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faVorite, prevailed until after the sec
ond round, when the Picato hackers
began TO take courage and offered even
money for their change. After the
fourth, in which round both showed
their greatest form and each had the
other wobbly in turn, the Picato back
ers were more than anxious to get
their money down. 1t looked in the
last half of the fourth as if Picato
might not only win, but had an excel
lent chance TO win before the limit.
He put several stiff right and left
hooks to the jaw that hurt and had
Memsic wobbly. A few seconds before
the gong Picato put Memsic back
against the ropes in dazed condition,
SO much so that the Bohemian rested
against the ropes with his hands at
his sides. but he quickly came out of
it, and while finishing the round un-
steadily he was not so badly hurt that
he could not come back strongly.
Both Fight ViciousIy
In the early part of the fourth Mem
sic, who had a good lead at the time,
started off by putting Picato into
wobbly state with a right hook to the
head, a quick left to the jaw and a
right to the wind. He did not follow
up his advantage until Picato had gone
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by it, as Picato fought back in good
shape and then led his assault on
Memsic in the last half, almost win
ming the fight.
The fifth was very even, with both
boys doing effective work. Then Mem
sic began to grow stronger and as
Picato essayed to box for points in
stead of fighting along his own style
of slugging and aggressive punching,
the Bohemian had no difficulty in
outpointing him. At that, both landed
some terrific wallops in the final
rounds, but in all these exchanges it
seemed that Memsic lent greater pow
er to his blows, and his accuracy
gained many points for him, while he
timed his blows nicely and seldom
swung wildly.
After the fifth round Memsic admin
istered severe punishment to his op-
ponent and had him bleeding at the
mouth in almost every round. AS he
grew stronger, he became more ag-
gressive, and frequently put stiff
hooks to the head and jaw, but played
for the most part for the wind, where
he scored most effectively. In the sew
enth round he was fighting in his old
time form, and twice tottered Picato
with short hooks to the jaw, but he
could not gain any permanent adVan-
tage, as Picato was too clever in his
blocking and defensive work In the
eighth, ninth and tenth rounds Mem
sic staggered Picato frequently with
well-timed and accurate leads for the
jaw and wind, and when the final
round started only a knockout seemed
good enough to make Picato win.
caresse Stops Johnson
The curtain raiser was scheduled as
a six-round go between Henry Caresse
and Chris Johnson, but it went only
two rounds, Caresse winning easily be-
fore the police interfered to prevent
Referee Blake from counting out john
son, who had gone to the mat three
times from straight rights and swings
to the jaw. Caresse used the same
tactics on Johnson that he tried on
Dick Allen and with better success.
The second bout, between Paul Ro-
man and Andy Rivers, went the six
round limit, being a scrap and filled
with plenty of action, but neither boy
could show advantage at the finish
and it generally was declared draw.
Roman started out like a winner and
Scored a knockdown in the first round.
He kept up the good work in the sec
ond but Rivers also warmed up and
began to assume the aggressive. AL
though he had not fought in several
months, Rivers finished stronger than
Roman and evened up the score in the
last three rounds. 1t was nifty battle
all the way and another match between
them would not go bad, if at ten
rounds.
Dalton Beats Rogers
Kid Dalton, a long time out Of the
business, got back in the ring and
drew AL Rogers as his opponent. The
bout was scheduled for ten rounds.
Rogers was overweight and failed to
weigh in at the required 1885 pounds at
3 o'clock. but Dalton went on with the
fight Notwithstanding. Dalton showed
too much speed for his heavier oppo-
nent in the opening round, and after
being rushed about the ring for few
seconds he lammed into Rogers and
picked up a good lead at the gong. The
second round was a hummer from the
tap of the gong, but again Dalton
showed more speed and a better knowl-
edge of the game and ended up the ses-
sion with an increased lead. Rogers
went on the aggressive in the third and
nut up such an effective battle that he
had the lead at the end and honors
weres about even up to this time.
Rogers also took the fourth round by
keeping up his aggressive tactics, be-
ginning with pair of stiff punches
to the jaw that slowed Dalton down a
bity. They roughed it all through the
round with Rogers having a shade the