Young Firpo vs. Harry Dillon
Young Firpo 175 lbs beat Harry Dillon 177 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10
- Date: 1930-04-15
- Location: Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Referee: Tom Louttit
IDAHO MINER SMASHES WIN OVER CANUCK
By Don McLeod
His face smudged with coal dust, a strapping youth arose from the darkened depths of an Idaho mine five years ago, blinked a pair of astonishingly wide eyes at the unaccustomed daylight and struck out for the nearest gymnasium. He never ventured into the mines again.
Last night, this same youth made another ascension. But instead of rising to a mere street level, as he did five years ago, lifted himself to a high spot on the fistic horizon of the Pacific coast, if not the United States.
The husky fellow, who today is perched among the top notchers of the light heavyweight division, is Young Firpo, alias Guido Bardelli, Burke, Idaho's bid for pugilistic fame.
ENERGETIC FIGHT
Firpo slammed, ripped and bobbed his way to the coveted heights at the Auditorium last night when he won a slashing ten-round decision over Harry Dillon, who hails from the distant fields of Winnipeg.
Never since his first fight here, when he kayoed Ray Pelky, did Young Firpo appear to better advantage than he did against Dillon last night. His margin of victory was so wide that after the fifth round the Canadian's only hope for a win rested on a knockout punch, something that never materialized. Firpo was given every one of the ten rounds and the verdict of the judges and Referee Tom Louttit was a mere formality.
FIRPO RIDES HARRY
Propelling his arms in windmill style, the swarthy boy from the Gem state kept on top of Dillon throughout the entire bout, never once allowing him to get set for a solid punch and, meanwhile scoring with a volley of lefts and rights to Harry's face and body.
Twice Dillon dropped to the canvas, the victim of one of Firpo's wild overhand smashes. Coming out of a clinch in the opening of the third round, the Burke miner caught Dillon on the chin with a looping left and the Winnipeg walloper fell to the resin.
He bounced up without a count but only to run into another lethal smack. Again he dusted the board and this time remained down until a count of four had been tolled. Firpo tried his best to end the bout in this session, but Harry's marvelous courage and ring experience and Bardelli's wildness kept him from taking the long count.
ROUNDS REPEAT
Each round was but a repetition, with Firpo charging like a maddened bull, connecting frequently with hard smashes, and Dillon, his brow knitted in a puzzled frown, futilely seeking some way to stop the relentless and unorthodox charge. Firpo felt the canvas, himself, but each time being carried to the floor by the force of his wild charges across the ring. In the sixth, he tore into Dillon and the impact hurled both battlers over the ropes and into the unguarded laps of several cash customers. Firpo's weight was given at 174½ and Dillon's as 174½.