New York, Jan. 6.
Billy Conn of Pittsburgh became the leading contender for world middleweight championship honours te night when he surprised a crowd of 10,000 at Madison Square Garden by refooting Freddie Apostoli in a ten-round overweight bout.
The husky young Pittsburgh slugger out fought the battler from San Francisco, who is recognized by the New York Boxing Commission as the world middleweight champion.
In beating Apostoli, Conn registered a victory over the second claimant to the middleweight title, for on Moy-ember 28 he trimmed Solly Krieger, who is recognized as world champion by the National Boxing Association.
Conn, youthful, hard-hitting and willing, won over the 10,000 spectators who flocked to Madison Square Garden in the first few seconds of the bout with his quick response to Apostoli's slugging tactics.
The husky young Pittsburgh slugger stood up and actually outpunched the experienced and deadly hitting Italian-American to gain the cheers of the crowd.
Tough Fight It was a tough fight because Apostoli, confident and anxious to make! an impressive showing, clowned ard drove his foe to the ropes under the pressure of terrible barrages.
The bout was decided in the tenth The following are the results of the third round of the F.A. Cup and League matches played today:-
F.A. Cur (Zap boc)
Sheffield Wednesday 1, Yeovil and P. 1 West Bromwich 0, Manchester U. 0 Portsmouth 4, Lincoln 0 Brentford 0, Newcastle 2 Liverpool 3, Luton 0 Barnsley 1, Stockport 2 Chester 1, Coventry 0 Derby 0, Everton i Blackburn 2, Swansea 0 Chelsea 2, Arsenal 1 Sunderland 3, Plymouth Aston Villa 1, Ipswich 1 Newport 0, Walsall 2 Queen's Park B. 1, West Ham 2 Leicester 1, Stoke 1 Runcorn 2, Preston 4 Tottenham 7, Watford 1 Cheimstord 4 Southampton 1 Cardiff 1, Charlton 0 Birmingham 2, Halifax 0 Chesterfield 1, Southend 1 (abandoned 75th minute fog) Wolverhampton 3, Bradford 1 Fulham 6, Bury 0 Blackpool 1, Sheffield United 2 Middlesbrough 0, Bolton 0 Notts County 3, Burnley 1
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