The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
STRONG FINISH
 WINS HARD 60 FOR ED DOLAN
MOntanari, Italian Champ Makes Fine Impression;
 Katz, Gianelli Win K. 0.
BY HUGO HooKJAB


 Irish Eddie Dolan, the Town Plot welterweight, proved conclusively that he 'has what it takes" when the going gets toughest, and be- cause of that important ring fact, he won the hardest fight of his career last night at Randolph Cloves Sta dium before 1,750 fans who looked on beneath a cool but clear sky.
 Because he elected to "slug it out" with knockout puncher, Francesca Montanart of Italy, instead of out pointing his willing opponent, De- Ian provided much better battle than was expected from the advance viewpoint of the customers, but, by standing toe to toe with the hard hitting Italian, Dolan endangered himself time and again, but came on in the seventh and eighth rounds to win going away. The ver- dict of Referee Joe Currie, New Haven 'goombar" himself, was booed considerably by local Italian American admirers of Montanari's gallant stand but, in declaring De- Ian the winner, Currie was as right as rain.
 Close Enough
 Going into the seventh round, it was anybody's fight, in the opinion of the writer. Dolan started well, won a little edge in the first two rounds, but Monty caught up with him in the third by three hard shots to the Dolan dome and some good body-punching, which gave him the round. Many customers and the referee thought the first round even.
 Montanari's big round was the fifth in which he got to Dolan with his hardest punches, yet, for all his vaunted hitting ability, he was not able to knock the shifty Dolan of his feet, though plenty of the punches landed cleanly.
 Not only that, but Dolan came back in teh sixth, won the round, was even better in the seventh which he won by as big a margin as Montanari took the fifth and took the eighth and final round by a 5-4 margin to win going away. Referee Joe Currie gave Dolan four rounds, Montanari two and called two even, for 38-36 point score. The writer gave Dolan six rounds, Montanari two, for 37-33 edge. Montanari hit the floor three times when he swung so hard and missed that the momentum car- ried him of his feet. He was warned for "heeling" in the middle rounds, while his second was also warned for coaching in the Italian language. Dolan also spotted the Italian well terweight champ four pounds 142 1-2 and 14e l-2.
 Doty Stops Doyle
 Red Doty of Hartford floored Alex Doyle of Garfield, N. J. in the sec- ond round, but was dropped himself in the third then came on again to stop Doyle in the fifth, when a hard left hook and right uppercut dropped the Jersey boy, who just beat the "ten" count in getting up but was not allowed to continue as he was just about "out on his feet. Doyle had five pound pull in the weights, 142 to 138 for Doty.
 Billy Duffy of Hartford had too much class for Al Castonguay of Holyoke in six round go in which the Holyoke lad was continually out pointed. There was little fighting on the part of the loser, while Duffy showed good left hand but did not fight any harder than he had to, trying to protect an injured left eye lid which had been cut in a pre- vious bout. Duffy scaled IA, Cas- tonglay, 145.
 Katz "CIicks"
 Maxie Katz of Waterbury stop- ped Tommy Mcguire of New York in four rounds for a well-earned win, Mcguire hitting the floor three times within the four rounds, before it was halted to save him from further punishment. Katz has improved considerably in his boxing and is timing his punches much more &C., curately than he did earlier in the season. Katz weighed 158, Mcguire 16O 1-2.
 Jerry Blake of Springfield was no match for Ohio Gianneln of this city, who needed but 50 seconds to knock down Blake three times and win by a knockout in the first round. Gianneli, 180; Blake 175.
 Waterbury A. c. officials did not announce any further activity for outdoors and plan to present the next lineup of fistic talent at Buck ingham hall for after the Eddie De- lan-Jimmy Leto bout at Municipal Stadium October 3, which is Spon- sored by the Municipal Aid Society of the Waterbury Police Depart