The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-05
RING GOSSIP
 -by- BILL HIGGINS
ALL HEAVY CARD TO
 OPEN OUTDOOR SEASON

!
 Apparently following an example
 set by Al WeilI in the Elm City last
 week when the round New Yorker
 opened his outdoor fight season with ar, all-heavyweight fight card,
 George Mulligan will pry the lid off the local outdoor season here to- night at the Lakewood arena with
 a card carrying as much poundages as the ring will stand.
 The show. which will be made up of five bouts, will feature in every. one of the matches fighters tipping the scales at 160 pounds or better. Heading the card will be Jack kei- ly. the elongated sign painter from over Brooklyn way, in a ten rounoers with Tony Shucco, who Is perhaps the most outstanding light heavy-9 weight in New England. Shucco, who is still youngster at the ring game, has moved steadily to the front during the last two years. He. holds kayo wins over most or the opponents he has been asked to face in Boston rings. One of his most notable punching achievements was cleancut knockout over Jimmy Mendes, who until his downfall at the hands of Shucco was considered the boss of the New England l75a pounders.
 While the rank and file of the lo- cal fight faithful are more than liAe-a | ly expecting Kelly to make quick. exit from the ring, perhaps feet first, when Shucco starts distributing his dynamite, there are more than few who subscribe to the opinion that Kelly may once again rise to
 the occasion and upset the dope. Rising to the occasion is a char acteristic that Kelly has shown sew eral times during the past two years
 in bouts with murderous puncners
 much to the chagrin of the prognos- ticators who make speciality or doping" fights in advance.
 Starting with the first Buddy
 Howard fight at New Haven two years ago Kelly has, to our knowl- edge, made "punks'' out of the "pickers" on no less than five occa- sions. Howard was picked by the various and sundry as a sure bet 10 lay Kelly out as cold as the prover- bial mackerel, but tw> great hghts
 found the Lanky Lith in vertical | position at the final bell. Next in order came two meetings with Al Gainer, and twice again, despite the unusual ending of the second bout, Kelly confounded his critics. The l fifth occasion came at the New Ha- ven arena during the past winter when the announcement was maoe of the signing of Kelly to fight Jim
 my Braddock, who never knew how to do anything else but punch. 1t lis a matter of history now that
 Kelly not only was very much among those present when the bell erded the tenth and final round of the Braddock bout, but that early in fight he missed one of the best chances of his up and down career,
 by neglecting to follow up properly J after flooring Braddock for an eight count.
 We are not picking Kelly to win from the Bostonian tonight, but | when one considers that Kelly IS about due to make good showing
 before the home towners in addition
 to his ability to upset the dope"
 just such thing may happen; m any event there figures to be plenty of fireworks.
 JUST HERE AND THERE
 | Marty Fox, of New York, who en- gages Unknown Winston in the eight round semi-windup at Lake
 wood arena tonight, did real, old fashioned punching job on tough | George Gemas at the White City Stadium last week. In a round and a half Fox had Gemas on
 the floor no less than 12 times. Winston's chin will be severely test
 ed tonight. ..
 l Considerable local interest is being
 worked up over the appearance Of
 "Keed" Chocolate in a ten round
 bout with Steve Smith at the White City Stadium next Wednesday night.
 The bout will mark the color full Cubanola's first fight within the confines of Tom Donohue's domain, but not his first with Smith, who on
 two previous occasions staged thrill- ing fights with the Bon Bon. ' Ed Hurley, of Hartford, who has
 been inactive since staging the Kap- llan-Lenny, Battalino- Martin double
 header at the armory several weeks ago, will open his outdoor season the week after next with a show head
 ed by Battalino and Johnny Datto.
 of Cleveland, in a non-title UOuIs