The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-11-30
SAM FRITZ PROVES
STAR OF AMATEUR
BOXING TOURNEY
Little Featherweight Does Most -.
Impressive Work of Large s'r
Array of Talent at Show -, 81.

Under the same E'aring HEhtsadfl ~.
Madison Square Garden where many
great fighters have struggled for7a
nsuc supremacy. where more pages s,-
OF pugilistlc history have been WRITE
ten perhaps than any other building
In the world. amateur boxers In eight
different classes fought through tha,..,.o
first night preliminaries and semlnu.g
finals TO qualify for the finals which,1s,
viii be contested tonight, for Metros ~
politan A. A. u. titles. .so47-g
More than four thousand night danl ,af
wendell their wuy through the broad go;
entrances OF the Garden only to,rhau-.
lost within the walls OF the ancient
structure II seemed empty despite
these several thousands who came TO
cheer the embryo Leonards, HeTmRns Ia. ...
and Dempseys. The crowd that did
come to witness the first night bouts
| for the championships OF the Metro VS..
/ politan district crowded their wapIiu-
| close to the ring or else climbed Asp-4o.
close to the rattere near the ceiling
| OF the Garden. ' '
BY far the most impressive per- 't's
Torrance Of the frst nights bouts -pr
was the boxing OF Sam Fritz, unat-
| tached. This little featherweight
scaling 125 pounds, won his prelimin- --
airy by knockout, and was opposed .-...
| by Wilbur Cohen, a rugged colortd
| tighter Of the same weight, In the
semi-final of the l25-pound class
| Fritz displayed a fast left haUd
and good right which he crossed n 4
over on his negro opponent time opl e
again. His foot work was not unlike
that seen in professional ranks.
Another bout which brought the'Ne
few thousand fans to their feet wa 8 .Hnn
| tho lelXyWciuht hOnt bptM peAf 'fN
Charles Caro- Of the St BartholoptJICe
| Club and Magness Larsen OF u'c
! Norwegian Society. Caro- was the al.
ftrst 10 hit the canvas in the OPENING
| round. he went down from on@ ~ y.
his opponents wicked. wild swir-s. "'Li.
| This ended the round, as the l1A-.A~A"
I governing the bouts we're knocks'..'.'
4 downs terminated the rounds, -.-
| Caro- recuperated enough during tho
| one minute rest to come back and -
slug his burly opponent all over thanH4d
ring, onsetting whatever adva R-'.t41
tage he might have earned byslhSo2Hb
i first round Larsen in the thrnir44l..
round held his awkward hitiIn= .....
opponent even. The judges ordtrsd
the men to box another round to de-
eide the winner. Larsen. however, rH''
gracefully declined, stating thstHlG sal
was going to fight some more, butipot Dn6
that evening. The referee declared ,e-.
y Caro- the winner
In the only other heavyweight bort
Gordon Muncc OF the Pastime Al Ch'0-
stopped John Holt Of the National"Wo
Turn Verein in the first round IA
Referee Eddie Forbess judgment
met with the dsapproval OF tho
. crowd when he awarded BOBBY Roth =
well the decision over Edward Riley
, The summaries follow:
; l5PouND OIAsS-Amerrizo Fc,H'one, ROY.
A5n s Z ' ol sPu 5se, S,'s' ''q Ss sS
ST J. Lorenzo Pau.st A C. in fiSt round r
fiI so Gers ~ E RSS; M. gGy bSl5
lulsd Hugo Sarno. Pahlst A. e.. in three roan,is 1
Judges decision; sam Fritz, unattached, de- ~.
teated IleT7na3 Poon.,E Elu1aonal Al lnee IN -
n ST. Christopher Club defeated Steve Csfs!,r3''1 >
q Knshs Of g. Anthony, 10 two rounds. Reorts
: I25-POUNp CIAss--Dan Lyons, Pastus 7y5E
four Fos3ds R%fsrsss deOo '1 James I s59o
A. c., in two rounds Fefrss s,o1psi ho-r
IS Joe iStsd Peopios iasttg,., dsicsted JAZZ
9 ~ stSuDsi Gsoat ia,s sta-t. RTo1Idais A.
Gym, 10 ;wo rgcyHds RefeTcO ston?ed bout YET a
z to5her Club, debated Frank Butch, BronIdae 4
n ca, in thee rounds, ~ isa' desaon ". o'con,
o. a HFbiJYYaTSfrGETis GLASS - Gordon Munc. dee
So 3 ES' 6u Se d T9SR5 h'F s caro- S s s
Ii Of lie Third round. tarson refused to per6Ha .ot
- the fourth round and Caro- awarded the De
u i45-POUND oLAss--Joe Gar,ey. onanam A.
e ISOLATION del,sisd nsTs RosSsnoers CLARK Houss
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