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Show PALUSO BEQOf Feathenvcight Idol Has Developed Kayo Wallop Paluso Makes Short Work of Joplin Wonder; Hart Beats Sailor Billings by Knockout - " By Steve Moloney IT TOOK Johnny Hughes, the Joplin Wonder, just about twelve minutes to get ready to fight Lou Paluso in the main event at the Manhattan club bouts at the Hippodrome theatre last night after the semiwindup had left the ring. That was just six times as long as it took Johnny Hughes, tho Joplin Wonder, to get done ftg-htlng after tho opening gong sounded. - ' Paluso beat him so badly In those two minutes that Referee Hardy K. Downing stopped the fight and awarded it to Paluso. - Two years ago, when Paluso wont Cast under the management of Loo P. Flynn, wo had a faint hope that Paluao would develop, into something like championship timber -well, because everyone likes tho kid. Now they have a lot of confidence con-fidence that he may some time become a champion. Tha lmnAWAMSt Im ft. Iaa.I of his knees and landed It flush In Hart's face. That, by the way, is a mighty poor way to start, an evening-' entertainment with Walter Hart. I Somehow or another ho gets peeved when anyone does that, , and as a result be reached around. ast a handful of dyaasnUo ami, placed It on Billings' jaw. Then there wss two minutes more of tho same thing. One minute rest. Two minutes mors of tho same stuff and, finally, coming away from 'a clinch. Hart dropped a right to 1 Billings' tummy and the fun was over. J" . ' Idol la little short of remarkable. When ho came out of hla corner he cent a short right hook to Hughes' chin which knocked him off bis feet. Paluao clicked him with a left aa he bounded up, and he went down again. Then there were a fw exchanges, and Paluao uncorked a bard right that aent him donn for a few more. Hugheat was on tha mat three times In tho first half minute. The kid must have started out to be a wrestler aome time In bis life. Dluy from the blows, Hughes waa a mark for Paluao, and the local lad would have cut him to piecea. Downing mercifully stopped tho bout and fare Jt to Paluao. loo Paul Hardy and tho Dime Kid want four rounda to a draw. They both tried hard, but that was sbout all there was to it. Downing, gavo them a draw. Some off the fans would have given Dixie the ehade. Some would have given Hardy tho battle. We'd have given 'em both tha air. ,a a a Fat Schiller says that hittinp Walter Hart too hard is a good thing for a despondent person who is tired of life anyway but not much business busi-ness for & boxer. Thty probably called HuRhfa the Joplin Wonder last night brcaura - he waa wondering what it was alt about. ... Hughaa waanl m bad. Ha waa a willing lad, and with an .rdin.ry dub b. would hav. ahown a lot of atuff. Tha fan. didn't mind hi. dofootion, Immw, bwauM Paluso waa th. ' wh.1. ahow. Th. I.d hwd ua In eham.ionthip form. Th. btrtMt .urprlM of th. v-nlna v-nlna waa tha onu.u.l hlttlnc powr which PaluM hu dev.t-opd. dev.t-opd. 11. aocka Ilka Benny Leonard, with .Ither flat, and a doo. ef polao. la both ajloroa. H. haan't loat hi. ipMd, mm aoma of tb. boz.r. claimad whll. h. waa In training her.. H. baa now both pMd and hitting powar. In othar day., av.n with a lad lika Huhr. Paluao could do no mora than Frankl. Bufflncton and Cyclon. Rddlo Kelly .faced a pretty exhibition ex-hibition for four rounda. Th. boy. ire faat stepper. nd nice to watch. Kelly, who aeems to have Improved considerably, caught Huff on th. button and aent him down for tb. count of nine, but waa unabl. to finish th. Job. Buff .faced a rood comeback, as Kelly weakened In tha final round, but Kelly had piled up plenty of lead. K.lly got th. decision. Marvin Hanem fought Carl Matson for two r.undst thn EarJ kfwcksd him for . raw of Australian ballots. Bab. . Herman . and . Billy .Wilton .h.w.d a lot of notion in tit. urt.in nifsr. Both war. good bout.. as. The fans gave the reopening of the fight season a wonderful wonder-ful reception. They filled the house from atem to stern, a Fat Bchuler filled the orchestra, or-chestra, pit, as usual. outpoint him. Two years ago Paluso didn't know whether knockout was a term of tennis or wrestling. Bud Ridley, Pacific eoaat featherweight champion, and holder of the diamond belt waa introduced. intro-duced. He offered to meet any feathereveight in the intermourrtatn country, ar in any other country for that matter, providing the inducements in-ducements are bright enough- and there's only one inducement to a boxer. It'o the atuff they take in at the box office. a a e The real entertainment nf the evening; was the aemlwlndup of tho program, when Walter. Hart and tSallor Bllilnfra of Loo Angeles met In what etarted out to be a four-round bout. If that la what it Intended to be It got a mighty poor a tart, because Blllinjra came out of hla corner and reached one from somewhere directly In bark |