The Washington herald., 1922-03-07
FAIR MEMBERS OF ARMY SET
EEFORTMYER BOXING SHOW
Mickey O'Connell Dethrones Jimmy Maxfield
As Welterweight Champion of Post.

aeld get "set" to shoot over one of
| his terrible swings.
O'ConnelI . Smart Boxer.
Safety first was O'Connelrs motto.
He took chance in the first round
and he was sent to the canvas when
he stopped a back-hand punch at
close quarters. 1t was not hard
blow, but caught O'Connell off his
pins and he went down. Like the
smart boxer he is. he took the count
of nine. For the remainder of the
seven e-minute sessions he kept
| jabbing away with his clever left
hand and won the verdict.
O'Connell taunted the champion
throughout the fight. Every time
MaNf1eld set himself. O'Connell.
started verbal tilt with his foe
and then backed away. When Max
field tore after the Smiling Irish
man. the latter stuck out his left
hand and II usually found its way
to the Bruiser's face. 1t was a good
fight with neither boxer inflictinS
any damage.
Vincent Corbin, the 114-pound
bantam champion of the post. sue
cessfully defended his title by rock.
ing Red" Monahan, Of Battery Il.
to sleep in the second round. Cor
bin is a nifty little performer. He
packs terrific kick in his left
mitt. For the first round 1t looked
| like anybody's bout. but in the sec
ond when the little fellers" were
standing toe to. toe, Corbin stepped
in and whipped over a short left
hand blow to the. solar plexus. The
| blow travelled only a few inches. 1t
landed true to its mark. The game
tow-headed Monahan crumbled to-
gether like a collapsible drinking
| cup.
The shifty One Wins.
"Shifty" Shifton was awarded the
decision over Joe Rodriguez in the
six-round semi-final. Shifty is all
his monicker implies. He was shifty
enough with his lower pedals to
keep out of the way Of Rodriguez's
wild left-hand swing. This pair
crowded most of their milling into
the final two minutes.
Frank Kid Kenney won in a de-
cisive manner via the kayo route
over Jimmy Schema in the second
round. Schema was tearing into
Kenney with lis jaw unprotected
when the latter shot over a right
hand punch. 1t landed flush on
Schena's jaw and he visited dream
land.
Som. clever boxing was witnessed
ir the lightweight go between
Charley WIlasak and frankie
Schmitt. with the former winning
o NJ S,,le ls-N
erness failed to keep him out of
blows did not carry much weight
behind them.
Barring only the main feature
attraction. the most exciting fuss
was when Steve Vitale outboxed
Dick Macs in four rounds. 1t was
thriller. Vitale's Drawn and ag-
gressiveness won him the verdict
against the courageous Macs, whose
rallies had the crowd on its toes
cheering. Both boys were so tired
at the, end of the bout that they
could barely raise their hands.
Another hair-raiser was between
Mike Ferris, who southpawed his
way to the judges verdict oyef
Earl Toole. Ferris Is q stockily
built chap and spent the four
rounds in trying to land his only
stock in trade-a wicked left hand
punch-on Toole's jaw.
bout OF Color Entertain..
Massie Fitch, a light heavy
weight, was knocked out In the ses-
ond round by Ed johnson, In a
burlesque bout. Fitch was too
slow to get out of the way of
Johnson's blows and when he
found q soft spot in the canvas he
cuddled up in heap and heard
Referee Col Wait johnson toll
off the fatal ten.
In keeping with the calibef of
the show, Col. Johnson's work in
the ring was all that could be de-
sired.
Il was announced that the Dis.