New Britain herald., 1929-04-13

l}rSltEtt Ni.EI.. .C!ttittp Ol about io pounds aud against the odds Of srr,u-rh aud power, JohnnA Cuuch, u-, ot Ierai amateur boxers slashcd lls NAY to d ~rli-dcsrrvtd victory oyrr hlIy Neryrs. dv~hy h,srcat from Bristol last night III tht feature boE' or the stanley X. H amateur n-h' toGrnaucat u tal stanley Arena,
 Ciuch, boxing pruly and at times slQggIOg toe 10 toe Wrh lis more powerful opponent, tied Reeves Up effectively in the tiiuches and when corncred, inc local hoy Wolm- ed his way out of danger and gave plenty u return for what Reeves sent III.
 In the first ruguI CI'nea played a wary game aid us Reeves tore after fiu. Johnny sldes,nppcd. duck ot and parmeI blows without do!ne mach offensive work himself. In ;he second. thc Hardware FUy tat;lcr. sticking his l-t' iu Reeves face, stopped vltgv rush ot the brarcat and crossed ms right t1 Reeves iuce tlmr and ugaIn With- out receiving a blow in ry'uru- Reeves made az ineffective attempt 10 rally and take c!inch by storm id the tnlrd round bgt the New Britain boy stood him off and out punched him and our-tougEt tho Bristol boy HnuI tA" fNal bell changed. Bobby EH0er, former b. ,u ua]uVeigh'. rrI~rord thls bout and without husiwuon, awarded tA'' decision to CNnlh
 Jack Johnson. former h"ayy"ei2 Nj Champion oL th" ~c,lI. rrt,re"d tAr srmi-tnal between Jark Ecasley of New Hayru and K. e. smith ot NiddlotoNn m the ltp pound class. Johnson Was met by a tremendous ovation hy the overflow crowd tfJt packed every nook and corner Of the ;rena and after insis-ont demands, he made a speech rom tho center O. the ring.
 He said that. although Ae had be 'j,yed last night to be his first time in New Britain, he recalled that J." had appeared here once before. H" expressed his appreciation for the ovation given him. He then launch- d into discourse in support ot l0xing He said that the manly art made men out Of boys. l. gay" them the heart to protect themselves and to become good citizens through the clean sportsmanship they learn ed in the ring.
 He alluded 10 Mrs. CHnch, mothel of Johnny. one Of the principals il the star bout, saying the boxing was a sport women could enjoy as well as men. He again thanked tn, crowd for their kind reception to- wards him anu then w,n' on with the bout
 The officials of inc Stanley \. C. furnished : bouts for the big house ot fans and almost every one was 8 slsHag and Wi-'lin- encounter. Inc show was late in getting under way, the first bout going on clos- 10 @ o'clock and the final being o-"l just about midnight.
 I3easloy vas altogether too much 3'i N N' Ipl V ON u 'lt n l- il V W II kept sticking out his chin for Beas- Icy 10 hit tt. the New Haven scrap Der couldn't send over a kayo wallOp It was pretty exhibition.
 Although every bout was good, ', Was left for Mike Sincko to furnish the feature of the night when h, scored the only knockout Of the card mi ,1 TJ., FI Tlainville, SinrAo. usually q puuct- ing bag tor all opponents. must have had q dose Of red pepper last nignt because he tore Into his opponent with plenty Of life and had him ir a bad way from fine first round on Both were grogey m the third round and a good push would have sen' either over. Near the end Of the third round Pertaui was getting beaten so badly that his second, tossed in towel They fought q 14S pounds
 Joe Malone Of ,HddIetown was given q very unpopular verdict hl Referee John Willis over Kid SaIa- fe, also Of MiddletoWu. This was a gradge fight and both boys ham, mered away at each other from one bell 10 the ether Salahn seemed tC have big advantage after the sec ond round using terrific right up- percut 10 Malone's stomach. Malone couldn't stand the slams 10 his mid riff He rallied, however. in the third and won tho referees award They fought at i5o pounds.
 Joe Duube Of Bristol took another unpopular verdict from Joe O'Day Of this city in the IA pound class t'Day, blond younGstcr. stood toe to toe with the Bristol boy and slug Ged evenly with him all the way through. He appeared 70 have an edge on hls opponent but Referee John Willis decreod otherwise,
 Not until he had fought two ot the hardest rounds in his career was Dominick Frisco able 10 forge ahead of Bill O'Brien Of Wesffeld in their bout al 12- pounds. O'Brien, hav- ing lost 10 Frisco in his first ap- pearance here several weeks ago. came back last week 10 Win against another opponent He appeared much better last night han former ly, but Frisco had him weary in the third. Frisco won the bout.
 Kid Hobo Of Middlctown at 145 pounds, proved 10 be nothing but q tramp as far as boxing goes. Fac ing Bill Iiberman of Westtield, d hard puncher and pretty fighter, Hobo did nothing but defend him. self or try to. He launched just Il