Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-24 | Page 8 | 21-Year-Old Connecticut Youth Snares Routis' Feather Crown

Year Old Connecticut Youth Snares Routis' Routis Feather Crown Christopher Battalino Smothers Smother F Frenchman r g. g bm n I j Dethrones ones Champ as s He e P Pleases Pleases' ease j HARTFORD ORD Conn Sept 21 1 AP Ap Tio Tho familiar figure of DC a Connecticut youngster the second In a span spai of four tour years perched upon tho the featherweight throne today to today to- to day and scar searched thi th the horizon for tor new worlds to conquer The new champion Is Christopher Bat Battalino clever stiff punch ing in- Hartford I youth routh of or 21 ono one of dc the youngest titleholders in tho the history of fisticuff to win the crown crOWl that Kid KapUn Kaplin the Meriden buzz so saw won in 1926 and then discarded because because because be- be be be- cause ot of Increasing weight Batta- Batta r smothered sl Andro Routis tho the gaU gallant little Frenchman in a a. 15 round duel l' l lIn In Hurley Hure stadium last nl ht and dethroned the tho old champion champion cham cham- pion about bout as ho pleased ROUTIS FADES FADES' n Bo tl has faded considerably since h ho whipped Tony rin another ther brilliant Italian in NewYork New NewYork York last summer to gather in the pound bauble but it is doubtful If It the cH charging Frenchman at t his best could have coped with the youth fouth speed and round all generalship gener gener- and fighting ability of oC the tho now ruler b f. f ti the Ui men men smart old warrior warnor war war- nor 1101 cuffed Cd him bin about at his case overwhelmed him at long IonS ran range e and even cven stopped Andre Andro short hort at his own best game man to man slugging at close quarters Virtually out of or nowhere the tho new champion came last Jast night to thrill a crowd ot of that paid Bat has lost only one decision In three years of oC professional c cam cam- m Ho IIo gathered In the na national national na na- amateur featherweight title in Boston Boton In n 1927 to start his box- box fighting career His first victory Ictor I of national importance was s scored ored over Panama Al Brown Biown claimant of ot the tho bantamweight title only a afew tow few ow weeks ago abo Battalino first became became be be- be came a n hero as far as Hartford was concerned when the tho mayor of or the city presented him with a medal last November for tor bravery In saving a achild achild I child from drowning in Hog river near here The award 1 was as m made mado do on the j young un warriors warrior's wedding day y GIVEN EVERY ROUND F For r fifteen rounds Routis chased Battalino but ran always into a storm of leather as he camo came in In and an an impenetrable abe defense defenso when wIlen he finally got to cJ so quarters his fa faI favorite fri fri- I battlegrounds Although ring ring- gave save Routis four of ot tho the f fifteen Jt- Jt teen rounds Referee Billy BUly Conway of or Hartford tho the sole ai arbiter biter under the Connecticut boxing laws awarded award award- ed Cd th the edge edgo In every ses ses- sion don Basing hI his judgment on the tho British methods of oC scoring where I points are awarded each battler with five as a maximum for a a. perfect showing in each cach round Conway counted 75 for Battalino and 56 for Routis Routh