Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-07
Veteran Not Only Fails to
Stop Redhead, but Loses
(! Before Biggest Cro,vd OF
Season
ROTH HIT THARD BLOWS
Rv LOUIS II, JAFFE

hatween bobby barrett and Charley
Svh,to, with the Chicagoan favorite to
do the sleep sockihg. . n
w rut tho mob was pleasantly disnp-
cointed because the contest went the
schedulcd eight rounds---and, not only
that. the match wns such z h,imdihger
md so close the fans are deDatins To-Day
aver their choice Of victor. barrett
S.orcssiycness, numerous flashes ana
.arr,Gc punching enabled him to step
W., ~ the ring amid the roar of 5000
.h.oats with slight margin IN his
favor. ,.. ...,on -, tbo
.oternn rbicagoan and almost through.
Wv tha finnl chukker White was on the
.,stonsive. Charley also did lot OF
%oidlng and slowed up that round com.
nared to the sensational action OF the
preceding sessions.
Lcrgc wods OF lucrc changed
hands. Tro TO one ,cds Oct fhdt
Ivhuc ,rouM score a knockout and
nvmbcr of ,ragers at ccen money
.,erc made that Barrcst wonld not
como up for the sirth round.
JARRETT went of into the lead at
6 tho outsct lie rushed into n
White left hook. but Bobby did not
sion. He began swinging punches WITH
both hands. finishing up with nook OF
his own that shook up Charley. White
fell into clinch and Referee - brie"
had trouble separating the phir'
The second and third rounds also be-
loneed to the Clifton Heights rcdhead.
iia surprised White and the spectators
With Tho woy he used his left. Bobby
hacked his wrong mitt to the veteran :
hand time and again. and the readhrad
nlso showed that he had developed n
ratbcr nifty aud snappy straight lett
that sent White back on his heels.
White came out for the fourth iull
~ frht opening the cantO with left
hoax TO the jaw and Bobby wohbled.
..Therc he goes :" was II cry thnt went
up throughout the arena but i'arfctt
didn't. ,,.,..
well. known hook, dropped his head for.
ward and began to swap punches. ANA
no ortslugged Charley. too. He forced
White ali around the canvas. directing
vicious wnllops to head and body. The
C'hicaroan was forced to be careful for
the greater portion Of the frame. but
he rallied before the session was over
md nm was entitled to fifty fifty split.
The fifth found White stepping
springly from his corner again. Once
more he let fly with his deadly short
hook to the chin and, coming to close
quarters, opened UP II rnpid-fire attack
with lefts and rights to the chin. But
Barrett would not hold.
Instead he accepted the issue and
exchanged punch for punch, the
red.hcdd's offensive being 80 ter.
rifc that White ,cas forced to
break ground.
DARRETT was full Of fight, and he
D walked after Charley. Then White
began TO box. lie met Bobby with
straight lefts as the latter came for.
ward in his slovenly way and got over
fcck Of punches. making Barrett miss
at the same time. This was the first
frame won by White.
Sixth Is Even
The sixth session was the other even
eanto of the torrid tussle. They went
at II hammer and tongs as soon as the
bell sounded. White tried his utmost
to get over his left hook. which landed
occasionally, but Barrett carried his
full effects Of the blows. Bobby was the
asgressor and uncorked sufficient
punches to keep him from losing the
ROUND. even though he didn't win 1t.
Whites left eye was slightly cut in
the sixth. The seventh found him box.
Ing carefully again, while Barrett con-
tinually forced the milling. Bobby now
was using his right more than lie had
In the previous chapters when his
execution was done mostly with a left.
70 anxious was Barrett to get over a
hay maker that he took many chances.
missing roundhouse blows and giving
White an opportunity to counter often,
e that the period went to the
Chicagoan.
The final round teas Barretts
purely because of his aggressive.
ness. White failed to open up at
onv time during the final three
minutes, contented to be on the
defensive and clinohtn0 at every
opportunity.
TT WAS a great bout because Of the
l. ,o,Tt,r world a Of action during the eight
displayed by Barrett. They boxed at
III pounds at 2 o'clock. each coming
IN at the required weight
Easy for Brown
Johnny Brown. Of England. gave
another scintillating exhibition OF box
So Nhu NICtOTS
against frankie Conway in the semi
nnal It was the Briton's bout by n
mule: He bounced everything of Con-
ways head and torso except the kitchen
tlove and the grand piano. But frankie
was game and never stopped trying.
AFTER going along evenly for four
rounds with Sammy Berne, Eddie
Dempsey dropped the New York south.
paw W. twice in the fifth round for counts
OF eight and four, and thereafter stayed
Sat IN front until the finish. winning
sammy Hewitt, former amateur. won
1ls thlrd professional bout when he was
!onletl IN the second round by Phiia.
tWphia Joe yelling. 1t was an unin.
.entional low blow. Hewitt's previous
sG sswG pro Victories also were won on
Al Gordon and Jack Lester. a
pay OF bantams, put on plenty Of
a1os'on 1 ~ me opener mih the