The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-22

.rNAS - AuV HlAliLlEI. vi all unlGdSAR0
tornado and Bernie Hahn was in direct
line with the route mapped out.
-
Ringsiders figured that Moore was
trained down to too fine a point and
that nothing would help him so much
~ q snort but complete rest before he
starts out again,
Under the conditions existing, how
ever, Moore has little chance to knock
OH, with a number of hard bouts on
the program.
The reopenlng of the Southern
Drought out the old crowd to its long
guard was missing, but in the eager
throng they were hardly missed.
.
Hahn sustained a bad cut over and
under the right eye that bled for one
round and then shut off. AS the boys
yen on into a clinch the injury
No one seemed to know for sure
whether II was the result Of a left hook
TO the eye or whether II was picked
up from a collision of bean to bean.
Nate Lewis, who handled Moore. ex-
planned quite deftly that as they locked
snort but wicked hook to the eye that
ripped the skin.
On the other hand, Moore opined that
the cash was due to a crashing of
Knobs. Take your pick.
From the press box it was impos-
sible to determine definitely how 1t hap
pened. But short hooks rarely raise a
knot as large as the one that went to
Hahn.
The class displayed by Bernie is In
line with the high standard maintained
by Joe Levy, The lad had little to say
ana presented no alibi when he was
He started out to box a known con-
tender for the title and for five rounds
was neck and neck In the race. Up to
this tim the dancing had been SO aris-
t%ocratic and the lodging SO mastery
that no damaging blows had been land
ed, Il. was really well into the third
round before they even came to blows.
But whatever tameness was discerned
In the early rounds was more than
made UP for by the quality of stuff dis
PLAYED by both boys later on,
When Moore finally solved the sit
uation it was good night Sallie for
Hahn.
For once Moore was unable to ex-
hibit his rope trick. for Hahn refused
to corne In when Pal was set for the
stunt, Many Memphians have never
seen this rarest of blows-a product of
Moore's own mind.
The play consists in turing in the foe
while one hand Is on the ropes. when
within range the second step is to turn
loose with body, legs and arms in a
shlvering shimmy that Is astounding,
Amazing and at the same time disas-
tr9us for the other guy,
The was that Hahn was wise
to what might have occurred and stayed
away.
Joe Williams, candidate for mayor,
made a well-planned entrance into the
arena after the show was under way.
Supporters, evidently planted here and
small lnducement he entered the ring
to thereby carry out his original inten-
ton.
Dolly Stark blew in also, but de-
clined to speak, either on the high cost
of baseball or the rapid advance Of
the auto industry.
Billy Smith tried to quit in the first
round of his bout with the remains of
the once flashy Willie Mitchell, but
couldn't, In the third he stood Mitch
ell on his ear with a right to the diner.
Willie went through the ropes but
came back, weak and groggy. In the
fourth Smith maintained his advan-
tage and won out.
Mitchell. in his day, was one Of the
most vicious of the many clever feath-
erweights that operated from the
Southern base, Tuesday night he was
not even a ghost of his former self,