New Britain herald., 1929-02-19
BASILE SCORES, KAY0 IN
 FEATURE AMATEUR BOUT
Slsgs Away to Victory Over New York Opponent-Al Taylor Takes Three-Ro Decision From Frank Nichols In Great Fght-"Sunny Boy" Hayden Has Biz Edge Over Jimmy Walsh-LaBella Gets Yer dict From Anderson In Pretty Match.

in the third round of the featur
 bout at the weekly fight tournamer
 of the Stanley A. c. held at tn
 Stanley arena on Church stree
 Meeting a cagey boxer who scene
 afraid of getting hurt. Basile in tn
 second round finally got through hi
 guard and started . pounding O
 face and body that must ineyitabl
 bring his opponent down.
 About the middle of the thir
 round, Basile sent . hard right t
 podwanas chin and another pil
 driving left to the pit of his stom
 ach. Podwana dropped to the can
 vas and although he didn't seem t
 be badly hurt. Referee Willis sa'
 that he didn't intend to return t
 the wars and he awarded the bou
 to Basiie.
 The best fight of the night Wa
 the first. bout on the card. Al Fay
 Tor of Bristol and Frank Nichols
 two battlers who evidently had
 slight grudge in for one another
 plastered each other for the full
 length of three rounds. Taylor ha'
 much the better of it in the frs two rounds but Nichols made ;
 great comeback in the third ant when the decision was rendered against him. it proved to be unpopu
 lar.
 Taylor made Nichols miss repeat edly in the first two rounds and h, used an overland right punch t' connect time after time solidly tt Nichols head. Both boys were tirei at the conclusion but neither was T a bad way. They fought at Il: pounds.
 . Dominick Frisco, fighting at r.: pounds. met longshoreman 1T Pete Kelly of the Bronx. Kelly in jured his right hand in the frs round and although coming out fol the second. was unable to go through with the third. He was a wild puncher. tearing around the ring like a whirling dervish. He would probably have come out on the wrong end of the decision after the three sessions.
 In one of the prettiest fights ol the night, Vincent LaBella of Mid. dletown outboxed and outfough, eVn rnu Apdor~on nF Nou, vorI. tr get the decision in the l3O pound class. The match was a pretty one to watch as both boys are clever boxers. LaBella proved to be toe cagey for the New Yorker and he had Anderson wilting under his at tack to the body and head in the third round.
 Sunny Boy" Hayden of Bristol. weighing 115 pounds. handed Jim mic Walsh of this city a handsome facing in their bout. Sunny Boy was serenaded by the orchestra after the fight with the song made famous by Al Jolsson. His victory was . popular one. Walsh is 8 southpaw and Hayden found 1t diff fcult to solve his style in the first round. He got by him in the second and third. however, and Walsh ap- peared to be wobbly at times.
 Al Cromack of Unionville in the 1s0 pound class. got three round decision over Tony Rocko of New York. Rocko pulled about every trick known to the ring and he ap- peared very much like a profession al mitt thrower. He hit on the break. struck low at least six times during the flIht, used the ra abbit and kidney punch and on general prin- ,iples alone, Cromack got the deci- sion. Cromack used a left uppercut 10 advantage as Rocko crouched on he offense.
 In neishborhood flor blood" scrap between an Irisfman and Hebrew. Bernie Flood knocked out Willie Silverman in the second 'ound. The boys hammered away at 'ach other at the start but Flood got n some terrific wallops to the head. 'ilverman went down for a count light times in the first round. He ildn't know enough to take a count 'f nine but kept coming up after hree or four. When he went down in he second round. he couldn't get up. incidentally. after the scrap was 'fer the orchestra rendered "My 6luebirds are BIackbirds Now" This 'out was 112 pounds.
 In slow and uninteresting mix lp. Joe kody, late of New Britain. 'ut announced as coming from New l ngton. took the decision over Nick 'alent of this city. They fought at }. pounds.
 Joe O'Day of New Britain scored
 knockout over Joe Troy of Plain- He in the first round of their bout . [ lS7 pounds. Troy went down for ne count of nine and came up again. 'hce more he went down and this lnle he failed to rise until after the ount of ten had passed over him. ie tried to argue that Referee 'illls didn't count loud enough but e was waved to his corner.
 Louis Murrell Of Torrington. state champion. was sent in salnst Minty Walsh of this city in ne semi-final bout. This was no latch and the two boys were evil ently faking it. To chorus of hoos nd hand-clapping. the two waltzed round the ring for two rounds. hen in the third. after thorough ressing down by his seconds. Mur- 'll started in to finish Walsh and did. One punch did the trick.
 Next Monday night, Matchmaker wagner announced, the Palmer, ass. amateur boxing team will be ought here.