New-York tribune., 1921-04-20
Five knockouts
Feature Bouts
I'm Hotel Ring
Only One Fight Goes the
Limit; Lewis Fails 10
Throw College Wrestler

It was An enthusiasts, record-break-
ing crowd OF men in evening dress that
greeted the ring warriors and wres-
tiers in the various bouts of the Inter
national Sporting Club show at the
Commodore last night. Five OF the six
bouts failed to go the limit. The one
which was completed was the semi
final battle, by far the best of the
evening.
John j. O'Connor, of tint Sd Com
pany at Fort Strong, Boston. and Vim
cent Lopez. OF the 1st Division at Camp
Dix. we're the opponents in this scrap.
Each weighed in at 160 pounds. From
the moment they entered the ring until
they departed at the end OF the sixth
round, there was never an idle mo-
ment At times the fighting was so
furious one would have thought the
boys were struggling for the Dempsey
Carpenter purse. The terrific pace of
the battlers had the crowd continually
on it's feet.
In the first round Lopez landed
vicious left flush on O'Connor's jaw
But the Bostonian rallied gamely and
in the second round fought his op-
ponent to an even break. In this round
~ 1OHHol nSGllN CioSeu LOPEZ y eSr
with wicked wight hand wallop.
Judges Disagree
In this round also each received
blow on the end Of the nose, but these
only seemed to stir them to further
action: O'Connor shot solid left into
Lopez's eye in the third that closed
that optic entirely. But that didn't
prevent Lopez from fighting at top
speed to the end. The judges disagreed
and the referee declared the fight a
draw.
Charles Harrison, weighing 1870
pounds, who halls from the 1st Corps,
Camp Devens, fought Dan Toomey, 1856,
Of the I'd Corps, Camp Dix. in the
main bout. Toomey was knocked down
in the first round. but he came back
ond and battered Harrison all about
the ring. The latter stopped fighting
in this round. claiming that he had suf-
fered broken hand. The decision was
awarded to Toomey, bat he refused to
accept the verdict
The best Of the other bouts was that
between John W. Smith, OF the ID
Corps. Fort On.a RIO, ard Lewis Gaylor,
OF TIE Springfield (Masa.( Armory.
This came to an end after ! minute 81
seconds Of the fifth round, with Smith
pelHS plpCidsill Inc NiitlcL ot Il
technical knock out.
Smith had fine pull N the weights,
scaling 1241s pounds to GayIor's 116.
This advantage helped Smith materially
at close quarters. The referee stopped
the bout when Gaylor was almost help
less from the battcring he received at
/ Smith s hands.
Smith Wins Hard Bout
Tho second round of this mill was a
hair-ra iser. Smith dropped Gaylor
twice for long counts, but upon arsslng
the second time the apparently defeat
cd boxer rallied aud staggered Smith
with right cross to the jaw. The
tinkle of the bell was a welcome sound
to Smith.
Tom Pierce, Company 7. 36th In
fantsy quit to Joe MARI svicz, cham
yion OF the I'd Corps, CaA,p Vail, at
the end OF the second round. Pierce
claim ed he could not continue, az he
had lost several teeth in 4 fierce mix
up early IN the round.
Andy Reid, Camp Vail, scored a
technical knock out over Tonv De Rose,
! Camp Dcvens, in the third round. Kid
Mcfarland stopped this brush when
De Rose was in a helpless condition.
Jack Golding. I'd Corps Meter Trans
port. stopped after the second round OF
his bout with "Dusky" kroll, lst Corps
! Artillery, Portland. Me.
Lewis Loses Handicap Match
Ed "Strangler" Lewis, worlds cham
pjon heavyweight wrestler, failed to
| win his handicap match with the "Un-
known" who turned out to be Charles
! j. "Chuc}" Carpenter, intercollegiate
! heavyweight champion OF Princeton
| This broth Of lad-he is only nine
teen years old. but towers 6 feet 3
| inches and weighs 212 pounds lasted
the prescribed twenty minutes.
Lewis agreed not to use his side
! chancery deadlock, and he made a seri-
Gus effort to pin the coIlegian. How
ever, the young husky broke series
! Of arm locks and n couple OF hammer
locks in order to stave off defeat.
| Carpenter was on the defensive al
most throughout. Once or twice he
made an Intellectual effort to CLAMP
! down the worlds champion, but each
/ time he quickly abandoned the hold
+, when the ''Strangler" person reached
out for a toe hold.
Jim Londos, the perpetual Greek
) champion, wrestied one-hour draw
with Renato Gardini, the Italian.