The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-16
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RIGHT FLOORS
OAKLAND BOY.

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Tobey Miller was hard hitting
bruiser, but he met his match in ex-
changing heavy wallops when he
went up against billy" Huff, late Of
Salt Lake, at Houston's opera house
last night. Huff displayed right
punch with the kick Of a steam pis-
ton and SIX minutes after he got 1t
working - well, Miller's seconds
were applying first aid treatment.
Miller's defeat was foreshadowed
from the clang Of the gong, but he
managed to pull through a series CT
feints and clinches in the first round
without' serious hamage. Hun dis
played his wicked right from the
start and landed a few straight jolts
in the first that should have wised
his opponent to the fact that he was
up against a younger, stronger
Things happened speedily in. the
second. Miller was aggressive and
there was a swift interchange Of
punches. Miller rushed and Huff
found an opening through which he
drove the aforesaid sledgehammer
right to the Oaklander's jaw. Mil
Ter went groggily against the ropes
and HUFF landed three times more.
Miller turned sideways to avoid the
rain of blows, giving HUFF an oppor-
tunity for cross swing which
caught the Oakland boxer back Of
the right eJr, and he went face
down for the count.
In fact, he went down so hard On
the none too thickly padded floor at
the edge of the ring that the referee
might have progressed his numeri-
cal calculations from the first ten
figures into the higher branches of
mathematical lore and failed to
arouse any interest from Tobey. An
nouncer Earl Richey climbed
through the rcpes. lifted the fallen
fighter and carried him back to his
corner, where some strenuous cold
towel exercise OF the part of his sup
porters gradually restored him to
the world again.
There was plenty of Miller money
in the house last night and evident
ly Miller's past ring history has been
such as to inspire confidence, but
last night he ran up against a young
er man with cooler head and
harder punch. Perhaps he failed
to grasp the combination. At any
rate, from over-confidence, temper,
or some other reason, he waded in
too deeply and just as rapidly went
out.
The preliminaries were one-third
good and two-thirds otherwise. Joe
Souza of Sacramento boxed four
good rounds with Kid Mcpherson of
Montana. The first round was fast,
with both boys working hard, Souza
taking some punishment and infiict-
ing more. The second and third
rounds were not so snappy, but Nc
Pherson showed to better advantage
and rallied strongly from the handi-
cap of the first two minutes. In the
fourth Souza landed a couple of
punches that won him the decision.
Referee Waters made close judg-
oh o., do,
insisting it should have been draw,
but the referees decision was sound.
Kid Harrington of Chiloquin, in
troduced as the ''undefeated light
weight of klamath county" lost the
title to Jack Edwards of Oakland.
If Harrington, who is only young
ster, never made better exhibition
than he did last night it is puzzle
how he ever acquired the title. Un-
der the declaration of Judge N. ].
Chapman before the contests, that
the referee was empowered to call
bouts off if there was any loafing,
the federation of the match beyond
the first round was mistake. Ed
wards did nine-tenths of all the
fighting in the four rounds and tried
his best to secure some reaction
from his opponent.
The six-round .semi-final was
farce Guy Roberts, who was to
have boxed Bobbie Allen, connected,
it seems, with one of Miller's hay
makers in sparring bout last
Thursday, result three broken ribs.
1t may be that in alluding to Rob
berts misfortune secret is betray-
ed, as everyone connected with the
promotion of the contest seems to
have been able to keep it dark until
the announcer arose and took the au-
dience into his confidence last night.
1t would seem, as the public is asked
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