The New York herald., 1922-10-13
MARTIN AND CURTIN
BOUT CALLED DRAW
Decisions of Judges Seem I'm
popular as First Bouts Are
Held at Polo Grounds.
ny CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

A furious battle ragged over the home
plate at the Polo Grounds after sun
down yesterday, and there was no inter-
ference with the combat until the gong
ended the tenth round. The combatants
were Terry Martin. the Providence
Panther" and Johnny Curtin. the Jersey
City catamount. When Martin had de-
livered his last right hand chop on Cur
tins chops. and Curtin had lashed the
crisp air of Coogans bluff with his final
right hook, Josephus Humphreys. the
man with megaphonlc voice. declared
that the judges could not pick winner
and that the bout was drawn.
Thereupon the 5000 or 10000 persons
who had viewed the first boxing enter
tainment OF the Republic A. A. emitted
a dismal howl OF disapproval and fill
tered out of the stadium. Tho spectators
had seen two good bouts, those between
Curtin and Martin and Tiplitz and
Thomas. and had heard five weird de-
cisions. There were only five bouts on
the program or Messrs. Meegan and
Shortell. the judges, would have further
distinguished themselves. -Four OF the
contests were called draws, ana the de-
cision in the other went to the wrong
man.
Judging from their proficiency In the
matter of draws il was evident that
Shortell and Meegan were skillful
billiardists. In the final contest Terry
Martin had SO wide a margin OF advan-
tage at the close OF the tenth round that
even a man in the bleachers could not
have failed to pick the Providence man
as the victor. Martin landed three piows
TO Curtin's one. did nearly all the ieao-
ing and was superior in defense. In tne
matter OF effectiveness there was little
to choose. Each landed some oio"s ina, /.
shook his opponent. Curtin is slow ana
iacks aggressiveness, and did little buf
trv for a knockout punch that never
landed. Curtin style played In Martin
| hands who went around his man IKE
n cooper about a barrel.
The contest between the skinny ou'
wiry Andy Thomas and tne stocny,
punch defying Joe Tiplitz was also caileo
a draw by the judges. POSSIBLY the
Judges thought Tiplitz was entitled 10
draw because he took a paimmeling tha'
would have knocked out almost any
other man and still remained on his Iee'
at the close. Thomas kept long iei'
arm shooting a glove into lipIltz
| mouth and nose from tkit III % mp " -
bell in the first till the gong ended the
tenth round Tiplitz. to show how hard
his face was, at times stuck ont his chin
and let Thomas pound IL. Thomas stag
gered Tiplitz several times but failed to
bring him down. At infrequent intervals
Tiplitz rushed Thomas against the ropes
and mauled him after the manner oi
Harry Greb. but Thomas never was
shaky on his pins
frankie Jerome, who had heer
matched to box Danny Lee. was unable
TO appear because of an abscess on the
arm, and Billy Ryckoff was substituted
| They started off In n suspicious manner
! but after the referee had threatened &c
throw them both out of the ring they
became active. Lee forced the pace al
the way. punched Ryckoff to standstil
several times, won the bout by wide
margin end then heard the judges de-
clare Ryckoff the winner.
A four round bout between Willie
Darcy and Phil Rosenberg was called
draw when Rosenberg had n fair mar
gin OF advantage. A six round bout be-
tween Hilly Levine and Young Ross was
called a draw. yet Ross had a shade the
better of the argument.