The New York herald., 1922-02-25
Californian in Pain Refuses to
Come Out of Corner for
xvs Eighth Round.
loser MAKES GOOD FIGHT
Preliminaries Furnish All the
ati, Excitement and Gore De-
l7s manded by the Fans.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

..at
challenger of Benny Leonard, won by
a knockout in the eighth round at
Madison Square Garden last night,
Actually, Hyman Gold was counted out
as the bell rang for the eighth while
he was claiming a foul.
Gold was hit low many times in the
fight. Toward the end of the seventh
round Tender, who had been ripping
at Colds body from the start of the
bout landed a left low on the body
Gold. with his face twisted in evident
pain, moaned protest to Referee Kid
Mcfarland. The Kid shook his head.
Tender continued to rip into the body
of the Californian. who sagged back to
the ropes, covering his jaw with his
arms.
Opinion at the ringside was divided
To me the blow looked low. and it
seemed to me that Tender hit below the
belt more than once in the earlier rounds
But the vision of Kid Mcfarland can
not be questioned. nor can his integrity
II Kid Mcfarland rules that the blow
Colds claim seemed to be sustained
by the club physician, DR.. Fred Walker.
On his first hasty examination he gave
it as his opinion that the blow had
landed low But the verdict stood
The finish was decidedly unsatis-
factory one for bout that promised a
real surprise. Gold was regarded as
having less chance than a Chinaman,
but right from the beginning he started
TO worry the wise ones, who had plunged
on Tender at prices ranging from three
TO one to five to one, and at ringside
time the high roof of Madison Square
Garden seemed to be the limit.
Gold seemed to have no particular de-
fense against the ripping body blows of
fender. Despite the fact that he was two
pounds overweight he seemed frail COM
pared to the stocky Philadelphian. In the
first round II seemed as though the
blows would soon wear him down. But
IN the second round Gold lashed right
sswing to the jaw and sent Tender back
on his heels.
Gold Complains, but Fights Hard.
]aThe crowd became enthusiastic over
the unexpected showing OF the Califor-
Man. Tender continued to rip savagly
10 the body. and Gold complained often
in the sixth Tender was snarlng as Kid
Mcfarland tore them apart
8, I'm the seventh the body blows seemed
TO be wearing Gold out. The boyish
smile that he had worn to this time
seemed to fade a bit. This in-dghtinS |
- seemed to be entirely new to him. Fred
die Welsh. who dashed into his corner
to offer advice, was chased away by Tom
O'Rourke.
Twenty seconds before the bell rang
rur the end of the seventh round Tend
Ter ripped home the blow in dispute.
Instantly the smile faded utterly from
Colds face. He was In pain or a very
consummate actor. He bent double and
nioaned some appeal 10 the referee.
AT the same time Gold sagged toward
me ropes. Kid Mcfarland shook his
Ills head sternly and motioned for the
boxers 20 continue. Tender, who had
: Slipped back for an instant. rushed at
Gold. who wrapped his arms across his
Head and bent down to receive the
charge.
The bell rang and Gold slumped into
Hrs chair McKettrick an6 Trainer
LOTUS worked over him. The prepara-
tory whistle blew and the seconds were
; still working. Then the bell and Gold
refused to leave his chair.
. Kid Mcfarland walked over TO the
corner and as Gold sat in the chair
protesting, went through the waving of
the arms counting Gold out. This ges-
ture gave the bout 10 Tender by a
: technical knockout I'm the eighth round
Hyman Gold made a brave enough
showing while II lasted. but II hardly
seemed possible that he would have
bested Tender II the bout had gone on.
The Californian has absolutely no de-
Tense for infighting. Tender had him
pretty we'll worn down when the low
blow landed.
The final verdict of the physicians
seems 10 be that while Gold was hit low
he was not badly injured. After the |
first outburst the crowd seemed to hold |
with the referee. Kid Mcfarland For
tunately. the Boxing Commission had |
ITS best official on the Job. or there might |
have been fine assortment OF riots.
{ Colds wife, the former Mrs. Duffy, |
saw the bout from seat close to the |
ring.
- Gold over weight.
AZ o'clock in the afternoon Hyman |
Gold came 10 the Garden 10 make |
weight lie tipped the scales at "A full |
pound and n half over tho lightweight |
limit Tender and his manager began |
10 demur about fighting "A weterweight |
They demanded the forfeit money.
Finally a compromise was reached
~ was agreed TO give Gold n couple of
hours to make the tonnage. He was
20 do II any way he could. Dan Nc
Kettrick rushed his victim TO "A Turkish
bath sand told him that Il looked az
though the bout would be called Off