The New York herald., 1921-10-08
Joe Burman Outpoints Midget
Smith in Bantam Bout
at Garden.
ny CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

Gov. Miller. accompanied by Co,lec-
tor OF the Port AIdridge. witnessed
three excellent bouts at Madison Square
Garden last night and one very poor
one. The Chief Executive OF the En-
pire State. who evidently desired to get
first hand information as to the man
ner in which boxing is conducted under
the Walker law. saw Joe Burnian. the
Chicago bantam, outpoint the rugged
Midget Smith in ten rounds. saw Jabez
White OF Albany outpolnt Jack Sharkey
In the best contest OF the night. saw
Dave Shade Outright George Ward In q
rough eight round combat and saw
Happy Littleton of New Orleans earn
the decision over Johnny Howard OF
Bayonne in a ludicrou3 encounter.
Gov. Miller declined TO be Interviewed
as to his opinion of the bouts, but he
remained till the last blow was struck.
Although the Smith-Burman contest
was advertised as the chief event of the
night, 1t was rather disappointing. Smith
was quite willing TO make @ fight out of
1t and the tow-headed midget carried the
battle to his opponent from first to last
and did most OF the leading. Burman
held consistently, pinning Smiths gloves
under his arms at every opportunity,
just preventing Smith from punching
with full effect.
Bur1nan depended on a straight left
to the face and kept his glove in Smiths
countenance very consistently. II evil
IDENTIFY was for this achievement that the
judges declared him a winner. The per-
formance Of the Chicagoan does not
stamp him as dangerous man In the
bantam division. The Garden was well
filled with enthusiasts who enjoyed the
entertainment.
The final bout ended about l0:4o, n
record in that respect. especially in view
Of the fact that each contest lasted the
limit.
White Awarded Decision.
What proved to be the most interest
ing bout of the night was that between
Jack Sharkey, the West Slider. and
Jabez White. the red haired bantam
from Albany. White received the YER
dict Of the judges after eight rounds
of extremely lively boxing. These little
fellows put more action In one rund
than many others injected into ten.
The sdecision In favor OF White while
justified by the performances In the
ring, was a close one and was received
with many expressions OF dissent
Dave Shade, one of the noted brothers
of that name made an excellent i'm
preston when he outpointed George
Ward in an eight round bout Shade.
although an awkward chap, carries a
good punch In either hand and is very
aggressive fighter. He carried the bat
tie to Ward in every round and landed
some heavy thumps on Wards jaw and
eye.
The only drawback to Shades boxing
is that he lacks either q straight punch
or an uppercut. All his blows are wide
swings with the left or right and these
he telegraphs so that a clever boxer
can discount them. Ward was n fav-
orite over Shade. The defeated Jersey
man was a distinct surprise to his fell
! bowman.
Happy Littleton OF New Orleans, her.
aided as second Stanley Ketchel. re-
ceived the judges decision over Johnny
Howard, tho veteran Bayonne middle
weight. after saddening exhibition OF
eight rounds. Howard has been all
done as fighter for ten years. and
Littleton is not much better in the ring.