The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-29
MARTIN BURKE HAS. HARD TIME WINNING. BATTLE WITH WHITE.
New Orleans Boxer Gets Close Victory Over Tuscaloosa Heavyweight - Allen
 Stops Logan

The American Legion boxing car nival, the sport feature of the semi centennial, furnished a big gather ingN of fans. with some highly in- teresting sport at Rickwood park Friday afternoon.
 Marty Burke of New Orleans and Joe White of Tuscaloosa figured in the main event and the contest was the best on tho programme of five star events
 White was expected to prove a knockout victim for the lanky Irish man. but instead put up a struggle that won him many admirers, and he was in there, somewhat tired, bu. stil battling at the final bell.
 Burke had a big margin on points and tried hard to put over the kavo wallop, but White was too tough and wcsthered every attack with a smile. cut over his left eye. bloody nose and a slightly cut mouth was the extent of Joe's injuries. The New Orleans battier came out of the scrap without any injuries. At times nc was forced to extend him-
 self to stop the bull-lilte rushes of the game T1scaioosa tartar, but Msrty's superior speed skill and ex-
 perience thwarted Whites attempts to turn the tide of victory his way.
 For hesvyweights the battle was exceptionally fast, and there was plenty of action crowded into the 10 rounds. White had much the best of
 weights, scaling i90 against Burke's 175 pounds
 Sailor Blanque, stable mate of Burke, also was winner. His victim was the clever Atlanta boy, Larry Avera. The latter worked strictly on the defense from beginning to end,
 and the referee no doubt gave Blanque credit for his aggressiveness.
 without which the contest woul have been very dull indeed. Blanque continually forced the fighting and while he missed many blows this was to be expected in view of the defensive tactics employed by | Avera Toward the close of the bat
 tie Blanque got to the Atlanta boxer 1 repeatedly and clinched the honors beyond any question.
 The only Knockout of the afternoon
 came in the Shifty LoganDixie All len contest. Logan proved very pop
 ular with the fans, who cheered him i to the echo for his funny antics, imi- 1 tatng jumping jack and putting 1 plenty of pep into the first two | rounds.
 1 Dixie bided his time and finally succeeded in getting Logan with a
 well placed Nwallop and the contest ended in the third round. 1 The Battling Budd Battling Kelly affair ended in draw decision, Ref i cree Seals handing down this verdict after Kelly staged 8 fine last round effort to turn the tide. A majority of the spectators seemed to think that Budd had suf- l hcient margin on points 10 have
 earned the verdict, and disagreed with the referee.
 Freddie Boorde won the opening
 humber in decisive fashion from kid Young, who showed little else than
 willingness to take whatever pun lishment was coming his way Boorde
 dealt out plenty and neither Young nor the spectators had any doubts as to the winner and loser. With good weather prevailing and | the officials In charge speeding UT
 the programme, the boxing carnival l was everything that had been ex- pec4ed and all the fans went home well pleased.
 | Tommy Tompkns, who made the matches and assisted in staging the show, deserves praise. The referees 1 did their share toward making the affair a success.
 Jan Val Albert, the tallest man or | earth. challenged the winner of th' 1 Burke White contest. Albert Is 1 feet, inches tall.