Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-21
LULINSkI WINS
HIGHEST HONORS
DEFEATS MYERS FOR NAVY
CHAMPIONSHIP
LIGHTWEiGHTS FURNISH HARD
BATTLE AT CHUTES
Amateurs Box for Southern California
Titles, and Five Bouts Are
Staged-Jeffries Acts
as Referee
BY ). C. GRIFFIN

" HERE Is a new lightweight cham
pion in the navy. He was made
"A yesterday at Chutes park, but by
today he is as firmly established in
his place and his championship belt is
as much an object of envy and admira-
tion by his fleet mates as though 1t
belong& to the champion of the world.
When Jim Jeffries tied the silken colors
around Lulinsllrs belt at the conclusion
of an eight-round bout with Myers the
5000 sailors present broke into cheers
and hailed the conqueror as befitted his
newly acquired title.
The scene around the platform in the
Chutes ball park was one never beheld
in Southern California before. The
grandstand was reserved for the sail
ors and they arrived early. Through
the amateur bouts they patiently watt
ed and not until Myers, the Ohio's rep
resentative, came into the ring did they
really cheer. Then LulinsN appeared
on the scene and his very reception
denoted that the boy who preceded him
was the favorite with his fleet mates.
Betting talk flashed here and there and
by the time jim Jeffries was ready to
call them to the center of the ring the
boys were burdened with the indirect
responsibility of hundreds of dollars.
Myers looked all over winner when
the boys lined up to listen to Jim JEFF
fries Interpretation of the amateur
rules. Lulinski stripped gaunt and
pale his slender frame belying the 133
pounds which the scales recorded as its
carrying capacity. The Ohio's pride
loomed up formidable in shoulder and
jaw, his we'll tanned skin denoting
well directed course of training
Myers Men Confident
And in the first three rounds those
who had strung with Myers were in a
happy frame of mind. We'll shake
this old town up with somebody's
money besides our own" cried the
sailors who had bet on him, and the
Lulinski supporters maintained a care
full silence For Myers was carrying
the fight to Lulinsld, and although the
latter displayed decided cleVerness 1t
did not appear that he could with
stand the rushing tactics of the other.
In the fourth round the tide began
to change and Lulinskfs long left be-
gan to beat a tattoo on Myers jaw.
The little boy from the Ohio kept on
in the face of this peppering and his
team mates cheered him to the echo
when he made a stand-up fight of it
and forced big Jim Jeffries to call for
two extra rounds at the end of the
sixth in order to determine which was
entitled to victory.
But Myers gameness was all he had.
and the extra periods We're easily Lu-
linsks. He stuck his straight left into
Myers face and then, with his man
measured to nicely, cut In with hard
right hooks which almost sent the other
lad to the mat. Myers kept swinging
in wild attempt to knock his op-
ponent out, but Lulinski evaded the
blows and forced the Ohio boy about
the ring.
There was no doubt in Jeffries' mind
as to the winner, and when tho bell
Changed the termination of the final
round he walked over to Lulinski to
grasp his arm ip token of victory.
Myers, his face streaming with blood,
got up from his chair and slowly found
his way TO the opposite corner where
Lulinski met him with outstretched
hand. There was no malice between
the boys--nothing but happiness ON
Lulinski's part and corresponding sad
ness with Myers
Five decisions were rendered in the
amateur tournament and every bout
proved interesting. Two 135pound
lads gained victories from boys of their
own weight and three 145-pounders
felt the sting of defeat, two of them
being knocked out.
The program was little late in
starting, but with things once under
way there was no halt until the final
bout Herry Ward, 2 135-pound boy
obtained the decision over G. Bentley
i'll the first mill, and the judges reached
their verdict without ordering extra
rounds.
In the second go it looked as though
Jack Hayes had a beating coming from
Frank Pioato, but the former fought an
hat 70 q saln ~ xTin fs.RN Tn,
the second round Picato floored Hayes
with a right to the jaw, but the lead
before this and the manner in which
Hayes went after his man proved too
much and the decision given was ad-
verse to Picato.
Damron Knocked Out
The 145-pound part of the card was
started by w. ]. Martin and George
Damron. The latter was there to rep
resent the Los Angeles Athletic club
ana before the bout started looked like
a sure winner Such was not the case.
however, for the boys had scarcely put
up their gloves before Martin caught
Damron flush on the jaw and the latter
went down. He was up with the other
boy all over him and again lost his
footing through a series of punches.
Again Damron regained his pinning,
but when he went down a third time
the judges ordered the bout stopped.
c, r. Campbell knocked out Percy
Stone in the second round of their bat>
tie and for a windup to the local part
of the card Ivan Kahn of the Athletic
club outpointed Norman Stone. unat-
tached. Kahn had all the best of the
milling from the start, but seemed to
lack the wallop necessary to put his
man out.
Jim Jeffries acted as referee in all
the bouts with Charlie Eyton, John
Brink and George Blake in the judges
chairs. Bill Reuss officiated as timer
and Bob Mitchell used his talents as
announcer in telling of what was going
to happen and what had happened.
In between the boxing bouts Prof.
De Lambertini and Henry Uyttenhove
gave an exhibition with the foils which
was particularly pleasing. Both men
are experts with the sword and their
demonstrations of skill found quick
response in the cheers of the sailors
when a particularly difficult stroke was
recorded.