The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-31
PIVOT PUNCHES
WHIP JEFFRIES
. IN FIRST FIGHT
Cy Young Wallops Previous
ly Indicated Local Kid
Jim Oakley Takes Beating
From Shaw.

Benson's boxing show at the Eagles
hall last night was the best he has
offered this season. Billy's prediction
that he had booked men that would
give his two boys hard battle was
more than fulfilled.
"Give us more like last night and
boxing will be in the ascendency," was
q common remark heard today.
The first bout was an exhibition go
between two dusky fighters. Arthur
Stigall. Independence. Kan. and Bait
ling Brown, Cincinnati. No knockdown
was registered, and both finished with
hardly an effort. StsGall was willing
to make good exhibition out of 1t,
but SO clearly did he outclass the Bat
tier in the scientific side that Brown
appeared to be standing still.
Oakley Gets Beating. 49,
Jim Oakley came in for a terrible
beating when he started to wade into
Kid Shaw of Cincinnati Jim was over
anxious to make short finish Of his
opponent, when he had cause to be
wary Of him. The Kid Is long, rangy
sort of boxer, who keeps away and let's
them come into him, and then uses a
walloping upper-cut, which hurts when
1t lands. Right from the first round
Shaw showed his experience over Jim,
playing his man cool and in an unwor-
ried manner. He showed good sports
manship when Oakley unquestionably
fouled him. by offering his mitt for
Oakley's mistake.
Jeffries and Cy Young put up a
mighty clever and interesting bout,
and up to the eighth round things were
pretty even, unless slight shade
might be given to JEFF, because of his
forcing it. The eighth witnessed his
downfall, however, and he took hard
beating, the hardest he has ever taken.
Young is clever-very much so--using
an old but effective blow, the pivot
shot.
Oakley-Shaw Bout.
Round One-They start off promis.
ing, with Oakley the aggressor. Oakley
land first blow to the solar plexus.
After staging short toe-to-toe slug
ging match Oakley rocks Kid with a
blow to chin. The Kid warns up and
worries 'ey with quick cuts to the
chin. even.
Round wo--Shaw hits a blow to
chest. They put on a give-and-take,
and then Shaw begins his deadly up
per cutting again. Round even.
Round Three-This was good
round. with Shaw showing his superb
GRITTY right from the CO. He was still
upper cutting. Shaw's round.
Round Four-They mix it and then
Oakley lands one on q short rush to
the Kids face. and gets one back In
the same place. Shaw whaled into
Oakley by forcing him to the ropes.
Oakley lands on ear and then brings
the first gore with smack flush en-
Shaw's nose. Oakley's round.
Round Five-No effective blows
were landed in this round, which was
devoted mostly to short PUSHES, end.
ing generally in clinch. Round even.
Round Six-They got at 1t hot and
heavy, with Oakley considerably slow
er than in previous rounds. Shaw's
upper cutting is beginning to tell.
Shaw's round.
Round Seven-This round is all
Shaw, who rains blow after blow to
Oakley's face. Oakley tries to rush
him, and gets hard jolts that put him
on dizzy street. Shaw's round.
Round Eight-The gore flows stronrr
from Jims nose from the smashing up
per-cuts Shaw is giving Jim about
the best piece of beating that could be
wished, and has him hanging on.
Round Nine-Everything is Shaw in
this spasm, and Oakley does we'll to
stay it out
Round 10.--Oakley manages to stay
the round out. although it appears that
if Kid would, he could have put him
out in short notice.
Shaw gets newspaper decision by a
wide margin.
Jeffries-Young Fight.
Round One--MOre Of a feeler than
anything else, with but one blow a
piece being landed. Round even.
Round Two-Young springs the piv
OF on JEFF. and the local boy hits tc
face. Cy blows him three time run
ming in the face. Round even.
Round Three-Cy lands to face, anG