, 1922-01-11


ings that the veteran iron m
roped arenas of Casper.
Anderson turned loose an
<hAt rocked the veteran battisr TO the
mArruw and only q Danny Cummings
type OF game battier could have wealth
cred the vicious storm
with both eyes closed By Anderson's
scientific jabbing. Cummings fought
by Instinct through the latter rounds
and Il 10 10 his credit that in one or
two OF the late rornds he made ais
best showing against the clever q
hard punching Anderson.
That Anedrxcr made the b>st show
ting ever made against CUMMINGS here
81 admitted. for seldom In his ring
career has Cummings bsttied . man
lighter than himself who forced him
to cover up In the manner he had to
do last night In order to weather the
going.
In winning ths battle Andersen I'M
corkcd q straight left which Cummings
bling Cummings out OF position with
tho left Anderson time and again
crossed over with Q terrific right hand
punch hat shook Cummings TO the
foundation and the game, veteran bat
tier many times welcomed a brief op-
portunity to clinoh to shake of the
groggfness that onveloped him
Only n of the 10 rounds. the nth.
Cummings had a chance. In This
round by virtue of a wild right hand
swing which struck Anderson above
tho ear. Cummings was entitled 4 a
shade for he followed up the momen-
tary advantage and Anderson had to
give ground. Anderson almost evened
UP the going towards the end by
smnshing homo q solid right Cross and
n rocking uppercut a. Cummings came
into q clinch.
Wary In the ffrst round Anderson
opened easfiy and contented himself
70 c~utboxins Cummings. Biding his
time he shot home rocking rights and
lefts which indicated that the battle
would be OF short Duration
The second frame was a repetition
of he first The referee continually
warned both boys. lost in the serious
business before them, that they had
10 observe his orders. Both boys were
also cautioned against hitting low.
In the third round both Anderson
and Cummins mixed It freely. Amber
son was leading his left and using a
right uppercut which Cummings could
not stop. Near the middle of the
round Anderson crossed a straight
right and Cummings shook badly from
She effects of the blow. AS they came
together Anderson fighting with one
hand free beat Cummings on the ribs
ana collar plexus malcng the veteran
give ground and fitch with each tell
ing blow. It was at his Juncture
that friends Of Cummings asked to
have the fight stopped
This style OF fighting was tsrmi-
mated on the order of the Referee
Jack Burns who called to the men to
break at every that they
started to ciinch It 10 probable that
IL Anderson had bean allowed I con
ttnuo to punish Cummings in the In
fighting that the veteran could not
have weathered the storm
Anderson took the fight from this
point n plainly contented himself
with holding the lead which he had
gained ove Cummings. The veteran
was covering up all the time and An
derson refused to take a chance on
injuring his hands without a clean
opening.
Many times during the remaining
rounds there were flashes of brilliant
fighting but Anderson's stamina and
punching power forced Cummings back
TO " whenever he started aggres-
Hive tactica
Tho outstanding features Of the bat
tie were Anderson's superb control
and readiness and his punching power
coupled with the unprecedented game
ness shown by the veteran Iron Man
Danny Cummings.
Anderson showed plainly that he had
everything but experience. taking no
chances he worked for a decision and
won handfly. guarding always the
hands that have won him hundreds of
dollars. Anderson emerged from the
battle without q scar by which to 70
mernber the fl2nt.
According to the best information
that The Tribune has been able to OBJ
tain. Danny Cummings weighed In for
last nights fight at 12s pounds while
Eddie Anderson. the victor. was uIsder
tho bantamweight limit and weighed
In for the fight at exactly 117A pounds.
Tho semi-windup number saw Eddie
Rid) Ross whale Willie Goodrich to
dreamiand In something short of two
roundA Ross showed something to
the ans last night and the boy that
hatt1ed him four vicious rounds to a
80.