New-York tribune., 1922-01-10
W a]kcr
Far Too Clever
For CriffitI,s
Elizabeth 'Tllundcrbolt' De.
cis;vely Outpoints Ohio
Scrappcr at Jersey City

Mickey Walker. the Elizabeth Thun-
dcrbolt. outpontcd Johnny Griaiths. of
Akron, OHIO, in a clumsy and rather
slow twclve-round bout at tho Armory
A. A.. in Jersey City, last night.
MlckeyS press agents have am
nounced that the Thundcrbolt is the
coming wclterweight champion. lie
may be. but he has long way to come.
Walker weighed 1l9'a and Grinths
80
Tho Elizabeth boy had Sigh.
margin Of advantage in all the rounds
except the ninth. when Grhiths slowed
him UP with hard smashcs to the jaw.
Walker was repeatedly cautioned for
hitting low.
Early III the fight Walker brought
the blood flowing from Griniths's nose
ana made the sore spot a target, which
he reached often. Jchnny's seconds
Kept complaining that Mickey was hit
ting low, but Referee Ertlc apparently
couldn't see 1T.
Had Johnny Holding On,
In the fourth tho Thundcrbo!t tore
into the Akron boy with everything
he had, and just before the bell rang
Johnny was holding on and lool. inc
ut his seconds for advice. Walker ia
a husky two-listod fighter, but he is
long way from being as good as his
press agents would have us believe
GriNiths is a second ratcr who foun-
ders about good deal after the man
ner of Bryan Downey
In the fifth round Grifliths slapped
Mickey on the jaw real hard with his
right and the Thunderbolt slowed down
perccptibly. The Ohio boxer followed
this up with lcfts and rights to the
lace Both missed ten blows for every
one that reached the mark
Mickey closed Jonnny's port lamp in
the seventh round with a series of long
range lcfts, but the damage did not
stop the Akron slugger from boring in.
Griffiths hit Walker frequently enough,
but his blows lacked steam
In the eighth Harry Ertle stopped
the bout and warned Walker against
hitting low. Griffiths shot a right to
Walkers jaw in the ninth that caused
the Elizabeth boy to hang on until
his head cleared Mickey came bacl,
strong and was swinging wildly with
both hands at the bell
Joe Seigcr, Of Hoboken, outpointcd
Paul Alberts in the opening bout, an
affair Of ten rounds. 1t was dull and
dreary scrap. Harry f. Reel, wearing
the same white trousers that were a
prominent part of the Dcmpsey-Car-
penticr battle, refereed the matches.
Forgicne Beats Myers
Joe Forgonc, of Newark. handed a
fine pastins to George Myers, Of
Akron, who substituted for Young
Tiger. The Jersey Boxing Commission
refused to allow Young Tiger to go on
because he was ten pounds over the
prescribed weight. Forgionc battered
the Ohio man all over the ring b,L
couldn't put him out Myers weighed
~ and forgione 100 1t was pretty
poor exhibition.
Harold Farcsc and Terry McHugh,
who fought tho scmi-final, gave a
slashing exhibition that made up some
what for the dullness of the preceding
bouts. The boys fought draw at
Madison Square Garden month ago.
Faresc weighed 120 and McHugh 125.
MclIugh had the better of the early
rounds. He caught Farcse repeatedly
with hard right swings, but they failed
to jar the Italian to any great extent.
Farese used his left effectively but
missed many openings with his right.
When he did connect with the star
board wing it shook McHugh up. Terry
continued to land telling blows witt,
his right and in the eighth appeared
to be able to hit Farese at will. In the
tenth the boys stood toe to toe and
battlcd throughout the three minutes
with McHugh having the better of the
fierce mix-ups He would probably have
been given the decision if one were
no 1prqpV