Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23
LYNCH HOLDS GROWN
BY NARROW MARGIN
Bantam, Champ Gets Seven Rounds to Fiue With Three
Tied-Joe Uncorks Lively Left Jabs, but
Just Escapes Knockout
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

keep crossing with his right. lie tool
| q lot Of chances and scored often, stop
ping Lynch in his tracks once and TO
the remainder of the session the cham
pion backed away so that he did no
suffer full effects Of Smiths right hnnt
belts.
| The tenth was another Smith session
This time the Midget began TO mis-
left jnbs and hooks with his righ
crosses, and the smaller man reached
Lynch SO frequently with his wrong nit
that the fans were surprised. eve" Al
was the champion himself. In thi
to Lynch's body. and he was the ag'
grcssor almost all the way.
Joe Uncorlis
Some Left Jabs
Lynch came out dancing in the clev-
| cnth and hc began to box fast. Joe
uncorkcd hnlf n dozen left jabs and
books before Smith finally drove q
right to the head and Lynch slowed up
Near the end Cf the round. which ended
evenly, they slugged hard in Smith S
corner. exchanging punch for punch,
with neither showing TO any advantage
The twelfth and thirteenth found
Smith fighting harder than in any pre-
ccding period. doing most Of the lead
ing and taking all Of the chances. lie
opened the twelfth by connecting with
three consecutive rights to the jaw. the
champion falling into n clinch. While
Mt close quarters they slugged. trading
blows, with Lynch scoring hard in the
mix up. but Joe slowed up and a Smith
right caught him on the bridge Of the
nose, blood squirting thercfrom.
At the start Of tho thirteenth Lynch
was staggered-hiS knees wabhed and
his. chin dropped forward on his chest
from Smith right 80 the jaw. 1t
was the first punch of the round and the
crowd started to yell for a knock
out. But Lynch clinched and weathered
tho Midget directed Mt him during the
remainder of the round.
Smith again began 10 uncork right
handlers at the start of the fourteenth
and he landed often. Rnt suddenly
Lynch started to fight back. putting on
a terrific rally. in which he showed
to advantage. During mixup Smith
slipped to the floor. Just before the
bell the Midget drove hard right to
LyDch's chin that had him rccling.
This was an even round.
Lynch Fights
Hard in Final Frame
The final frame opened with Lynch
coming ont fighting hard. swinging both
hands to hend and body. Smith mct
him in the middle Of the ring and the
Midget could not BE- Denied he swappcd
back. punch for punch. and they
fought each other all over the ring.
first one and then the other rctrrating
With lit lc more than II minute TO
go. Smith started TO take more chances
with his right and the champion was
shaken several times, the bell ending
tho fierce fracRs. with the Midget hay
ing the better Of the period.
\ resume Of the bout showed that
Lynch was entitled TO seven rounds.
fiv" belonged TO Smith and three were
even.
Tho champion weighed in at 116I
pounds and Smith just made the limit.
1lS at > o'clock.
Kid Williams. who lost the bantam
crown /" Petcy Herman five years ayo.
made n comeback attempt in a bout
with Harry l"Battling") Leonard. for
merly of Philadelphia. and the veteran
was winner in the first round on an
unintentional foul.
After they had spared for two min =
utes and twenty-Onc seconds the referee
cautioned Leonagd for hitting low. Will
Iiams dropped his arms and claimed
that h" had been struck foul punch
the Kid tottered TO his corner and the
refrrc" ordered th" contest stopped.
declaring Williams Il winner