The New York herald., 1922-12-30
TINY TITLE HOLDER
PERFORMS AT BEST
Earns Decision Over Provi-
dence Bantam by Speed and
Aggressiveness.
LEADER IN TEN ROUNDS
Verdict Kissed by Losers
Rooters-Weight Handicap
Proves No Asset.
Nv CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

Pancho Villa, fyweight and bantam
weight champion of the Philippines,
conceded six or seven pounds to Terry
Martin, a rugged bantam, and added
a thorough trouncing in a fifteen
round contest last night at Madison
Square. The little brown skinned chap
evidently considered a victory over
the Providence fighter a stepping
stone to a title bout with Lynch. and
the Filipino fought with the greatest
fury from the first to the last gong.
Judging by the remarkable activity
of villa, the story of a lame ankle was
sent forth as decoy to the Martin
camp. If the Filipino can fight as
we'll as he did last night on one lame
ankle. it would indeed be bold boxer
who would meet Villa In the event
that he was crippled in both feet. The
little fellow darted about the ring like
a human firecraclker, exploding hook
uppercuts and swings on the face and
body of the Providence puglist.
Nothing that resembled knockdown
was scored by either man. but villa drew
blood from Martins nose and had his
man backing away under constant
volley of rights and lefts. Martins at
tack consisted of right swings to Villas
ribs, but as Martins blows are delivered
with the palm Of the glove, little damage
was done.
hlthntIph title ot stake the
contest was considerably more interest
ing than many a championship battle.
The one discordant note was the discov-
cry by Referee Haley that Villas body
had been anointed with cocoanut oil.
The referee went to Villas corner at the
end of the ninth round and demanded
that his seconds rub off the oil. The,
seconds demurred and Haley seized
towel and did the rubbing off until the
bell sounded for the tenth round.
This seemed to anger Villa and when
he faced Martin for the tenth the little
black eyes of the Filipino sparkled
with resentment. He sprang at Martin
like a panther and belabored him all
about the ring. Martin tried desperately
TO escape the fusillade. but Villa would
not be denied and kept UP the lombard
ment to the gong.
Martin had a large number of his
partisans present and they hooted the
award of the judges. There was no
basis for finding fault with the verdict
as Villa won handsomely on points.
lie was the aggressor. he never clinched,
and he landed three blows to one by
Martin.
The bantam was in retreat for the
greater part of the bout. and a large
number of his blows went wild. Villa
certainly had the advantage in 10 Of the
Is rounds. In tho fighting at close
quarters Villas speed enabled him tn
land two blows to one by Martin. Terry
laughed every time villa landed a solid
blow but the merriment was forced.
To the credit of the bantam, be II
said, he takes punishment without a
murmur. and he fights doggedly IL not
skillfully.
Big Crowd Sees Fight.
In view Of the fact that the Filipino
had been reported to be suffering from
a lame ankle. the attendance was re-
markably large. Between 5000 and
10000 persons witnessed the contest.
Villas weight at two o'clock yester-
day afternoon was Ill pounds, while
Martin at the same hour scaled lis Il
rounds. Martin unquestionably gained
three or four pounds up to the time OF
entering the ring at 10 p. NJ, which
made his fighting weight 11s or 119
pounds. The Filipino, having reached
his full growth. probably did not gain
more than two pounds from weighing
time to ring time. which made his fight
ing weight about 113 pounds.
babe Herman Gets Decision.
Babe Herman, who when he first
came East looked like a promising ban
tam. but who has grown to be slow,
spiritless feather. put UP slow. dis
appointing twelve round bout with
Hugh Hutchinson and received the
award of the judges.
Charley Ryder OF Staten Island re-
celved the decision of the judges over
frankie F'lorio. The Bronx, in a four
round bout. This was heavy hitting
combat in which both took hard knocks.
Pickles Martin Of California. harle-
quin of the roped square was adjudged
the winner over Jimmy Carroll of the
West Side in grotesque six-round af-
fair. AS Carroll was the winner on
points the judges must have based sheir
verdict on Martins comedy.