The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-19
BOTH BOYS NEARLY KNOCKED
OUT AT DIFFERENT STAGES
OF THE BATTLE
TWO TECHNICAL KNOCkOUTS
STAGED IN THE EVENINGS
PREIlMlNARIES
JIM PERRY GETS DECISION OVER
JOHNNY WELSH. WHO WENT
IN FOR COLLEY

LANDED with UuOrUrSaOI" Frequency
on H. !lrr Of Joe C&ip. Of New Gas.
lie. n ,hc main so OF n" American
Legion q, the Market Nudiro-iuu last
niGh5. ard ne won ,hH decision ovec
The New Castle boz by = blk mnrc'n
\, different #taccS q: tn" game Il
seemed that both boys were on tn"
verge Of going down FOR The count
hV;iho were in good Shap" AMI sur.
liyed their bad innings. both coming
out OF tn" fray in rather GOOD shape.
After rhr first round there WAS not
the slightest doubt ~ 70 who would
win ~" m"lrr. bur 10" Chip proved
"A lh,lN too t0uGh for The Cleveland
boy 20 send - n" floor
The first round opened with 4 min
uto's caut;ousue>S on both sides. h";
after that prudeucc and CautiouSncSS
were thrown 20 The winds and IN" bat,
Ito was on for The rest of the evening.
NlcSch opened hoStiltieS with his lcft
and landed three To Chips face before
Joe hada chance 10 return il. Joe
then started and missed TWO rights.
either OF which would have landed
johnny into the land Of nod. Joe
finally landed his right ~ tho Cieve.
land BOYS Jaw and il looked rs II
Johnny would 80 down for the count.
Chip. however, allied TO follow no his
advantages and KleSCh survived N"
round. Il was Chip's round by good
margin
Klesch's Left in Evidence.
',r A.,l into
hence In he second round. He landed
ir1o the Jaw five times in this round.
while the best Chic could 10 was
right - the body and lett e the
Jaw. The cleveland boy WAS pu.stnc
I'D a great defense and was entirely
recovered from his trouble in the first.
He won the round By u fair margin.
After this round. left jabS from
NleSch bpram" matters ot seconds
and he seemed 70 land It on 'hp face
and body ~ will. II" proved himself
q better boxer than chip and wasted
Very few blows. Chip missed Wis
ious right in the third and another in
the fifth. Klesch took the third. the
fourth was even and kleSch took the
fifth. landing trn straight jabS Ia the
nose and mouth OF his opponent.
Chip Nearly Out.
KleSch worked on the body during
the sixth. seventh and eighth. taking
all three rounds BY big margin. Up
10 this time he had been depending
upon his left but i: was evident that
this hand alone lacked the waliop
needed to floor his tough opponent.
As soon as his right came into play,
Chip began to look weaker. though he
handed Johnny a few hackhanded
1olts that probably saved him. At the
end OF the seventh Chip was 80 Sroggy
that the houSe was mom"ntarilr OK,
pecting him 10 reach the roSin Tor
good
lie continued wobbly through the
eighth. and his tayorite oaCkhandcd
blow WAS stopped on every occasion
bv kleSch. A. the beginning Of the
nin;h Grip WAS find ng it difficult 10
remain on his teet AID il seemed that
h" would hav" fallen on different %.
.CaSiOuS had ne not been sustained by
rlinchnG with m" other. kleSCh,
howsv"r. a.lrd 20 land tn" punch thai
world hdy" ended tho fight kl"SCh
.uok m" roUGd easily.
When all werc looking for Il sure
nnUcKuui in IN" Wnth. chip miraCu.
lousy ramr back AMI SucC"ed"G in
'rudiuG his right IN JohnDyS face and
body rh7pn different times with NOR"
row"y than he hAGd iSp,ayed sine" III"
nr>t rUrnG. k!"SCh continued with his