New-York tribune., 1921-11-26
Ballta1a1s Battle
On Even Terms
For 4 eaa Rounds
Andy Chaney and Billy De
Foe Also Fail to Reacl,
Decision in Senai-Ninal
IS 2y W. ]. Aiaclessh

zoe Lynch, former 0antamweight
champion, and Midget Smith at Madi.
son Square Garden last night fought
one of the most sensational battles be
tween little men the old town has seen
IN many years. The judges vnry
rightly declared it u draw altar ten
rounds of furious milling. Smith
One of the largest crowds of the
season enioyed the battle between
these little gameeocks, both of whom
were dyed & deep crimson at the end
The fight was full Of thrills. There
was not an idle moment Half q dozen
times each had the ether oh the verge
Of a Knockout only 10 have the tables
quickly turned the other way.
Start at Fas. paee
1t looked lke short fight and
merry one when they started at
clip even bantams couldn't maintain
for ten rounds. They smoked up
through the first two, when the former
bantam king fairly dasgled the crowd
with his spaed and fsirly smothered
Smith with LETT iahs. Joe's straight
before the end of the opening round.
Smith rushed like bull in the soc
ond, hut Lyacn smotkered him with
the left and ousboXed him at viii. And
it continued half way through the
third. Lynch peppered the Midget's
sore mouth with the left and crossed
with the Right. Then Midget's wicked
right SWING brushed the plaster off
Joes sore nose. The sight Of blood
semmed to infur;ate the Midget who
tore in aid hammered Joe all over
the ring with lefts and ri~hts.
The fourth was darby for a min
ute. They stood toe to tee and thrashed
away like two crazy fa'lers. Smith
crowded in on Lynch. ard with q we'll
directed swing to the button stretched
him on the canvas. Joe was up at the
count Of two. He went down again be-
fore right. but it was partly s.ip
Just before the bell Lynch caught Smith
with straight right flush to the jaw.
The Midget spun around on the ropes
almost helpless, but before Lynch could
follow his advantage the bell rang.
Fast and furious RACED the battle
from then on. First one and then the
ether appeared q sure winner. In the
sixth Smith cut Lynchs left eye. and
he kept plugging at this target till the
eye was nearly closed. The Midget had
Joe clearly on the run. bat just before
the bell Lunch almost dropped his man
with right cross.
Smith had the seventh The eighth
was almost repetition Of the fourth.
Early in the round Lynch had Smith
almost out. Then the Midget came
back and knocked Joe into cooked
lat. Through the ninth the fortunes
of each ebbed and flowed in turn.
Lynch smashed Smiths sore mouth so
hard he smeared his face with blood. 1t
was a ripping tenth, with each lad put
ting everything he had in every punch,
but neither now possessed the knock
out kick.
CLANCY and De Foe in Draw
Andy CLANCY of the West Side, and
Billy De Foe, of st. Paul, fought fast
ten-round senii-windup which the
Judges declared a draw, There was
plenty of action throughout. CLANCY,
who sealed l25A pounds to De Foes
12S, scored the only really damaging
blow that gained the only knockdown
in the first round. The St. Paul man
seorned to take a count toward the
end and De Ford popped in wicked
left to the stomach.
There was a great deal of fighting at
close quarters through the second,
Chaney's blows being the most effective,
though De Foe used a straight left jab
to good effect. They exchanged many
short arm jolts at close quarters in
the third, and for a couple of minutes
CLANCY outpunched his older rival, but
De Foe suddenly switched tactics and
in the last minute planted six hard
left hooks to Changes jaw and a wicked
left to the stomach.
Through the fourth and fifth there
was much pretty boxing. with honors
about even. The sixth was somewhat
tanner. The men were in close most
of the time and did too much tugging
and mauling. CLANCY got in some dam
aging body blows in the seventh. par
ticularly right hook to the kidney
at close quarters that left a square
foot of red patch. Clancy gave De Foe
quite 4 pasting in the eighth keeping
Paul boy hanging on.
The ninth round vas all De Foe and
the St. Paul veteran landed many good
right swings and lett hooks. A right
barked Chaneys nose, which bled pro-
fusely, while another rocked Andy back
on his heels. The closing round was
last and furious, with honors even.
Rosenberg Defeats Colima
The second ten-rounder, which
brought together Bert Colma, of Cali
fornia, and Dave Rosenberg, former
amateur champion, furnished one of
the most sensational middleweight
mills of years and as fine q scrap as
New York has seen all the year. Ro-
senberg, who weighed 1914 to Coli
mas 158H pounds, was very properly
awarded the decision of the judges.
There was not an idle moment in
the full half-hour's action. The boys
stood together toe to toe and sluC.yed
without apparent advantage either way
for five runds, but Rosenberg had the
greater strength and stamina, and
through the last half Of the argument
put it all over the native son.
In the seventh round Rosenberg
twice dropped Colima with right hooks
TO the jaw and had him in bad way
at the end. Thereafter Colima fought
very roughly and fouled repeatedly. He
was cautioned half a dozen times In
the ninth Rosenberg smashed Colima's
nose with a hard straight left. The
native son was lucky to stick it out.
Referee Dan Hickey stopped the cur
tam raiser, billed for ten rounds, In
tne fourth session and awarded the
technical knockout decision to Jimmy
Darcy, of Portland, Ore, over Al Mel
son, of Manchester, N Fl. The fight
mad gone two minutes and thirty lone
seconds of the fourth when hostilities
were halted. Each fighter weighed 49,
pounds, but Darcy held the advantage
ail the way. He knocked Nelson dowr
IN the third and would have put him
out but for the bell
One of the best crowds of the sea.
son was on hand to witness the all
star card of four fcn-round honts