The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-27

and was away without return. Carter tired himself trying to hit the phantom Spring. After one hour and 55 minutes (71 rounds) Spring sent the thoroughly beaten Carter to the earth with a final volly of blows
 BECOMES FAMOUS
 That victory made Spring famous. Tom Cribb, just then ready to embark on an exhibition tour, insisted that Spring must accompany him. The two made considerable profit through the venture. While Spring was on tour Ben Burn, pugilst of some note. declared that Spring was overrated and cant dent pound or butter" Spring at once challenged, Burn accepted side bet of $100 was posted, and the two men 1 fought that same midnight.
 Spring thrashed Burn in IS minutes of a one sided contest. A few weeks later he gave Burn another match, and won in 12 minutes. Then Spring fought two other men of fair repute and won both fights easily. He climaXed his, per formances by whipping Tom Oliver in 55 minutes on February 10, 1921, for 5000 side bet.
 A year later Cribb decided to retire permanently from all connection with the ring. On the day he made the an- nouncement, May IS, 1922, he publicly'
  shout arose at once from Bristol. where the championship was claimed for Bill Neat, local pride"
 DEFEATS NEAT
 After some delay Spring and Neat, famed as a terrific hitter. were matched. The battle was fought May IT, 1923, on Hinckley Down. Thousands of specta- tors climbed the hillsides of the natural amphiteatre, and saw Spring cut Neat to ribbons and win the fight in 57 minutes without being touched by a single blow, from Meats huge fists.
 The battle was fought in Worcester ine a specially constructed arena. The sum of $2.50 was charged as admission fee. Thousands unable to get seats in the grandstand stood for hours in the knee deep mud
 It was a terrific battle, and'with one of the most peculiar anti-climaxes in ring history. The men had battled furi-s ously for more than two hours with honors almost even, so closely were they matched. It was anybody's fight up to then. Several rounds later-the seventy y-seventh. ito be exact, Spring caught Lanyan onsthe jaw, with a right handler
 The blow wasn't terrible in it's power. but 1t struck the vital spot. Lanyan was completely knocked out, but came to" about 10 seconds after time" had been called for the next round When told that the fight was over, he remon- strated bitterly.
 T am not beaten, I can fight for hours longer" he cried, and just to prove that he was far from being physi- cally exhausted he turned hand springs and somersanlts. But to no avail. The umpires declared him the loser,
 GETS ANOTHER CHANCE
 Lunyan got his second chance for the championship on June s, 1924, when he fought Spring for a s50o0 stake. And that battle lives as testimonial to the courage and bravery of the Irishman, an exhibition rarely equalled in the ring
 spring. having learned the weak nesses of Lanyan in their first battle, made use of that Knowledge in the sec ond He quickly cut I.anyan to pieces, and when the thirty-first round ended. the gamblers began crying: Even money that. La nyan does not answer time for the thirty third"
 But Lanyan came up for the thirty second the thirty-third and the thirty fourth. The crowd yelled to hts packers to acknowledge defeat. But Lanyan re- fused to permit them 10 do so. And the