Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-27
Schlaifer Loses
Bout to Hammer
On Foul in 9th
Local Lightweight Has Best of
Fighting While Mill Lasts
-Longo and Logan
- Fast Draw. p -, ~'
By RALPH WAGNER.

iNia SSitiaiiNip oiihih plSii
weight scrapper, mixing in his sec
ond fight as member of the Benny
Leonard division, planted one of his
left hooks below the belt of Ever
Hammer, Chicago scrapper. in the
sixth round of their l0-stanza mill
Monday night at the City auditor
i'm and injured the Windy City
blonde to such an extent that ply
sIcIans would not permit him to con-
tinue the scrap.
During the FIVE and one-hali
rounds the two lightweights soaked
each other with the mittens. Ham,
mer taught the tough Schlaifer a
great boxing lesson, outclassing the
local Hebrew in footwork and in
fighting,
Best at Long Range.
On the other hand, Schlaifer ex-
celled at long range and several
times during the encounter rocked
his opponents head with his lefts
and rights. In the initial round the
Kid" rushed Hammer coming out
of tight quarters and, before the
Chicago blonde could get set, shot
over his left with all the power he
could possibly put behind it. Ham
rler reeled in his track and Topped
to the canvas for short Jest. He
regained his pins after a count of
five and started rushing, but
Schlaifer checked his rush with a
stiff jolt on the jaw and again the
Chicagoan came in contact with the
floor He was on his knees resting
as the bell sounded.
From the start of the second round
Hammer gave his opponent box
ing lesson he will remember for
many moons. The jabbing and in
fighting of the blonde kept Schlaiicr
figuring ways and means by which
he could dodge the dukes propelled
by one Ever Hammer. Whenever
:hey mixed things at long range the
kid" held a decided advantage. but
when it came TO inhghting the local
lightweight was lost. He would wait
for an opening and then swing; this
happened in the sixth and Schlaifer
lost the bout on foul
In the semi-windup Gene Cannon
was awarded a decision over George
Adams of Chicago in a tame eight
rorrd bout. The former. who halls
from Milwaukee, outweighed his op-
ponent about four pounds and hit the
Chicagoan with everything he had,
Tut was unable to slip over the sleep
producer.
Draws Blood Early.
To "Turk" Logan of Omaha and
Phil Longo of Des Moines belongs
the honors for staging the best fight
of the evenings entertainment.
These two lightweights started in at
the first gong and showered blows
on each other like a machine gun
spits lead for eight rounds with hon
ors about, even.
The Des Moines lightweight start
ed using the left side Of his battery
III the first round and m!cn the final
gong sounded had the crimson flow
ing freely from Logan's nose.
In the second round, Logan start
ed to finish the fight He caught
the Des Moines lad with an upper
cut that sprawled the 1owan face
down on the canvas. He took a
count of six and bounced up for
more and more he got. The honors
were even in the third and in the
fourth the Iowan's pokes to the face
were beginning to tell, however, and
the local boys left orb began to
close.
The footwork and boxing ability
of the visitor from across the muddy
Missouri was superior to that of
Logan throughout the mill, but when
it came to fighting Turk was able
to use both dukes with fair amount
of accuracy.
Both Sock Hard.
In the sixth round Logan con-
tinued jabbing his opponents face
numerically, with the result that at
the end of the spasm Logan's face
was covered with blood. But it's
and ill-wind that blows no good, and
the rights and lefts Logan shot over
in this stanza shook Longo's dome
more than once.
This decision. which was rendered
by Referee Blackman, Chanute
(kan.) minister, by the way, was
the only one of the entire evening
that seemed to suit the fans.
In the first event Young" Bruno
was awarded a decision over Yam
kee" Sullivan in a six-round mill.
Sullivan fought the best fight of his
career as swinger of the nittens
in Omaha, but the aggressive little
Bruno with his right and left pokes