New-York tribune., 1922-03-03


- do with tre rcsuit 1t vas plain
,..m the tap Of the first bell that
y.,olk had 10 chance. lie weathcred
=. srst round gamely, but he could
~ q. .ar,ive more than 26 seconds Of
.ss Nv second. when q short right swing
~. ~ travelled less than six inches
.~1st 10 him on the point Of the chin
- he fell as though shot.
~ Tbe end came unexpectedly. alth hough
80. WAS no doubt at the time az to
IA would win in the long run. Nor
snit after a furry in the center of
~" ring. backed Wills into the latter's
a~n corner. Harry was smiling as he
sro;ded clnch by showing the smaller
rsa back along the ropes.
The dszed Norfolk, apparently in
..nsed at being pushed lightly away.
..rs into Wills again and came in Just
:, tiu,e to stop q lightning right stop
70 the .5s blow was so fast that 1t was in
-sNe to most Of the ringsidc OBJ
..,ysys Norfolk fell backward and
~,,sd romeutariiy a. the Gardens s
ss.stsrs HIS eyes rolled and his
,onaue lollcd out Of one side Of his
mouth.
Norfolk Struggled to Arise
The Kid rolled bis head from side
"a side az he gazed in sickly fashion
Al the white figure of referee Kid
Mcfarland counting the fatal num-
hers cvcr him lie heard McP land
cav mine" and struggled to his feet
hut was only part way up when the
sraI ten rang out and tho referee
ustered Norfolk 20 his corner.
Jack Dempsey did not see the bout
His act at tnc Hippodrome prevented
him from being present. over the
telephone the heavyweight champion
tod The Tribune that he was sorry to
miss the show. lie said he had seen
both men in action.
The first round disappointed those
Who thought Wills and Norfolk were
going to stage a clnching bee. The
Srst was vicious session. Norfolk,
uadersized. short, but very game. land
ed only orc effective blow, a left TO
Harry jaw.
The rest Of the round was all Wills's.
lie smashed the Kid with giant swings
that worked With fsshlight speed. A
short drive TO thc chin drove Norfolk
TO the ropes and da1cd him Willis
drives had speed. force and direction.
When he wes within the range Of fire
Norfolk had no chance whatever He
vas completely outclassed, and 1t can
ts said truthfully that Wills's showing
vas not only most impressive, but was
surprise even to his admirers.
Quick Victory for Miske
The semi-Aral looked as though it
nlrht end in the first round. when
Billy Mlske. Of st. Paul, drilled Al
Roberts. of Staten lslskd, on the point
Of the chin with fierce left swing
and lowered him for the count Of nine.
In the second round Roberts sank twics
FOR the count Of nine under rights and
eta to tho Jas, and was laid out for
ne count W h Il mean uppercut that
iook him in the vicinity Of tho Adams
apple
Mske weighed lS6 and Roberts 1873
When Roberts was counted out the sec
end round had gone . minutes and 5S
seconds
SAeptcs who prophcsied that the
Wills-Norfoik hsh' would be no very
rreat drawing card discovered that
they had guessed wrong. The struc-
iG'e wasn't half large enough 10 ac-
eonmodate the frantic thousands who
aid siege to every entrance. The
crowd was easily as great as that at
ltstted by the recent Leonard Kansas
aifir.
The crowd sce0,cd undisturbcd by
he report thst the Rev. Dr.. John
N,oaeh Straton, os Calvary Baptist
Vhurch, vas attending the affair for oh
,evatlon purposes,' as he did when
dempsey and (NrnertIpr huttlpd in
Jersey City. II the famous preacher
vas in the audience he was rot visible
rom the ringsiAc. although his late
adversary. William A. Brady. was on
aand
Mike Burke. tbst husky pride oa