New-York tribune., 1921-04-01
Buff Knocks
Out Coldstein
La Two Rounds
Jersey Flyweight Champion
just Beats His Opponent
to the Finishing Punch

johnny Buff, OF Jersey City, tire
American hyweight champion, success
fully defended his title at the Mania
tan Casino last night by knocking ous
Abe Goldstein, Of New York, the cha
lenger, in the second round, ! minute
and % seconds after the bell rang. The
fight had sensational ending, the
knockout blow coming as the men me-
with rush in the center Of the ring
and traded terrific rights
Buff beat Abe TO the punch By tie
merest fraction OF a second. and Ire
little Hebrew Topped TO the canvas Ike
a bag of bricks. He managed TO rise
to one knee at the count OF eight -
but fel! back and was counted out b.
Referee Patsey Haley The fight was
lightning fast from the beginning. ana
the great crowd was IN a frenzy Of ex-
citement as Goldstein writhed on the
canvas while his hopes Of champion
ship went glimmering Both boys
weighed in under 10 pounds at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, 50 it was a
.
GoIdstein Starts Well
Goldstein started out like a cham
pion in the first round In TACT, righ !.
up TO the final punch he was out
fighting Buff IN every furious rally.
Abe's left jab kept pumping into John
ny's face Ike whiplash, and with
this punch Goldstein kept the cham
pon at a distance. Abe hi. Buff low
in this round and was warned by the
referee. He claimed il was uninten-
tional and apologized to his opponent.
and then they went at it again with
furious aggressiveness.
In the second round Goldstein con-
tinued to have the better Of the milling
at long range. jabbing Buff so savagely
that The champion was laundering
Enraged. Johnny rushed tiercely a.
beautifully, ripped a wicked right up
Matters looked bad for Johnny at this
stage, but few seconds later the whole
tide of battle turned.
Both men rushed 20 close quarters.
aiming rights as they came Buff's
was the straighter and the faster
punch, however. and perfectly timed
His glove landed with terrific thud
squarely on the point OF Goldstein's
chin, the blow being given extra force
as 1T met Abe coming III, and it was al
over.
Draw in Semi Final
Two six-round preliminaries and a
ten-round semi-tinal preceded the main
event. IN the semi-fnal Jimmie Pow
ers. of Hobokcn, and Mike McCabe. OF
Harlem, weighing 1870 and 1875 = pounds.
respectively, went the limit, and at the
end the judges disagreed and Tommy
Smith, the referee, called it a draw.
which was not favoring either boy In
the fifth round both fighters received
black left eyes as they crossed rights
simultaneously. In the seventh Nc
Cabc struck low and was warned by the
referee.
In the first preliminary Artie Pierce
and Harry Davis. who substituted for
Johnny Winters. fought draw, accord
ing 10 the referees decision.
K. O. Phil Kaplan scored technical
knockout over Kid Carter in the SECOND
preliminary, two left hooks TO the jaw
sending Carter down for counts of
seven and ten seconds The latter was
not out" actually the last time he went
down, but. evidently mistaking the
count, arose as the referee ended call
ing ten" Referee Smith then de
clared Kaplan the winner. The weights
were: Kaplan, 1907, and Carter, l49 Z
pounds.