The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-27
LARRIVEE EVENS SCORE WITH JIMMY
 SULTAN AT BUCK
Local Boy Belts Out Great Win Before Full House McLarn Outslugs Larri- vee-Bradley Wins Easi- ly-Pelky Scares Jack son-Carta Takes Deci- sion
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Right now, Leo Larrivee is about ready for the best there is in the
 middleweight division, and that's without exception. Last night, be- fore the largest crowd that has swarmed into Buckingham hall in many months, the Bucks Hill boy punched out a clean-cut decision over Palm Beach Jimmy Sullivan, one of the best ringmen to show in pay checks. Game as a water buff falo, clever, and hard hitter, Sul- livan gave all he had and lost to
 better man than he knocked out two
 years ago in two rounds.
 Improvement Galore
 Leo was at the top of his form
 last night. One cannot blame Sulli-
 van for possibly kidding himself into the belief that he would not have too much trouble winning, in view of tho result of their last meet ing. However, he faced fighter last night who long ago got over his
 right hand insanity and has learned
 to keep his chin out of the range of
 a sharpshooter of Sullivan's type. Leo was in 8 seventh heaven of hap
 riness whom his hand was raised, and well he might have been, for he
 Eeat a great little fighter beyond
 the shadow of doubt, during a
 bruising, slam-bang fight in which both were in danger of knockout Sullivan being on the floor twice | and Leo on Queer Street in the eighth round when he threw cau- tion to the winds, but came out of
 the fog in time to ward off a savage.
 rushing attack that the glint in
 J:mmy's eyes showed was his one chance to win a losing fight.
 Jimmy Scores First
 Sullivan started like champ and
 for the first two rounds had little
 edge on Leo who took plenty of time | finding the range, but when he got l it, never stopped punching. The To-
 cal boy made few connections in
 the third and by dint of solid smash
 es to the head and stomach took the
 round, though Jimmy bust his eye trow open with left hook. It was
 the Florida boys turn to be careful | in the fourth and he went on the
 defense. Toward the end of the
 round, however, whistling right to | the chin connected and Sullivan | and rush Leo into neutral corner, | planting right to the stomach At I this point, it seemed that Larrivee ! realized he had a chance to score a | knockout and before the next round | he must have done some fast figur- | ing.
 Bread Basket Barrage
 Leo came out fighting and in no time had Sullivan in danger again | from a series of body shots that | rone but a man in perfect condi-
 tion could have taken without fold ing up. Sullivan tried to hold, but l !, ocv,bt otI f0 n | failing stomach barrage that he fId
 to take and like. His ring experience
 and willy style stood him in good stead, but could not equal the left hooks and straight rights hat La
 rivee was throwing. Another right
 caught him flush and he went down | for a nine count, smothering Leo's
 attack when he got up and saving himself from a possible knockout.
 From that point up to the eighth it | was all Larrivee, but in the eighth, | realizing that he was behind, Sulli- van made his last bid for victory, but couldn't even put Leo on the | floor, after two hard shots to the
 head and jaw that buckled the local boys knees. Jamesey tried again in the tenth round and might have had
 an edge, as Leo tired, but it was | close enough, as nothing but a
 knockout could have won the battle for the southerner, who was clearly
 beaten but never disgraced. Larri- wee scaled 162, Sullivan, 163.
 McLarn Won-And How!
 Second to the main go for thrills
 was the opening bout of six rounds i which Jerry McLarn, the Water
 town southpaw, won from Lucien
 Larrivee in q punch for punch go
 that was great. They went at it
 hammer and tongs from the first
 bell, and 1t proved to be about the first return bout in local ring his-
 tory that was as exciting as the first meeting of any two pugs. McLarn's | footwork, boxing and general ring
 carriage hes improved 200 per cent
 but it's his left hand that wrecks the opposition. A natural left-hander,
 he led with his left for two rounds
 and outboXed Lucien easily, using a | continuel stream of left jabs and
 an occasional body or head shot. In the third, Larrivee's chance came
 and his right caught McLarn flush, spilling him for a nine count. The French-Canadian tried to make a killing when McLarn got up, but was effectively smothered and in the next round his own trunks became acquainted with the canvas when
 Jerry smacked two lefts to the gran | ite-like chin of the Bucks Hill resi- dent. For the last two rounds it
 was modified murder with both | bleeding protusely and punching like hammers. McLarn won and | deserved to, though it took all he had, following a badly sprained left hand in the second round. Larrivee | weighed ITO, McLarn 172.
 Rather Tame
 In the ten round semi-final,
 Jackie Harmon put up disappoint- ing bout which he lost to Ruby
 Dark Cloud" Bradley of Holyoke. Harmon appeared steadily fright ened, while the Cloud sailed in for ten rounds to win without half try ing. Bradley scaled 116, Harmon III 1-2. Arthur Pelky, Jr, filled Tut
 Jackson with punches and fear for eight rounds and won handily, the
 colored lad doing plenty of holding and backpedalling, while Pelky, who was in poor condition, won about as he pleased, despite a bad-looking right eye which Jackson closed tight with left iabs and hooks. Jackson wouldn't fight, and therefore could not win. Pelky weighed 172, Jack son I'll. Sal Carta of Middletown outpunched and outboxed Kid Bon Bon of Cuba in six round go. Car ta weighed 137, Bon Bon, 136: Bill Conway of Hartford officiated as
 third man, John Francis Brickel watched the match and Jack Freney, faultlessly attired in brown, did the