New-York tribune., 1922-11-25

The Meridenites were somewhat nom
piused and not little amazed that
the mnrderous Ksplan did not send the
breoklynite back TO his own borough
on q green shutter Immediately after
they had crossed gloves in the first
round. The Brooklynitss yawned and
said: "Aw, Pepper Martin would have
aattened that siiyexware slugger In q
round" 1t will be recalled that Martin
was 10 have appeared last night as Kap-
lens opponent but was prevented from
doing so because of an injured arm.
The native sons of Manhattan didn't
seem to know what it was all about
and amused themselves with thinking
Of other and better scraps they had
eeen in the same ring. The Meridenites
and the Brooklynites made all the
noise. When Kaplan was finally
awarded the decision several Of these
died for JOY.
Winning Margin is Close
Sullivan lost last nights fight In ell
fairness, but IL was not by any de-
vastating margin. He was substituting
for Pepper Martin and he made good
lob Of IL, even though the final vote
went against him: Kaplan isn't such
a ruinous sort of person rs he was
at that. He is a slashing, two~fsted
fighter, who is apparently tireiess and
always on the aggressive. He handed
the silveEware merchants of Meriden
thrills Of frenzied Joy last night by
the way he tore into Sullivan and
beIted him with fierce drives TO the
body and chin.
Sullivan made his best showing In
fhe first round when he ripped across
q hard right that sent the Meriden
mauler spinning to mis- knees. Kaplan
endeavored to make 10 appear that he
had slipped and bounced TO his feet
laughing and rubbing off his gloves.
The jolt hurt him, however. In the
second Sullivan held Kaplan even but
in all the succeeding rounds he was
unable to find an answer to the cease
less onslaught that the Connecticut
lid kept moving relentlessly in his
direction.
Kaplan's left hand Is his main
weapon Of offense and it Is a mean
gun. Sultan spent most of the even
ing trying to keep out Of fits path.
The Brooklynite came back with yici-
Gus counter attack in the eighth round
and roughed Kaplan along the ropes
under series OF fierce short arm jabs
20 the face and body, but the often
sivs was short lived.
Ninth Round a Hummer
There was more fierce fighting in
the ninth with Sullivan leading the
attack but never accomplishing any
thing to peak of. The two were In re-
peated clinches and Patsey Haley, the
referee had one Of the toughest even
ings of his career.
In the opening bout. Of four rounds,
Pete Zivic, OF Pittsburgh, won the de.
cision over Kid Lewis, Of Hartford.
This was followed by six-round en-
counter between Tilby Watson, of Aus
tralia, and Joe Frisco, of Brooklyn.
Watson weighed 129 and Frisco 1877.
The affair kept the house in an uproar,
even though the principals knew little
about the game. Frisco showed lot
of aggressiveness in the last round, and
as a result won the decision.
In another Eix-round affair Lew Pei
lucio, of Salt Lake City, weighing 1877
pounds, won on points over Irving Jam
bole, OF the Bronx.
Wesiing Flashes Old Form
The first real action OF the evening
came in the semi-fnal, when Andy
Thomas and Joe yelling began to do
their stuff The fur was flying from
the time the first bell rang. yelling
had the better of the first two rounds,
and In the second fioored Andy for the
count of nine with swift left hook to
the jaw. Welling's showing against
the rugged Thomas in these early ses-
sions handed the crowd great sur-
prise. A series OF left jabs from Well
ing brought the blood from Thomas's
nose and lips. 1t had been predicted
that yelling would not go more than
. three or four rounds against the lower
\ East Sider
yelling had by far the better OF the
milling for the flrst FIVE rounds, when
Thomas, in the sixth, launched a great
attack that swept Yelling along the
ropes. IN the very midst of this at
tack yelling suddenly let 20 another
left that dropped Thomas to his knees,