New Britain herald., 1928-04-25
'SEM|.F|NALS IN
 BOXING TOURNEY
Expect to Finish National Anna.
 teur Championships Today

tered the semi final round in the llS pound class of the X. A. l.. Ma tional championship tournament here this morning. Daley defeated Martin Zunisa, of Los Angeles and Sici. won the decision from Willie weight eliminated Tom Eliot of AL Pellcgrini, of Chicago.
 Joe Stockman, Boston heavy abama. Calif., in furious struggle to enter the semi finals. Both boys battled evenly for two rounds but in the final session Stockman launched a wild attack and had F.l- tot groggy from right and left hooks to the jaw. The Alabama boy was on the verge of passing out when the bell rang.
 Finish At Dawn
 After oe hours of fighting, six of the classes in the A. X. |. national amateur boxing championship tour- namcnt reached the quarter-finals stage and the other two divisions were reduced to the scmi-fnals at dawn this morning.
 Boxing was to be resumed this afternoon at o'clock and by to- morrow eight national champions will be crowned and the makeup of the American Olympic boxing team probably announced.
 After all of the 160- odd boxers, who came here from every part Of the country, had performed, Tommy Lown of New York, the national welterweight champion, stood out as the best of the lot.
 The New York boy reached the quarter finals in the 147 pound di- vision by the knockout route, as be- came a champion defending his title. He drew Melvin Bcnckcrt. a rugged Cincinnati battler, as his second round opponent and the lat ter carried the battle to the cham pion in the opening round but Lown dropped him as the bell ended the session. At the start of the second, the champion lunged from his cor ncr and caught Benclcrts jaw with a right hook. He pasted the Ohio boy with lefts and rights and down. cd him three times before he was counted out.
 There was no one in the 147- pound class who appeared to have q chance of stopping Lown from an nexing his fourth straight national title.
 George Hoffman. another New York boy. the 1927 national 175- pounds titlist, shaped up best in the heavyweight class. which is now in the semi-finals stage. The other qualifiers were Royal Elliott Of AL hambra, Cal. Joe Stockman. Boston. and John Nenislack, Buffalo.
 Headed For Title
 Ensign Harry II. Henderson, a 16o-pounder and the best boxer sent by the Naval Academy to the tour nament. appeared headed for a, na- tional title and a trip to Amsterdam with the Olympic team. Henderson, twice intercollegiate middle weight champion has. however. two danger ous competitors in Frankie Flynn of Boston and Ed Herbst of New York.
 Eight clever 11c-pounders quail fled for the quarter finals and Earl Duquctte of Pittstield, Mass. who appeared to be the only one who had punching power. was expected to wade through them tonight. An other Massachusetts boy, John Dal- cy, Of Walthan,. had the best start in the 1lS pound division, which had also reached the somi-1lnals. Daley had Marty sici and Tony l'alco both of Philadelphia, and Pete Mazio Of Cleveland. between him and the na- tional title.
 The second night of the tourna- ended l. hours later. There were 5 bouts 1o ending in knockouts and two going extra rounds because of ncials were unable to agree on the victor.
 In Sc,ni-Finals
 Pete Mazio, Cleveland lis pound- CT. qualified for the semi-tinals by beating Dan Billick of Pittsburgh. Tony Falco, of Philadelphia, became the fourth semi linallst, when the judges awarded him the decision over Ensign w. G. Allen, of the Ma val Academy in a slow. tame bout.
 Al Stllman. St. Louis, and Harry Allen, Brockton, Mass, 16o pound- CTS. provided the most thrilling bat tie of the entire tournament. Each first round when their wild swings connected. Stillman was far behind when he answered for the second round but he piled into Allen and uncorked q sizzling barrage of left and right hooks to the latter's jaw. Both boys fought furiously in the third but Allen went down under stillman's terrific pounding. They were equally wild but Stlllman found the range more often.
 Eddie Hcrbst, New York univcr sity student. entered the quarter finals in the 1Go pound class by eliminating J. C. Estes, of the Uni vcrsi,y of Texas, in easy fashion.
 Ensign Harry Henderson, who shaped up as about the best mem- Der of the Naval Academy team, had an easy win over Frank McQuillan of Gary Ind. The sailor, who was twice intercollegiate welterweight champion during his student days at Annapolis. is one of the few boxers in he tournament who combines defensive skill with aggressiNeness.
 After taking a beating for two rounds. Dominic Angela. Buffalo 1G0 poundcr, cam" back in the third and took the decision from August Eu- bart Of New York Joe Howard. Hartford 16b pounder. dropped out of the tournament when the \. \. |. boxing officials refused his de- mand that they refund him s20p which. he claimed. had been stolen from his bag in dressing room.
 The summarizes.