New-York tribune., 1921-12-02
Mike McTigue
Defeats Smith
In Garden Bout
Judges Award Decision to
Canadian After Indiffer-
cnt l5-Round Contest
By w. ]. Macbeth

Mike McTigue, middlcweight cham
pion of Canada, was awarded the
judges' decision over jeff Smith, of
Bayonne, after fifteen rounds Of spir
tied, though somewhat Indifferent, box
ing in the final of the show at Madi-
son Square Garden last night.
The sparse crowd was dissatisfied
with the feature, which in fact slowed
up in the latter rounds. 1t was re-
ported that McTigue broke his right
hand in the tenth round. Smith had to
call all his we'll known cunning and
ring generalship into play to stay tho
limit, though he more than held his
own through the last third of the en-
gagement.
McTigue Starts Well
McTigue put it all over Smith in the
first round Jeff could not keep away
from Mikes straight left and repeated
| ly McTigue connected with right hooks
to the jaw.
Though Smith was outboxcd in the
second he kept boring in and at close
range landed some very heavy and tell
ing short-arm jolts.
Through the third round McTigue
piled up his early lead. He outboxed
and outslugged Smith, landing heavily
to the jaw with short left and right
hooks almost at will and cleverly block
ing most of Smiths we'll meant returns.
Smith was covered most of the time.
McTigue caught Smith coming in in
the fourth round and shook him to his
heels with wicked right to the jaw.
He followed with two more clean
straight rights that carried a snap, but
before the rally could be pressed to a
successful issue the bell rang.
a,,I, n
Tigue was somewhat wild, and Smith
had little difficulty getting inside his
right. Smith attempted to force the
fighting in the sixth, but got good
drubbing for his pains.
McTigue staggered him with right
to the jaw and pumped number of
solid lefts and rights to the body that
made Jeff cover and clinch.
The crowd was booing in derision as
the seventh round closed. This was a
tame round and Referee Appel warned
the gladiators to get busy or get out.
Through the eighth and ninth they
smoked up a Bit but not enough to
keep the gallery gods quiet. Smith
landed several short arm jolts to the
head and body that rocked McTigue as
| the ninth session closed.
McTigues Mouth BIeeds
McTigue, appearing to tire from his
earlier efforts, was tied into bowknots
only outfeinted him but beat him to
the punch as we'll with both hands.
McTigue's mouth was bleeding as he
went to his corner
The thirteenth was repetition. Nc
| Tigue's roundhouse curves were
smothered before they got fairly under
way The fourteenth had more fight
crowded into it than all that went
before. The boys stood toe 70 toe and
slugged almost every second. Smith
got in some damaging hooks with both
the latter on his own part was as busy
as a bee and held his own. The big
crowd was in an uproar as the bell
rang.
The fifteenth also was spirited and
each scored heavily with righthand
Mary AIMS, but neither seriously dam
aged his opponent.
Reisler Stops ARA
The preliminary show was all that
could be desired, for they ended in the
way the fight fan delights in, the good
old wallop that stretches man on his
back for the full count of ten.
Johnny Reisler, son of the famous
razor r-stropper and Christopher CO.
| lumbuS of Jack Dempsey, knocked out
Mike ARA in the fifth round. The
stop watches clicked one minute and
fifty seconds of the period as Artie
McGovern's good right arm fell for
the final flag. 1t was quite fight as
far as it went.
For four rounds the milling was as
even as any one could desire. Reisler
seemed the stronger of the two and his
blows carried the more deadly force.
But for time ARA Offset these
physical advantages by speed. In the
fifth round, because of some healthy
body punches earlier, Reisler had his
man worn down to his size.
Toward the end of the period Reisler
finally connected with beautiful
straight right flush to the button ARA
dropped like log. He was able to
! pull himself to his pins at the count