The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-21

.BATTLERs FIGHT BEFORE ELKS
AMID TlJMULTUOUS APPLAUSE

Johnny CiaIiaencr. the "Wjrele>S Kid
and Young Meyers. tn" South SIDE
flash. Tough, ~iN furious rounds TO
draw. gallagher had tn" third by
duCr the ''S1"-r'r' IN the next frame.
when he twisted his right arm on III"
ropes somehow and could not land -,
frCtIvcIy with his urp,rcut. IN thc third
Gallagher shot over u Snappy LETT and
caught Meyers flush on the eye. open
ING a wide cash. which kept tn" South
S,der troubled all. tho time. but he
Fought hard the rest OF the distance and
earned a draw.
Levy VS. wtmler.
In the next bout Battling Levy III
Akron. fought ChaIky Wimlcr OF ra'r-
haven. Pa. 10 a draw in their stA-r"und
Sctto. the former holding the "ocHrrht
even with his constant lett lao. In th'
opening round. Levy made Winner miss
on many occasions. using his LEFT jan 10
consistency. second and third were rep
Editions of the opening round with W I'M
Ter unable T. land. as tn" jew boy was
Still handling his left 10 advantage. the
fourth was Il different tale. the l1ir-
haven lad, landing on several occasions.
causing the Akron hattIcr 1" cover up
Wimlcr had Il narrow margin IN IN" ilth
while the laSN round was even. and i
MAS cons dcrr" q good draw by all OF the
ring fans Waite Dcvorr Of Akron, who
WAS stopped before one minute Of light
ing against Rlockjc Richards just
week ago. was IN LcNy'S corner. and
Wheeling fans were given III" chance to
give him the "onCc over. aS he has
never appeared here.
Freeman VS. oMeary.
The next event OF the evenings pro
gram was 4 night for blood. Buck
Freeman. the GAINESVILLE hattlcr. handed
Battling O'Meary Of Erie. IA, neat
laclng, tn" latter's face looking like II
was covered with jam most OF the time.
Freeman substituted for Tommy lhIl-
lips. who stepped into the ring showing
an injury 10 his thumb. In the hrSt
Freeman did most of the leading AMI
gained Il shade Freeman started To use
his right effectively in the second frame
and had the lrishman holding on on Ole
occasion.
4 wonderful comeback by tho Ell"
lad gained him decision IN tn" third
round, Freeman seeming half tired dur
ing the entire round. out managed 70
hold out. In the fourth the lrishman
was all but out on his feet when the
GAINESVILLE hattlcr started to use 4 short
I" good effect. In the hnal round
O'Mcary was bleeding badly from the
mouth and nose. with Freeman trying
hard for a knockout but the freshman
managed to hold on the entire distance.
Freeman gained a wide decision.
williams vs.. Weigand
Billy" Williams. the Ferry pride. set
the house afire when he entered the
TluS, TOT MS SIN-IpuHN StNN' WIN L.
die Weigand. another one "f Dim
prospects. The first round was fast AMI
little feeling out was done by either
fighter but no effective punches were
landed. and ended IN an even franc.
Williams had tn" better Of tho first
round, using a hard left iah and q short
right 10 the ribs. In the second frame
Wcigand was trying hard for knock
out but missed on many occasions. AMI
was outpointed by slight margin
Williams landed hard toward tho end
% tho third round and WciGand return
ed 70 his corner in bad shape. but made
:, strong comeback in the nrNt round
holding the Fcrrian even. In this round
Williams turned Weigand completely
over his back. performing circus som.
ersault act. At the and OF IN" rounu
the Ferrian started to land effectively
again but the bell rang just when X
was getting interesting.
The NTH marked Williams ilrSt
knockdown since he started boxing AZ
the Wheeling Park Casino. While in a
Crouching position his opponent sent
over a era shing right which sent Will
liams down to the canvas but iuthouSh
he was badly hurt IN" little MclshihaH
maregcd to Chamber to ms tcct anu
stick out the remainder of the rounG,
Both tried hard for \ Knockout IN the
sixth round but the fight ended In
draw.
"C-hick" Hayes of Milwaukee WAS
forced 10 give in to Lii" Arthur StlEal
in their six round affair after being
dropped three different times for the
counts OF nine, one. and the last the
towel was thrown m the ring. Ain the
opcntng round both lighters did not land
and were cautiously feeling one another
out The fireworks started in the sec
ond when Stigall shot over SnappE
left hook flush to the WisconSinS Jaw
and dropped him to the canvas for the
count OF nine. The big Milwaukeean
never recovered from his blow and was
Knocked down as soon as he arose 10
his feet At the count OF one the bell
RANK but did not save Hayes from q
Knockout. In the ncXt round Stigall
was looking for chance 10 put over the
sleep punch but only landed Jew
BODY punches which forced Hayes {"
the mat. II was plainly seen that h"
was out and at the count Of three the
towel came flying into. the ring, ending
the bout Hayes was badly hurt about
tho stomach. as he did not look IN III"
best OF condition.
Torkins VS.. Ctn1inem
The final and main bout OF the eve
nine was the real. honeSt-to- goodness
scrap between two bitter rivals Micky
Forkins of Jimmy Dimes stable and
SAMMY Ciminelli. who appeared here
against Frankie Ritz during the sum
mer. Forkins used a constant lett jab
and hook. and hard right had the Ital-
ian battler troubled all the way. In
the opening round Furk!nS used
strong left jab which started the blood
flowing from the Italians mouth. For
kins had the shade better Of this round.
l,o TAD KNr-D 49,