The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-03-15
Young Hector
Knocks Steve
Reynolds Out

booby Harper, Northwest
lightweight king. and doe Cor.
man. Of Portland. fought a good
draw In the hcadlinc bout nj the
Els club smoker last night
The fight WAS . tame affair
compared to the mix the two
yourg~terS put ON at tho Crystal
Ped recently. The first thre~
rounds wcrc fairly even. with
German doing all Of thu aggr~s-
sasc work and Harper landing
HE cleaner blows.
The giaiiators popped up In
the flnal session. and went To 10
hammer and tongs. but NEITHER
gained an advantage. Harper
secured . questionable knock
DOWN In the final period. but II
lenkcui like the Oregon man
clipped on the canvas. He
cnnghs himself on his DOWN
ward flight with both hands on
the floor and Strengthened up
Immediately.
HArpfr Vsrd tppcrcut
Harper used his left effectively. as
and made good use OF a right
uppercut that landed several times.
German hit Harper some hard wal
lcps In the stomach and also cracked
him q couple Of beautiful waiiops on
the head.
The verdict OF the judges was well
received BY the crowd.
In the semi.windup. steve R-y-
holds had an odd experience. that
OF n winner and a loser in the same
hight. When he and his opponent,
Young Hector. started milling,
Tommy Shields. referee. instructed
the men to break from the eiinches
'sclean." In the first round Hector.
out Of n ciinch. popped
steve on the molar. and steve took
IN n position parallel with the floor.
The referee declared Steve the win
ncr. but the fans howied long and
loud. and Steve. after climbing thru
the ropes. decided TO come back and
start over again
Out for Good
REYNOLDS lasted two rounds on his
second trial Hector caught steve
with a right on the neck and sent
him spinning 10 the canvas There
was no doubt but that Steve was
thru for the evening. Hector looked
pretty good. but there liz no reason
Why he shouldn't look good against
whom he outweighed by
about 20 pounds Hector. however.
hits nicely. and Is good boxer
Oscar Benson and Frankie Rogers
fought a draw. altho Benson had an
edge In the going. Benson did the
dancing master stuff In the first
couple Of rounds. but when Rogers
did catch up TO him. Benson cracked
him with voliey OF punches. Ben
son tired rapidly. but showed that
he II stiii clever. By keeping away
from the charging Rogers.
Rogers used his elbows several
times in the ciinchss. which isn't a
bit popular with Iosai ring fans.
Madden Comes Back"
Lloyd Madden, former fayorite
With local fight followers, did the
rescue act for Promoter Druximan
Hast night. when Stanley TrImole
could not show with Jack Hartford
because OF an injured hand. Mad.
den, while somewhat round" from
his lack OF training recently. stepped
out and fooled the fans with his
great fight The veteran stood toe
to toe and sluggcd thru four rounds
With Hartford. During the first two
periods the Tacoma boy had slight
edge, but Lloyd warmed up in the
final chapters OF the going and had
Hartford hanging on in the last
cAnto.
Madden got big hand" from the
fans for his work.
In the curtain raiser, Jack VII
Hams won from Jimmy Riley. In
the featherweight class. Williams
outweighcd Riley by several pounds.
williams knocked Riley down in
one chapter. but he couldn't stow the
little fellow away. Williams was
pretty tired himself and IL Riley had
his weight, Williams would have
been lucky to haye lasted four
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