The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-23
(BY HUGO HoOKJAB)

AS expected by those who figure fights on the basis of fact than
 fancy, Irish Eddie Dolan defeated
 Johnny Bellus of New Haven for
 the second time within two months,
 but he had the devils own time doing it. Some fans from several Connecticut cities sat in on the pro- cedure last night at Randolph Cloves stadium. Believe it or doubt, but Dolan defeated Bellus by ex-. actly the same margin as he won from the same boy in New Haven two points. Last night it was a different city, a different ring and different referee, but the margin was the same, 39 to 37, and though the first fight left little to be de- sired in the way of fistic enter tainment, last evenings exchange of leather was better battle, as Dolan had to come in a few pounds lighter and Bellus, a thunderous body -puncher scored heavily in the third, fourth, fifth and seventh rounds. Dolan was knocked down with one of the punches as he was going toward a corner, but he was up SO fast that he made it look like a slip but Bellus had belted him in the belly just as he "slipped".
 Starting fast and on his toes as usual, Dolan took the first two rounds, Bellus trying to crowd" him SO that he could work at short range to the body and head. Be- cause he never stopped trying, Bel Jus found Dolan's jaw with a hard right in the third round which might have floored many fighter, but the local lad shook 1t off and danced out of danger. Later on, a small cut showed over his right eye, the same one which was broken open in the New Haven bout, but it did not bother him great deal and after some quick patchwork be- tween rounds, he kept going with out further injury to the eyebrow. Eddie also has a neat trick of roll- ing his head across the the top of Bellus' noggin, creating the inn precision that he was being "butted" and even Referee Dan Buckley fell for it, but Bellus fought a perfectly clean fight from the writer's view point which was close up. Oddly enough, Eddie himself never once complained of being given the head" but many fans lost no time calling the referees attention to what they thought was foul, but was nothing more than Dolan's ring craftiness which is unsur- passed. Dolan slugged quite bit more than usual last night, and again, reverted to his one weak spot, that of dropping his hands when the other guy gets in close and Bellus reached his chin two or three | times last night, because Of that
 Strong Finish
 However, Dolan was there" when | he had to be, for, after catching | plenty of leather in the middle | rounds, he finished up nicely to win the last round and the decision, 1t was that close. Referee Buckley called the first round even, gave the second to Dolan, the third to Bellus, the fourth to Doian, the fifth, sixth and seventh even and the final round to Dolan, making three for Dolan one for Bellus and four even.
 The writer thought Dalan won four rounds, Bellus three and one was even and anything but blaz- Ing finish would have cost Dolan the decision. The weights-Dolan l3Sh, Bellus. 1361s.
 Action Galore
 In addition to the main bout. very prelim on the card was packed with action. The opening sixer brought together Cotton King of West Palm Beach, Fla, and Charley 5eeleg of Albany. an awkward look ng lad, but a whale of a puncher, vho offset Kings boxing with some iolid seeking that earned him a iraw. They are lightweiehts.
 Johnny Allen of New York. known IS "Skippy" was a sub for Kid Barton, while his opponent Kid Sal 'f Meriden was a replacement for Tommy Ciarlo. who challenged the winner. Allen proved plenty able. md gave the Meriden Mauier ,lenty of opposition and some izzling uppercuts and left hooks Iefore one of eai's whlstlina left looks caught Allen on the temple nd the New Yorker went down as 1 shot. to be counted out in the hird round.
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