Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-15 | Page 15 | La Barba Beats Feather Champ

La Barba Beats Feather Chain Champ p LOS ANGELES June 15 P IP Tom JP Tom Tommy Tommy my Paul of Buffalo N. N Y is still the National Boxing association worlds world's featherweight champion today today to day but only because he didn't wear his shining new crown into the ring at the Olympic auditorium last night Fidel La Barba the same left hand ed expert he was in the days when he won on the flyweight title spotted his Buffalo opponent two and one one- half pounds and then boxed his way to a comfortable decision in 10 rounds Telling left eU hooks spelled Pauls Paul's downfall As the bout wore on the champion weakened dropping his guard at fateful moments of which the Los Angeles scrapper quickly took advantage Twice before Paul won the championship cham cham- in a recent elimination tournament tournament tour tour- had La Barba beaten him Paul weighed 2 1291 2 12 pounds La LaBarba LaBarba Barba as both came in over the weight to save the champion his crown Work of ot enlarging the Stanford football stadium to accommodate 30 30 new seats will vill be finished by June 30