South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-26
CANADIAN TITLE
HOLDER BEST IN
BOUT AT OLIVER
Catcher Poor Match for Eddie
Welsh Fay Wins From
Meyers in Fifth.
BY NJ. r. SCULLY,
SPORTS EDITOR W~-TINI.S

ONLY the bell and his ability tu
fecuperate On the cIuches enabled
Bud Perrl lo stick through ten
rounds with CIcnie TAFT ar the CI-
YER theater last night
Tait looks like dancing master
and fights like "a IdttIesuHke. Hr
fioored Perrul twice iu rio. second
and kept him in his own corner for
seven more. IN The ninth FcrTl.l
was sawed bv the bell after uuu.in-
up and down like "a observation-disclosures
propelled bv The Canadians Lgnt-
rlnr-I4Ee left. Ed Smith had started
on lis third count Of ten over OBJ
UalpItaung form 81 The Hoosier
when the gong ended the round.
Bud rallied i'm me tenth and
brought the house up with % .0ucy
az cheers when ne slammed half
dozen rights and lefts 20 tho vicinity
az Taus head. But the squirt was
short lived and when the bell closed
the. program Perriu was hIeediu-
and again hanging ON for time.
PerriH Game.
PerriU was fav0rire with the
CROWD and ne was game. The boy,
who boasts the lightweight title OF
Indiana. gave TAFT an interc~tiu-
evening. but hc was doomed TO take
the little end of the decision from
the start. With another ounce OF
punch TAFT would have sent the
crowd home almost any time after
the sixth round.
The Canadians light. supple BODY
flashed in and out driving .cfts and
rights ln PerrilTs head and body at
VII during the opening rounds Ih'
Hoosier was utterly unable 90 cope
with Tire hit-and getaway tactics OF
the boy from across the border, but
his stamina soon began to slow down
TAFT and from the third TO the sixth
rounds the Perriu side of the house
had high hopes of a clean Victory
for the boy from Terre Haute-
Both Of the boys brought "a round
OF hCots from the gallery gods when
they went into chnches frequently
after the sixth. Perrll, whose ho".y
il mitigating. grappled with inc
Canadian after every blow while
rr.it who Is a long range batter.
reused the ire OF the fans VINO were
ANYTHING but backward i'm tnci
charges that the Canadian was USING
lis elbows NJ close range
TAFT Carried Fight.
Tair. however. easily won the de
,ssiou Inv his willingness To carry tho
fighting into the territory or the
Itoosicr and keep It there
somebody's going 20 roch Eadle
Welsh for a row OF the pIoNer'lal
ash cans some evening but lc Will
have 10 be "a far better man Jnah
"Cbief Catcher. the Michigan In
dim who was matched with
Sworth's protesc last niEht
The sem-wIndup between lAl5
tair was stopped in the second
round with the Indian barely able
~ regain his feet after the south
Irnd welterweight had floOred MIN
f,-,ca Ass't-Chief of Police Cassidy
used Ear better judgement IA order
inc the affair ended than did the
maker who brought the pain
together. The Indian was game
r.ther clever boxer and wanted Co.
continue. Beyond that nothing
could be said in favor OF the match
Fay Wins Another.
kid Fay. the Niles. Mich, young
seer who appeared against Battling
Movers. "a local "fiend I'm the open
t.e bout made his hold on local fan
com stronger than ever when he dis
paSed ~ the "Battler' In five rounds
~ their scheduled six round sctto.
Fav doesn't know everything there
fa about boxing but ne is fighter
and willing 20 fight. He carried the