rounds.
 Two ten round supporting bouts brought the fastest action of the night. Dave Montrose of Sioux City, Ia., who formerly fought as News boy Brown, thrust himself to the fore as LaBarba's chief rival by de- cisively outpunching Frankie Genaro of New York, former American champion, in a rousing encounter. Billy Kelly of Scranton, Pa, gained an unpopular decision over Trip Limbaco of the Philippines in the other ten rounder.