New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
maker Boxer
Gains Decision
IN Hard Battle
p~;de Of Philadelphia Scores
Four knockdowns in the
second Round of Bout
pv ". 7. Macbeth

: ~ weighed 1851 and Friedman 1876
scands. ,..,
n,,;ee in his defeat. as he fought
I liant uphill bats1e from the third
-,sra on. Ne less than four times in
:. second round the Quaker City
.m.hpaw stretched the brawny tar on
Is bsek for the count.
friedman displayed rare gameness
.,s lighting instinct, ard even while
rrogry at times carried the fight to his
srsI. The fight was not as fast as
1ss been anticipated buth boys were
rsry tired at the finish.
The Sailor seemed puzzled by Tend
,,,s left s-handed style and kept in close
n smother his leads. trying with right
srpercuts for the Jaw meanwhile, The
sseuer was Z slow round and the crowd
esIed loudly for action.
The Sailor was down for the count no
.ss than four times IN the second
round. In 8 mix-up, Lew first dropped
him with short chop 20 the jaw. A
right hook tumblcd the Sailor the sec
md time We'll placed, clean, straight
efts put the Sailor 70 the canvas twice
again. but he covered and stalled ana
ranaced to stick CIT Ne round.
Tender crowded in 10 end it in the
.hird and ATTEMPTED TO hammer Fried
nan down under body punishment. He
sspt his left beating tattoo against
he Sailors niidriif. but the latter was
100 far IN his shell TO be seriously in
.sFed.
Friedman Under Bombardment
Friedman landed a half dozen hard
tights to Tenders face and jaw in the
Frst half Of the fou tn. but was sub
seted TO heavy bombardment the rest
Of the round. Tender fairly rirped
lae sailor 20 pieces with wicked lefts
70 the stomach.
Through the fifth the Stock Yards
I'D carried the fight to Philadelphia's
yet and twice had him rocking back
CT his heels from. hooks to the button.
They were slowed somewhat through
The sixth. but in the seventh Tendler
suddenly cut loose with a purpose and
almost stove - the sailors sides. lie
nied a wicked right to the short ribs
snd uppercut to face with left. Fried
nan, head lowered, had to cover to
ave himself.
throughout the succeeding round
'snd1e- danced about his man with
reckless abandon, pumping lefts and
ashts from al angles.
Ia the ninth round Tender cut the
saliors right eye with g left swing
sHsdman connected several times with
aard rights. -
The quaker City lad slowed to a
Saik n the tenth He behaved very
Auch as # he had broken his good
aand, the left.
Friedman showed to good advantage
n the twelfth round. He almost
cropped Tender with right hook
. the Jaw, but was too tired and
Nid 10 press his advantage to q sue
eessful issue.
!. The pair mauled much Of the time
.aroughout the thirteenth and four
Eeenth, both being very tired. arm,
seary and leg weary.
=, Fepper Martin, of Brooklyn. shaded
Harvey Bright, of the same borough in
ne semi-tiRal, which the commission
aoofeviated from ten to eight rounds
50 as to start the feature event on time
For the first couple of rounds Har-
rev gave Pepper q boxing lesson. In
ne third round, however, Bright, who
-su '1 go1 somewhat gay, ducked into
Si4d lett hsymaker and almost into
o.esrniand. He was down for the count
.. .. nine, and after he had staggered to
als 1eet was again dropped by right
sook to the jaw. This time Bright
aig 4 net take the count
me milling WAS fast. furious and
siid, Pepper especially being wild and
not at all times az cayenne. His blows
.afflsa more steam than did those of
me brooklyn schoolboy, and several
es unles Bright was holding on for dear
NE For time in the seventh il
1sened T Bright might put Martin away.
ne had MIN on the run as the result
u u nard right swing to the jaw. But
aartln IN the closing round drove
5sIriens before him with hard body
osiows, a rally that doubtless landed
ras p verdict. Martin weighed 1851 and
Bright l25A pounds.
Michaels Defeats Wilson
Bobby Miehaels, Of the East Side
was was awarded the decision over RED
oap wilson, Of the East Side. after
e,shV rounds The decision got the
m saz5 by the gallery gods. Wilson
"s1gaed T 1921 and Michaels 1875 pounds.
a.. ihe tlrst round was a hurricane of
asiag gloves and wild swings in which
sseh OF the opponents scored heavily
~ ~ umes ON the other Half a dozen
sme "Ked Cap" sent his man back on
i. rs >, neeis only in turn to get swat
~ W;; sae Jaw that sent his head a-buzzing.
mnsoh Kept IN close TO Michaels and
vas well covered. and so either
ssiaolhered or got inside the lustiest
S'o~S ~ ~, OF the latter. Wilson was beat
aim miss. '''N - 49, g
go, ,aey were slower in the fourth and
AN as.1 somewhat. each missing a great
ssss ssai and showing plain evidence of
aas;n-Weariness. ~ Michael's underpin-
ing, sas.s too, seemed wobbly. During
W,s.Iihc fusillade early in the fifth
a'r'aseis 'ass dropped the RED Cap" with
r;,aa le'V chop to jaw, but Wilson was
u,ssA1 ,s up IN a iify. Both scored heav-
y WIT WITH several rights in this round.
!. ",lson rushed Michaels to the ropes
,;.1l = .ne sixth and landed three hard
s,n sns uippercuts to the jaw Wilson
49, 49, Aichaels d merry time in the
Sess.enth' ss. smearing his nose with hard
81. of :. nook, but through the last half
~ ss,s .ne Stanza he took this back with
.val me curtain raiser brought together
M NJ ehe eight-round route a couple OF
TToaefn Tas, welters in Young Pierce and
sSny Lyons. Pierce weighed 145%
ro.a rvunas and Lyons 1475s. For four
sisnus s;s Pierce made things merry for
s.s w;s. adversary, and popped him at will
h. mn long, snake-like left jab, cross
ns uso w,ea = the right often or shooting it
st,oa ~. Lyons, who seemed far the
bvager Of the two and weathered the
a. .sassaest @ OF Pierce's blows, was as fresh
Us, oaisy for the second half Of the
pa~. starting the fifth round. he gave