HEENEY BEATEN

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 51, 4 March 1929, Page 7

HEENEY BEATEN

A FIERCE CONTEST

MALONEY TOO CLEVER

RUSHING TACTICS FAIL

Australian Presi Association.

BOSTON, Ist March

Malouey defeated Heeney on points after a ten-round fight. The largest crowd which had ever attended an indoor match here —eighteen thousand —filled Boston Garden when Heeney and. Maloney entered the ring. Heeney weighed 207^1b and Maloney 1991b. ;

Bound 1.- —Heeney landed first, the blow, a smashing left uppercut .to Maloney's jaw. He drove Maloney to the ropes, and both men , traded terrific short-distance body blows: They milled to the middle of the ring, where Maloney landed several hard rips to the body. It was Heeney's round by a shade.

Bound 2.^—After a rapid exchange of blows, during which Heeney drove Maloney to the ropes and' laced him, the American retaliated with a hard right to "the face which staggered the New Zealander. Then Maloney hit low, obviously accidentally, and was warned by the referee. The New . Zealander now rocked his opponent with hard right and. left. They continued to find each other with welltimed blows with either hand until the bell.

.Bound 3.—Maloney drove a tremendous left to Heeney's face and they clinched, from which Heeney struggled out lashing with both hands. They came to close quarters, but no hard blows were struck. Then they sparred and came to nearer hitting distance, from time to time, and it, was in one j of the latter periods that Maloney sent the New Zealander's head back with jabs that continued to keep Heeney on his heels. Maloney 's round..

Bound 4. —There was some sharp infighting at the start, with Maloney having slightly the better of it, landing stiff lefts and rights. They clinched frequently, but managed to hit each other to the face and body on^ the breaks, Heeney particularly scoring. Just'as the bell rang Heeney landed two hard rights- to the body. The round was even. ,

Round 5. —After, a short exchange of light blows Maloney jabbed to the New Zealander's eye. Heeney staggered the American with, a hard right to the face and Maloney pummelled Heeuey in a clinch. The fast pace in early rounds was now slowing them up. Maloney landed a hard right to Heoney's jaw and the latter retaliated with similar blows to the head and body. The round was even. Round 6.—They were'fighting openly and trading heavy blows continuously. The New Zealander was finding the American's face with smart jabs. The fighting then returned to close range, and Maloney seemed slightly better at the iiirfighting. Heeney landed two lefts to the face and an* upper-cut to the chin, then chased Maloney around the ring, the .American stopping his rush with a stiff left to the face. Another even round. HEENEY PUNISHED. Round 7.—Heeney was being punished. His body was welted red and he was bleeding at the mouth from Maloney's jabs. Maloney continued to pound the New Zealander's body in the clinches. The round concluded with a series of left jabs by Maloney that found the New Zealander's face. Maloney's round. , Bound 8. —Heeney rusiicd again, but >Malon£y met hiinwith a hard right to: v tlie!'jdw "and aX'stiff left;, to? thcr body^ fiey clinched and thereafter traded ■jabs to' the face'and uprler-cuts to the chin. •' The found was even. . Sound 1?. —Heeney 's;;faco was bloodsmeared as Maloney's. right found its mark. They continued trading, blows and the New Zealander again assumed his following-round tactics, Maloney stopping him with jabs after Heeney forced him into a corner. Heeney's hard right-hand blows were badly timed and Maloney battered his body at the bell. Maloney's round. Round 10. —After shaking hands, Heeney drove Maloney to the ropes' and sent short hammer blows to the body, punishing the American severely, but the latter was tirelessly jabbing the New-Zealander's face. Heene/ blinked at the blows and his mouth and eye were bleeding badly. Maloney landed a hard right and a left to Heeney's jaw as the bout ended. Maloney 's round. The American gained the decision.