The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-09
SAVED BY BELL,
 CANz0NERI IS GALLANT VICTOR
Badly Beaten After First Round Be-
 fore lS,OOO Fans
By GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Staff Corresponds

United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, May 9-(UP)-Madison Square Garden at minutes to il last night. Joe Louis was just spec tator. James J. Bradodck was 8 forgotten man. Jack Dempsey was a figure in the dim and distant past. Barney Ross was an ignored cham pion.
 Nearly 17,000 spectators peering down from the darkness on the bril- liantly lighted ring, had only thoughts of one fighting man-Tony Canzoneri.
 Never will they forget him-not even those who had wagered on the loser. There he stood, bloody but erect, his weary right arm held up by aged Joe Humphries.
 Tony Canzoneri, once @ bootblack in New orleans, in his greatest mo- ment of triumph-victor over Jimmy McLarnin in 10 rounds of bruising, brutal battle. The little moon-faced bull shouldered Italian who had fought back from the brink of fis- tiana'S graveyard to put Q tonlb- stone on Jimmy McLarnin's career.
 For the last minute and half of the first round, Canzoneri was on the edge of destruction, about to plunge into the resin for the first knockout of his career embracing l30 battles in l2 years. McLarnin hit him with Q dynamite left, par- alyzing right-once, twice, three times. Canzoneri staggered, rocked, retreated. McLarnin did 1t again and Tony fell against the ropes.
 McLarnjn crowded in with failing fists. The referee parted them as they fell into a clinch. McLarnin rocked Tony's body with cruel blows, driving him into corner.
 "Irinish him, Jimmy!" roared Me- Larnin's partigans.
 Then the bell rang. It saved Tony.
 The gamblers, who had laid 8-6 on McLarnin before the fight, rushed into the corridors, raised the price to 4--i on McLarnin. Even Tonys staunchest friends hoped for only one thing--that he'd stay the limit.
 But everyone in that crowd of $16,950 who paid 85,763.60 to see the fight visioned only one result McLarnin the winner. But they reckoned without Canzoneri.
 After the rest period of one min- ute, Canzoneri was on his feet, fight ing with raw courage unsurpassed in the prize ring. The crowd came to it's feet as if someone had given an order. McLarnin, who carried 6h pound weight advantage, came out to finish Canzoneri. Instead, he was almost stopped himself. Me- Larnin landed the first punch of the second round, . jolting left to the head. A few more punches, and Canzoneri went to work.
 He shook off all the cobwebs of that numbing first round. Left right, Left-left-left. And right to the cheek made the ex-welter- weight champion hang on. Another left, and then right and down Mc- Larnin went for one of the few times in his career. He dropped to one knee. refused to take count, and came Up. The rest of the round he took one of the worst beatings in his life.
 THhey came up for round three, all even. Tony, cut across the bridge of his nose in the first round, kept carrying the attack to Jimmy. They fought on through the third, fourth and into the ninth round. still anybody's fight, Canzoneri slightly in front but looking like an old man, spent, trying gamely to hold his luead and McLarnin behind but looking fresh and ready for a strong finish.
 Then Tony's tiny flsts-smalles of any fighter in the ring-exploded on McLarnin's jaw. It was in the last minute of the ninth round. Jimmy staggered, bleary-eyed, fell back against the ropes limp. Tony hit him again. McLarnin was hurt. During the last 45 seconds of that round, Canzoneri hit him again and again with both fists. McIsarnin rocked on his heels, and stumbled around. He was out on his feet. What was holding him up? Nobody will ever know.
 McLarnin came out for the tenth and final round with the left side of his face swollen and bruised. Tony, arm-weary. couldn't finish him. Jimmy took it ail like . man, the last prize fight he'll ever engage in.
 "I'm finished." McLarnin muttered with Q lump of ice in his mouth and another chunk on the left side of his swollen face. as he sat in his dress- ing room after the fight.
 Tt was the greatest fight of my career" said Canz0nerl in his dress ing room. Tive got some of that brown stun they put on the cut on my nose in my eye, that's ell I'm worrying about"