Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-26
TORRES PRESENTED
WITH DECISION
BY SHEARN
Lightweight Bout Ends UnSat-
lsfactorily al New Mexico A,
c, Gym; Referee Severely
Criticised,

Tho scheduled ten-round return
bout between Pierce Matthews of 81
Louis Hnd Jack Torres. Of Albuquet-
que lightweights staged yesterday az
tcrncCn as the main event of a Christ
mas day card at the New Mexico ~.
g. gym. ended in "a victory for Torres,
IN the seventh round, when Referee
Fat She0rn presented Torres with
Che decision on "a foul
The end came unexpectedly and the
low, which Shearn declared foul, ape
pcurcd To MANY spectators 10 have
hcen perfectly lair--a clean right
hook To the stomach. That IL was not
fcu was strengthened by the fact
that rerres evidenced no pain. made
no claim that foul had been come
mittcl. ana apparently was just as
greatly surprised at the sudden ter
mluation of the bout hy the referee
as was Matthews, who protested
AGAINST the stopping OF the bout and
the awarding Of the verdict 60 mis- op-
pouent
II Ia unfortunate that the bout
ended as Il did, for Torres had se.
cured q lead that undoubtedly would
have earned him dla1n-cut victory
On points hal the contest gone the
limit, and might hive terminated In
an aotual knockout By him 0f his OPP
Icncnt, since Matthews appeared 70
he tiilng as the bout ncared the close,
though he was lighting desperately 70
it0ve off defeat
Yesterdays bout established one
thing eonclusiyely and that is that
referee who knows his business AMI
81 ho can use his eyes md his head,
ls absolutely necessary II the boxing
game here rs to be maintained NJ the
high standard previously set by Mark
Levys fight club Shearn, perhaps
rightfully, had cautioned Matthews In
The preceding rounds for roughness
and hitting low. hut he called a foul
nj the wrong time, In the opinion Of
many fans present.
Because Of rumors that the bout
between Torres and Matthews was
framed and other talk along these
lines, Director Levy announced that
To protect himself and the club he
would "declare oil bets off Levy
also added that shearn had con
scnted" 10 referee the match only on
con lition that all bets "be declared
off"
Torres was the first 60 enter the
ring. He looked TO be I'm condition
Tor "a championship battle. There
was considerable delay caused by
Matthews sl0wness I'm putting in an
appearance After his arrival, the
boyg we're given their Instructions and
HE bell claugcd for the opening
round
Matthew's started out TO force the
milling. However. he found he wa
up against Torres awkward style Of
defense-confine chiefly 60 shell
like" crouch. making it possible TO
hit him only on the top Of the head
or on his back. The first round was
slow.
In the second, Torres assumed the
offensive and rushed Matthews
though the local boy preferred To
have the st. Louisan do the leading
attempting each time to beat him TO
the punch. Failing in this, they
would either Clinch, or Torres would
duck into his impenetrable crouch.
The fans yelled for him to come out
of II. stand up and fight get him
a bed" and "a few other choice IN
vectives But Torres was deaf to
their cries IN this round each boy
tripped and fell during fierce eX-
change of wallops of a haymaker va
riety.
II was in the third round that
Torres scored a commanding leau'
A right swing to the point OF Mat
thews chin fairly upset him, ne
turning a handspring on the canvas
but not going down for the count
Torres repeated the trick Few sec
onds later. the blow producing al
hNnUs
spring on the part of Matthews
Though Matthews tried hard in the
fourth to even up the score, Torres
was too strong, willing ana aggressive
for him. The St Louis boy appeared
10 be tired and though occasionally
he would land n right cross or lett
hook to the Jaw or wind that would
force Torres to cover, he was for the
most part kept busy covering or
clmching. In fact both boys dld en-
tirely too much "hugging' to make
the bout interesting, and in these tae-
tics each appeared to rough 1t more
OF less 1t was in these clinches that
Matthews was cautioned by the rel
cree for hitting low.
The fifth and sixth rounds were
undoubtedly Torres on aggressiVeness'
though in the exchanges honofs ap-
peared to be about even, except tor
the fact that Torres had the hardest
wallop and never seemed to tire or
show any signs Of slowing up. while
Matthews. after a flash, was forced
to check himself in an effort TO get
his bearings ANA fathom out some
ring trick by which he might sin
over" winning punch on his husky
opponent.
The seventh saw Torres leading,
though Matthews did not appear to
be in distress, other than that he was
unable to repel Torres rushes and
his "aviatlon punch" made famous
by Johnny Dundee, but used with con-
siderably less gracefulness than the
New Yorker executes the flying wall
lop." The end came unexpectedly
when the round was about minute
old, during an exchange in Mat
thews corner. Torres had whipped
a right swing to the head and tried
a left uppercut to Matthews chin'
Matthews beat him to this punch by
planting n solid right hook to the
stomach, above the belt line. The
boys were not clinched and the blow
for which Matthews was disqualitieu
by the referee was easily seen ana