The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-09
KAPLAN CAPTURES
 CLOSE BOUT FROM JACKIE PILKINCTON
Referee Gives Irishman Only One Round-Gaif1= CT Gets Sullivan in First Round
BY JOHN A, CLUNEY

Hartford, Sept S-One of the most interesting things about box ing bouts is the mental angle from which people view the contestants, including everyone from the referee right down to the street urchin stuck in a tree outside the park. Here tonight, Louis Kid Kaplan, former worlds featherweight champion won the lightweight championship of New England" from Jackie Pilkington of New York and Meriden in a ten round bout that was a sizZler from start to finish. Billy Conway of Hart ford rendered the verdict, which in this chronicler's opinion was O. K, perfect, fine, just and what have you.
 Tom Was There
 l From the officials score-card one could see the mental angle from which he, as the referee, viewed the proceedings, just as one could see that everything was hunky dory with Commissioner Tom Donahue from the manner in which he smiled and tilted his new powder blue hat that spotted him at the ringside like an ostrich spots a sand-hole on the Sahara.
 Kaplan won the fight on his ag- gressiveness and because Pilking- ton did much too much holding. Remember, however, that Louis is nobody's palooka when it comes to ''tieing up" an opponent either, and while Pilkington was getting the blame for all of the holding, prob- ably in the officials eyes too, Kap- Ian did his share of grabbing with one hand and hitting with the other. Which is smart ring work. according to what we can learn from the boys ''in the know" How ever, the prime disagreement be- tween the official score and the writer is that Conway gave Irish Jackie but one, single, solitary round, the ninth. That, mates, con- stitutes injustice of the highest type from this angle, yet is absolutely honest and right from the referee s viewpoint.
 Through Bills Eyes
 | Conway's final count was 49 points for Kaplan against AZ for Pilkington. Kaplan was given the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and tenth rounds, with the first, third and seventh even. Never in this nd-bottomed world, say I, did Kaplan win that tenth and final round, and what's more 1t wasn't even close,-it was Pilking- ton all the way. Where Kaplan won was in the early rounds when he kept punching while Jackie held, except for flashes of punching as clean as whistle which jolted Louie no little. Figuring he could breeze through in the final heats Pilkington cut loose and won the ninth and tenth in a walk, particu- larly the ninth, while the crowd roared its approval. Six rounds was a couple too many to hand Kaplan, but that was the referees decision and that, friends is what controls the pay-off. Having come from the same town, both the Meriden boys knew each others style quite well and Pilkington really did nice job in keeping away from Kaplan's swinging left hook most of the time, by dint of some fancy grap- bling. The first was much closer than the score would indicate.
 No Contest
 Jimmy Sullivan, the West Palm Beacher better was no match foi Al Gainer, the New Haven negro who holds the state heavyweight light heavyweight titles. Three oI four medium strong punches ir the first round put Sullivan on the floor twice. Conway stepped in and stopped it which was just as wei for everybody concerned.
 Carmen Knapp, New Haven, 139 3-4, defeated Tony Laviero, Bris. tol, 143 3-4, in four: Jimmy Pater- nostro. Newington, 123 IA, defeat ed Artie Weinberg, New York, 12( IA. in six; and Joe Shelby, New Britain, 1855 3-4, defeated Jack Luckner, New York, 1S9, in six.