MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX, NUMBER 232.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BERLENB’CH TAKES
PUNISHMENT BUT
DEFENDS HIS TITLE
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (ff)—Paul Ber
lenbach, world’s light heavyweight
champion successfully defended his
title last night in a fast fifteen-round
match against Jack Delaney, of
Bridgeport. This was the first box
ing show to be held in the new Madi
son Square Garden.
Pat McCarthy, of Boston won a de
cision over Max Reily, negro light
heavyweight of Peru in the prelimin
ary before a crowd of twenty-three
thousand people.
George Cook, an Australian heavy
got a ten-round decision over King
Solomon of Panama, in the semijfinal.
The card was considered one of
the finest ever held in New York.
The following are the rounds of
the Main eventers:
Round one—Delaney got a rousing
ovation and danced around the cham
pion for half a minute before he
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Berlenbach caught it and going away
cautiously. The crowd roared for ac
tion. Delaney landed two weak jabs
and the champ countered with a stiff
left to the body. No damage.
Round two—Dancing continued and
neither men were willing to open up.
Delaney bounced a left jab off Berlen
bach’s jaw and stumbled as he evaded
the champion’s return, falling in the
ring but immediately Berlenbach land
ed a right to the jaw. Jack jarred the
champ with a stiff left to the face and
continued dancing gracefully about the
ring like a colt putting out weak jabs
at his opponent.
Round three-Delaney scored two
lefts and the champ retaliated and
brot blood from a hard jab to the chal
lenger’s nose. Delahey lifted the big
boy off his feet with a stinging left to
the ear. Both landed lefts to the head.
Delaney lifted a neat uppercut and
drove the champ to the ropes and
landed three jabs to the champ’s head
and took one when the bell sounded.
Round four—The Champ landed sol
idly to the challenger’s head and body,
Delaney countered with a left to the
face. Berlenbach rushed Delaney to
a corner and had a bitter and wild
exchange. Delaney knocked Berlen
bach down with a well timed right to
the point of the jaw and the champ
crumpled and took the count of three.
Blood trickled from the champ’s
mouth, but he was cool as when he
started. When Delaney delivered a
blow that he thot wooild change the
% championship, the champ covered com
pletely and weathered the storm.
Found five—Delaney jabbed a left
and Berlenbach backed away when he
countered and brot'blood to Delaney’s
nose again. Delaney cleverly blocked
a left to the head and kept sticking
a left jab to Berlenbach’s face. Anoth
er stinging jab sent the champ in a
clinch and a well delivered right sent
Berlenbach on his heels. Both men
were bleeding and fighting faster, and
about the time the bell sounded Dela
ney staggered, Berlenbach came in
with a wicked right which sent his
opponent reeling to his corner.
Round six—Berlenbach struck a jab
to Delaney’s face when the latter con
tinued to torment the champ with tan
talizing jabs. Both were boxing clev
erly but the champ couldn’t set him
self for a punch. Another well timed
punch with a right to the jaw sent Ber
lenbach into a clinch and in a second
the challenger backed him into the
-ropes. Berlenbach landed a left to
the nose and the claret flowed freely,
and also landed a vicious body blow.
Round seven — Berlenbach rushed
the challenger with flying fists land
ing both on the face, but Delaney box
ed away. Berlenbach sank a left to
Delaney’s body when the latter retali
ated and turned the champ around
with a right to the jaw, smacked two
left jabs and another crashing right
caught Berlenbach on the jaw. The
A CALL FROM THE NORTH
latter backed away. Delaney went
wild with an uppercut.
Round eight—Both poked weak jabs
and a vicious left bounced off Berlen
bach’s brow and before he could coun
ter another arrived and a third left jab
caught Berlenbach coming in landing
two good blows 'to the body. Delaney
landing frequent jabs crossing with a
clever right at intervals. Blood now
streamed from the champ’s nose and
mouth. Delaney swung at Berlenbach
with a straight left.
Round nine—Delaney danced and
jabbed around the champ. Berlenbach
missed a left hook and wrestled—
they clinched. The crowd booed. De
lane^ slipped in the break (but got a
right uppercut that twirled the champ,
and with another right staggered Ber
lenbach. The latter grabbed the
ropes and when the bell sounded they
were found sparring.
Round ten—Delaney jabbed Berlen
bach all over the ring with a light left
waiting for a chance to put in the
mule kicking right by using his left
jab. Berlenbach peppered the chal
lenger with a jab and kept the blood
running. Berlenbach sank a hard
right to Delaney’s heart. The chal
lenger clinched and broke away deliv
ering a stiff uppercut which lifted the
champ from the canvas.
Round eleven—Berlenbach slowed
the challenger with a left to the stom
ach and then staggered him with a left
to the head. Delaney missed an up
percut and landed a left jab, follow
ed by a hard right to the jaw and a
weak right to the jaw but the champ
countered with two good body blows.
Delaney staggered the champ with a
right and Berlenbach clinched.
Round twelve—Berlenbach’s right
eye puffed) with a double as the round
opened. With the champ moving away
slowly Delaney followed him with a
crossed left and put over another jab
to the champ’s right eye and all but
closed it. Delaney punched Berlen
bach at will. In, fierce exchanges
and rocking his head back and forth
In straight leads and uppercuts. De
lany’s eye started to swell as the
champ placed a tattoo on the cheek
bone and with additional short jab
FINAL RITES OVER
REMAINS JUDGE
THOMAS BURKE
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SEATTLE, Dec. 12 (JP)—Judge Thos. {
Burke, one of the last surviving found-1
ers of the Seattle Chamber of Com- j
merce died yesterday, The last final
rites were performed today, his pall
bearers including President Suzzalo,
of the University of Washington;
President Stephen Penrose of Whit
man College; Capt. Robert Dollar, F.
Waterhouse, Shinro Miyazaki, acting
Japanese consul, Goon Dip, Chinese ;
consul, and Joshua Green.
bing with his left, floored Delaney for
one count. , '
Round thirteen—Berlenbach started
to punch wildly and chased the chal
lenger around the ring, and with a!
stinging left spun Delaney who pulled |
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lefts and the champ was growing!
stronger battering Delaney writh both j
hands. Much blood from Delaney’s
nose.
Round fourteen—Both landed with
good jabs to the head. Berlenbach’s
left glanced off Delaney’s ear. Jack
plugged away at the champion’s ribs
with his right. Berlenbach staggered
Delaney with vicious left body blows.
Delaney down on one knee but up im
mediately. Altho the blow hurt Dela
ney he lifted a right uppercut and fol
lowed with a jab and Berlenbach retal
iated with an uppercut without dam
age
Last Round—Delaney sent over a
jab to Berlenbach’s eye and a right to
/the body. They doubled and Delaney
clinched. Another right to Berlenbach
and he sagged. They both hammered
away mercilessly to Berlenbach’s cor
ner when an uppercut drove Berlen
bach into a clinch. Both landed crash- .
ing drives to the face and jaw. Fans ■
roared. A weak right caught Berlen
bach coming in. They stood toe to
toe punching away as the fight ended.
THE FIRST HOUSE BUILT ON THE SEWARD TDWNSITE
MERL LA VOY LEAVES
Merl La Voy, globe trotter and
Fellow of the Royal Geographic Soci
ety, who has been in Seward the past
few weeks, will leave tomorrow on his
long trip to the Interior and the Arc
tic Slope. Mr. La Voy will go down
the Tanana river to Fort Gibbon, then
to Alatna, and across to the head of
the Kobuk. From here he will go to
Point Barrow and the Arctic Slope. A
photographer for the Fox Film Cor
poration, Mr. La Voy intends to spend
the summer in the North, securing
films of the Eskimo, polar bears, wal
rus and other features. He will return
by way of Seward next August.
ALABAMA MINE
DEAD TOTAL 51
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 12 (#>)—The to
tal number of dead in the gas explo
sion of Thursday is reported at 51,
with two bodies remaining under a
rock slide 150 feet long and nine feet
wide. *
MORO OUTLAWS
KILLED IN FIGHT
WITH SOLDIERS
MANILA, Dec. 12 (JP)—A dispatch
to the Tribune from Iligan, Lanao pro
vince on the island of Mindanao,
says 17 Moro outlaws were killed, and
five constabulary and soldiers wound
ed in a fight resulting from an attempt
by the constabulary to capture the
murderers of a Filipino school teacher
a fortnight ago.
Community Christmas
Tree Under Auspices
Pioneers of Alaska
At the meeting of the local Igloo,
Pioneers of Alaska, held last evening
at the Odd Fellows hall, final plans
were made for holding the annual
Christmas tree for the children of the
community. A finance committee was
appointed and within the next few
days will call upon the merchants of
the town for assistance.
Every child in Seward is expected
to be on hand Christmas eve at the
S. A. C. building where the big, finely
decorated Christmas tree will be erect
ed and where Santa Claus will arrive
shortly after 8 o’clock with the big
gest sled load of gifts ever assembled.
Aside from each child receiving a
present they will be given bags of
candy, nuts and fruit.
It is planned to have a special mu
sical program as well as children’s
exercises. The school children began
last week studying their various roles,
recitations and readings for this occa
sion. From present indications the
Christmas Eve Community tree and
program will exceed similar events of
years ago.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12 (,P)—
The prohibition bureau and all its
powers would be transferred to the De
partment of Justice according to a bill
introduced by Senator King.
SEAL ROCK, NEAR SEWARD
VAST OPIUM RING
DISCOVERED BY
PERSIAN CONSUL
HONOLULU, Dec. 12 (JP)—Opium
smuggling totaling millions of dollars
will be described to the State Depart
ment when George Fuller, Averican
vice consul at Teheran, Persia, arrives
in Washington. In in interview here
he said the arrest of A. M. T. Wood
ward, an American in Persia, reveal
opium aboard Chinese warships, which
ed an international ring smuggling
was guarded by Chinese soldiers, and
later trans-shipped to the United
States.
Stanley Heming, Wasilla merchant,
who has been Outside on business, ar
rived in Seward on the Alameda. Mr.
Herning is a guest at the Sexton Ho
tef prior to his departure on Monday.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
Persons sending out postcards en
closed in transparent envelopes are
asked to place the stamp on the out
side of the envelope, not on the post
card, as the stamp cannot be cancell
sd unless so done. Several persons
lave been sending Christmas cards
luiu me postomce according to Mr.
Sheldon inside these wrappers, making
it necessary to tear the foil open.
SEATTLE TO PLAY
ALABAMA IN CAL.
SEATTLE, Dec. 12 (£>)—'The Wash
ington University haq accepted the in
vitation of the Pacific Coast confer
ence to play Alabama U. in the Rose
Bowl football game at Pasadena New
[ Year's Day. The conference was here
; two days fixing the athletic schedule
for next year.