New Britain herald., 1929-03-20
REEVES IS DEFEATED BY
 MIKE COSTA OF BROOKLYN
Bristol Bearcat Meets Master in Feature Bout at Stan ley Arena-Left Hand Jabs Stop Bell Towner for Three Entire Rounds - Five KnOckouts Scored Frisco Awarded Unpopular Decision Over Pete kely-Tony Ross Beats Base.

in the feature E0It oI lAG atldttGl fight tournament conducted at the Stanley Arena hv the stanley A. (. when after three hectic rounds, Mike Costa, hmling from the knick- erhoCksr \. t. Of Brooklyn, \. Y. was handed rirhttul decision over the boy who has been 2 terror for all midilewelghrs m this state.
 Costa. almost exclusively, used left hand TOT the entire three rounds iabbing continuously al one Of Reeves eye until in the first round he opened a cut there and in the second, Reeves was forced 10 keep wiping the blood away in order to see.
 Costa didn't show much more than the left but he effectively stopped every attempt Of Reeves to starr a body attack such as he gen. erally wins his fights with and IT the second and third rounds, the Bristol boy was nearly helpless so completely was he tied up on his advances. Costa won the fight by wide margin,
 Jackie Basile, also Of Bristol, was the second fayorIte Of the night 10 go down to defeat. He met wild, prancing colt Of q fighter, Tony Ross of Brooklyn in the I2S pound class. Ross was like bouncing ball as he rushed. swung and almost invariably landed hard. His wild sallies caught Basila unpreparei every time and before the Bristol boy could solve the style. Ross was getting in plenty Of punches. He gave the crowd plenty Of laughs by his perpetual bouncing.
 Having no opponent for Vincent LaBe!la of MIilletOwn, the match maker sent in Joe Cody Of Moving ton but the bout was a farce, A it's conclusion. Referee John Willis declared 1t a no-contes- No one was hurt.
 Five kuockouts were registered on the card, the first four fights end ing in the second round and tho eighth being stopped in the first. Johnny Gnazzo of Plainville. at 13u pounds, scored one minute and 3p second sleep producing victory over John Maynard of New Britain Overcoming handicaps of height reach and weight, the Plainville "BaAy Face" tore like a tiger into bis opponent and brought him down N,re~ times, the third time for keeps.
 In aa extra round placed on the 2 gram hy Matchmaker c. F. Wag- .r. "kt4' Carter of Middletown.
 -.'rs at 1&2 pounds. scored a ,tr,r-rounl decision over Joe Salz Of tttcoNlyu Salz was a cagey fighter md wild with his punches while the 'IjiiIetowu boy fought pretty fight. There wasn't any too much action in this bout due to the Brooklyn boys proneness to run to cover,
 In the mos. unpopular decision Of the night, D6ml1ick Frisco Of this City was awarded q three-round de. Cislon over Pete Kelly Of the Bronx A. C. of New York. Kelly vas being warnel repeatedly against hitting low, hitting on the break, and heel ing with his glove. He persisted in his tactics and for this reason, it is believed, Le lost the fight. How. ever, Kelly hit the canvas three times within the first 70 seconds O the firsl round. He vas knocked down to one knee once again before the session was over. The fans booed the decision loudly and long at the termination of the battle.
 I scored three round win over Ar Inand St. John of Holyoke at 11S pounds. St. John had plenty Of spirit but lis flesh couldn't stand the vicious attack Of the smiler from Bell Town. The first round was about even but inc second round Hayden gradually drew 70 tEe fore. The final bell in the third apparently saved St. John from q Knockout.
 In his debut in the ring in this city Wild BiII' Jones. the Conner cial street Bearcat. knocked out Johnny Doyle Of Brooklyn in the second round, Jones, surprising by his form the large crowd of packers in the audience, tore after his man like tiger, He was a miniature cyclone as he hir Doyle with every thing. From Ihe beginning there vas no question as to which man would win.
 Johnny CIinch Of this city, in Q vicious fight with Joe Rocco Of the Bronx A. C., scored a knockout in two rounds, Whlie t lasted. the fight was a hair-raIser. Rocco. how ever. couldn't stand Clinch's hard body punching and in the second round, he went down four times be- fore Referee Willis pulled Clinch a"-ay and awarded tle battle to the New Britain hoy. Rocco was help less and unable 10 go any longer. They fought at 14j pounds,
 Bill Casey Of North Kingston, x. '. won hy knockout over Nick fusco Of Brooklyn in their match al i5 pounds. Casey took the worst o' the first session but made quick comebaCG iu the second. He landed q few hard punches to Tusco's mid rff and FusCo laid ne down to sl"ep."
 Tn the curtain raiser. Bernie Flood Of this city, punished Kid Duke of Brooklyn so hard that Referee Will lis was obliged 10 stop the fight in the second round and Flood was awarded technical knockout. They fought at 115 pounds.
 Johnny Ciinch. after his bout, re- turned to the ring 10 challenge Bill lie Reeves to battle at catch weights. If,both principals are will. ing. this bout will probably be put on the card next Monday night when the next amateur tournament will be staged by the Stanley A. C.
 Deputy Boxing Commissioner Will liam Farley of this city supervised the bouts last night. This was the