The New York herald., 1922-07-11

ring. Lynch continued to rasp the bleed
ing face with his left as Buff came
toward him. Again Lynch almost
dropped Buff with right to the jaw.
Lynch was fighting a cool fight. while
Buff was being varied and worried.
Buff ran out of his corner in the
seventh only to meet a straight left.
The champ missed some anxious swings
and Lynch pumped a left and right to
his face Lynch continued to pump
lefts into Buff's crimsoned face. Lynch
sent Buff spinning against the ropes
with right hook to the ear. At close
quarters Lynch hooked a hard right to
the jaw. Buff landed a right swing.
but was driven back by the Same volley
OF lefts.
Again in the eighth Buff ran into
the same shower o; lefts. Lynch beat
a tattoo on Bluffs body Bluffs face
became q crimson smear as Lynch
stabbed with lefts. Once Lynch brought
over a right cross that almost stag.
gered the champion. Buff drove in one
hard right to the body, but 1t didn't
disturb Lynch's program for a second.
Lynch seemed careless and took a right
to the Jaw.
Bun Knocked Against Ropes.
With the same monotony Buff ran
out to aa shower of lefts in the
ninth. Lynch felt his opponent
weakening and rushed him all around
the ring, hanging lefts and rights
to the head. One stiff right Knocked
tooth out of Bluffs mouth and
he spat 1t in the ring. The champ
fought back gamely and stubbornly
Lynch slowed down and resumed the
punting In OF his lefts. Lynch landed
a hard right to Buff's jaw In a neutral
corner. The crowd started to shout as
Lynch knocked the champion against
the ropes with a hard right to the jaw.
The tenth round opened In the same
way, Buff coming out against the in
evitable voliey OF lefts. Buff continued
TO tire and missed time and again. In
Buff's own corner Lynch drove his head
back with successive lefts. Buff slipped
to the canvas apparently from weari-
ness, but was up In an instant.
Bun rushed out In the eleventh and
planted left to the body. receiving in
return the same volley OF lefts. Lynch
started TO fiddle cautiously with left
watching for chance to bring over
finishing punch. Buff rushed in and
missed some earnest swings. Buff
seemed choked with blood and ready
to drop from sheer weariness. Buff
was tottering at the hell as Lynch
pumped rights and lefts into his face.
Between the rounds Doc Bagley
packed Bluffs lips with cotton.
Lynch staggered Buff with a right
hook TO the jaw In neutral corner In
the twelfth A stiff right almost closed
Bluffs left eye Despite the packing in
Bluffs mouth he continued to bleed pro-
fusely The champ missed wild swing
and Lynch crossed him twice with
swings. At the end of the round Buff
stumbled and disconsolately went to his
corner.
Buff was very weak but very game
when he came out In the thirteenth The
shower of lefts came TO meet him. Lynch
continued TO pound him methodically
from one end OF the ring to the other.
Lynch ducked around the half blinded
champ and landed two rights to the jaw.
Buff reeled back to the other side of the
ring Lynch rushed the champ and
showered lefts and rights to the jaw.
Buff stood glaring at Lynch at the end
OF the round.
Lynch rushed over to Bluffs corner
and dropped him with a right TO che jaw
in the fourteenth round. Doc Bagley,
Bluffs head second. threw towel into
the ring and leapcd in after II.
White O'Connel and Jake BrcSsner
entertained in the opening bout and