The New York herald., 1922-09-05
MOORE NEAR KAYO
AT HANDS OF LYNCH
Southern Challenger Twice
Takes Nine Count in Mich
igan City Bout.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Sept. 4.-Joe
Lynch, worlds bantamweight champion.
successfully defended his title against
Pal Moore, the Memphis, Tenn. chal-
lenger. In a ten round no decision con-
test. which featured the boxing medley
staged here to-day by Floyd Fitzsim-
mons. Moore was all but knocked out In
the seventh round. when he was floored
twice, and he also was dropped In the
third round Lynch continued to score
points in the three following rounds,
having much to spare at the finish.
Pal was in bad shape in the seventh.
Game to the core, he weathered bad
situation, the crowd cheering him as
he staggered to his corner. Lynch
scored two knockdowns in this round.
one for six count and another for a
four count, but Pal was there at the
finish. He was thumped all over the
ring by Joe, only grit saving him from
q knockout.
The fight had been fairly even until
the seventh. Lynch trying to land his
right, but without much success. Just
as the boys got going In the seventh
Joe landed one Of his rights that almost
knocked Pal off his pins. Another right
hand punch to the jaw hung Pal on the
ropes near his own corner.
Lynch Tries for Knockout.
Lynch rushed over to finish the bout
there and then. He hammered Moore
with a voIley Of rights and lefts to the
jaw and stomach. Moore reeled across
the ring and grabbed the top rope In
Joe's corner. Lynch chased him and
landed four solid punches to Moore's
head and sent him to the canvas with
four stomach punches. Pal remained
down for a count of six. Back on his
feet again. Moore rushed into a clinch.
Joe shook him loose and with two well
directed rights on the jaw toppled the
Southerner over again. He was down
four seconds. He staggered to his feet
dazed He was reeling around the ring
like drunken man when the gong
rang.
Lynch rushed out In the eighth in an
effort to finish Moore. Pal backed into
corner and covered up. Moore was
fighting away at the finish of the round
as strong as ever. The ninth round
was about even. The final round saw
Moore as the aggressor. making a game
effort to make up for the disastrous
seventh. Lynch presently decided to
check this assault, however and banged
the Memphis entry about the ring again
at will, winning the round by wide
margin.
Dempsey I'm exhibition.
Jack Dempsey. world heavyweight
champion who was to have boxed Bill
Brennan here to-day, appeared in pair
of exhibition bouts. Dempsey travelled
two two-minute rounds with Jack
Thompson. the Philadelphia negro, and
two at same distance with Andre Ander-
son. the Chicago heavyweight. Jack is q
trifly heavy but to all outward APP
pearances is in pretty fair fettle.
Harold Smith bested Champ Ross In
the opening eight rounder at 11a pounds.
and Billy Wells OF England made Den
mis- Keefe look rather foolish in a ten
rounder.
Jimmy Clabby. the Hammond veteran.
got a noisy greeting when he came
in to box Jimmy Darcy. the swarthy
Pacific coast middleweight. This was
another ten-rounder. Darcy weighed 1853
and Cabby 1856. Clabby stepped out In
surprising fashion at the start only to
tire toward the finish, but he was given
draw in popular opinion.
Between 1000 and 5000 fans gathered
in the big pine bowl. paying close to
$4,000.