The Detroit times., 1912-09-03
HICKS TOTES EAST WITH
HIM A THOUSAND BUCKS
AND AN EASY VICTORY
Leaves For Boston 10th, Expect
ing To Meet Bob Moha
Or Leo Houck
STEIN NO MATCH FOR HIM
After Training Two Days He
Puts Away Opponent in
Fifth Round
STEIN NO MATCH FOR HIN
Ru RALPH L. YONKER.

BY RALPH l.. YONKER
After making good with ease his
declaration that he would stop Stein,
the Champion of the South" in less
than six rounds. Freddie Hicks packs
up well nigh onto a cool thousand
bucks for doing so and beats IL back
to the effete east TO pursue further
his vocation OF swapping punches.
Hicks leaves Detroit about the 18th
OF the month. going to Boston where
he expects TO take on either Bob Mona
or Leo Houck before some Hub club.
From there he will go TO New York
again prepared TO meet the best fight
ers In the business during the winter.
Hicks has found his little sojourn In
his home town very beneficial to his
purse and his reputation. His defeat
OF Stein yesterday in the fifth OF their
scheduled ten-round bout under the
auspices OF the Recreation Athletic
club of Fort Wayne regained for him
the popularity that he enjoyed before
he stalled before Jack Herrick over
a; Windsor last winter, II also
! brought TO him some more coin 10 salt
away for the hard winter.
Freddie probably never had any
more easy time than he did in this
battle Most OF his preparation for
the contest consisted in boasting what
he would do with his man, He had
never heard of William Stein, the
champion OF the SOUTH" and neither
had anybody else. He figured that the
champion was a willing. tough boy
who didn't know any too much about
| fighting.
| So he proclaimed a week or so ago
that he was going TO put him out with
In six rounds. He thought about that
few days and then began training.
His closest friends say that he worked
I only two days for the battle. He did
some work with his sparring partner
| ia Windsor 10 get his judgment OF
distance working properly again and
I he was at.
Freddie says that Stein cannot be
compared with the opposition that he
has been meeting in New York lately.
That Is TO be expected. for Stein
didn't furnish trouble enough to make
the Detroiter extend himself.
For two rounds Stein seemed to
have a little show. He tried the Ger
many Schaefer comedy stun. He
laughed at Hicks and made faces at
him. But after stiff blow TO the
stomach. Stems spirits were mate
rally dampened. Hicks confined his
attention TO the delivery OF body
blows for some time. Punches TO the
jaw at first had little or no effect on
the rugged "champeen." But when
Hicks landed TO the stomach II hurt.
In the fourth round, Freddie went
at the work OF putting Billy away. He
grew excited as he saw blow after
blow OF his stagger his opponent, but
fall to topple him over. He let loose
a fusilade OF swats 10 both body and
head and Stein was reeling when the
gong saved him. Hicks started right
In in the fifth to finish his already
weak man. In a short time he had him
against the ropes, his arms limp, his
body supported by the hemp, his eyes
showing the whites and CLASSY.
Then Referee Harry Bullion stepped
in between the men, stopped the
slaughter and raised Hicks hand In
token OF his victory. Stein wabbled
across the ring when be recovered
from his daze enough to realize what
had been done and shouted to Bullion
that he had been robbed. He put up
big kick, but IL was very evidently en-
tirely without cause.
There is always bound to be some
discussion when a bout Is stopped as
that was yesterday with both men on
their feet But there was absolutely
no use in allowing Hicks to complete
the knockout work that he had be-
gun Bullion Is TO be commended for
his action.
While Hicks deserves whatever
praise there may be for wining over
Stein, IL Is evident that he needs a
better man 10 put him 10 a real test.
However, he has improved wonderful
IL since his Windsor fiasco. He is d
tWo.handed fighter now: he had only
one mitt. the right, at windsor. He Is
willing to fight now: he stalled at
Windsor. Asked what was the mat
ter with him last winter, Hicks laugh
ed and said he didn't know. He said
be just couldn't get up ambition
enough to fight that night.
Stein gets boquet for his game
Ress. Uhheralded and apparently al
most frIendless. he submitted to
esaeiiing test without a whimper He
took all Hicks handed him and want.
wiling, but he Is without sciences
Furthermore. he Is clean scrapper
BY mistake he hit Hicks low in the
third round He stopped fighting
moment TO beg Freddie's pardon.
Pefore the fight there was some dis
pute in Hicks corner about the gloves
Icing broken. Hicks was irritable
and peevish abort II. Stein lay In his
corDt- and grinned at the sky while
the battle was raging in the opposite
corner.
There was three preliminaries to
iha main bout Olsen and Lempke
went iour rounds to raise the curtain.
with honors about even. Blake and
KHsovitch, pTiyates. went six rounds
10 g similar conclusion. Emory Kuesel
and Tommy Lynne preceded the main
bout with six rounds OF hard scrap
ping. Lynne showed more knowleige
OF the game at first. but Kuesel was
IN better shape and came back strong
az the finish.
Close nnishes md rough ridfdx
rTfHrKUd ttfr opening day OF the faes3S
..7v-t-rt a. .he Detroit matinee club az
the west side track.