New-York tribune., 1920-11-30
Amateurs Hit
Mighty g Blows
In Garden Ring
knockouts Feature Met tt
tie Bouts: Decide Against
Negro, Althoue', Winner

There were thrills aplenty last
night at Madison Square Gar n,
where the prelminaries Of the Metro
poltan district amateur championship
bouts were held. No lcss tnan ten Of
the first fourteen houta resulted in
knockouts. Thirty-two contests were
fought during the course Of the eve
ming, and while many Of them ended
abruptly, there was ample evidence Of
fine material for the prize ring, es-
pecially in the 1875 pound class.
Fourteen bouts had been contested,
ten Of which resulted in knockouts,
when the big thrill Of the evening was
produced. Charles Caro-, OF St Bar
tholomew's A. c.. and Magness Larsen,
each weighing about 200 pounds. were
the performers, and during the first
round they took turns at knocking
each other down.
Larsen, tow headed stu : ger, swept
Caro- off his feet al the clang Of the
gong, and for about thirty seconds
whaled away at his opponent with
everything he had. which vas not
great deal, aside from pair Of willing
arms. Caro- was stunned by the sud
den attack, which brought flow of
the Norwegian dash with wild left
to the chin which brought Magness to
the floor. Before the first round was
over the score was even, with three
knockdowns to the credit Of each man
The third act was a hummer. Solid
smashcs 10 the body and head resound-
ed often. but the warriors remained on
their feet. At the end of the round
the judges and referee were undecided
about the winner and ordered fourth
round, but, much to the sprprise of his
supporters. Larsen announced that he
was unable to continue, and Caro- was
given the decision.
Dan Lyons, of the Aulst A. c. was
given the decision over Phil Claus, Of
the St Christopher Club, but to most OF
the spectators about the ringside il
appeared that the officials erred. Claus
IS negro, -. ..o d no Santa as far
as Lyons was concerned. The St.
Christopher athlete is built along re-
marhably fine lines for fighter and
Is endowed with a wicked punch and
long yeach.
1t was . slashing bout; in fact the
best Of the evening in many respects
Both boys were fast and willing, but
Lyons was extremely wild and many
Of his blows were wasted. The pace
was so fast at the end of the second
round that both men were nearly eX-
hausted. The negro took the first
round by wide margin, the honors
in the second were fairly even and the
third was another toss-up.
Here the judges disagreed and Ref
cree Harry Ertle ordered another
round. Claus actually led in points
after the fourth session, but the Judges
awarded the verdict to Lyons.
The results:
piers cub defeated F. Hutch nt Broaxd4le M ia
A G three rounds Judges decision.
l15-pound 7, clsss-A Fourgoni, Royorof'
C., in first round, W. Singer Ninety second
Street Y. NJ. II a. knocked out N Lo-
renzo, Paul!st a. C., in first round l..
Dodd. Pastime A. c.. knocked out Nanny
Weschier, Bronxdale A. G., in second
round j. Day, Ozanam A. c.. defeated Il.
Sarno, Faulist A. C., three rounds judgo q
decision S Fritz, unattached. knocked out
H. Povnick, unstts ched. in first round. W
cohen, s.. Christorher's club knocked out
: Cavalic-'i, knights OF ST. Antony. in
second round; Dan Lyons. Paulist A. c..
defeated p. Claus, St. Christopher's Club,
four r9unds r,feree's decision. J. Joyce,
BronSdaie A C.. defeated II KING, Me
COMB A g. three rounds. judges d.
cision r Rothwel!, unattached defeated
r RiiAy, unattac he'd. three rounds, referee 3
decision, }. Labati Peoples Institute.
knocked out ]. Draper fr Pcople's Iust{-
tute. IN second round; j. stark. Brouxdale
\. c. knocked out j Pushkiu STERLING A.
G., In third round. D. Lynch Pastime A
c. knocked out +. Schwartz Rutgers Gym
nasium, in second round
heavyweight c.ass-Gordon Munce. Pas
time A. C.. kuocked out John IIolti
National Turn N"frn, in FIRST round; c.
.aro st Bartholoivew a. G., knocked out
NJ Larsen Norwegian Turner's. in third