New-York tribune., 1922-06-07
Fans i'm Riot
After Tender
Stops Barrett
Ief, to Stomach Near Close
of 9th Round Ends Boui'
Cry of Foul F ol ow s
py lack Lawrence

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dler. Of Philadelphia, aspirant LOT
Benny LeonArd's lightweight crown
knocked out Bobby Barrett. also OF thi'
eitv. in the sixth round Of their sen"a-
MED eieht.round bout at the Philadei-
phian National League baseball PARK
The hght ended in a riot in the sixth
-ound. whom n left hook that was ap'
parently low laid tae Clifton heisn,A
bov out. Barrett collapsed and the
referee had counted eight over nm
when angry fans. crying foul. rushed
INTO the ring. They were met midway
in the ring by supporters OF Iendlet
and "A fierce battle cnsued.
Police rescrses swarmed through tne
ropes and for three minutes there was
a rnd melee. in which clubs and nsis
wcre swung with fine abandon. Inc
referee was bowled over and never
fnishcd his count The bell Changed
and changed, but the swlrling mon IN
tho ring paid no attention. Phil Glass
mar manager OF Tender. seemed 10 ne
the center OF the rioting. and fsyerol
times he threw himself in front OF the
local southpaw as wild-eyed citizens at
tcn,n,ed 10 take shots az him with their
6sts. At one time Tender was swing
ing his own fists against the attacking
throng.
while this disturbance was going on
seconds worked over the PROSTATE
Barrett. who was writhing on the floor
OF the ring and apparently in great
pain. Fifty policemen escorted Tender
from the ring. Barrett's handlers de-
clared that he had been hit low. ana
so did many Of those at the ringaide.
Fans Are Divided
The fans appeared to be about evenly
divided on the question and battled
among themselves accordingly. The
timers declared that when Barrett was
knocked down there was only nine sec
onds Of the round 10 90 and the bell
saved him. They say he did not re-.
spond 10 the bell in the seventh and
therefore Tender is credited with a
knockout.
The blow that ended the fight was
a left hook that landed with a dull
thud Just above the belt. To US II
looked fair enough and was simply
one Of a terrific series OF drives OF
the same kind that had preceded u.
The body punishment was gradually
wearing Barrett down, and it is doubt
ful whether he could have lasted
through the seventh. Tender had the
better o. every round and was far too
experienced and crafty for his red
haired opponent.
Barrett had nothing but a wild right
swing. and he landed this only three
or four times during the entire fight.
When they did they shook Lefty Lew
up considerably. but only inspired him
TO more vigorous attacks.
There were 23,000 fans in the old
ball park when Tender and Barrett
entered the ring. There wasn't q va
cant seat in the stands and tho entire
infield was jammed. The rinG in
which the men met is supposed 10 be
one Of the Oldest In the boxinC game.
II looked H. II must have been an
antique about the time they took the
cable cars off Broadway. Philade'-
phia Jack O'Bren said il was the same
one in which he fought Bob Fitzsim-
mons. Somebody else declared II was
the one that Charley Mitchell and John
L. Sullivan fought IN.
There was NOISY representation
from Clifton Heights. where Bobby
Barrett grows his best frecklcs. and
they roared riotously for their favorite
son. An unsympathetic gent declared
that there were more people in the
ball park than the Phillies played 10
all last year.
Many New Workers Present
A great proportion Of the $4,000
came from New York, many OF the
visitors 20 town having been here for
the last three days waiting for the rain
TO stop. The suspense WAS so tense
Just before the two LEGAL stars en-
tered the ring that one would have
thought a title was balanced in the
offing.
George *. o. CLANCY entertained
the wild-eyed fans in the opening en-.
counter by knocking out Allie Mack.
Of New York, IN the first round Of what
was 20 have been an eight-round battle.
CLANCY is Baltimore youth who is
we'll known 10 New Workers. He
weighed 1875 pounds tonight. while his
opponents tonnage was given as 1876.
K. O. Phil Kaplan. from the Bronx
or thereabouts. threw a soeiable bunch
Of fists into Joe Jackson, of Philadel-
phia, in the second bout. Kaplan
weighed 145 and Jackson l47. Kaplan
won by a mile.
Tim Droney Of Lancaster, Pa, and
Earl France, Of California, met in the
eight round semi-hrsl. Earl weighed
14l and France 1i9. 1t was a rugged,
two-hsted mix-up from gong TO gong,
with France doing most Of the hitting
The Californian had the better Of the