New-York tribune., 1922-11-17

title was not at stake because Goids
limit of 112 pounds-
| The fight was staged before one Of
the most remarkable gatherings that
ever witnessed boxing match In this
| city. With no championship invoIved
| In any of the matches and with card
that might be called mediocre on pa
per, the Garden drew $1,000 persons
last night and turned away another
| 10000 Reserves from two police sta
tions had to be called to turn back the
tidal wave of fans who could not gain
admittance. Before the rush was
stopped the disappointed ones had car
ried away one Of the huge doors in
the. main entrance to the Garden and
had demolished the heavy plate glass
in the others,
Many. received minor injuries, and
not few patrons carrying ringside
tickets worth 81 were forced to seek
admission through the Fourth Avenue
entrances. Among these were William
! Muidoon, chairman of the Boxing Com
mission. and Senator Jimmy Walker,
father OF the law under which boxing
is conducted in this state.
Semi-fnal Bout Features
Veteran fight followers could not ex-
plain last nights overwhelming turn
out IN any other way than to say that
1T was due to the steadily increasing
popularity of boxing in this city.
The semi-fnal last night between
Elmo Flores, Filipino and stable mate
of Villa, and Jack Bernstein, Of Yon-
kers, was such complete riot that
the final appeared somewhat slow and
vapid. Villa won by a fair margin
and deserved the decision, but when tha
judges called the semi-hnal q draw
they handed out one of the weirdest
decisions that has been heard in the
Garden for many years
Bernstein outpointed Flores by such
wide margin that it was difficult to
understand how the judges arrived at
their respective conclusions. The Yon-
kers scrapper had the best of nine out
OF the twelve rounds that were fought,
Extreme caution was the watchword
on both sides in the main event. This
Goldstein in the first half of the fl
teen-round battle that the crowd was
frequently booing and howiing for
action. Goldstein, who had an advan-
tage OF five pounds in the matter Of
weight, had the better of the second
and fourth rounds, while distinct ad-
vantage was held by Villa in the fifth,
seventh, ninth, eleventh and the last
four sessions. Neither man was In
trouble at any stage of the proceed
ing and no visible damage was done on
either side
villa was the aggressor throughout,
but Gotdstefn's cleverness and the ad-
wee that he received from his manager.
Wllhe Lewis, caused the Filipino TO
MISS most Of his damaging swings.
Flores and Bernstein Draw
The semi-inal, between Jack Bern
stein. of Yonkers, and Elinor Flores,
the Filipino, turned the garden into a
reeling mad house in The very first
round. The supporters of each seemed
to be evenly divided and the roofing
was wild and riotous.
The weights were: Flores lS3 and
Bernstein 1914.
The first round was typhoon of |
tists--a gale of gloved hands landing |
with dull and devastating thuds. The !
fans rose in delirium of enthusiasm |
and cheered until the old rafters rang.
The succeeding rounds were just as
good, with Bernstein having shade of |
advantage in each. Flores, complacent,
polite and dogged, took fierce iacing
In the first five rounds and one won
dered how he stood up under the
Yonkers boys assault. He absorbed
hurricane of left hooks that would
have demolished man of less courage.
Flores had the better Of the sixth
round, but all the previous sessions
belonged to Bernstein by wide mar
gin. In almost every round the Filipino
continued fighting after the bell had
rung and this drew a lot of kissing
from the crowd. This was apparently
unintentional on the part of Flores.
In the seventh round Bernstein
launched series of fierce drives at
the dark-skinned warrior that had him
reeling. Both used their left hands
effectively throughout the fight,
The eighth, ninth. tenth and
eleventh rounds were Bernstein's. The
game Filipino opened wild and des-
perate attack in the twelfth in g fierca
effort to even matters 1t was q hur-
ricane round that had the crowd In
frenzied uproar.
The bout was called draw, which
seemed to us to be one Of the worst
aeclslons rendered in any fight club
IN new Yosk since the Walker law
came into ERECT. The only rounds that
could have been awarded to Flores wera
the first and the sixth and uoss;hJv tbe
last. The decision brought forth
storm @ of disapproval from the fans.
Ihe boolng over the Bernstein Flores
decision lasted SO long that It was
practically, impossible for Joe HIM.
phries to Introduce Abe Goldstein and
paneho Villa. Walter Hook, represent
ing the Boxing Commission, shouted to
II !Humphries to. "get the boys going and
let the introductions go.o This was
done, and while Humphries made an
attempt to announce the weights. even
those at the ringside were unable 10