New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
Chinese Boxer
Loses i'm Ninth
BY Knock-Out
Midget Smith Wins Tech
nical Victory, but Celestial
Gains PIaudits of Crowd

Charlie Lee, the Sacramento Chinese
fyweight, was technically knocked out
in the ninth round of the semi-fnal
bout at Madison Square Garden last
night by Midget Smith, but in defeat
the Celestial covered himself with
glory, and as he made his exit was
given one of the greatest ovations ever
rendered pugilist
Lee displayed remarkable gameness,
and proved himself anvthing but q
novice with the gloves. He is clever
boxer, but does not carry punch in
either hand, and he made the mistake
of trying to mix it with the bone
crushing midget.
For the first two rounds, while he
stood off at long range, the Chinaman
showed to good advantage, but in the
third, when Lee stood toe to toe with
Smith, the midget fairly murdered him.
1t was in this round that Lees liz was
badly cut, and thereafter the China
man was a grim sight, covered with
blood
In the seventh round Smith battered
Lee to the floor with volley of lefts
and rights to the body, but the China
man was able TO hold and weather the
gale.
In the, ninth Smith caught the China
man flush on the chin with a short
right. The Chinaman reeled back
drunkenly. Smith was after him like
a tiger. and hammering him into a neu-
trail corner finally dropped Lee over the
lower rope with wicked right to the
chin. Here Referee Haukop stopped
the bout. The round had gone two
minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
Lee weighed 117A pounds and Smith
119A.
Soldier Bartfeld and Lou Bogash ap-
peared in fifteen round draw in the
supposed feature. 1t would be erron-
eous to say they fought draw. Thew
didn't fight. That is except for few
seconds after the bell ending the ninth
round and that appeared all a mis-
take. The lads were very apologize
from then on.
1t is hoped Charlie Lee saw this hor-
rlble example. He might find use for
the principals in his Sacramento
laundry. Two washerwomen. Righto
bogash had one excellent chance to
score a knockout. Early in the eighth
he caught Bartfield flush on the jaw
with straight right and had the
Soldier dead on his feet, but he didn't
have wallop enough to tumble him over.
Up to that time and afterward the
bout very much resembled a pair OF
wrestlers sparring for an opening. At
the end one of the judges voted for
BBarrtfeld; the other for Bogash.
Referee Haukop compromised as the
demon battlers had done.
frankie Jones. welterweight from
California, got the decision over ANDY
OBoyle, of the Bronx, in the curtain
raiser, which went the limit of six
rounds. Jones, who weighed 143
pounds and gave away six pounds, had
much the better OF the milling all the
way, though the judges disagreed, and
he got his rights by virtue of Referee
Dan Sulllvan's justice.
Willie Spencer, weighing 117H
pounds, of the East Side, won the de-
cision over Bud Dempsey, 121A, in
the. first ten-round bout. There was
action every second, but not until the
final half did the little game cocks
really warm to their work. In the
fifth round Spencer went out for a
Knockout and had his man groggy and
hanging on at the bell In the eighth
and ninth Spencer put the right to
Dempsey's jaw so often he had Buddy
dizzy. The last round was a thriller,
one continuous fusillade.