The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
RIDLEY HAS
CINCH WITH
CALIFORNIAN


short hooks and labs. Mickey
King. local middlewrighi. eopped
the decision over jimmy Darcy.
Portland gladiator. after four
rounds of tarrid milling "a the
Crystal Pool last night.
King had the call In three out
Of the four rounds and dropped
tho Ramauian 10 the mat In the
third session. whhh was a big
factor In tho verdict.
The seattle miller used his left
mitt To good advantage aud
Iabbed Darcy's face with telling
effect.
Both mru hit up a terrific gait
FOE thrc~ rounsf~, with King peek
Ing away with hooks and labs
and Darcy trying yalnly 10 put
over the old sheep waiIop.
ADAMS a Joke
George Adams. tho san Francisco
boy who fought Ridley. u a joke.
II he never showed moro around san
Francisco than he showed last nigh,
., sure Il a mystery how no ever got
his reputation. Ridley fought rinEa
around him The Southcrner didn't
land more than three solid blows
during the four rounds. The Seattle
boy was cautious because OF AaamR
rcputed prowcas. and used a left lab
10 nice advantage
Adams KEEP, walking around after
Ridley like a head waiter and tina;
was all he did do. The fixht was the
poorest on the card. but Ridley was
in no way 90 blame aa no showed All
the willingness In the world 10 mix II.
In the other bouts on the card Jim
Storey tough; a draw with Billy
Shade. Eddie McNenna beat Jimmy
Duffy. and Eddie Hammond knocked
out Billy Carp.
Darcy Gets First Round
~ tho first tap Of tho gong in the
main scrap OF the evening. King and
Darcy opened the .-nlilinE rather
cautiously. Darcy led a left TO Mick.
ey's head. which King blocked. and
then the Seattle man sent Ia cou.
pie of cautious blows TO Darcy'E
wind. Darcy started getting rough
and ragged King on tho ropes. send.
ing In n couple Of hard smnshea. but
King stood up under the attack and
finally broke away. King started
dancing around the Portlander, try.
ing 10 worry him. but Darcy clicked
him flush on the molars with beau.
tiful right cross. Tho blow seemed
hard enough 20 keel over the smith
building. but Mickey refused to dive.
Mickey came right back and started
his familiar lnfighting tactics. and
was going strong again az the bell.
II was Darcy's round BY "A shade
In the second session King landed
his first good waiiop OF the enter.
tainment. n left hook 10 Darcy's law
which plainly worried the visitor.
King took some hard wallopa on the
head In the middle OF the session.
but Darcy was firing from Kings In
fighting tactics. King was boxing
rings around the Oregon man when
the bell rang. It was Kings round
Scores Touchdown
Darcy tried desperately to knock
King out in the third round but
King blocked most OF his hard
swings Shooting a pretty loft 20
Darcy's jaw as the Portlander start
cd to lead. King dropped Darcy 10
the mat The Rose City man was
up on his toes In n jiffy, hut the
damage had been done aud King
scored "a flock Of points by the
knockdown. II was Kings round by
"A mile
In the fourth session both men
were plainly tired from the rough
going Of tho first three sessions.
King had Darcy blowing hard and
had -nussed up his face with hooks
and jabs before the final bcH sound.
cd. This round was the slowcat OF
the quartet. with neither man doing
much damage. King. however. had
an edge In the final canto. and. with
the big lead piled up in the eecond
aud third periods. grabbed off Ref.
cree Wright's decision.
George Adams didn't land a sin.
gle blow in the first round OF his
mix with Bud Ridley, while the Seat
tie lad hooked tho Californian with
half "A dozen good lefts and q couple
Of effective rights. which gave him
the first round by a wide margin.
Adams showed little burst OF
speed at the start Of the second
round, but Ridley boxed rings
around him. and tho session was but
q repetition Of the first round. with
Adams walking after Bud and the
Seattle youngster doing all OF the
hitting. II was Ridley's cJSnto.
Ridley staggered Adams with a