New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-16
delaney facing
real tough JOB
ATTEMPTED Comeback Not to
Be So Easy

Jack Delaney, whose real name Is
Ovila Chapdelaine. is back on the
pugilistic map today after an alb
sence from the ring for nearly five
months
A crowd of $500 witnessed the
return of the Bridgeport fighter re-
Gently at Ebbets ield. Delaney
retired light Heavyweight champion.
again seeks the title. The first
hurdle was cleared when he won a
technical knockout over Nando
Tassi, italian school teacher. in
eleven rounds OF scheduled fifteen
round battle.
When Delaney crawled through
the ropes that night tradition was
on his side. 1t was in the same
park that he made his metropolitan
debut some seven years ago, when
he knocked out Bert Collins In the
semi finals of the Weinert-J ournee
60.
Delaney demonstrated he still re-
tains the punch that won him the
ight-heavyweigh title from Paul
Berlenbach in 1926. Tassi was
down for count of eight In the
first round and was on the receive
ing end of Delaney's left hooks and
right uppercuts until the fight was
stopped by the referee In the elev-
enth. The Italians nose was split
In the tenth and Delaney rained
blows upon the injured member
until the crowd cried: "stop It,"
Sharkey Trimmed Him
Last year Delaney was regarded
as one of the favorites to survive
Tex Richards complicated heavy
weight elimination contest. Delan-
ey was a great puncher but the ex-
perts wisely shook their heads. say
Ing. He may be great puncher
in the light-heavy division but he
will find his right hand wallop IL
merely tap when he mixes with
bigger and stronger fellows" Even
at that. Delaney, who began ming
ling with heavyweights In 1926. has
scored knockouts over Sailor Mar
tin, Tom Roper. Quintin Romero
Rojas and Bud German. He won de-
cisions from Young Bob Fitzsim-
mons, Johnny Risko, and King Solo
mon.
Jack Sharkey, Boston sailor,
wrote "fnis" to the heavyweight
career of the Bridgeport fighter on
May 1 of this year. "A terrific two
fssted attack beat Delaney to the
canvas and knocked him out after
one minute and 10 seconds OF the
first round.
I'm the bag Talk
Cutting loose with savage swings
to the jaw at the opening bell, the
Bostonian drove the bewildered De-
laney about the ring. Delaney man.
aged to land only one, blow. a right.
which slightly bruised Sharkeys
collarbone. A succession of rights
to Delaney's head and jaw caused
Bridgeport Jacks knees to sag and
he clutched for his opponent. Shar-
key drove a terrific right to the
body and sent his opponent to the
canvas.
There were some hints that the
fight was Tin the bag" James A.
Farley, chairman of the boxing
board, called Referee Lou Magno-
liza over to the side of the ropes and
said. Tell those two fellows that
there are wicked yarns going about
concerning the fight. l won't stand
for one crooked move. If l see a
false step or a hating punch I'll
have them thrown from the ring"
After .&he fight there was an in
vestigation. but it was concluded
that sharkey's victory was fairly
earned.
Back in his own class Delaney
will find the opposition bit
rougher than when he retired as
champion. Tommy Loughran as
title-holder is one of the cleverest
fighters in the game. Delaney will
find the Philadelphia a different
opponent than the one he won a
decision over in 1924. Jimmy Stat
terry, who cannot be termed an
actual contender won from Delaney
in 1924 and again in 1925.
Delaney has life time record of
participating in seventy-four fights
He won thirty-two by the knockout
route and has been knocked out
twice. Thirty-one were won by
the decision route, no decision was
awarded in two of the fights, six
decision went against him and
two were draws