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Show signed to the crematory. In his prime Tony would have belted Brink out in a round or two. He staggered Eddie numerous times last night, but he didn't have the power or the punch to floor him. It was the 12th ibout in Tony's comeback alternp, and his second sec-ond loss. He whipped Brink over eight rounds three weeks ago, but 10 rounds were too many for him. Brink put on a whirlwind finish in the final two rounds. r Oanzoneri Loses To Eddie Brink NEW YORK, March 29 (IU! Eddie Brink's split-decision victory vic-tory over Tony Canzoneri seems significant today only as a warning warn-ing to Tony that 19 years of fighting fight-ing have taken too- much out of his body for a successful eome- Toiiy still has the heart and the head, but his legs are gone, his stamina is going, and his lethal punch is just a memory. Even if some of the 3,568 spectators spec-tators in the Hippodrome were right in booing last night's decision, de-cision, Canzoneri should realize that when a fighter of the caliber of the Scranton, Pa., Irishman can hold him to a close decision, any championship hopes can be con |