El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-07

IN the officiai summing up Of the
points which lead to deciding the
victory. the final reckoning as II
were, everything must be taken into
consideration End to use the judges
own words * was purely a fifty-fifty
affair
Naturally one boxer ereeIied AZ
some particular angle that the
other did nGt but thfs is but one
OF those striking pecu1iaritiea
that contribute to the interest
and Of course BcrlUUy mixing.
Cr0zier'E boxing rs n matter Of
fact was the feature Of the even
inE's card. His left hand worked
like the cracker Of q whip and
his right, even more capable than
his iett wan shot into openings
time and again. Ably seconded
by the brilliant Griffin. Cr0zier b
puf up a rafting exhibition and
he has truly returned TO form.
Carter IN his role Of defender OF the
title adopted an aggressive method
from the first bell and brought his
supporters TO their feet many times
by his vel timed blows IN the
clinches-
Some snnppy AIfxinE.
He eLcelled in this art IS surely
As Crozier outboxed him AZ long dis
lance and the southwestern champ
took many a hard wallop in his ef-
forts to get inside and use his short
arm Iolts. Carter fought a clever
blocker. as sble a man on defence
as he has Ever met but the former
Seventh field battalion star did not
take q back step but came doggedly
IN and held his own
Crozier's boxing caused much ad-
zuiration and n the tipping OF this
substantial fact on the scales atten-
tson must be given 70 the other side
and the fact that Carter was always
coming In must be taken into con-
sheraton
It Is also placed on the scales
and II balances. The story Of the
contest can be told IN as many
words the boxing OF Croker and
the continual aEEreEslveneHs OF
Carter. Both fought the clean
Hnaupy hattie expected OF them
and neither used his head or el-
bow At any time. The referee
was slow IN breaking the boys
several times during the contest
bat on several occasions they
broke themselves and standing
toe TO toe traded hard TTallops.
Croker stepped out and took the
first two rounds by clean boxing
The third belongs to Carter as the
hard blows. which while traded.
seemed 70 lack the steam OF the de-
fender. The fourth, fifth and sixth Z
were even, while IN tbs seventh
Crozier took a swing on the Jaw IN
order 10 land several snappy blows, I
which gave him the round. In this
stauza the sailor star accidentally Z
swung a stiff left hook which missing ]
Carter landed flush on the referees 1
Jaw Re staggered back a minute I
but came IN again and resumed his I
duties While the fans enthusiastically |
Carter wins The Eighth.
Taken point for point Carter did /
not earn as many rounds as Crozier.
He took the eighth by a sub
aiuufial mlrElns This r. another
feature that needs some EXPLAIN
fIon also and Il e. due 70 the fact
that IN the rounds Carter won the
champ landed with considerable
steam. CrozleE Kept his left con-
ziuuaIly in Carriers face but there
vas many occasions when Il was
brushed aside and getting inside
Garter pumped both hands TO the
stomach ard head. CroEfer WIS
particularly clever in blocking,
however, and many bi0WE which
would have Otherwise been dan
Eeroualy effective were blocked
Carter also took the ninth. It
seemed as 81 he had been waiting for
his chance 10 start as he stepped out
and mixed Il from the first. He
formed a habit OF rushing across the
T
got IN a number OF snappy blows this
way. IN the tenth, though, the tide
turned. Crozler earned this round.
HIS left lab ably reinforced by q
right uppercut was going through
The 18th sts1za was a draw, de-
eidedIy, while the 18th could have
been given TO Croker slightly. The
5th and 18th were draws. while IN the
18th Croker had quite a margin he
seemed the stronger OF the two and
was doing most OF the leading.
Handled By Griffin
Crozler was handled by Dick Grif-
fin, his little manager, Nicholas Sol
Tito. EcoEie Muskopf and one OF two
others. bad Daddy" Anderson was
,hief second IN the Crozier corner,
Thils the two Payo boys were also
IN the Job there
Griffin and Fay0 were introduced
rom the center Of the ring as the