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Evening sentinel, Saturday, March 15, 1924 · page 8

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 ~1'F0R KAPLAN

" Will Clash at Wa-
bury Next Week
' Fast Bout Ex -

fwa'rnnm'nr. Mam. March is,
when llr‘lil-y Garvin, the Pt‘h‘ni~
ll feather“. MINI cl: implnn
Mad States iirnw_ suing! into ar-
1” Wins: Louis (Null Kipl'in at
{be nrmory Thursday iiiahl. March
W. State fans should be in for one
the greatest {mitts mrr held in
Niel. pnrls.
V Garcia put itimse'f in solid W‘ih
“0' England (4138 ‘\‘l‘l ll be knocked
out Romeo llrr‘ic in ii 'ly‘kr a few
ink! nun. hr ;\ i’llnmi‘ion‘l

.MOry mo:- nnv of the
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“~o\'ng, lini—
rl‘.‘i‘l\'f‘l‘t‘d )‘I‘l
thv‘ir idol

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knocked in l ‘1‘. '1‘
ill It‘nsrs. mm! H ': v'
waned ta ml
bury to em l in
Kaplan.

The arm} t'l‘u 11.
mung merry l‘
mhts tin-l

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’«‘..i {vil'i‘S again“
has
. . 13m Yrafhir-
.;;:‘.it\\righls for
tho past two. .. . l'v (rosin-d In-
to prominence ulv ii in first lroun-
cod Kid \\ll-l.ll;'.< in liniiiniorr. Ht-
uttr laol‘. (\ll \\'l; illnw :lL‘Jllll in Bal-
timore. anti i:.l?lul"ui the former
worll'a banmm ('li.’tl.:l’ll0l‘l an even
worse lamnr tl..m in. (llll in the first
bout. \V'illiulils \\.is dropped 50W"
lines for coliiz‘s (if 'mnrv" in the
second illglllflllt'Li. :l:.- bell twice
“wing llllll fur in :z i: inuiltttl.

Bcslrlv's Lari 4‘_ :irl‘la has knock-
ed out l‘r. 'iktn lbw. lww Haywood
Chick Hummus, .l m Lamar-l. Louis—
iana anti o'ln-r {much ‘uns. Hnly ‘lie
other nluht iii li'i‘llmure. (Mirth).
gave Culllly in. ‘-l..rn-(» 1i incl)" even-
lug. althniiuli in l" m l\t'll :1 duuv for
it. In (his lll.~";ili-‘I. (i.ll'Ll.’l iiii-i Kap-
lan Ire min-up, for lx'uplin also
wlflpped lleMarwo—m l'ittsburg a
few months :ig:»———-Dt.’)' got to. draw
out. or it.’

Other prominent hrittlcrs With
Whom Gur' in. ll.l‘l tangled saccvss-
fully are llnrl imam. Tommy Noble
Jack Hausnvr. l"l":lliklo‘ Edwards.
IEddle llmtly, l‘iirl-y \i'ilshur and
Joe Illlchit.

Garcia is n :izhtwr on the order
of Kaplln—-a snuigt-ly aggressive,
vicious punching. m.) handed. hal-
tler with a U‘l‘l‘lfll‘. sock. From the
time ,the opening gong clungs. all
Bobby knows is to lv‘lGll'l‘, and
keep on fighting! Always on ..he
Ago, ever after 1143 Margit-.3
away incessantly with both hands.
the army lad is one or the most
lpoctaular pcrl‘ortmrrs nmv
tune.

Garcia 13. .1 .‘lexia‘tiii
birth. and ”trough liq Vein flows
the vicious fi:;h ' Hood of the
A llt.‘ is now
. full flcnlgml .\n1--ri(~.-n mtizcn, and
for the past three )m rs has hl-On In
the United Stan-s artsy. lie won the
featherweight m'e u: tliv army in
open comintillun :lf'.l3ll<l ihv inst
ISO-poumlnrs m [3.0 1.111.]
‘Dncle Sam's lllliflllV lt'lJiUllS of war.

Garcia is Siizlll'il'l' l at (‘nmp llola-

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lnvlian by

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s". bird. Md. on the ou’akit'li UL. llllil-‘

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more.

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Walter Johnson. vet-gran of the
Amerimin 1.1mm“ pitchers, has fail-
Od .0 for in find a dv-sil‘nlllc buy in
the nllnors and hvncn will wear a
Washington unirrmn :it. lvast an-
other season. Johnson has been
angling for at least a cnnlrnllng in-

; “tonal in n. minorflvugue club, in-

tending to (ll-vote his time 10 the
task of running such an outfit.
The Big Sin-«in could pitch .hali'
more .wars in the minors
after leaving tin.- Nuts if he cared
to but feels that he wants to stop
08 the diamond for good when he

turns in lils Washington uniform.

Sport Barrage.

Comment of Special
Norwalk Fans.
B! 1430' 1). Down

Cliat and

Itoldyouso.
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Jam a member of that club now.
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It was some bout while it. lasted.
m o! the inrgrst crouds that ever
i a bout in the Garden turn-
, out for the affair which was well
. witnessing.

1'0: Rickard's {are must have
7 ed with a broad smile as he
. ‘tho fans flocking through the
last evening. Loni: aisles were
1 to purchase 0 Tier seats .n
afternoon. as th. rest of th:
. was sold out.
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Del-lacy demonstrated last

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mat be is about the best mid-
, _ i. in the game today. no

‘~arnod the right to meet Harry
“J h a bout for tho titlb.
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I‘- looked rather bad for Jack in
BM round last night. He was
- and Just a little bit afraid
that powertni wallop of Barten-

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1‘ r‘ :rzt‘ to Water?

been .

' States That They Have Not the Same Durability

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El) WALSH SAYS ow lllili -
TWIRLERS HAVE BEST RECORDS.

As the Hurlers of Former’Days — Has

High Praise for. Some of the Present

Day

,Pitchers — Compares Methods

 

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today are not of the same durabil-
ity of those of former years. was the
opinion expressed by Ed ‘Valsb lor~
more spltball artist and “Iron Man"

or the American league.

Remembering how many gamzs
“finish was called on to bUrl his
club, his super-strength during his
years of active hurling. we believe
that he is fully justified to mako‘
this statement for-who would know
any llciit'l‘ than the winter resident
of )lcrlulen. "

Too many pitchers depend on the
other members of the team. espec-
ially the catchers. is Walsh's opinion
llurlcrs of this day Ed. opened
were thinkers as' well as pitchers
and that was what brought 'about
the establishment of all time .rcc-
ords by them. They did not think
anything of hurling 25 games in a
season while nowadays ii a pitcher
goes through 15 games he is consid-
ered an "iron man" as well as a
“glutton for punishment." \Valsh,
for example, names old-time stars
like the late liill Donavan. of the
fielroit Tigers and up to his recent
death manager of the New Haven
club of the Eastern league; Jack
Coombs and Chief Bender of the
Philadelphia Athletics, the late Ad-
(lle loss of the Cleveland lndians
and “Doc" \Vhitc ,a teammate lor
many yi-ars. And we are taking the
liberty or annexing Walsh's name to
the list and why we are doing so
would furnish enough reasons to fill
a book.

 

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'what is in each one.
ishouldn't a pitcher study the four

 

 

The former spltball artist pointed
out how u pitcher could Compare
his work to a student in a class
room. "Take, for instance." said
\\’alsh. “four books. A schoolboy
studios each book and tries to learn
Then why

bases and know them as well. Then
he also has the task of studying a
batter. No slugger. how great he
may be, but has a weakness. Lujol.
Cobb. all of them in fact had theirs
and it was up to the pitcher to know
what it was Just as much as it was
up to the catcher. Pitchers of my

 

Owner Clark Griffith and t o thou-
sands of friends Johnson umbers
among the fan flock wish him suc-
cess when he steps into the mag—
nnting game, but. they will regret
his passing from the diamond.

Ismael?

bnch on the card of the Newark
Sporting Club in New Jersey on next
Monday evening. He will meet
Jackie Clark of Allentown. whom he
flattened in 29 seconds at the Ar-
mory in this city recently.
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The Garden last nightjn curtain
sections looked as it Connecticut
had moved down there.

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Some of the boys who picked Paul

to commit a murder in no time last

night, received an AWFUL setback.

Many a. good bankroll bit the slide
last night.

Chris Fay: the East Not-walk
carver, could be seen cum-
all through the bout. .

day studied their oposlng batters.
Then conserved their strength and
used their brains as well as their
arms." ,

Walsh also compared the methods
of a present player with thorn. of
the past. He sail that it usel to he
a custom to get out in the park ev-
ery morning for a practice and then
talk the game over afterv‘rds. Some
times now a baseball player gets up
for breakfast when he. should be
eating lunch.

In naming some of the best to-
day Ed spoke in glowing terms oi
Urban Shocker of the St. Louis
Browns. Ed Rommell of the Phila-
delphia Athletics. Herb Pennock uni
Joe Bush of the Yanks, Urban Fab-
er and Mike Cvengros of his team

eskie is a veteran Walsh thinks him
Still.“ gbod hurler.

and George Uhle and Stan Cowl--

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HOCKEY LEADER

Captain of Princeton
Football Team Re-
ceives Another
Honor

Pnzxcnrox. N. .i.. 'uuch 15.——.
Edmund C. Stout an, of East Or-
ange. N. J.. Captain elect of next

year's Princeton football team, has
been elected Captain‘ of the Orange
and Black hockey team.

Although Stout was injured in one
of the mid-season contests this year
and played only about. half the sea.
son. he was one of the best wing
men on the Tiger squad and was a
star on Graw's sextet. Stout is a mem
ber of the Junior class in the Uni
versity and at the present time is
President of his class, For two years
he has Men end On the’vnrsity elev-
en and was elected Captain for next
year at the conclustlon of the grid-
iron season last my. '

FROM DAY to day nearly every-

 

thing under the sun is offered in
the classified section.

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BINDING UP

2,0

Shorty Adams Is Making Strong Bid for Berth
Left Vacant by Charlie Hollocher -—. Elmer
Jacobs Will-Try for a Berth as Twn-ler —
‘Bob Barrett AlsoStrongrlnfield Candidate

AVALON. Callf.. Harch 15.-—'l‘en' “being Gene 'hIrgeon. from Beauo‘

days in the Catalina Island training monnw'r‘em 12:: Brnth‘fisbua:
camp have not brought out any Cub from c 3’ '

Vogel the former University of 111-
phcnoms, but Bill Kiliclel', the boy inoil athlete, whowill try to con-
pilot. is at least hopeful and what vert himself from an outfielder to
he has seen to date hasn't been div an infielder. .
couraging. Manager Bill has his bf the trio. Barrett seems to be
For 03° thing the man who will give Adams a run
the shortstop job is a bothersome :6:- the Doug”. W: 1. not. 3,
point. For another. the outfield is shortstop, having divided his time
not satisfactory. and lastly the

between second and third, but he
pitching staff. while pretty/good can does so well in these two positions
stand the addition of a left humor that. he might find little trobule
of worth- Outside of these three handling the short post. Killefer
things Killcrer hasn’t‘a care in tbe

intends to give bini a thorough
world. except his golf game. which course of traiizing there and it he
refuses to improve with age.

dow't prove good enough to unseat
So far. it looks as if Shorty Adams Adams he may be lead enough to
will have to occupy the' short job

hang on as utility infielder.
some more. This. of course. is on the Barrett is a belly lad with a good
supposition that Charles Hollocher

arm and can snap his throws from
will not return. There are other

almost any position, At bat he
possibilities however. among them take- a ulco cut at the ball and has

 

 

 

THREE ROCKIES LABOR AT WHITE sox CAMP
' FOR CHANCE, TO ,FJILRAX scHALKSSHoEs

a. lot of poker behind his wings. Of
course. be is green. but nevertheless
a lot better than a ycgggi; “gm-mm
proud“? Willi am trial. The Cubs
unusually'gotohim from Little Rock
where he played alongside vais
Jackson, the Gina's young short-
stop: '

Among the pitchers Killefer has.
at least two follows who should
stick for a while. They are Elmer
Jacobs and John Blake. both pur-
chased from Seattle last winter.
Jaco won :4 and lost 10 games
out i. ere last season. while Blake
won only 13 and lost. twenty.

Blake, although he never has had
the distinction or havla‘g been cre-
dited with a win or charged with a
defeat in the majors. has been the
property of three dimer-en: clubs. He
was a student at West Virginia Wea-
leypn in 1919 and his feat of, strik-
ing out 68 batters In four games at-
tracted Greasy Neale, of the Reds.
and football coach of the institution.
Through Neale's extort Blake was
induced to sign with the Reds. but
he never reported and before the
1920 season rolled aroung he was
shipped to the Pirates.

Pittsburgh kept him for two
years. but he worked in only a few
innings. much to his disgust. In
1922 he was sent to Rochester and
in 1928 was transferred to Seattle.
whence the .Cubs acquired bin.

Jacobs is a veteran of :1 sum-
mers. which doesn’t exactly [it in
with Killei'er's scheme to build up
with youngsters .but age is not go-
ing to bar him it he has the goods.

The big league was is not new to
Jacobs. He now boasts having par-
aded under four major club ban-
ners. His first term was with the
Phillies in 1914. 1111915 the ka-
or- sent him to Albany. and the fol-
lowing year he was with Pittsb “
where he remained until alpaca
of 1918. when he was traded back

 

 

 

 

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By NORMAN E. BROWN

WINTER HAVEN. March 15.—
There’s ‘1: mary little battle being
staged on the White Sox baseball
oasis hero for the'honor of subsu-
tuting for RarSchalk. veteran cat-
cher far the White Box and Ole ul-
timate laurels of filling his shoes
when. use takes its tolL '

The word oasis fits admirably.
The playing field is of Kentucky
grass. This green spot lies on the
edge of town in a sandy waists. The
auto roads leading to the grand-
stand are merely bub-deep ,groves
in white sand. ' _ " 7 .
But the field met: in in‘ superb?

but in. the ”hummus.

 

 

shape. The outfield is one at the-

 

Burns comes to tbeZSOX from tho _
ShreVeport club. ‘Crouso"trom ‘tl'ie
Muskezon, Mich. team and For; '
guson from the college ranks in Tex; ’

as. .
Burns BI: 11:. nip...

All three have yetto mama. '

teeth. Burns seems who've but?”
most, experience. 171th thou

 

to the Phillis. or Erskinegnaycr.
The flrat‘tblng- 0 did for the Phils
was to beat Bnbevm 1‘ to o.
A year later, nova-1nd; ed to the
Cardinals; tori... rue-do] w: and
, .Gcno Palflatta mtboday the: the
death hoedlfo’udow‘s in a 11-bit:-
lynx-nah in Which the bespec-
rta’olodburler. em

. 1920.3me g:- lemma, .by a. s to
learn" : eighth inn ' and
31hr. Manager Rickey, 911119 on}: uni
.. <Wfll¥ yanked him.- This . dis-
' tux-bed Jacobean he'dldn't hesitate
to say: something; .Fo‘r daring to-
question ,tiie ,Judgmezit «7 of the
rf‘great” Rickey. the pitcher w‘as
button the beach for two months.
_ Inter he drifted~ £o=8eattle. where
such moorings in 1931 '33 and *3: dur-
, which time he vw " an}
:. and lostriol .- on ‘n 1 J“

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_ — Elsewher
By Al Posen lWEISS SEEKS

HUSTON TURNS
NEWARK DOWN

Former Yankee Own-
er Refuses to Pur-
chase Half Interest
in Baseball Club

NEW YORK, March 15.—Re-
ceivership in Chancery for the
Newark Club of the International
Baseball League to‘determine the
exact position of the club with re-
spect to" finances and future is
threatened next Monday, according
to James B. Reilly. representing
\Vllliam Ashton and Bernard F.
Moan. former owners or the local
‘club.

The action may be taken. said
Mr. Reilly. unless Michael McTighe.
present owner. makes good his pro-
mise of yesterday to post a. 325.000

AYJHARCH l5, t

THIRD BASEM

New Haven Weak .
Dizzy Corner Sin
Sale of Riconda
Connie Mack

NEW HAVEN, March Iii-“X-
weck will find Prm" :_
“'eiss of the .\'ww ll.

newing his efforts to ..
baseman. “'ciss. who is :
Watching the Mg i‘:.L":

opinion that the a:

soned player for 9.1.. .. .

just about furnish 5t,

Milan a satisfactory 13m"- ;5 .
the season.

Third base has in»
ever since Connie 3.... _. p
into his pockrts and pu.\‘;;.:_.. d H.
Riconda. Several men .i'i‘re v.2
the position with only 1' Li '
season “'eiss wants to g...

enced man placed thirt- .

the New Haven infidi 1..»- .:
ancc.

According to presrr: pm: 1);
son Graham. recently -
Milan, will start thr-

base. Clyde Munich,

the Bowman deal. is s,

and base and Larry (;
supplant Phil thlr at .

Kid Bartcls will b- \“Il
Jrial at third base but h-,

to battle it out wzth “1...

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Lacking sr-aports, kl‘cm
gun the construction of LT;
Baltic.
——%_
Resembling an entarcrd by}
opener is a new di‘i'li":
ice cream cans.
-—-——————~“
Resembling a surxn ;.:r‘s
an instrument tha' has lr .
ed to estimata
amount of lumbar
it is cut down.

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next Monday.

Col. '1‘. 1.. Ilusr"
owner of the Yank“
had refused an oft-r

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bond and state his plans for the
club by Saturday noon. Mr. Reilly
said that his clients desire action by

By LEROY D. DOW'NS.

Ovlla Chapedelainc. better known
as Jack Delaney. of Bridgeport, the
best looking piece of middleweight
timber that has come out of this
neck of the woods in some time.
carved his name in large letters in
the”. Hall of Fame last night when he
scored ,a knockout over 00m Ber-
lenbach of éstoria. L. 1., the fighter
with the sensational record, in the
fourth round‘of their bout at Madi-
son Square Garden.

Today Delaney is the idol of the
.33!“ fans of New York City. En-
tering the ring last night he was not
conceded a chance to win by the
14,000 fans who managed to walk.
run, Dual). fight and kick thcinwsy
nto the Garden. A few minutes
later he could have been elected ma-
yor of the city it 1. Were left to the
choice or the fans in the Garden.

The bout was a nerve-racket. In
the third both Delaney and Berlen-
bach ‘ were rolling on the canvas.
Jack came right back in the fourth
round and put the finishing touches
on Paul the' seeker. the paralyzer.
the king of punch, and won fame
that will lead him up to a bout with
Harry Greb for the middleweight
championship of the world.

Berlenbach was the first to enter
the ring and meived a loud recep-
tion from the fans. He was soon
followed by Delaney and the sides
of old Madison Square Garden fairly
heaved. as the result of the volume
of loud cheering that came from the
throat: of the 18,086 tansrto be
exact. . - ‘, _

Berlenbach wasbubbling ”with
confidence as be took corner.
Delaney on the other hand as ner-
vous. He was very white ax. ‘ seem-
ed to be fluttering from. ‘,attuck
of stage fflfllt. It was not: until the
third round that Jack becam" hinti-
9011' 1881a. '

The weights were announce _ as
Berlenbacb 163 1-: pounds ‘and
Delapey 161 8-4. The- referee u
announced as Jack O’Sulllvan' . Du
lag the first round of the bout.
1936! Still carried». that
lupk‘o’n latitude and was very car-e-
ful not to’ set too close tothe Paul.
In hls‘eli'orts to get out of the way
he slipped to the floor. Toward the
end of the second. round the Bridge-
port. hamlet regained his confidence
audit was ln._t.ho third round as
Paul came out of his corne' :- and ran
iiito a hard fight. that‘ Jack began to
show‘realstorm. Berlenb'ach milled
as Jack cocked him ' {but it a
forced; smile and‘bo’looked to his

 

, ensue: tor-“advice. ,1: was just be—

‘ the clan of the ‘ :round thy

'Pal‘gl tookibls‘nrsttrip to the ' can-

n- W at thfieoount oil
was during‘thls round
was snap knocked or

no, but 11
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trightehec.‘

part interest in the N. -.x
the International I»
he was out of b::-- Mal.

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DELANEY SCORES KNOCKOUT
OVER PAUL BERL

Bridgeport Scrapper Puts End to Furious Bou
‘ In Fourth Round—-Paralyzer Hits (‘anv
Three Times — Referee Jack O’Sullivan’
Stops Bout to Save Paul From Punishmen
—Crowd Goes Wild Over Result of Fight.

 

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the canvas. whlrc h»? 522-."
the count of cigi" ‘
plainly seen, at

was all done ii: .
ning. Delaney 1hr!) 52‘ .
hit Berienbach wi'i:

he had. beating him 3

ring. Another (-rns

ponlt of the jaw :-

down again, but h»

up at the count of

railing around like

sea. His hands “'0.

it was only a n"
punch and he woul
for good. As he
ropes in a neutral
O'Sullivan stepped
Jack to his corner.
around the badly
bach. Referee ()‘S . I: .
to his corner. whr-rn lv- 1‘ i
~waiting arms of Dun ii
manager.

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A great roar went up
crowd at the close of
Hats of all kinds ‘Hv- 1i.-
the ring. all of uhivh
Up by Joe Humphrey.
tongued anounccr. Jaw; ..
vorite with the fans and f1 »
was a popular one.

As the result of his _. '
Berlenbach last night, ll-i:
booked to‘lake the {4an (;
bach on the card of ‘
Sporting club on next Rich-1
at which time he will hon;
Jackie Clark of Allcnrmrrl, "
had no trouble of dispm
this city a short time :. _
armory. Park was khmwt.
the first round by ilk"

French Canadian.

Berlenbach started the .' ‘
with a. rush but was unal
telling blows. At one time he chased
Delaney to the ropes. DvEnza- .V fl"
bed to the floor but was up (HIGH,
and got a left to the face allzi a right
to the body. Berlenbar‘h got if; 5351
rights and lefts to the head are De-
laney shot a nice right to the remain-

Berlenbacb smashed a right i" ”f9
jaw and followed Delaney around In
the. second round. On two orruswlfl
Delaney slipped in trying to am“
.but Barlenbach was unable to make
. se of the openings. Paul it"? 3-" 3

left to the face and primer
me back with a. hard right to It"!

A the Opening of the third De
landed a terrific right on Pain 5
ad followed with a left. Mill
3 blows. Berlenliach. how-
ke pt boring in and wnstllg
Delaney o the floor. Delaney lam... —
a Vicious ght on the Jaw and 15f.
lcnbacb Wt nt dovm. coming ul‘ fled
. t- Delaney han‘nitr
him mud \. ntil the bell. ‘
About the middle of the fruit;
Delaney smashgtd another in :1}:
”flit do the Ja~“ and Berlenhecfl
went duh on big Lee. He arose"y
the count of am. J -m was groga

' Delaney “‘59
man easy mark :01 the point

ul game”
but pearl!
b7 u"

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