The New York herald., 1921-01-06
Nv CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

one round of the final bout. Penuti was
in shaky condition when the bell ended
the round and Referee Forbes decided
the italian could go no further. Walkers
victory gave the point trophy to the
Pastime A. G.
The first title to change hands was
in the 15s pound class. Sam Lagonia,
former champion of the class did not
compete and the finalists were Mortl-
mer Seigman and Walter kovert club
mates of the ancient Pastime Athletic
Club.
These boys pue up one Of the best
bouts of the tourney. Seligman has an
effective left hand. and 1t was through
it's use he won the contest. Kovert
. did good work with the left also. and
sss.-.... =. -. hi9e1 to Seljgmans mouth, but
the latter was by far the best ring
general, and he scored heavily IN each
of the three rounds, and had kovert
rather wabbly NJ the close.
The judges had no difficulty in pick
ing Seligman as the winner.
Boxer Removed to Bellevue.
E. T.. Everding. who was knocked out
by James J. Tanning in the semi-final
bout of the los pound class, and who
was severely injured by falling on the
back of his head, was declared to be
suffering from confusion Of the brain
and was removed to Bellevue Hospital
His fall was similar to that of Micky
Shannon, who died after a bout in
Newark.
Johnny OBren of the New York A c.
was not one of the judges last Tuesday
night in the Murphy Adams bout.
OBrien had acted in the preceding con-
tests, but gave place to II. Obertubes-
sing when the light heavyweights en-
al. nf
change was made.
The final bout in the heavyweight class
brought Frank Adams of the Police Club
into the ring with Magnus Larsen of the
Norwegian Turn Society. Larsen is
huge red haired chap with modicum OF
science, but with well developed fighting
instinct Adams knew more about box
ing and soon had Larsen in shaky con-
dition. Adams knocked Larsen through
the ropes i'm the second round and the
ring platform trembled
Larsen landed heavy right on Adams
in the third. and one of the spectators
blew n police whistle Adams was very
tired in the third round. but Larsen was
more tired. Adams got the decision.
which he had earned.
This gives Adams two titles, the 175
pound class and the heavyweight class.
The summaries
los Pound Class.
Semi -Final-Won by William O'Con-
nell of Paulist A. c. over Leroy Powell
of St Christopher judges disagreed and
referee awarded decision to O'Connell.
Second Bout-Won by James J. Fan
ming, Hudson Guild. over Z. T.. Everding,
Long Island City *. of c. Centre. Fam
ming scored a knockdown after 1 minute
and IL seconds of the first round, and
the referee sent him to his corner and
ordered an additional round. The first
blow that Tanning landed in the second
round hit Everding on the jaw and
knocked him fat on his back. Bverding's
head struck the ring floor with force and
rendered him unconscious. The time of
the second round was ten seconds.
Everiing revived under trea tment in his
corner and was assisted to his dressing
room.
Final Bout--Won by James J. Fam
ming OF Hudson Guild over William
O'Connel. Paulist A. G. O'Connell. who
is the metropolitan champion. made g
miserable showing and Tanning was
compelled to force the pace from start
to finish. The judges disagreed at the
end Of the third round and the referee,
Eddie Forbes. gave the decision to Fan
ming. which was correct.
115 Pound Class.
First Bout-Won by William Singer
OF Ninety-second Street Y VI. II. A. over
Frank Sinclair, Paulist a. c.; three
rounds judges decision.
Second Bout--won by Andrew J.
Crisco Of St Brendan's over Joseph r.
Wright OF Ozanam Association; three
rounds judges decision.
Third Bout - Won by Murray
Schwartz over William J. Joyce, three
rounds judges decision.
Fourth Bout--Won by William Sim
ger over Andrew J. Crisco. st. Bren-
dams. three rounds. judges decision.
Final Bout--Won by Murray Schwartz
OF Clark House a. a. over William |
Singer of Ninety-second Street " NJ. III. |
A. Three rounds. Judges decision. |
1t was the most exciting combat of the |
tournament. and Singer. who Is the met |
ropolitan champion. received disagree
able surprise from clever and hard |
hitting boxer. Schwartz, who won the |
A. II. f. title OF the class in France. had |
the better of each round, Singer being |
very shalky on his pins several times as
the result of hard right and left handlers
to the face.
125 Pound Class.
Semi-final-Won by John Gavagan,
ozanam Association. No. 2. over Ed
mund Riley of st. Christopher. Judges
disagreed and the referee awarded de-
cson 20 Gavagan.
second Bout Won by Harold y.
Evans of Holy cross Lyceum. over Jack
Stark OF Bronxdalc A. G. Judges dis
agreed at end OF third round and the
referee ordered an extra round. At The
end OF extra round Judges agreed on
Evans. stark was clearly winner at
the end OF third round
Final Bout--Won by Harold n. Evans,
Holy Cross Lyceum. over John Gavagan,
Ozanam Association. No. 2. Three
rounds. judges decision.
135 Pound Class.
First Bout--won by Nick pcnuti of
Raulst- ~ O. oyer 1Liohael EiorN un-