New Britain herald., 1928-02-25
Hartford Amateur Boxer Wins Verdict Through Fast Rally-Lucien Larrivier Outpunches Vic Carlson of Terryville- Murphy Knocks Out Frank Miller of Bristol in Second Round - Vic Morley Takes Slashing Battle From Weaver Squires
Billy Taylor's slashing rally in the 'ourth round last night, brought him

declared the result a draw. In the fourth, however. Clinch remained on the defensive and Taylor scored heavily with lefts and rights to the body while the local boy missed with an effective counter which he used for the first three rounds.
 Clinch appeared to be over-cau- tious as the boys came out for the first round. As the fight progressed, Cnnch kept backing away and only occasionally took the offensive. Taylor kept boring in but Clinch's agility enabled him to keep out of harms way and Taylor missed re- peatedly.
 Clinch scored to the body heavi- ly in the second round and took the sesaion by a wide margin but Tay- Tor had an edge in the first. The boys were even in the third.
 Going into the fourth. Clinch's friends implored him to go to Tay- Tor but he kept backing away and in . sudden spurt, Taylor landed four rights and lefts to Clinch's face that appeared to take the wind out of the New Britain boys sails. Nell ther was in danger of being knocked out at any stage of the bout.
 The card was evenly divided as to interest. The matches were all good, though some. especially in the heav- fer classes were slow in comparison with the four opening battles.
 Lucien Larrivier scored d wide margin Of victory over Vic Carlson, kayo king in three rounds in the 175 pound cla1. Carlson's much vaunted right failed to reach the Waterbury scrapper during the fight and Lar rivier used . left jab and right cross to good advantage.
 Mike Raffaele of Springfield very fortunately was awarded the honors in the bout with Charles Rasmussen in the heavyweight class when Ras- mussen twisted his leg in the third round and was unable to continue. Rasmussen was a mile ahead on points when he was forced to quit.
 Dan Murphy of Waterbury. the coolest specimen of fighter ever to step into a local ring. was forced to knock Frank Miller of Bristol down six times before Miller was counted out. This bout was in the 17o pound class. Murphy used a short left hook continually on the Bristol boy and in that left he had kick like a mule. Miller went down three times in the first round.
 Murphy's style was as unorthodox as could be imagined. Every time Miller went down. Murphy strolled slowly to the opposite side of the ring and when Miller arose, Murphy as nonchalantly strolled across with g bored look on his face. to pave the way for another knockdown. Final- ly in the second round. Miller caught one on the chin and there wasn't any question about his being through for the night.
 Jack Shea. heavyweight of Water- bury, scored a three round decision over Angelo Russo. also of Water bury, in . slow bout Neither fight CT could find the other for the greater part of the bout.
 Bill Dombrowski a 160 pounder from Hartford knocked out Mike Plaza of Waterbury in the second round. The first round was slow but suddenly in the second the Hartford boy slashed out and had Piazza all but out. Coming out of a clinch, Dombrowski slashed left at Plaz- za's jaw. The blow was so quick and short that few in the hall saw it. Plaza did a slow motion picture drop to the canvas and failed to get up in time to resume. He was in motion when Referee Jack Watson piloted him to his corner.
 Vic Morley of Hartford and Weaver Squires of Waterbury put on one of the best bouts of the night with Morley emerging the victor in three rounds. Both boys started out like whirlwinds in the first round and Morley was robbed of a knock out when the bell ended the first canto. A pile driving left hook caught Squires flush on the jaw just before the bell and Squires barely came back in time to answer the gong at the beginning of the second stanza- He was cautious after that and Morley had to be content to win on points.
 Pete Smith of Waterbury in the t60 pound class, defeated Paul Gros- kritz in three rounds. Smith, without d killing punch, hit the Hartford boy with everything. He showed pretty form in shooting his punches both right and left and he should be heard from plenty if he develops punching power.
 Dan Carter. colored. of Hartford took a four-round decision from Phil Desavitch of Newington in tho second bout of the night Dcsavitch was wild in the first three rounds and missed haymakers repeatedly When the bout was declared even at the end of the third round. Car handily
 The best fight of the night was the opening bout between Charles Pope of Windsor Locks and Mike Cavalieri of Bristol. Pope slashed his way to a three-round victory over the Bell Towner. Both boys slugged toe to toe for the three rounds with Pope getting in the cleaner and bet ter blows.
 The Tabs hall was packed with fans eager for the battle h.
 Clinch and Taylor. The card was good from beginning to end. 'ln next tournament vii be staged here next Friday night and will be feat ured by a match between Leo Lar rivier of Waterbury and Billy Fay Tor of Hartford. The winner Of this bout will most likely be Connecti- i1lf'a rnnre se rf af five at the 1na Ii -,.-.l 1