New Britain herald., 1928-03-10


 cisiNely or lose the same way, Leo LarriNier Of Waterbury last night outslugged, outsmarted and out punched Billy Taylor of Hartford in the feature bout of the amateur boxing tournament conducted by the Mohawk \. C. at the Tabs hall The only department in which l.arri}ier did not show better than his rival was in garueness, f.arriyier appar- entiy took the three rounds, each by a wide margin.
 Lawrence Prior Of New York and Ted Arrigan, formerly Of the Ma tional A. C. of Providence, R. l., were the judges i'll the bout and Joe Wirtz Of New Haven was the referee The count in points at the end Of tho bout stood Al to 3S in favor of Larrivier.
 Larrivier took the first round, a rather tame affair. by a slight mar gin. He widened the breach in the second and took the session by q very wide margin. In the third, he was working feverishly and had Fay Tor on the way to a knockout when the Hartford boy suddenly flashed q rally that had Larriyier on the verge of dreamland. Leo covered himself up well. however. and before the round was finished, he was whaling away at Taylor with both hands.
 Every rush that Taylor made was met by lefts and rights from Lar riyier. The Waterbury boy beat Taylor at long range using his left to advantage. Taylor rushed him but instead of backing away, Lar rivier took the offensive last night and hit Taylor at will. Billy's head kept hobbing back from the jabs the Waterbury boy was shooting in, but he kept boring in only to receive the worst of the milling. At close range where Taylor is usually the more effective, Larrivier outpunched him in every sally.
 The fight was one of the most ex- citing encounters seen in any anna teur tournament and it is apparent that were amateur bouts Of longer duration than three rounds, Taylor would most probably be the winner. His sturdin.ss saved him from a knockout last night and he was able to come back and nearly finish his opponent When the decision was rendered, there was no murmur of protest from the hundreds of Taylor rootcrs in the hall.
 One short fight started among the spectators on the south side of the hall but before any blows could be struck, Sergeant Thomas ]. Feeney of the police force, rushed the belllg- erent fan out of a side exit. The mans wife nearly tainted and caused deal of commotion for q few mo- ments,
 Excellent matches made up the remainder of the card. Joe Dignal of Waterbury defeated Tony Pagoni of Springfield in three rounds using his left jab often enough to bewilaer the boy from the City of Homes. Pagoui showed plenty of power in his punches but Dignal was too shifty to allow his opponent to land 6ludEelS. lNt loARlll at loo poulids-
 Ed Ellie scored q oneround knockout over Bill Dombrowski of Hartford in the 1Go-pound class. l Dombrowski went down twice for the count of nine and Referee Nirtz waved him to his corner declaring that the bout was mo match.
 Johnny Clinch lost on a foul 10 Bill Lieberman of Springfield in the l45-pound class. The end came in the fourth round. Following three l hectic sessions the bout was de- ! clared q draw. In the fourth Clinch i landed q clearly low blow and | Referee Wirtz warned him to keep 1 them up, Clinch argued with the l official and was disqualified because Of foul blow.
 Bill Bruno of Windsor Locks ill 1 the 175-pound class, scored one round knockout over Frank Miller i Of Bristol. Bruno vas absolutely too | good for the Bell Towner.
 Jack ODowd Of Terryville scored | a threa-round decision over Ed | Whinphiner of Springfield in the | 1S0-pound class D'Dowd used q | left hand uppercut 10 Whimphiner's | stomach and scored heavily.
 Joe Champ of Hartford got a three-round win over Neil Daniels Of Windsor Locks in q slugging match al 128 pounds. Daniels start ed out in q fast manner but Champs heavy punching slowed him Up.
 Al Rode Of this city after going down for the count or nine in the first round. came back strong to de- feat Nelson Sharpe Of Hartford. T colorad battler. at 171 pounds. Sharpe failed 10 follow up his ad- vantage and Hoae oNercamc his lead to beat him
 Del Poulct ot New Britain de- feated Tony Norman Of Springfield :, in four rounds in the 11S-poun1 i class. Norman fallrd 10 show his usual aggrf fsslvrness. II appeared | that poul.ts fierce faces and sta tlesque poses had the Springfield { boy buffaIocl. The light was not :, very exciting.
 
 punched Frank Rob, r's of Hartford in the opening bout at 137 pounds. sinko had left that could land mo- where but On Roberts nose. Sinko won by d largc margin with this punch alone.
 An extra bout featuring Vic Carl son of Terryviile and Barney Fox Of Windsor Locks at l75 pounds was provided but the boxers were not in i accord with the ideas of the pro- motors. The affair was most ccr- tainly and evidently "in the Keyster" and Referee Wirtz threw both ont | Of the ring. II was one of the most barefaretl attempts eyer made in this city tp pull a trick on the public and the clephantine antics Of