The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-03
BOUT IS HALTED .
in EIGHTH ROUND
Max Reopens Tony's Cut Chin
And Pounds Away For Easy
Win; GalentO's Hand Broken
BY SID FEEDER

Sl11, An. J.s July
dictable Make Baer, still no more
consistent than the weather, got
hot" tonight and chilled Tony
Galento in eight rounds, thereby de-
fying any and all corners to chal-
lenge his right to the championship
of the screwhalls.
With an assist from Tony's broth
er, who bounced a beer glass off the
Galento chin in a bar-room row
two nights ago, the former heavy
weight boss cut the walking beer
kegs mouth so badly that Referee
Toe Mansold halted the fight just as
the bell sounded to start the eighth
round, giving Make a technical
knockout.
Up to that point, the playboy
FOUNDER of the Pacific had banged
Tonv's face with such damaging ef-
feet. that at the finish blood dripped
from the end of Galento's chin X
a leaky faucet.
Near Capacity Crowd
A near capacity crowd in this In
ternational league ball-park cheered
Max on as he stopped the 1 to z
favorite in the long-heralded "battle
of the buns"
With his triumph, Make also won
another chance at heavyweight KING
Toe Louis, an honor he may not well
come. He was counted out on n
knee in the fourth round when ne
went against the Bomber in 1888.
And the chances are that as an
and wiser head now, he won't exact
w start the bands playing for the
second encounter, which Promoter
Mike Jacobs has tentatively scheo-
uled for Chicago in September.
The beating wasn't all mat nap
pened to Tony tonight. He not MY
wound up with a mouth cut Clean
through, requiring six stitches, u
his left hand was broken in the sec
ond round when he bounced a "ilo
swing off the top of Makes head.
Then. before they ever got into the
wing # was learned Caswell (keppei)
1acohs. brother of Tony's late man
ager, Joe Jacobs, had served papers
ON Promoter Mike Jacobs ~attachlng
ca1ento's end Of the purse on benail
of Joe's surviving relatives Two
brothers and a sister.
Wrestled Midget
Make wasn't supposed to be IN
good enough condition to stand up
four rounds tonight, but ne must
have been holding out on the boys.
For. while he was tired at the I'M
ish. he didn't look as though ne u
reed to leave in a wheel chair. IN
fact. a midget climbed into h ring
az Galento walked out, and Make
as serious as usual, wrestled on the
floor with him for several motnenls'
Baer did an expert job for tne
seven rounds the fight lasted out' III
all fairness. he ought to "cut" Ionys
brother. Russell, in on his purse
For Russelrs high hard one VIII
the her glass cut Tony's chin TWO
NIGHTS ago. and it was this gash'
enlarged and deepened, whlc Il
brought Baer the victory.
Tn the first round, this bigger
p.er-he weighed 221 IL to Tonys
9Aa Invent to work on that cut
and had it opened in the tlrst t"o
minutes. Firm othere on ne Jus'
aimed at this target like a bull go
inp after grandpa's red flannels'
Tonv's mouth wasn't a pretty tnl'e
r. see when the fight ended, JUS
after Whitley Bimstein, n OIL ms
seconds. had summoned the re1eree
TO examine the wound.
Butted With ling
As exnected and advertised, these
+,ro stretched the MARQUIS o
oueensbury rules a bit. once Aons
r,,sbad in and butted Max unoe'
Tho chin with as much "zlng d.
he could put behind it. MAX ian.
al over the ropes, splitting teett
and blood, and the referee "aliie.
Tonv. This round was taken lfo'l
calento for his fouling, out IL "aS
Makes on merit anyway.
TONY also gave quite an eXhloi'
tion Of backhanding on occasion
while Max, not to be outcome heio
I'M his end by hitting on the preaS
once in a while, and leaning ol
Tonv in the clinches until the rel
eree warned him to desist.
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