The New York herald., 1921-12-23
MIDGET SMITH WINS
OVER PETE HERMAN
Awarded Decision After Fiji
teen Rounds Of Slambang
Fighting at Garden.
KNOCKOUT FOR TUNNEY
West Slider Disposes of O'Hare; /;
Rosenberg and Renault
VictOrs.
BY CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

BY CHARLES F. MATHISON.
Midget Smith, a young fiaxen haired
sailor boy of Uncle Sans navy. who
anchored in this harbor at the close Of
the war, jumped to a commanding posi-
tion in the bantam division last night
at Madison Square Garden when he
defeated Pete Herman. former cham
pion of the class. in a speedy fifteen
round bout. A crowd that packed the
great arena saw the youngsters victory
and applauded heartily
Although Herman had been the favo-
rite in the betting and was popular with
the crowd. yet the gallant, courageous
fight made by the boy earned him the
plaudits of the crowd. Smith. who has
gained the good will of patrons of box
ing by the vigor If his fighting in nu-
merous contests in the Garden but who
Up to last night was regarded as a
youngster just graduating from the
novice class. gave evidence of most de-
cided Improvement in all departments
of the science of boxing
Smith outboxed, outgeneraled and out
hit the former worlds champion and
had decided advantage in eleven Of
the fifteen rounds. Herman made an
occasional rally and tried desperately
~ tllutS 10 ldflu Il TlEnI mana Smash on
Smiths jaw In this effort he succeeded
not more than three or four times, and
the shots had no appreciable effect on
the youngster.
The Midget fought at full speed In
each of the fifteen rounds and seemed
TO be in condition to fight ten or twelve
rounds more II necessary. On the other
hand, the constant punching administered
py Smith TO the ribs of Herman's left
LODI txyfft r.
ieft handlers to the mouth slowed Her
man 20 a walk on several occasions.
Smiths punches brought the blood
from Herman's mouth and also puffed
up the eyes Of the New Orleans boy.
Herman's ribs were so Redeemed by the
Midget's punches that his whole left
side seemed to be afame and he was a
sorry looking object when he went to
MS corner at the end of the fifteenth
round. Smith, on the contrary. was
unmarked and left the ring In vigorous
physical condition and jubilant over his
victory.
Smith Starts AgEressively.
Herman weighed 11Sh and Smith one
pound more. Smith was the aggressor
In the opening round and apparently
had no trouble in landing on Herman
on both body and face The former
champion started Off very listlessly and
seemed to be feeling out his man.
Herman showed more action in the
second round. mixed 1t with the Midget
in lively style and landed quite a num-
Der Of effective blows
The third round was a heavy hitting
one, both men reaching the jaw with
hard shots. Smith brought blood to
Herman's mouth with heavy left
ha ander nd JJarD1op rocl-aI C,,,i+l,. t.uol
with q right
Herman fought like tiger In the
fourth round. rocking Smiths head
with heavy rights and lefts and forcing
the Midget all around the ring Smith
fought back gallantly and was giving
as good as sent when the bell ended
the round.
Smith forced the pace in the fifth
round and land ed a greater number of
clean blows. Herman retaliated with
several hard shots toward the end of
the round.
Smith gave Herman n severe drub-
bing in the SIKH round. bringing the
blood from nose and mouth in a stream
and hammering the Italian all about the
ring.
Smith inflicted severe punishment on
Herman in the seventh round, taking all
the aggressiveness out Of the Italian and
sending him tired to his corner.
Herman rallied slightly In the eighth
round and fought considerably better.
but failed to check the Midget, who was
full of action from start to finish.
The ninth round was a give and take
one. both getting In heavy shots. Both
men hit low in this round and we're
cautioned by Referee Patsy Haley.
Herman did his best work in the tenth
round. jolting Smith with solid rights
and iefts 10 the face and apparently try
ing 10 land a knockout punch with his
right Smith rallied toward the close
of the round and gave as good as he
received
Smith had all the better OF the elcv-
enth round. landing on Herman's body
and face with great frequency and
force. Smith also did the most effec-
tive work i'm the twelfth round and
Herman received a hard beating in the
thirteenth.
Herman was also the receiver In the
fourteenth and fifteenth rounds.
Tunney Knocks Out O'Hare.
Gene Tunney the Prize Of Greenwich
Village. scored a knockout over Eddie
O'Hare Of Yorkvi'le in the sixth round
of what proved to be a most exciting
combat The men had been battling for
two minutes and forty-seven seconds OF
Nne hlNtn TOunu Wnen JLnney landed
terrific left hand punch flush on
O'Hare's nose. Tho Greenwich Village
man piled his opponent with volley of
rights and lefts. dropping him TO the
floor on his back. where he was counted
out.
O'Hare was also knocked down IN the
third round for the count OF nine. but
weathered the storm. Tunney rained
shower of blows On O'Hare in the third
round but the latter weathered the
storm and got TO his corner In a shaly
condition. Tunney received a severe cut
over his left eye in the fifth round. due
10 coming into contact with O'Hare's
head. Blood flowed freely from the cut
and this bothered Tunney SO that he
didn't do much in that round. The
Greenwich man. however. came up
strong in the sixth and ended the fight
The weights were 1874 for OHare
and 175i5 for Tunney.
Dave Rosenberg, Brookyn's favorite
mlddleweight. added one more victory to
his long string when he defeated Jimmy
Darcy Of Portland Ore, In whirlwind
battle lasting eight rounds.
Al Reich. the Adonis of the prize ring.
In improving. lie was on his feet when
the bell sounded for the eighth and last
round OF his bout with Jack Renault. the
rcputed heavyweight champion of Can
ara. The man from the Dominion got
the decision on points by 81 comfortable