South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-30
TWIN CITY A. {.
HAS GOOD SHOW
Fleetwood and Kripp Draw
Kelly Shows Many Gloves
To Duffy.
BY JUNO KINERk


frankie Jumatti. Of Chicago. in 30
FAST rounds Of clean boxing at tine
oliver theater THURSDAY night.
Mason forced the fighting through
out and had eight OF the no rounds
10 his credit. the other tv-o rounds
being draws Mason had the adj
vantage OF height ana reach on Ju-
uatti and continually used these 90
advantaee. and several times had
Iumatti groggy Tn the seventh Ju-
.sati took she count OF nine. and
vice in the ninth ne again took tte
same count. but at his manager
advice
The b0ut started OFF iu ~ hiriw.nd
f.shton. both mon being anxious 20
mix things up. and several lively eN-
change of blows took place with
honors about even AFTER the first
.0uud Mason got luuafl 90 cllnCh
r.th him. and it WAS here that Ma
son got iu his most damaging blows
.f the aght h-- short uuuishing
Ielt jOlts 10 The heart weakening Ju-
.att until in the later rounds the
ttle italian was forced 10 hang on
20 save himself from knockout
Jsmattrs entire ieft side was red
and bruised from these short jolts
81 Mason's. and these damaging
punches weakened him to- such AN
.xtcnt that s, looked like Mason
would be able to stop him. but the
little italian boy was too tough. and
Mason was forced 10 be content with
the decision.
The one-tNo punch Of Nasou's
was working 60 perfection and when
he boys slugged bit several of
these hard punches rocked Jumatti
but didn't put him out Jumatu
had a dandy left hook. bus Mason
was TOO fast for b.. and nearly every
time he ducked the blow OF warded
M off with one OF his gloves hut
once in the ninth and twice i'm tho
tenth Jumatt landed his fayOrte.
and Zach time Mason was forced 20
SAN back before the IMPACT The
Italian showed himself to be one of
the gamest boys In the ring whec
after he was gr0ggy an the seventh
he came back and rallied with a RAIN
OF hard rights and lefts 90 Mason s
Usually the attack Of Nason'-
would have caused any boy TO give
up but Jumatti showed his game
ness by sticking OUT The entire
gruelhug 10 rounds
tn the indghtius which toob place
in the Ciinches Mason had all the
better Of the areument.
Expected h. o
Many of the fans expected TO see
Mason put Jumatu 10 sleep after
The seventh round and some Of
Them even started to leave the house.
cut Jumatu came back I'm the eighth
round and almost fought Mason Co d
1raw. Mason by virtue of his vic
tOry over Jumatu ought 10 be
matched with Jimmy Wilde the
British fvweiEht champ for "a bout
10 settle the worlds championship,
not onlv because ne has licked Ju-
natti. but because ne has defeated
an OF the leading men OF his weight
in the country
Before the fight Mason remained
nj one OF the lower boxes where Ike
nandaEed and tapped his fingers and
hands with all the confidence i'm the
world. and waved 90 many or hIs add
tnirers in the audience. and after the
rght started ne continually smiled
because ne knew chat ne had the
bout as good as won.
Kripps Good.
-rho eeui- windup between Eddie
Trims OF chicago and Young Ell
1enwood OF Fort Wayne. was a fast
md rioaD boat which ended i'm a.
draw. The opening round was "a
draw but FUcnwood had the better
or the second and third rounds.
while tho fourth was n draw. and the
18th and sixth rounds were kripus.
Both men were fast and eacn pack
ID a wicked left hook while Kripps
had n mean right Kripps hit the
harder % the two. but Fleetwood
vas the cieverer and made the Chi
cage bov miss several hard rights.
Kripps has funny style when
lighting but ne gets results. ana
that's what counts. Just before he
started a punch ne would make an
awful face and then cut loose. This
lace making OF Kripps gave Ellen
wood the cue 20 beat him 10 the
punch and ne usually did. A re-