Although he accomplished what only one man before him had done - over a stretch of 17 years, Paolino Uzcudun, the Spanish woodchopper, still is as far away from the heavyweight throne as he was before he knocked out Harry Wills in the fourth round of a 15-round fight last night at Ebbet's Field.
After three rounds of lethargic sparring, Paolino brought a right hand blow on a direct line from his knees to the giant negro's chin, and Wills rolled to the canvas. He was up at the count of nine only to run into a volley of lefts and rights that put him under the lower rope, where he lay supported on his elbows while referee Lou Magnolia counted him out.
The Spaniard's victory availed him nothing in so far as a title chance this year is concerned. He was dropped from Tex Rickard's heavyweight elimination tournament after Jack Dempsey had refused to engage in more than one preliminary bout leading to a fight with Gene Tunney.
While Paolino's victory was not wholly unexpected, the manner in which it was attained confused as array of ringside critics, who thought that the Spaniard's right hand wallop was the least effective among those in his repertoire.
(Prescott Evening Courier)
