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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, August 11, 1926 · page 9

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By LEROY D. DOWN!
A speedy. shifty, two fleted fight-

». er headed for the top of the bane

=tsmwelght pile stopped long enough
~ en route at Amusement Park.

last
evening. to bend Young Mulligan.
the local bentern a neat trimming.

‘ Lew Portetti of New York. shooting

elovee from all directions had little
trouble in scoring over the local

éerfetti shaped up as one of the

" "best benteniweights in the world.
Mlle simply outclassed Mulligan from

~tho opening gong until the final bell
rat the end of the tenth round. Gloves
i-were flying from all directions into

Mulligan’s face and during the clos-

~~.Iing rounds of the bout Amor seem-

. ed bewildered.

In the tenth round a solid right

. on the jaw caught idulligeii off bel-
.zence and he struck the canvas. but

did not take a count. He was on his

, . feet in an instant and gamely fight.

.. ing as the bout closed.

Mulligan cannot lay his defeat to
the fact that be was not in condition.

. .‘l‘he local mitt artist weighed lit

pounds and at no time during his

. career did he look better. He was in
; splendid shape and when be peeled
.off his betbrobo after entering the
..rlag. many of those at the ringside

A i remarked on his fine condition.

Perfotti seemed to be in splendid
shape also. 8e weishod 118 at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. nNot

millennium-r11. int

.. once during the to rounds of the
:- «ibout did his manager John O'Brien.
~~~~give his boner a drink or swing a
towel in his corner.

- Mulllgen's right hand was use-
-- less to him all during the bout. He
-~dld not attempt over a half doeen
blows with this hand ell during the
* -..figbt and paid no attention to the
p. .advieors in his corner to try end use
the right head. He did not lands
. ..solid blow with the right glove until
the fourth round. when he shot over

.a solid hook to the jaw.
' Although Mulligan was clearly

‘ go’s.-

V boat was earned by Perfetti. the lo-
_. goal led was not disgraced. es Perfetti
is right up among the top hoteliers
of the world in the'bentainweight
w‘claee. There are very few beaten-

. weights who are capable of earning

'. .; a decision over the New York scrap-

per.

i M . ”There were about 1.000 at the bout
,of which 891 were paid admiuione.
“"‘l‘he others came in on complimen-

tary ducats or by way of the right
field fence. The gate totaled 01.010.-
5 of out which was deducted taxes

7" amounting to 8824.". leaving a bel-

’ 'anoe of $1,585.28 for Matchmaker

" Dave nose and Joe Chimbcle of the

'Twin City Sporting Club to work on.

'Wbllo the promoters did not lose
any money on the fight. their carn-
ff'ings will not put them in the same

~“‘ class with John D.

’ The boxers weighed in before City
ti. ““noxing oner Anson F.
. Sociol- in the office of Dr. Frederick
’ ,‘ilerrieon at 3 o'clock yesterday aft-
: fernoon. Perfettl tipped the beams at
“flit pounds and nulligan sealed at

"'11". The we t limit was 120
",“pounde so ill titty both retained
their forfeits. ‘ -

When lulllgen entered the ring he
_ had a string of followers behind
a ,hiiii long enough to take care of the
2 moods of Dempeey.- Hie managers
)f'dniokey" Bili'lrnlth. end Dill Per-
'1”!!! and his uncle George Mulligan
and brother George Williamson
" were in Law’s corner.
M, It was discovered that someone
Milled lost the boxing gloves and I!
:f'.eeereuos party was sent out . for
‘ * them. During this intermission pugs
mot all shapes. elees and color storinp
'Nsd into the ring in e. manner stroller
f. . that of a regiment of soldiers going~
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:‘SPEEDY FOR lilCAl. BOXER

Lead In All Rounds—Adm Hits Canvas In Final .
Take A Count—1,000 Fails ,

wanted to be introduced end Charlie
Lindeberg the announcer had a busy
time for a few minutes. ’

‘ Among the mitt artiste end would. /

be mitt artiste that were introduced
by Lindebcrg wore Johnny Rocco of
New Rochelle. ”Pee Wee" Smith of
Bridgeport. Phil Jackson of Bridge-
port, Roscoe Hall of Peterson. Joha-
nie Cavaroa of New York. ‘Jim
Bones of Bridgeport. Chick Dorsey
of Weetport and last but not least
that old veteran of the ring who is
thinking about .making another
comeback. Johnny "Rod” Allen of
Bridgeport. “Bed" is getting old
enough to know better.

After the ring had been cleared
end Referee Jim Keefe of Water.
bury had given the boys their ‘ln-
etructione George Hopkins. the
timer. sounded the gong end the
fight was on.

BOUND BY ROUND

 

 
 

 

 

PAGE NINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. Round One

After shaking bends Perfetii shot
over a right end followed with a
left. both ldliding on Mulligen's jaw.
Mulligan responded,with a left’ to
the law. Low landed a low left to
the stomach. Mulligan landed a
light right Job and followed with u
left jab. He missed a right to the
law. Perfetii Jumped into a low
right hand punch. Lew landed to
the law as the bell rang. This wee

Muiligaa'g beet round.
Round Two

Mulligan landed iWo left Jabs.
Perfcttl shot over a right to the

stomach end a left to the face. Mul- _ _ -.

ligen landed an uppercut end fol-
lowed it with a left to the face. Per-
fetti scored with a right and left to
the face. Mulligan landed two left
lobe. Perfetti missed a right to the
Perfetti scored with a right to
the stomach and a left to the face.
Mullins shot over a right as the

“We

round closed.
noaiid lime

Perfettt' leaded a right to the
stomach and left to the law as the
round opened. in an exchange lul-
ligan shot over a hard right to the
stomach. Perfettl landed two lefts
to the law end followed it with a
right to the stomach end a left to
Be repeated this “no
_ shot over a
light"flgbel’snd a let to the face.
Perfotti landed seVerel rights end
face before the round

the law.
does andtlsen

ism infirm
eion-a.

"17' gunman landed with a right and
a left to. the fees. Perfetti shot
utter a right to the cloned: and e
left to the feoe. He followed this
with three lefte to the face. blui-
ligan then shot oVer a solid right to
fl‘his was the first time
that he landed solidly with iii! 1'”
hand. Lew landed with e leftio the
face and two rights to the stomach.
He followed with a right to the fees
end a left to the same place. new
bounced offtbe ropes end ilulilgen
caught him with two rapid left bend
bounced off the ropes and itoiligen
caught Mulligan on the Jew Willi a

Law's law.

solid left es the round closed.
Round ll‘lvo

Mulligan» sent over a left end
right to the face as the sons sound-
ed for the start of the round. Lew
then started a rally and shot over a
etifl right the stomach and followed
Mul-
llgan landed a solid uppercut. Per-
fetti shot his left to Mulligan'e face.
ulligelLsent across three left Jabs

news face in rapid succession.
Lew hit Amer with two rights to the
face and followed‘with a. right to the
This
was followed with another left to

‘ ' “our incarnate“ lion

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with several lefte to the face.
it
to

stomach and left to the face.

Left to right: Jack Anderson. Lcw l'i-ri‘cili.
was snapped at Amusement Park. just before Mulligan and
ot cOndiilon. local fans were greatly interested in the return of llill l’crkins to ring activities.
Boxing Commissioner Anson F. licoler, yesterday. and appeared in Mulligan's 00er last evening.

 

-—Phoio by hlnnuginn.

ncfcrco Jim Keefe. Young Mulligan. "Smokey" Bill lnlllh and William Perklm. The photo
l'crfcitl started their icn round battle. lastlcvening. Both boys look in the pln's
Bill was issued a second‘e license by City

 

Mulligan's isiomacli. Referee Kecfo
Warned Pcri’iiii agelist liccllng as
the round clomxl.

Round Six

Mulligan started with a. right to
Mw’s‘eer. Perri-iii whipped across
two solid lofts to Mulllgdn's stom-
ach. ' Mulligan landed a left to the
stomach. l'erfeiil landed with a
righh to the stomach and a left to
the face. He followed with a right
end left to the face. Mulligan land-
ell a light left to the Jew. Porfclti
was shooting over rights and lofts
lull Mullignn‘e face as the round end-

liound Seven

Porfeitl landed with a loft
followed with rights and lcfls to lhc
face.
on the jaw and missed with u vic-
ious left uppercut. l’crfciil landed
with a right to the law and followed
with two more to the same place.
Mulligan landed a light right. Lew
shot over rights and lefts to all
parts of the body and was going
strong as the bell ended the round.

Round Eight ' .

Mulligan landed with three left
eion opened. Lew came back will:
rights and lofts to the face and fol-
lowed with two rights to the stom-
soh. He kept up the barrage with
a right to the Jaw and several rights
and lofts to the stomach. Mulligan
landed a solid right hand punch
only the second cffcciivo blow \lilil

ended.
Mild Nine
Mulligan landed with a light right.
Pcrfctti shot over a right to the
stomach Ind a left to the face. Ho
repeated the same dose. Mulligan

foiti started a barrage of rights and
lofts to the face and body. He was
going strong at the bell.
Round Ten
Lew came rushing out of his com-
er and shot over a' right to the atom-
ach and a left to the face. Mulligan
[ended a light right and a left to the
face. Perfetii shot over a left and
followed .with a right to the jaw.

 

 

 
 

 
 
 

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Mulligan iumlcd with a rightI

stuck in a. left lab to the face. Per- -

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this hand during the bout. l’f‘l‘ll‘lll.

landed lefte to the face as the round 1
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which caught Mulligan off balance
and sent him to the canvas. He'wee
up before the referee started count-
ing. Lew then showered him with
rights and lofts to the face and body.
He followed Mulligan all over the
ring shooting in blows but could not
lund the final punch. Mulligan was
on his feet fighting back as the fin-
al bell rang.

 

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-Iv‘raucieco now uml almost any day
we expect to hint" Florida in holding
a skiing tournammi.
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Chicago has adopted a law forbid.
l n g heavyweight
fights. .

when there was

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The fight inns gave Harry Wills}
a tremendous ovation at Madison.
bquarc Garden the other night. but -

I“! in rapid succession as the “5‘ . Just let him try and cash it!

On this some occasion Dempscy‘
shook hands with Wills and asked
him how he was. Wills replied lhlil
h.- novcr ii'lt boilerx This means
that fight is further off than it over
“as.

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One of the surprising upsets of
when
Ernie Nevers. signed by the Browns
no u pitcher. actually turned out to
he a pitcher.

O O O

The golf duffcro' chief fault, Wal-
icr Hagan \vrilcs. is tightening up.
. . .. But somehow or other this
seems typical of a game with a
scotch. origin.

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Mr. O'Goofly has just learned one
of his ancestors was done in oils.
. . . It seems the old gent fell for
some of these wild cat wells down
in Mexico. '

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The modern flapper will never be
satisfied until she learns whether
Gertrude Edorle‘s permanent stayed
in all during the long swim.

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You can always tell when the
baseball race is beginning to reach
the final stages. . . . Connie neck

 

 

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Bobby Jones turned reporter the
other day end covered a newspaper
men's tournament at Atlanta. .
This is the first inkling we ever had
that he is a humorist.

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BOBBY ROBIDEAU lN EASY
. I'VlCI‘ORY OVER Al. VALDO

Scores Technical Knockout In the Seventh Round-
Charlie Middleton Defeats Young Barney—Ernie
Perry Gains Verdict Over Huber.

 

Bobby Robideau. veteran boxer of
Allentown. Pa.. scored a technical
knockout over Al Vaido of New
Rochelle. in the seVenth round of
their ten round bout. the semi-final
to the Mulligan Perfetti fight. at
Amusement Park. laat evening.

Robideeu had matters all his own
way throughout the battle. There
was no doubt as to whom the win-
ner would be shortly after the first
round opened. when Bobby caught
Al with a stiff right to the law and
sent him to the canvas. The New
Rochelle battler was up in quick
order and fighting back. but be uev-
er had a chance.

Robldeau continued to pound his
opponent about the ring. hitting
him at will. until the sixth round
when he sent him down for the
count of nine twice. Shortly after
the seventh round opened Valdo
kissed the canvas again. but did not
take a count. Another volley of
blows sent him to the canvas and
Referee Tim Keefe counted nine
before he regained his feet. He
went down again for the count of
two. in attempting to land a blow

. Valdo fell to the canvas and Ref-

eree Keefe called a halt waving
Robideau to his corner and raising
his right hand in token of victory.

Robideau weighed 138 pounds and
Valdo tipped the beams at 140.

Ernie Perry of Bridgeport was
awarded the decision over Marty
Huber of Stamford in the six ruond
bout on the card. Perry won by a
wide margin but Huber displayed
plenty of gameness and won the ad.
mireilon of the fans by his ring
tactics.

Perry started the fireworks in the
first round and bed Huber’e noes
bleeding. He sent in several hard
body blows but the Stamford led

kept coming in for more. The re-
mainder of the rounds was a repe-
tition of the first with Perry piling
up the points. Huber rallied in the
final round and landed several bard

 

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rights to the body which stung
Perry.

Perry weighed in at “0 pounds
and Huber rcgieiend in pounds.

Charlie Mlddlcton of East Nor-
wallt. won the decision over Young
Barney of Stamford in the opening
bout of four rounds. This was Mid-
dleton's first professional fight and
the local lad demonstrated that he
has considerable to learn before
stacking up against any real strong
opponents in the bantamwcigbt
class.

The local led got swear to a good
start in the first round and sent
Barney to the canvas for the count
of two. In the second round the
tables were reversed and two solid
rights to the ebomach had him on
the verge of a. knackout. He went
down to the canvas but did not stay
there. He was staggering about the
ring at the lane] bell. He rallied.
during the ffnnl two rounds and
earned the decision. Barney put up
a good scrap.

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STAGE BOUT-

NEW YORK. August 11.-—That
Phlladelphie'e bid for the Dempsey-
Tunney bout: wan not a gesture was
shown yesterday when Robert H.
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poured at the nudes of the Neil ‘
York Athletic commission. He pic;
tured Philadelphia‘s possibilities as ‘

an attracitive setting for the chem-' '

pionship. The sesquicentonnial etede
iurn he pointed out, would care for
100.000 customers.
50.000 additional emergency seats.

Tex Rhokud'e associates said the '.
promoter would unquestionably shift 1.?
the bout to Philadelphia if the an. 5.
thoritlee denied it a bonus in New

York.

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