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BARRY USED
THE "SHIF"T"
Spectacular Trick Blow
Laid Patton
Low.

when Champion Dave Barry struck
Patton with an awful left hook. and
the other when Patton struck the floor,
the middle-weights. Barry gave the
audience a fine exhibition of his knowl-
edge of ring tactics by delivering a
shift blow on Patton's upper maxil-
larry directly over the eye-tooth, which
not only sent him prone to the floor,
but caused him to writhe in pain even
long after he had been counted out by
Referee Jimmy Fox.
The Knockout blow was. delivered so
quickly-within two seconds after the
gong had sounded for the round to
begin-that the big audience itself
seemed as much stunned as the boiler
maker who was unfortunate enough to
be hit. When the crowd realized that
Barry had again been victorious, the
Orpheum rang with cheers to which
the victor smilingly nodded his appre-
citation of their goodwill.
The blow which floored Patton is
known as the shift" and is one of the
dangerous tricks used by experienced
boxers with amateurs, or those who
have not developed a knowledge of the
trade. When the gong sounded Barry
leaped to his feet, strobe quickly across
the ring, advancing abreast of Patton
with his guard open, and stopped be-
fore Patton with his right foot for
ward, contrary to the usual boxing po-
sition. Patton at least figured on
Barry to spar off to the usual position
with the left foot forward. This was
Pattons fatal mistake, for in the same
instant Dawes left fist formed hook
and it shot forward with every ounce
OF steam in Barry's body, landing with
a force that would have felled a bull
lock, directly on Patton's upper lip.
Patton's head fell back and his body
hulked to the floor in a heap, where
he lay stunned and helpless. But the
master mind that conceived the direc-
ton of the blow was that of Billy
Woods, Barrys trainer, who, as the
gong was about to sound, whispered
to the champion, use the Shift
When both men entered the ring they
were in the finest condition-Dave,
ruddy-cheeked as a farmer boy in town
with load of potatoes; Patton broad
shouldered, clear-skinned, agile and
muscular, but with slightly too much
weight at the waist. Both looked like
gladiators as they squared off, Patton
landing the first blow, a bad one in
Barry's ribs. A swing of Dawes left
caught the boiler-maker in the jaw.
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blocked and they clinched. Barry be
gar leading and broke through Pat
toms guard to his neck. Patton deliv-
cred a steamy blow with his right IN
Barry's wind, giving the champion an
other, a straight left, in the ribs. Both
then exchanged hard head blows. Pat
ton landed both gloves on Barry. one
in the wind and the other on his jaw.
receiving a punisher directly over the
pit of the stomach. Patton swung
both fists again and both landed in
the same positions. Barry began to
look dangerous and followed Patton
around the ring, taking rib blows
he did so. AS the gong sounded Bar
ry delivered a straight left jab into
Patton's mouth.
The second round was short and
sweet for Barry.
SILVA AND ACKERMAN.
OF the preliminaries the most enter
tanning was that between Silva and
Alderman, in which the giant vas
found to be no match for the Punch
bowl Demon, the decision going to the
latter.
Almost from the start the contest
was a sort of wrestling match. Ack-
erman at first swung hard and landed
some staggerers on Silva's head, reach
ing his wind often. Silva had no OPP
portUnity to work in, for on close fight
ing Alderman cIincned. The pom
derous blows of Alderman were full
of force in the beginning but soon died
OFT The two huge men came togeth-
er at all times with crashes and al
ways clinched. Jimmy Fox had his
hands full trying to break them apart.
In the second round Silva played for
Ackerman's wind and got in blow after
blow, almost winding the giant. Clinch,
cnuch, cHnch was the story of round
after round, the giant weakening
steadily until he chung to Silva for sup
port. Silva pounded head and wind
with ferocity, and received consider
able punishment himself but in
the last round Alderman was clearly
the loser and the decision was properly
given to Silva.
JACKSON AND MCDONALD.
The Jackson Mcdonald fight was a
clever boxing exhibition and was pro-
nounced a draw. Jackson made use of
some spectacular maneuvers in the
opening of the first round, but soon
changed them and acted entirely on the
defensive. Mcdonald was the aggres-
sor throughout. He played heavily on
Jackson's wind, and easily reached his