New Britain herald., 1921-10-22
KANSAS AWARDED
 VERDICT ON POINTS
Judges Agree on Buffalo Italian
 in Bout With Tender

New York, Oct. -22.-Rocky Kansas, sturdy Buffalo Italian, gained the de- cision over Lew Tender, the Phila- delphia southpaw lightweight, last night in their fifteen-round bout be- fore a crowd of 12,OO0 at Madison Square Garden. The verdict of the judges, Johnny Rankin and Billy Smith, was greeted with a demon stration of approval by the crowd, yet there were some dissenting voices
 ThoNe were those in the gathering who held the opinion that Tender
 was entitled to the verdict.
 The Philadelphian with his puzzling
 left-hand style, made a difficult tar
 get for the willing upstate Italian. There were times when Tender buff feted his rival about with a wither-
 ing rapid fire attack to which a less
 stout-hearted fighter would have suc- cumbed.
 Tender had the advantage at long range. The Quaker City boxer was faster on his feet and quicker with his hands than Kansas.
 However, Kansas made up for this disparity through his work in close quarters. He blocked many of his
 rivals leads, and showed utter dis
 
 Ter landed. The Buffalo lightweight
 walked in steadily and beat a wicked tattoo on Tenders mid-section. It was with this assault that he won the
 decision of the judges. The upstate
 fighter outboxed Tender, weakened
 his man as the battle progressed, and,
 devoting his attention to the stomach at close quarters, made Tender ex tremely cautious
 Tender was at his best early in the battle. His speed, cleverness and
 unusual style proved difficult mat ter for Kansas solution. With his extended right shand, he jabbed and hooked to such advantage that he be- set Kansas attack. Kansas, at a disadvantage because of his short reach, had to depend on his efforts at close quarters.
 Garden Is damned. The biggest crowd of the season turned out to witness the bouts. Every | seat in tho house was occupied and spectators stood about in the aisles, at the corners of the building and wherever the fire department detail would permit. It was estimated that 12,OoO people damned into the Gar l den to witness the near-champ strug- gle.
 l An hour before the Tender Kansas l bout the Garden gates were ordered l closed by the detail of f1remen. At 1 the time there were thousands swarm 1 ing about Madison avenue entrance
 to the Garden, giving policemen all they could do to handle the situa-
 ton. Crowds also congregated about the corners of Twenty-seventh street on the north side of the Garden ltrampling each other in their eager ness to buy coveted pasteboards
 Tn the first battle of eight rounds Joe Tiplitz of Philadelphia and John ny Darcy, local lightweight, furnished 1 an interesting contest. Tip1itz gained the decision at the finish. Bobby Michaels, East Side welterweight | gained the decision over Earl Bade1 , of Seattle in the second eight roune , bout. Carl Tremaine, Cleveland ban t tamweight, stopped Marty Collins, z
 local midget, in eight rounds. Ref
 cree Mcfarland stopped the battle
 in the closing round because Collins was outclassed. The referees actio1 was not popular, and the crowd open Iy voiced it's diAapproval.
 , Collins was battered about the r1ns
 by his rival throughout the bout H' , was so far outclassed that only
 knockout by the local lad could hav' changed the result. The opinion O 3 the majority apparently was that Col f lins should have been permitted t. ? continue to the final bell.