Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-02

car. Heeney piled into him like an
angry grizzly but Delaney danced
away and was sparring at the bell.
Round Eign;
For the first time Delaney took a
full right hand shot at Heeney's chin
but the Anzac just stormed ahead, his
short arms crashing through Delaneys
guard to the chin. Jack wobbled q
bit under the clouting. The fight de-
generated into a clinching duel with
each hitting and solding until pried
apart by the referee. There was
scarcely bit of open fighting or any
damage done up to the gong.
Round Nine
The splendid condition of both fight
ers was apparent when they came up
fresh and eager at the bell with De-
laney still plying his left hook to head
and body. Tom bruised in, ramming
, short drives to the ribs, but Delaney
tied him up rather effectively. Heeney
twisted Delaney half way around and
clipped him solidly with a right and
left to the chin. Delaney smashed
his right uppercut full into Toms
chin as the Anzac missed long over
hand right They wrestled and bulled
at close quarters with the crowd shout
ing disapproval until the bell sent
them to their corners.
Round Ten
Heeney did his best to make fight
of it, swinging free with both hands,
but Jack insisted on tying him up.
Delaney complained of foul and danced
around the ring in pain when Heeney
shot a punch into borderline territory.
The referee sent him back into action,
but he was bit slow and Heeney
rocked him with solid hooks to the
chin Delaney shot stinging right
uppercut to Heeney'ss head and this
time the Anzac was holding. Heeney
was hurt, quite obviously, as he sway
ed bit coming into ciOse quarters.
Delaney lashed him with both hands
right up TO the bell, but couldn't catch
him clean again.
/, Round Eleven
Delaney lashed Heeney's head with
left hooks and jabs ana the crowd
roared as the fighting form they had
expected of the pisturesque Canadian
appeared at last. UndlSrlIayed, Heeney
came righ; back with his short pudgy
arms, stroking steadily to the body.
AS Delaney missed a left Heeney
sprayed him with%lefts and rights to
the head. The tide was turning again
as the sturdy IriShrnan from down un-
der belted Delaney. into corner and
worked on his head and body. Jack
appeared tired and was holding quite
strenuously at the gong.
Round Twelve
Heeney, wasting not q second, drove
Delaney into a neutral corner to-
pound for the ribs. Jack blocked all
but one right hand Tom whipped into
his chin. Delaney tied the Anzac up
helplesdy at arms length and the crowd
laughed. Breaking hold Heeney Slip
ped inside with perfectly timed right
and left uppercuts to the head Jack
came back with looping left hook
to the body, but Tom brushed, him to
the ropes again for more short clips on
the chin. Tom ran full into Delaney
left smash to the mouth as the gong
rang
Round Thirteen
Right at the gong they fell together,
tugging, slashing and slipping over
surreptitious clouts at cheek cheek
range. Tom threw caution to the
winds and tore into Delaney head
down, in a desperate effort to reach
a vital spot. Delaney smeared him
with a vicious left uppercut as he came
in, poked him away with the left and
flashed another left hook to the head.
Tom nearly wreStled Delaney from his
feet with an arm hold, but took a
solid clubbing that brought blood from
a cut on the bridge of his nose, right
up to the bell.
Round Fourteen
There was an ugly cash in Heeney'S
nose as he pounded forward, vlgor and
stamina undiminished. The crowd
booed heartily as Heeney wrestled De-
laney in a half circle with his right,
meanwhile clouting him with leftS tol
the body. The boes turned to cheers !
as they met in the center of the ring
and hammered each other about the
head. The exchange was vicious but
even, and Delaney went back to long |
range, plugging for Heeney's chin. Tom
would not have it however and they /
wrestled right back to close quarters
with Heeney connecting occasionally
with overland rights to ,Delaney's
neck. They we're locked tight at the
bell.
Round Fifteen
With the match still in doubt, the
fighting was still close and bruiSing |
Delaney missed terrific right upper
cut but fell into clinch. Heeney took
long left hook to Jacks chin, one
of the few clean open punches the re-
cent rounds had furnished. Heeney
still the plugging power, swung De-
laney about with both fists and mauled
at his body on the ropes. Heeney's
short left hook drummed on Delaney'S
chin. An overhead right stung the
French Canadian but they were still
betting in good condition at the bell
PIRATES POLE EN- OUT