Arizona republican., 1919-09-20

Chet Neff of Seattle, retained his title as lightweight champion of the southwest by gaining a referees de- cision over Billy Cappelle after 10 rounds of terrific slam bang milling at the Arcadia hall last evening. It was battle of crashing blows from song to gong in every round, both men using mighty crosses and hard jolts whenever the opportunity afforded it. self.
 A tenth round rally, in the opinion Of many fans, earned the San Diego boy at least a draw. Tn this round, Cappelle caught Neff several hard clouts on the jaw using rights and lefts at random and had the Seattle boy groggy before the bell sounded.
 The tenth round, by the way, was one of the best three minute sessions ever staged in any ring. There wasn't lull throughout the storm save when Cappelle sent right and left hooks to Neff's jaw and the latter hung for moment to regain his equilibrium.
 Up until this round, Neff had been the aggressor practically the entire distance. his height and longer reach proving a big advantage over the San Diego boy, who gamely kept boring in, notwithstanding left hand jabs that constantly slackened his onward rush.
 Billy Scores in Tenth.
 But with the start of the tenth, Billy forced his opponent to take the defense. He used right and left hooks the. seldom missed tleir goal. putting lis entire force behind these blows. Neff fought back and rocked Capeelle's lead. but the San Diego boy refused to be stopped. He kept after his op- ponent who was tiring rapidly when the final gong sounded.
 The bout opened with honors even. Both men were more or less cautious and carefully measured their man be- fore leading. Several hard blows were struck. but little damage done.
 Tn the second, Neff opened up and , jabbed Billy frequently with his long left. following at times. with a driving right cross that almost invariably found it's goal Billy also got in some good blows but he was on the short end of the count when the bell sounded. The third round was Cappelle's by a safe margin. He scored the first mark in this session by sending a terrific right hook just above Neffs left eye breaking the skin. He also landed hard rights and lefts to the body and face and employed a right uppercut to good advantage.
 Neff Changes Style.
 Neff changed his style of miliing in the fourth and the change baffled Cappelle. Instead of jabbing with his left, Neff invariably feinted with that
 
 with a right cross that frequently found a lodging place on Cappelle's jaw. Cappelle had difficulty in con |, meeting in this round, but got in three hard jolts just as the bell sounded and then several more after the round had ended, neither man hearing the gcng, apparently. Seconds of the rc- spective men were obliged to jumI into the ring to get the boxers apart Chet had another lead in the fifth his infighting proving a big advan. t1ge. At close range, he frequently tore his hands loose and swung tC Cappelle's jaw. Billy shook the blows off and did not seem to be worried.
 Neff followed his leads with cleve infighting in the sixth and again ha, the better of the going. He brought right uppercut into play in this rount and caught Cappelle several times il mid section. But even these pile-driv ing blows seemingly had no effect ol the sturdy San Diego boy.
 The seventh was even, notwithstand ing the fact that Cappelle's right ey was cut Both men used rights am lefts almost atawill. Covering was al unknown art to either man in thi frame, both disregarding the other blow in an effort to get his own home
 Clappelle started fast pace in tn eighth and kept after his man. H invariably countered with solid jolt whenever Neff led, his blows havin more effect than did Chet's.
 The ninth round was 50-50, bot men landing several good jolts. Nef used his left jab again in good ad vantage in this round.
 The tenth and final session was a above stated. At the conclusion of tn bout. Referee Corpstein consulted wit D Griffith and Tom Shaughnessy, tn judges. and then raised the right han of Neff in token of victory.
 Short And Sweet
 The preliminary events were shor and sweet more action being crowde into approximately five and one-hal rounds of milling than has hereto fore been customary.
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