The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-16
NOVA BLASTED
OUT OF TITLE
co BY GALENTO
Californian Stopped in the
18th Round "Gate"
Less Than $4,000
BY JACK CuDDY

UNITED Press STAN correspondent
Philadelphia, Sept. i6.-((UP).--
They were still singing "Tonyboy;
Tonyboy"; ct his headquarters In
the Walton hotel this morning when
Tony Oalento headed for Orange,
N. j., TO begin prolonged training
behind his tavern bar for another
crack at the world heavyweight
championship next June.
There was revelry ct the Walton
because Of Tony's victory last night
In Municipal stadium, but all was
quiet on the Hohnemann hospital
front where young Lou Nova, the
guy Tony rnassacred, had his face
stitched together again.
1.-TWO Ton" Tony, big bellied old
roue OF the ring, earned another
shot ct pugilism's most coveted
crown by upsetting oil the laws Of
nature, oil preachments Of boxing
experts and ell opinions Of betting
men by registering technical
knockout over the now slightly
furnished golden boy" from the
Golden Gate In the i4th round.
Up Again
0alento, 20, O battle-scarred vet
eran OF ~ years In the commer-
cial ring, again became the worlds
No. ! challenger and won the right
to meet the winner OF Wednesday
nights Louis Pastor title tilt ut De-
troit by triumphing with ease over
24-year-old Nova In one OF the most
bloody btawls ever staged anywhere.
The crowd and the gate were dis
appointing 10 Promoters Mike Jacobs
and Herman Taylor, who estimated
that the gross gate was npproxi-
mately $4,000 and that the cash
customers numbered about 10000.
But the battle itself surpassed ex.
pectations. Those who went 10 the
huge stadium where Dempsey and
Tunney first tangled In 1925 saw an.
cient and supposedly dissipated Gall
ento o al underdog In the betting
battle youthful, clean-living Nova
into such O helpless hulk that Ref
cree George Blake halted the fight
OF 2:44 minutes Of the 18th round.
And this wasn't soon enough for
hundreds OF fans who had been
shouting from the fifth round on,
stop that fight Stop that fight"
They were shouting because Ca
lento gashed Louis right brow In the
third round with his smashing left
hooks gashed his left brow and
mouth In the fourth - floored him
four times and caused him 10 slip
10 the canvas two more times.
Handsome Lou was O blood smeared,
punching bag. And after Tony suf-
fered cuts under the lower lip ana
under his chin, the encounter
reached the ultimate In gore.
Nova was 0 worse mess when
Referee Blake lifted dalentos hand,
than Tony was that night last June
when Champion Louis knocked him
out In the fourth round. II was all
Tonys battle from the opening gong.
He forced the fighting throughout
and landed the most damaging
blows, winning every round except
the 10th on the United Press score
sheet.
Nearly Blind
Blake said: II stopped the fight
because was afraid that those cuts
on Nova's right eye might blind him
permanently" Blake was brought
here from Los Angeles because
Novas manager, Ray Carlen, had
insisted upon O neutral referee. He
did o swell Job Of officiating.
But Manager Carlen said, II
always thought Blake was O good
referee until last night. He permitted
oalento use back-aliey stuff. Nova
wasn't cut by any blows. His gashes
came from butts from Galentos
head. The doctors who took five
stitches above Louis right eye and
five below II said no gloved fist
could have caused such damage.
Wed like TO fight dalento again
In New York state, where you have
70 fight clean, and prove this"