New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-18

New York boys held good average
in the early preliminaries, winning
| four and losing three bouts Two of
the victories were via the Knockout,
while the defeats all came by decisions.
Joe Ryan. of Pittsburgh, sprang
surprise when he outpointed Martin
Smith, the New York State champion.
Smith won the first round by the
clever use OF his lightning like left.
but weakened later under vicious
body punches from the sturdy Pitts
burgh boy.
Another upset followed when Charles
Jenklnssen. Of the Los Angeles A. c..
the defending national champion. was
soundly trounced by one John REM.
Of the Cleveland A. c., Cleveland. The
champ looked like a novice against
the unknown from Cleveland and was
clearly outclassed.
The metropolitan section. a eroup of
seventeen of the best amateurs de
veloped by Father Knickerbockcr in
years, made an auspiciOus start in the
earlier bouts. In the fourth affair Of
the evening Leroy Powell. the dusky
little 112-pound met champion, scored
sensational knockout when he put
the running after only two minutes of
fighting.
Nat Pincus, an unattached New
Yorker, followed in the next bout in
the same class, but lost q close decision
to Harry Marcus, of Cleveland.
Wilbur Cohan, Of the St CHRISTOPHER
Club, New York, came on in the first Of
the 118pound class, and outfought
Henry Domeniconi of the Olympic
Club, San Francisco, in a furious
battle.
PowelPs opponent, who topped the
New York Lad by six inches, looked
robe, but the little negro shot two
terrific blows to the stomach at the
outset and took the fight out of the
Quaker boy. Powell followed his man
from corner to corner, crashing right
and left to face and body until the
referee stopped the bout to avoid
serious injury to Greenberg.
Pincus Puts Up Fine Fight
The sturdy little Pincus fought a
great struggle against his Cleveland OPP
ponent and many believed he should
have had a draw, but it was a close
bout to decide and most likely the
judges were justified in their decision.
Evenly matched, the pair slugged, toe
to toe, each giving all he had in the
line of wallops
Cohan outclassed Domeniconi by a
wide margin. The Pacific Coast cham
pion proved a willing subject. He
could take it wonderfully we'll, and
just to make things interesting, he
socked Conan several times with a
betty left. The infghting of the New
Yorker was a large factor in his vic
tory, as he punished Domeniconi with
crashing short jabs to the body almost
at will.
With a record entry, the management
undertook to dispose of ffty-four bouts
tonight, thus reserving twenty-four
bouts in the semi-tinals and finals for
tomorrow evening.
One of the hardest fought bouts
have ever witnessed was that in which
Ray Chisolm, the Canadian 1876 pound
champion from Halifax, N. S., defeated
Paul Gerard, of Akron, the Ohio title
holder. From the first bell until the
end of the third round these powerfully
built youngsters gave and assimilated
punishment to the nth degree.
Chisolm Wins Great Battle
Bloody from countless cuts and arm
weary from almost ceaseless effort, the
boys went along at heart breaking
pace to the end. The judges were UNI
able to decide upon the winner but
the referee awarded the bout TO CHS
ohm Both boys were cheered Justify
as they left the ring.
Rosenberg Beats Wurtz.
Jack Rosenberg, metropolitan light
weight champion, who sports the col
ors Of the Bronxdale A. c., added to
New Workers. list of laurels when
no knocked ont Charlie Wurtz the
Missouri champion from st. Louis, after
one minute and forty-seven seconds.