The sun., 1916-12-26
WHITE Is A WINNER
OYER HARRY PIERCE
In Spirit of Day Charlie Pre-
scnts Opponent With
Left Hooks.
AZEVEDO SHADES CONDOR
~ GEORGE n. UNDER WOOD.

~ OODs
Charlie White of Chicago presented
Harry Pierce of Red Hook a Christmas
present In the shape Of a large bundle OF
assorted left hooks yesterday. The
Rink. Brooklyn. n the old ice palace
bulged out at the sides with n crowd OF
fans. for which the squared circle held
greater a%llurements than the family cir
Gle. EVEN on Christmas Day.
The Chicagoan toted his famous left
hook into the ring with him. and with
that blow he did enough execution to
gain a decision had Referee Jack O'Sulli-
van been empowered to render one.
Fierce. though giving away Ave and a
half pounds-the weights were White
1871. Pierce 132-made a good showing
n would have made n better one had
he played his cards properly.
Early in the encounter II was seen
that White could cut Pierce into ribbons
at long range. while Harry in turn
showed a clear superiority at ~infighting.
Whenever in close Pierce shook White
with short arm jolts to the head and
made him grunt with pain with snappy
drives to the body.
Pierce Il Inveigled.
White did his best to keep the battle
At long range. and then finding he could
not prevent Pierce from boring in close.
bluffed Harry into refrainlng from play
Ing his aces. those short arm 5olts to
head and body. Whenever the two got
to close quarters White either held on. or
leaning on Pierce. dropped his arms to
his side and waited till the referee broke
them.
Instead Of whaling away with both
arms Pierce played right into Charley's
hands. Whenever White performed the
''cease firing act In h ~infghting
Pierce would do the same thing. II he
had kept up his body bombardment In
stead OF dropping his hands as White
did and waiting for the referee to pry
Charley away from him. he might have
conquered the Chicagoan.
Martin Julian, once brother-in-law and
manager OF Bob Fitzsimmons. directed
Affairs from Pierce's corner. Julian
seems too old a hand to be deceived by
any such bare faced strategy AZ White
employed yesterday. Julian. however.
either was fooled by 1t or else Pierce
did not obey instructions.
The bout was nothing to rave over.
White Is not aggressive. His Ii a Fab
ian policy. He never forces the fighting.
Always he stands back and strives to
catch an opponent coming In. Like a
man backing UP against a wall and keep
ing an opponent on with a club Charley
stands waiting with his menacing left
hook.
Local Ma Forces Fightins.
Pierce. with forearm unfolded across
his Jaw as a shield against Whites left
hook. kept charging in on Charlie. The
Chicagoan shot his left through gaps In
Pierce's defence but seldom reached the
Jaw. AS early as the first round White
hurt his hand on Pierce's corrugated
dome. Occasionally White crossed or
uppercut with his right. As usual. how
ever. he depended principally o his port
paw.
A few times Pierce landed with hard
overland rights but Harry's judgment Of
distance and timing was bad and ne
generally missed with the long swings.
In close. however. he did considerable
damage with short arm blows. but he
no sooner would open up with a body
6ombardment than he would cease II.
There were no clean 'knockdowns,
though in the ninth round White caught
Pierce Off balance and upset him with
q left hook. Harry went to his launches
but was up In a flash. White occasionally
opened up and smothered Pierce with
showers Of rapid fire lefts and rights.
Pierce absorbed all of Whites blows
n came right back for more.
In tho other ten round bout Harry
Condor, though outweighed by nine and
. half pounds. gave Joe Azevedo a great
battle and only lost out by . hair line
decision on points.