Evening star., 1928-03-02

/ Ry tho Associated Press.
N VIEW YORK. March 2.-Once
| N more, despite the most gal
VI liant effort of his picturesque
! l career, Jack Delaney today was
lust a great light heavyweight
| and not q battler to mix successfully
with the ponderouS, maullng poys W1o
make up the aSpirantS for Gene 1uh-
ney'S heavyweight title.
| In Is tugging. bruising rounds. bore
some at times from the incessant close
range fighting, Tom Heeney. the poo.
| ding blacksmith from New zealand. last
NIGHT outcuffcd the one-time rapier oil
! the North in Madison Square Garden
| lust as Jimmy Maloney, the flshmongef
| of Boston, did year ago III the same
| arena
! The defeat tossed Delaney right PACK
| to the foot of the heavyweight aooer,
but took nothing from his gameness
and battling ability even though the
| steel in his fighting blade does not turn
| 10 tin at the sight of crushing ncaFy-
weight. Delaney was outslugged, out
| rouched and outlaSted by one or the
r,lceedest of present-day fighters. pu'
| not until he had made the finest snow
| ing of his big-time heavyweight career
Heeney Has Margin.
| While the result did not meet with
| unanimous approval of the $4,000 1anS
| who hacked the arena-Delaney hlm-
| self was certain he had won-there was
enough margin for Heeney at the close
| to leave little question as TO the winner
| Lacking a decisive outcome, sucn as q
| knockout, however. there was niue
| doubt that Honest Tom" would nave
| TO do victorious battle with the VIII
| ner of the Jack Sharkey-Johnny Risko
| hout here March IL, before gaining the
| coveted June shot at Gene 1uIiiies
| heavyweight title. A..
Right from the opening gong the
bulpv-muscled battler from down under
| who horned his way into the "ellmlna'
tion" racket at the start almost on
| "d,1cat." and with little appreciation
that he would ever amount to anything
threw himself into Delaney like mar
possessed. :.
For is rounds he stayed on top OF
| the colorful French Canadian, sllenc.
ing the big gun in Delaney's right hanc
with ease while he chopped, tore ano
cufed at his rivals head ana pooy
! Keeney's punches were short, 1or ne
hasn't much but bulk IN the way o.
arms. but they kept Delaney 50 busy
blocking. clinching and holding to save
punishment that an offensive was Q
most difficult thing.
Checks Right Hand.
| While Heeney plowed to close guar
! ters. his head buried in his broad. hairy
chest. the right hand that made De-
| laney king Of the 175-pounders was
virtually useless. The bronzed woods
man with the flashing black eyes was
| forced to depend almost entirely on
left hook, swung incessantly to heae
and body. for which the burly Anzas
/ had little or no defense.
While Heeney fought the kind OF
battle that could be told In the frs
round and then repeated Il times te
| take in the entire match. Delaney fur
nished the high spots. All told Delaney
| had margin In six Of the rounds, while
Heeney gathered in eight and one was
even.
Perhaps the highest point in the en-
gagement came In the tenth session
when Delaney. battling with new vieor
and abandon, crashed left hook to the
sturdy chin OF the New Zealander. For
| the first time In the fight. Heeney. de-
spite his 20-pound weight advantage
wavered under the impact Of the blow
and was glad to clinch.
AS he did, Delaney cut loose with al