The New York herald., 1922-01-15
"A. Wyns, Featherweight Title
Holder of Europe, Depends
Entirely on Hitting.
DELAYED RIGHT HANDLER
Lord Lonsdale Considers Pro-
posal to Open to Dominions
Competition for Belt.
BY CHARLES f. MATHIsON.

Arthur Wyns, Belgian, and holder
of the featherweight championship OF
Europe, appears to be n fighter of one
punch proclivities. Wyns recently
boxed a bout scheduled for twenty
rounds with Ben Callicott, a clever
boxer of Plymouth, England. and was
outpointed in each of sixteen rounds.
Then in the seventeenth round, wyns
landed knockout punch that sent
Callicott to the canvas in unconscious
condition.
This,was almost a counterpart OF the
contest between Jim Corbett and JiIa
Jeffries at Coney Island. in which Cor
bett outpointed Jeffries by one thousand
to nothing in twenty-five rounds aad
then got a knockout punch in the
twenty-third session.
Wyns and Callicott fought in the
Ring. a London club. and 1t was for the
European championship. the weight
being 126 pounds give or take. pound
According to ringside report of the
bout Callicott started off in whirlwind
style. He opened with three lightning
1efts to Wynss face. the latter slouching
after his man in the hope OF crossing
over with his right AS early as the
first minute of the initial round the Bel
gian's left eye was puffed, and he only
landed two decent punches to Callicott's
ribs. The latter scored with a right
nearing the end of the round.
The Plymouth man was playing with
his opponents left eye in the second
round, Wyns missing with rights ir-
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Callicott poking out his left, shifting to
a nicely, and crossing with a good right
TO the face. but Wyns jerked Bens head
up with couple Of light uppercuts when
at close quarters. The end Of the fourth
raised the hopes of the Plymouth mans
supporters when Callicott, sending over
hard right to the chin, followed with
left jabs and another sharp right. wyns
retaliated with quick left and right to
the stomach and Ben Joined issue. i.
was stupid of Ben to mix matters with
the hard hitting Belgian. Ben found
very little difficulty In getting through
wyns's defense in the fifth, Wyns show
ang very poor form for European
champion. Callicott would draw hlrn,
parry with his left and cross over on
many occasions.
Down Went Csllicott.
II Was df 1ditiCOtL up 70 the 1olii
round, when Wyns caught Ben with
right to the chin which hurt him. Com
ing up for the next Wyns scored with a
left to the stomach which made Ben
puff. A right and left to the head made
Zen drop his guard. and quick as
flash the Belgian smashed home a right
TO the Jaw and Ben went down on both
knees, then fell on his side and then on
his back, where he lay like dead man.
IN hfu
The fighter had won a contest in which
he failed to win round. The display
that Callicott gave was excellent, and 1t
was hard luck getting knocked out. but
he took his defeat in a real sporting
fashion. and we must say that he gave
Wyns a boxing lesson and put up bet
ter show than either Mike Honeyman,
Francis Rossi and Joe Conn against the
tough Belgian.
The bout between Wyns. q dangerous
hitter, and Callicott. a light puncher.
brings recollection OF the story of a con-
test Of the same character back in Hor-
ton law days. A pair of preliminary
boxers, Baker (very clever) and Tier
ney Ca slugger) were at 1t hammer and
tongs in the Pelican A. c.. Brooklyn.
Baker hit Tferney on the nose about
every three seconds of each round and
had the decision padlocked when the
last round started. During the fusillade
of jabs that landed on Tferney's face
the referee, who was keeping track OF
the points. jotted them down in his note
book. commented as follows: Two more
points for Baker; five more points for
Baker" and thus without any mention
of rierney.
The last round had about twenty sec
onds to go when Tierney landed his only
solid blow of the fight. a right hand
smash on the point of the Jaw that sent
Baker down In the resin dust for the
full count. AS the referee completed his
count Of ten Tierney stepped forward
and said:
"Mr. Referee, put down one point for