Show YALE ROMPS OVER ION III l OV R PRIN 60 6 0 ETON IMPORTANT B BIG 9 to Bur WAS SUPER SOCK or CENTURY r. r Raul Berlenbach Now Runs Amuck in New r i I York rr r. r t. t By Rob Robert rt Edgren Tte- Tte y come ome once In a n. centUrY a B the old ring tradition of pf r the Wen en n with the The last one In the middleweight class laEs was Stanley Ketchel hetchel v Now comes Paul Faux Berlenbach of N ew w York 2 22 years old weighing c pounds TV wIth a no punch that l Is fairly devastating such such a n. punch as even X Ketchel etchel never When Berlenbach hits them they l 6 o d wn and stay down They dont don't come up to be knocked down again t t. isn't t necessary necessary- There is is' is something something some some- t thing almost Uncanny ab about ut the of- of cr- cr f ct of oC the ex amateurs punches lIe He Hela 18 6 la strongly built with barrel chest i wiry Miry legs and arms with muscles that bulge and show like gorilla strength and land there isn't an ounce of ot usel useless ss fat or flesh on him He Is a small edition of oC Eddie Hart of oC Princeton Prince Prince- 1 ton ton strongest man that ever played football who could easily ave been heavyweight champion lIe He crushes with a a. blow In Madison Square Garden last vear 31 ear Berlenbach won an amateur boxing championship in which h he met two of oC the best college its itson on the same night Bight He lie kno knocked them both but In a punch each H He annihilated them He hit them and I 1 it was all over They were husky fellows good boxers And they didn't have a n. chance t WAS CHAMPION w WRESTLER R ESTL R. R Berlenbach started as an amateur He made the last last AmerIcan American Olympic team as a wrestler lIe He was ea a corking mat man at that But About bouta a ear jear ago Dan Dall Hickey who ho is f. f boxing instructor at the New ew York Athletic Uc club of ot which Berlenbach Is Isa Isa a member induced Paul to put on the gloves Immediately he lost all I ambition to wrestle and began to study boxing under r Dan Dan In- In i l He learned very ery quickly Quick lIe He showe remarkable re hitting ability from Crom the 0 start When he was full tull of If ambition ItO to become a boxer the club entered him hint in the light heavy light heavyweight weight class In Inthe the wrestling championship v B Berlen rl n- n bach didn't want to wrestle but being i J entered r he went through the t tournament tom tom-na- ment anyway and won the title He lIe was th the best light lIght heavYweight weight amateur amateur amateur ama ama- wrestler ever developed In this country oJ As M soon soon as he got into boxing he het t began egan to enter tournaments He lIe knocked the amateurs out a as fast a asi aa as- i ey were tossed into a ring with him Soon oon nothing was talked of oC In amateur ama- ama boxing circles but Paul Berlenbach's Berlenbach's Berlenbach's Berlen- Berlen bachs bach's punch It was like Jack Demp- Demp punch among the professional heavyweights A RECORD OF KNOCKOUTS t KOUTS In Dan Hickey Hicke Berlenbach had a II first class Instructor HicKey knows as Rs much about boxing as anyone He lie came here from about th the tha same time Bob Fitzsimmons landed fn In San an Francisco and started started- to clean cleanup cleanup up up the world and great friends Dan was Bobs Bob's i sparring partner at Carson arson when Fit Fitz trained to take the worlds world's championship from Corbett Hickey was a a goc good goo l clever fighting ing ingman man in those For the past twenty years years' or so he ha has hai been In Instructor Instructor In- In at the N Y A A. C C. first as assistant to Professor Profesor Mike Donovan When Dan first told me about his coming champion champion he he said Paul Is II Isquick Isquick quick to learn and has remarkable ability at at this thIS' early stage He lIe can give and take punishment but he is learning earning not to take It lIe He has shown lots of courage under fire and looks like a n. comer corner to me In In his first fight Paul knocked put out ut Charles Maisel In two rounds Ho JIo beat eat Maisel again In three rounds and polished off Jergens n nIn In rounds 0 Then ihen hen he began getting some of or them fn in the first round He knocked out Sam Sani Singleton In a a. round beat Bunny Feeney In three and settled fown flown to business He knocked out Joe Pepperton heavyweight champion of New Jersey In one round out Harry Fay Western heavyweight champion champlon In one round knocked out Ben Butler N. N Y state heavy heavy weight champion In three thee rounds nd Andy Zamba in three rounds NOBODY STAYS A lA WHOLE ROUND 1 Since then has nobody stayed a a. around around round with Berlenbach lIe He had hadle 1 le learned ined ho how to get his punch home sn a hurry and to knock them out with either hand band left or right be being being being be- be ing merely a matter of convenience If Jt f they ducked to the right he popped topped lh them m of off with the left leCt or It ff they the other other- way he finished them win nih Ih the right He lIe has big hands and wrists as well as arms anns holds his 1115 hands close to his body t to to tobo too bo o ready to hit with either and stands Jn In the orthodox manner manner left lett loot foot advanced 0 n I bit hIt hl bi bis stride Berlenbach knocked out Tom Torn McClellan New Jersey ersey light-heavyweight light champ champs In a around around round jound knocked out George Georg Rydel In Ina i a- a punch Sydney Smith lIght heavy n eight ight champion In a punch Matt Dunn Metropolitan 1 light-heavyweight light champl ii in a punch Earl EarV lb bons bogs in a round Charles Saint MiddIe MIddle Mid MId- dle dIe W West st light heavyweight champion Jn-a Jn round and Tom Kirby national right heavyweight in a a. round After Atter this having picked up all the championships available In the amateur amateur amateur ama ama- class Paul decided that hed he'd go gO r the professionals Dan Hickey v who ho had taught him how t to box be b. b ame his hIs' manager and match matched d him for an easy start against Jimmy Roberts a a. local slugger who has been tipping them over around New York GREBS GREB'S TITLE TH THREATENED R AT E NED Running true to form Berlenbach knocked Roberts for a goal In in in- inthe the first ro round nd This was the eighth fight In succession he won in the first round i A fell jw who starts like that thatIs Is It likely to go high Already New N-ew Yorkers are talking about Paul Berlenbach Berlenbach Berlenbach Ber Ber- lenbach for the worlds world's middleweight champion guessing what would happen happen happen hap hap- pen if he landed that sock of ot his on Harry y Greb I But Dan Hicky ln knows ws that hl his i fighter righter has a a. lot lor to learn earn earn through experience You cant can't get all of ot boxIng boxIng boxing box- box Ing In a n. gymnasium He Isn't going to rush Paul along too fast Greb GrebIs Is safe for this year ear at least In fact Hickey doesn't even care to have any stories in the papers about his fighter lie He prefers Just to togo togo togo go along quietly matching him wIthe with men he c can practise his punch c on op for fora a e ehrl while with no immediate dra ambition r i to accumulate professional titles Theres There's time enough for that Berlenbach is fast but not yet a Dempsey or a Carpentier for speed He hasn't been hit much in recent rights fights but in one or two of hi his battles battles battles bat bat- he lie was hit plentifully and had hada a chance to show that he can can take it and still carry that knockout kick kickin kickin in either hand when his chance comes cogIS' cogIS S' S 4 His chance to become become a a. worlds world's champion is at least as good as that of ot any other youngster now In sight and probably about per cent bet ter ALL ALLINA IN A AYEARS YEARS YEAR'S TRAIN Run over over the list of men men who who start started tart tart- ed ad like Berlenbach h showing a a knack fo for putting over ovel a quick knockout even In earl early fights There TV Was as Ket Kat chel lie won a lot of fights fights- Q quickly but he went two thirty rounds with Joe Thomas and found a few other fellows who could take his punches and stand up Hob Bob Ob FItzsimmons' FItzsimmons could pick his round when hen he wanted to win quick quick- ly Sam Langford had a a. finishing punch any time he wanted to let It goi go I i Of Ol the middleweights McCoy Ryan Ran Ketchel and Mike l Gibbons Gibbons Gib Gib- bons boris otten often won with i h quick knock knock- outs We Va have had a long list of ot cheese champions In the class Even Harry Greb who Is the busiest man manIn manin In the ring ha a and d da a a. ver very h good tighter fighter hasn't much h of a punch Ev Even en n though Berlenbach to d date te has only knocked out a a. lot V ot f amateurs It must be remembered that he s started started start start- art ed a a. year ago a a. novice and Immediately immediately imme Imme- began knocking out champions cham chain and winning amateur championship cham chain tI titles tIes by ly y beating more experienced experienced ex ox- boxers Dan prefers not pot to say much Just now But HI ke never cared about managing He Ho wouldn't be he handling handline Berlenbach's matches now nosY If it he didn't believe Berlenbach Berlenbach Berlenbach Ber Ber- lenbach to be real championship ma ma- And Hob Bob FItzsimmons once told mo me that Dan Hi Hickey ii kEY and George Dawson knew moro moio about the game th than 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