New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Coast Feather
Outpunclaed by
Baltimore Boy
Dcmpsey's Sparring Partner
Tires After Sixth Round:
Valgar Bests Walker
By lack Lawrence

4 mat
IA pace and action packed into every
,.und, Andy CLANCY, cs Baltimore, won
.iudces' decision over Babe Herman,
:. California. last night st Madison
Square Gard,n.
The ruling was greeted with a storm,
If hooing and kissing from the crowd
hit to us it seemed tho only one that
could have been rendered with any
fairness Herman weighed 1863. and
Clancy l271s.
The Californian had the better Of tho
early rounds. but appeared to tire
randy after the sixth. On numerous
occasions he hit Clancy on the jaw
with everything he had, but the wal
ions only caused the Baltimore blonc
ta shake his head and launch into an.
other two-iisted attack. IN the latte,
part Of the battle Herman was a targc,
Tor Chancy's damaging left
1t was r bad night for Wester
representativcs. In the opening bou
Jimmy Kelly, Of the Bronx, outpointce
frankie Jones, Of California. Thcr
Abe Goldstein made a chopping blocl
OF Andy Davis, an unknown from Sail
Lake City. In the semi-hnai Benny
Valger won over Archie Walker in very
decisive fashion
Furious Battling at Start
The Andy Clancy Babe Herman row
started off with n blaze of fireworks
Herman, with the speed of panther
tore into CLANCY with storm OF
vallops. The Baltimore boy weathered
the gale and came back to do some
wslloping on his own account He gave
the Babe about as much as the latter
sent over in this session, but the sec
ond round was all Herman's. The Cali
fornia boy had acquired many of the
ring mannerlsms of Jack Dempsey, for
whom he acted as training partner last
summer CLANCY came back strong in
the third and drove some fierce right
swings to Herman's S jaw.
The Baltimore maulcr continued to
hand the Babe a severe pastlng in the
iourth and the Wcsterncr seemed un-
,hle to keep away from his wicked
right. In the fifth Herman drove three
successive rights to Chaney's jaw that
shook Andy to his heels, but didn't
slow him up to any great extent;
throughout this round Herman banged
cSaney on the chin practically at will
In the seventh they were frequently
battling toe to toe, and although
Chance took some terrific jolts on the
inv he never stopped boring in. Sew
sssl times he forced Herman to clinch
With fierce left and right hooks to the
;aw Chanev had the better of the
sjghth driving Herman from one cor
ner to another.
Chanev KEEP, Herman on the defensive
in the ninth and Jared him with g
series OF stabbing lefts to the face.
The Babe slowed up pcrceptibiy in the
tenth and was again the mark for some
left jabs.
Kelly Takes Opener
frankie Jones, Of California. and
Jimmy Kelly, of the Bronx. opened the
show with burst Of wild SWINGS and
considerable gore. 1t was Jones's frst
appearance in the Garden. ana from
the wav jimmy tore into him in the
openinc round it looked as though it
nigh. be his last.
Joe Humphrey interrupted this
scrap to announce that the owner of
Limousine with license No. 4-11-44
might like to know that his car had
been destroyed out in front of the
garden and would he mind taking the
remains away, as they were blocking
traffic. This was one of the high
lights of the Jones-Kelly disturbance.
In the first and second rounds Kelly
hit Mister Jones with everything but
the pail, but the tough youngster from
The Pacific refused to quit. The harder
he was hit the harder he came back.
Cuts were opened above and below
Frankies left lamp, but he retaliated
by bringing a stream Of blood from
II llmmy's patrlcian nose with long
y left, the only effective blow he knew
II now 10 use
Kelly had the advantage in the mat
i ter OF weight and experience. and these
we're too great for the Westerner to
overcome. 1t was Kelly's fight by a
safe margin and the Judges gave him
the decision, although the crowd gave
Joe Humphrey the razz when he an
nounced the news. Kelly weighed 152
and Jones 149.
Andy Davis. a mysterious looking
gent from Salt Lake City. was sub
stituted for Billy Marlow against Abe
81 Goldstein in the second encounter. No
II body seemed to know much about Davis,
out his willingness TO mix it with Abe
\ made hit with the fans. Willie Lewis
was IN Abe's corner and between
II rounds explained just how Davis could
oesent back to Salt Lake on shutter.
Nlie made one explanatory swing
nat almost knocked Abe out of the
III rns
DMs had method Of swinging that
,..s" rS.a DC distinctly dangerous II he
were armed with an ak. There being
Nv axes available he couldn't hit Abe
a1y not'ceable extent. In the fifth
i0uno Goldsteir had Davis's face look
,as IKE Soviet flag The Western
gent reeled from corner to corner on
cue edge Of dreamland, but came back
1ss 1asn,hs every time he semed about to
.. ~s Gown and roll over. The bout was
~ s,yppeo M IN the fifth round to save Rick
vh;.t II 'he expense of painting the ring
wi.' .a,'e again. Both men were covered
sma; a 1Iiood, but 1t was all Davis's. The
nss,a ns.siai decision was given to Goldstein.
s weighed 1l7la; Goldstein, 115A
4 Walker in Semi-final
sh.rIaie Walker, a former amateur
n ...snpion, met Benny Valger, an old
Wagner. in the semi-fnal. The
lssXE lssXn's were; Walker. 1872; Valger,
aN'ta his hair plastered smoother
II Ars,. AS Benny M1 Leonard ever had his,
III ,sas aS Walker looked more like a first
s.,.s cnorus man than a second string
tn NJ. he had the better of the first
.eok 'vunds, but In the third and fourth
ssr..s spme hard lcfts to the Jaw and a
W., osttering over the heart.
h.. ssslxer showed flashes Of cleverne.s.
49,, ~ 40 has lot to learn about the
sauld. ilSs and music Of the game. He
Ms M%It irt. Keep away from Valger's stab
eis.ts s''t = and was frequently forced to
sehHs~ mere was a lot Of tough in