New Britain herald., 1927-01-18
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 Jimmy Clinch will meet Charles Anderson of New Haven tonight in Mlddletown. Clinch has been going great guns in the amateur boxing circles in the past few months and is expected to show up well with An derson, the veteran whose battles With Abe Bodine and Ray Hall have been high spots of amateur tourna- ments in the past.
 Joe Zo.er, also a local boy is on the same card. Robbie Pease of New Haven is expected to be his op- pouent, although this match has not been definitely fixed Zotter's goes with Barney Youseman in the New Britain tournaments have stamped him as a drawing card.
 Louis (Kid) Kaplan is leaving nothing to the imagination in his comeback after being knocked out last November by Billy Wallace in Cleveland, o. Last night in the same city in which he suffered his first knockout defeat, Kaplan decisively beat Lew Paluso of Salt Lake city in 12 rounds.
 So badly did the Meriden boy pummel Paluso that it was the won- der of the fans just what was, keep ing paluSo on his feet
 Should Kaplan get the opportunity of meeting Wallace again in the ring, We would be willing to stake our old pipe that the Meriden boy would more than atone for the defeat suf- fered at his hands.
 --aplan stated himself after that ignominious knockout that he would chase the next few fighters he met. out of the ring and he is making his word good. Were it not for the fact that jumping out of the ring is not ping done, we think that Paluso would have gone over the ropes about the fifth round last night.
 Nate Avery spent a. busy day last Saturday refereeing basketball games in various parts of the state. Nate started out from New Britain in the snow storm about 1 o'clock, officiat- ed at a game at Taft school at 2 o'clock.
 He then taxied to the Waterbury railroad station and grabbed a rat tier" for WiIlimantic where he ar rived at 7:30 o'clock. He then taxied to Storrs where he was on time to call the fouls in a game starting at s o'clock.
 Nate has been doing some tall work this season as a basketball referee and he is fast coming along as a capable official.
 Paul Terzo, the bam- buster of the amateur fighters who have appeared in this city, has recovered from an injured hand to the extent that he has submitted an entry for the ama- teur fight tournament in this city this coming Friday night. Terzo hurt his hand in training but he said that it wouldn't be long before he was back in the ring again.
 He will not meet Ray Hall this week because he feels that the layoff that he was forced to undergo while his hand was sore, has not been the best sort of conditioning for meeting such rugged fellow. He wants to be in the very best condition possi- ble when he meets Hall and we don't blame him.
 The National Guards face their first serious threat of defeat on their home floor tomorrow night when they meet the famous and na- tionally known Fitton A. c. quintet of Boston at the state armory here.
 The Fittons are among the best basketball players in the country and their fame has gone far and wide. The team plays in the same class with the Celtics, the Harlem Colored Giants, Buffalo, Cleveland Rosen7 blooms and many other renowned professional teams.
 The game tomorrow night will be under amateur rules, but because the Boston team has made several tours about the country. this will prove to be no drawback to them. They are familiar with both the pro- fessional and amateur rules. The game will be started about 9 o'clock with a preliminary at o'clock. Dick Dillon will referee.
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