Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 21 | Balsamo New Middleweight Hope

BALSAMO NEW Nf MIDDLEWEIGHT HOP J Harry Kayos Eric Seelig In N Y Tilt I By Dy International News Sports Writer NEW YORK Oct 15 Ever 15 Ever since a picked up a a. rifle one morning out In Missouri and shot sho Stanley Ketchell dead they have been looking around for a middleweIght middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight with the punch to carry on The answer seems to be presented presented pre pre- today in the person of Harry Balsamo the muscled lean-muscled Harlem subway brakeman who last night knocked out Eric of Germany In one minute und and four tour seconds at the Hippodrome Until last night Seelig had been on the floor loor only once In lit his pugilistic tic career and had scrambled up to his feet to win the fight accordIng accordIng accordIng accord- accord Ing to the records He had lost only two bouts bout both to Marcel Thiel in Paris and Thiel reputedly was handled handled han han- died by the promoter Since Ketchell's heyday there was wasa a slugger called lOo Oom Paul Berlenbach Berlenbach Berlen- Berlen bach the Astoria Ox but pe- pe e laney took some of the glitter gUtter from his bis prowess Then came Mickey Walker but he was was vas best remembered remembered remembered a as M a welter and moreover there was always some doubt about his victory over Tiger Flowers for forthe forthe forthe the middle crown Up to now the only thing to be he Bald said about Balsamo is 15 that he ho can punch and ho he looks looks' like the reincarnation of the great old champions Cockily he promises to take care of anything beyond that in the near future His knockout victory last night was his fifty fifth In 71 bouts amateur amateur ama ama- and professional ional and he accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac tile te sudden and thorough thorough thor thor- ough end erd of Seelig middleweight and light-heavyweight light champion of Germany like a champion Balsamo flicked out with a left jab that made the Jew German-Jew blink bUnk his eyes and connected with witha a right that brought a knockdown The punch was high and Seelig climbed to his feet Another right flattened him again then a flurry lurry of punches knocked him half way through the ropes and while he floundered there helpless like a aish fish ish in a a. net the bout was stopped The answer from those who have watched him is that Balsamo can take it as well as hand it out and that he can box Promoter Mike Jacobs expects to give him one more up tune-up bout then a t crack at Freddy Steele the champion