The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-14
ROBERTS RETREATS
AS WEINERT WINS
Staten Island Heavyweight
Nearly Knocked Out in
Newark Ring.
JACKSON HARD PRESSED
Tuohey Gives Him Terrific
Battle-Valger and Her
man Are VictOrs.
JACKSON HARD PRESSED


who damned the First Regiment Armory
in Newark last night were treated to
txo sensational battles and two others
which were not so satisfactory. All
so,r contests went the limit of eight
rounds The most surprising of the
four was the scrap in which Charley
wsinert. the Newark heavyweight,
whipped Al Roberts OF Staten Island
Roberts entered the ring with a record
of seventeen knockouts in nineteen
fights and the sobriquet of the knock
out King" He came out OF Il badly
whipped fighter who was almost knocked
out and who had shown the white
feather. In the seventh round Roberts
fetreated' under fire and went to his
corner. but when the referee began to
count him out Roberts returned to the
fray.
In the other real fight Willie jackson.
the New York lightweight. had the time
Of his life in whipping Tommy Tuohey
Of Paterson, whom he had knocked out
m a previous encounter.
Pete Herman. the worlds bantam
weight champion, had no trouble in
beating Harold Farese OF Newark in
an embarrassing encounter. Benny VAL
ger was the winner over Frankie Brown
IN an even more embarrassing bout
Roberts starts Well.
Roberts went after the Newark
Adonis with a rush in the. first round
and landed a series Of crushing blows
which for a time bothered weinert
But the latter soon resorted to a straight
left with good effect and kept the Staten
Islander at bay. 1t was Roberts's round,
due to his aggressiveness
They floundered about like a pair Of
longshoremen in the second session.
neither doing any execution, though
Roberts landed the only blows or con-
sequence and was entitled to the honors
Of the round
weinert employed his boxing skill In
the third, avoided the wild shots of Rob
erts and iabbed and uppercut his man
repeatedly. weinert did not seem to
have the strength to follow his advar-
tage 1t was weinerts round.
There was more action in the fourth
and Weinert took a decided lead. upper
cutting and jabbing Roberts from start
10 finish. Roberts was bleeding from
the nose and in distress at the bell. 1t
was Weinert's round by wide margin
weinert started the fifth In savage
style uppercutting Roberts on the chin
with Earring rights and jabbing his man
pitlessy. Roberts did not land an ef-
feci've blow. Winert's round ~
Weinert continued the same tactics in
the sixth and with series of right
uppsrcuts soon had Roberts groggy.
There was not enough steam in Wein-
ert's lunches TO drop Roberts and he
WIS on his feet though wabbly at the
close
Roberts was fun of ight. though wild
and unsteady. in the seventh. The
staten slender took a terrible beating
--gG
Roberts turned and started for his cor
ner just before tie bell
Slim Brennan began 10 count, SO
Roberts returned to the ring. Roberts
took another terrific beating in the
eighth. but got his second wind and
mixed it with the Newarker.
Herman Not Impressive.
Peter Herman, the worlds bantam
weight champion. gave a distressingy
lame and unsatisfactory exhibition with
Harold Farese. Herman won on points
bnt the bout was so lacking in action
that the onlookers INDUCED in whissling
and singing as a diversion.
Jackson scored a knockout in a pre-
vous bout and tried to repeat the per-
Torrance, but the leading challenger Of
Benny Leonard caught a red headed
Tartar in Tuohey. who fought him all
NftA NAlc AIOIil Tue ITSl Dell 10 the
last, winning two Of the eight rounds
the sixth and seventh. and making II
hot for his man throughout Tuohey
was groggy in the eighth from a right
uppsrcrt 70 the chin. but recovered and
was fighting like a wildcat at the last
bell.
Jsrkson and Tuohey lost no time in
the first round in mixing II merrily. but
Jackson's blows were the most effective
~
crimson flow from the savage thumps OF
the New York lightweight With Gus.
Iomary courage Tuohey fought back
Yiciously and got in some telling blows
II was Jackson's round.
Jackson started the Second rour In
Vhirlwind style and hammered tn. Pat
srson boy unmercifully. Tuohey took
ne hammering without q whimper and
'ent over some wallops that iarred Jack
'on 70 MS heels. Although Jackson out
punched his man. the New Yorker Vas a
ht arm weary at the close
Jackson was inclined 10 spar for wind
n the fourth. but Tuohey insisted on
lose, hard work. and .he two battlers
unrhei each other all over the ring
with the redtop getting the worst {. !.
7ut coming hack for more
Both had bellows TO mend in the fifth,
'lt Tuoh6y forced the pace and there
vas more action. -uohey was the
lFesArr in the sixth snd sci the pace.
i was Tuohey's round jackson
caarRed his tactics. resorting to a
straight left TO keep Tuohey away. The
red topped battler would not be denied
and getting to close quarters gave Jack
BOZ warm half minute
Tuohey L. Game.
Tuohey"s left eye was closed tight
Wher he came out for the seventh but
as conhaiiyeness was undiminished.
ae Taded into Jackson shooting efts
sna rights and taking uppercuts and
st5 without murmur. Just before the
Del TGohey seat Jackson against the
rops with heavy left 10 the Jaw. II
was TuoheYs round.
Wager trounced Frankie Brown in
eFht rounds. The Frenchman won
every round Of an unsatisfactory bout.
que 70 Brown being a poor boxer and
wager being 20 slow he could not take
an advantage OF openings or follow up
advantages. Valger confessed TO lze
and Brown TO ia pounds.
DECISION FOR DUNDEE.