New Britain herald., 1929-03-26
|DOMINICK FRISCO DEFEATS
 THOMAS IN SLASHINC BOUT
New Britain Battler Outpunches Bantam Champion in Best Match on Amateur Card-Gullo Takes Rather Tame Clash From Cromack - Berny Flood Scores First Round Knockout Over Fred Ianucci of New Haven Slverman Smashes Out Win Over Fornica.

city, fighting one of the greatest bouts of his career last night, pounded his way to clear deci- sion over Johnny Thomas of New Haven. state bantamweight cham pion in the best fight of the night on the amateur card conducted last night at the Stanley Arena. The battle was a hair-raiser from start to finish with both boys sending in everything they had in every punch.
 The decision rendered in the local boys favor was a hair-line judg- ment Dominick secured his edge in the second round and increased it slightly in the third. There was no great margin to choose from but the concensus of opinion was that the local boy had a clear win. Thomas proved to be the toughest opponent Frisco has met and he fought like a champion. Frisco, however, kept sending in a shower Of lefts and rights to the head and body and al- though he received plenty of the same kind in return. he outpunched his Elm City rival to gain the deci- sion.
 Vincent Gullo of Meriden defeated Al Cromack of Cnionville in the final and feature contest on the bill. The bout was rather slow due to the fact that neither boy would lead but they both got steamed up in the third round and some pretty punch ing was the result. Gullo scored wide margin of points over his rival and clearly pounded his way to ric- tory.
 Kid Carter gat mighty lucky de csion from Referee John Willis in his bout with Carmen Knapp of New Haven in the 132 pound class. Knapp had Carter woozy near the end of the second round and used a right hand uppercut to the stom- ach effectively all through the fight. A howl of disappointment went up from the assembled fans when Car ter was awarded the bout.
 Sunny Boy" Hayden of Bristol continued his winning streak when he polished Jackie Dillon of New Haven in the 11S pound class. Hay den took some surprising jolts in the first round but he soon solved Dll- Ions style and immediately started in to pound out a win.
 Showing a world of stuff and hard punch, Berny Flood of this city knocked out Fred Ianucci of New Haven in the first round of their bout at 114 pounds. 1anucci was counted out just two seconds before the round was up. Flood fought cautiously for time using . left jab but he suddenly let loose with terrific right that caught Ianucci square on the button. Many of the fans present didn't see the blow.
 Bill Casey. a big. numbering, awk- ward battler from North Kingston, N. Y., was defeated in three rounds by Jack Reneault of'New Haven in the IA pound class. Casey started out with left jab that bothered the Elm City boy for time but Re- neault gave Casey a terrific facing before the fight ended.
 For two rounds. Joe King of New Haven and Frank LeFevier of Bris- tol fought on even terms but in the third canto, King took the starch out of the Bell Towner with hard body punches. He was given the
 decision.
 Ben Persky of New Haven in tho 1o6 pound class. had little trouble in winning a decision over Jerry Va lenti of this city. Valenti, afraid of getting hurt. constantly ducked and folded his arms over his face al- lowing Persky to hit him at will. In the brief and few exchanges. Nalent: more than held his own and had he fought a standup battle, Nalcnti might have won.
 Bill Silverman, having taken a beating in his last two starts, re- turned to the wars last night against Sol Fornica of New Haven in the 112 pound class. Using a pile drv- ing right and left punch. Silver man knocked his opponent down for the count of nine three times in a row in the first round and again in 'ho oSSSiib' ] VI iiiSo IladV d NoiiN~ back in the third but his opponent had too big an edge on him
 Johnny Maynard of this city was awarded a three-round decision over Joey Louis of New Haven in the curtain raiser at 126 pounds. May nard. appearing clumsy at the first, took a few socks on the beezer and then began to fight Louis was apparently the winner by wide margin but the local boy was aU ard ed the verdict. This was very un- popular with the fans.