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They met at the start of the opening
round almost at heads-on, and started
business in hurry. Woods was too
clever for Givens, however, and had
much the better of the milling. He used
left uppercut and right hook to good
effect. Givens did much better work
in the second round and had an even
break at the gong. Neither did any
thing of a sensational or extraordinary
order, however. Woods was at his best
form in the third round and had Givens
in a. bad way in the last minute as a
result Of two or three hard hooks to
the jaw. Givens came out of cover
smiling at the gong, however, and
showed no great distress.
The fourth round was a session Of
fast work by both scrappers and Givens
succeeded in getting over several fierce
wallopS that slowed down Woods. The
latter also counted effectively and the
round was about a standoff. The fifth
was very much in favor of Givens. He
sailed into Woods with a furious as
sault and planted many rights and
lefts to head. He slammed fierce wal
lops to the wind and head and forced
Woods to take to the defensive early
in the round. The decision was fairly
earned by Owens.
Rivers Stops Moore
The semi-windup was a scheduled
s1x-round bout between Andy Rivers
and Roy Moore. They were matched at
12S pounds, and Rivers entered the ring
TWO and half pounds overweight.
Rivers was too much for Moore in the
opening session and counted practically
all the effective points of the round.
He landed frequently with hooks to
head and jaw and had Moore stagger-
ing two or three times. After furi-
GUS mixup at the beginning Of the Sec
ond round Rivers hooked his left to
jaw and swung a right to the same
spot, dropping Moore for the full count
He got up after Referee Blake had
counted ten and seemed willing to con-
tinue, but the bout was at an end.
Lightweights Get Ovation
Mcfarland and Hyland were rather
slow In entering the ring after the pre-
l1minary bouts were ended, and the
spare time was put in by Announcer
Leslie IN introducing fighters and read
ing kilograms. Eddie Kelly wired a
challenge to AID Wolgast for a $3.50 side
bet, and Wolgast entered the ring to
accept and also announce that he
barred no 122-pound man in the world.
Danny Webster challenged Wolgast for
$3.50 side bet. Walter Little followed
with another def for Wolgast, and
the latter again accepted, stipuIating a
@oOV SIOS D6I ana the weight at lZ6
pounds. Frank Picato was introduced
and challenged the world at 1873 pounds.
Kid Dalton accepted Picato's challenge.
Freddie Welsh entered the ring, in re-
spouse to repeated calls from the fans,
and was introduced and given an ova-
ton. Mike Kutchos created much mer-
r1ment by stepping into the ring. After
conference with the club officials he
was introduced as a challenger of Jim
my Walsh for a $3.50 side bet. Then
Announcer Leslie baked. He threat
ened to quit the job if any other chal-
lengers hurled themselves through the
ropes. After delay Of twenty minutes
the lightweights entered the ring.
Mcfarland was first in the ring and
was accompanied by Manager Harry
Gilmore, Trainer Pat Kinealy, Maurice
Sayers, Mcfarland, his seconds. Hy-
land was accompanied by Manager
Jack Perkins, Jim Flynn, Danny Web
ster and Jack Hyland, his brother.
Their appearance was the occasion for
great cheering, partly because of the
popularity of the boys and partly be-
cause the fans had become weary of
waiting. The picture man was agree
ably absent, and after the usual delays
the gong sent the boys on their way,
with Referee Eyton as third man in the
ring.
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