Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-01

A DOUBLE knockdown. in which Sam
"A Rlackiston, Curtis Club. and Will
liam liark!ns. kayouia Catholic Club.
/ each landed with right hand punches
simultaneously. both men going to the
! floor ut the same time in grOggy cOndi
tions. was the feature Of the semi final
and finnl bouts in which seven cham
pions of the Middle Atlantic States A.
A. L. were crowned last night ut the
Olympia 4. 4.
After forty two seconds Of the first
round Blackston and Harkins connected
on each Others jaw with terrific crosses.
and as they went down their heads
struck the floor. Referee Frank Me-
Crackcn started to count. but after one
stroke of his arm both men. woozy and
all but out. staggered to their feet.
They began to punch feebly at each
other when. after one minute and seven
seconds. Blnckiston. who had regainetl
some Of his strength. crossed right
| flush on lIarkins jaw and he fell flat on
his back. There was no necessity for
q count.
This was Il weltcrweight match. the
championship Of VIII ich class Blackiston
later won by stopping Paul Rcginator,
another kayoula entry. In the second
round. In all. Blakiston competed in
four matches last night. knocking out
Willie Cannon in n semi final of the
midd,cweight division. and following up
in the final for the championship by
winning from Sam Hewitt. Of West
Philadelphia.
Five KnockOuts
Blackiston's boxing was tho out>tand
! ing feature of the tournament. having
scored five knockouts out of n total
of half n dozen matches in which he
participated.
GEORGE Ilrlmer. winner of the>11S-
pound title and an Enterprise {. {. lad.
also showed brilliant form in all Of his
matches. He administered terrific
trouncing to Vincent Grant gritty
lite follow from O'Brien's Institute, in
the final bout.
Charley Rice. of Shanahan. annexed
the 126. pound title by forfeit. after
Johnny Dever. of Kayoula. injured his
right hand SO badly in tho semi final de-
fcating the formers brother. Joe. that
h. was unable TO comnctc in the final.
Johnny Scott. of KayOula. proved a
puzzle for Tommy OMalley. of Mead
CwbrooE. for one round in tho final of
tho 135-ponnd class. but in the second
round the latter won by the knockout
route.
The most sensational battle of th~
tourney occurred in the heavyweight
class, the championship Of which was
won by Frank Pickett. Of Ei'lanOva
College. lie knocked out Joe Herman.
OF Kayouia. in :he extra round. after
the judges had disagreed following three
rounds Of action. \ hcfty right on the
jaw dropped Herman down and "ut
Successful Tourney
Alex Grecnbcrg. Of South Phiadel-
rhia Hebrew Association. won on points
from Mickey Porrora. OF Rlarkwade. in
the deciding match for the 2-pound
laures.
This was the first successful Middle
Atlantic States championship tourna-
ment held in Philadelphia in period of
eight years. Harry McGrath was de-
serving of a lot of credit for arranging
So interesting n meet.
The referees who ofhciated were Will
liam II. Recap. Frank II. MrCrackcn
and Babe O'Rourke. The judges were
Recap. McCracken. Louis II. Jaffe,
Richard Kain and Johnny Scott. while
Spickct Purcell was the timekecper
during the course Of the two day tour
nament.
Thirty three matches We're held in the
preliminaries on Wednesday night and
nineteen bouts were decided in the semi :.
I finals and finals last night. One hundred
and twelve entries in all were received
from dozen diNcrent clubs for the
tournament,