The New York herald., 1922-07-11
TOWEL THROWN IN
TO SAVE CHAMPION
West Side Lad Master of Bout
From Third Round to
the Finish.
KNoCKDoWN IN FINAL
Crowd Approves When Title
Holders Second Stops One
Sided Affair.
By w. O. sIcGEEHAN.

tam, returned ana won Dack IroHi
Johnny Buff of New Jersey the ban
tamweight championship which he lost
to Pete Herman Of New Orleans. Buff's
head second. Doc Bagley. tossed a
towel into the ring in the fourteenth
round after Lynch had rushed over to
Bluffs own corner and dropped him in
that session.
Lynch fought a cool and relentless
fight. There was no doubt as to the
ultimate issue after the third round.
In that round Buff. bleeding from the
nose and mouth. began to choke.
Gradually he became weaker and
weaker, as round after round, Lynch
methodically pumped lefts against the
bleeding nose and mouth.
Lynch proved himself a master tao
tician. He had his fight planned and
nothing would swerve him. He paid
no attention to the shouts of his fol-
lowers. He knew that he was win
ming and he was taking his own time
about it. After the first two rounds
he knew that he was to be again the
bantamweight champion.
The rounds were messy and monoto-
nous after the third, Buff would come
wearily up at the bell. only to be met
with a volley of lefts that stung and
blinded him and started the blood we'll
ing up in his mouth. Lynch, with his
lips pressed to a thin white line and his
eyes blazing cruelty, shot his left into
the crimson smear that was Buffs face.
In the ninth round stiff right sent
Bluffs head back and as it rolled back
tooth dropped to the floor. After that
his seconds packed his mouth with cot
ton, but the crimson stream continued
to well up. 1t spattered down Buff's
chest and even the body OF the tormentor
was dyed red.
Want Bout stopped.
After the thirteenth those near the
ring started to shout to Referee Pats,
Haley to stop 1t. Haley looked at Bun
who was about to sag onto his stool. bu'
the bleeding champion came back to the
center of the ring and growled protest
that was throttled by the choking nov
OF blood. ~ ~ y go
AS the bell rang for the fourteenth
Buff rose weakly and Imply. Lynch
sprang up and bounded across the ring
Just as Buff rose he caught him on the
law with his right and Buff fell face
downward in q neutral corner. A:
Lynch stood over him. glaring fiercely
down at the fallen bantam king. &
towel hurtling high into the air fell in
front Of him. Doc Bagley. Bluffs chief
second, followed 1t and picked up thu
little ex-monarch of the bantams. All
of this took place Just second after the
bell.
Buff was not at his best perhaps. But
Lynch was. In fact. the West Side boy
seemed to be the youth he was when he
first won the title and before he took to
doing his training among the bright
lights. Now he Is the bantamweigh'
king again and no doubt will profit b,
what he learned as an ex-king.
While they were leading the fallen
champion from the ring Buff babbled
through his bruised lips something about
rot being at his best and demanding a
return bout. This would do him no good
at all--unless Lynch goes back to the
bright lights. which start all cham
pions on the toboggan
Bluffs weight was announced at 1131:
and Lynch's at 117k.
Plenty Of Action in First.
In the first round Lynch rushed in
and hooked left to the body. Buff
bounced some light lefts off Lynch's
chin and. pushed him toward the ropes
Lynch landed two light lefts to the face
Bluffs mouth started to bleed slightly
from the left hand punches. Lynch
sent Buff back with right uppercut to
the jaw. Toward the end of the round
they started to mix II In n lively
fashion. Buff landed two hard rights
10 the face and Lynch 1olted Buff
against the ropes with stiff left to the
Jaw
Lynch stepped in at the opening oi
tho secohd round with a volley of left
iabs, bringing more blood from Buffs
split lips. The West Side boy ducked
under two hard right swings. Buff
banged hard right to the head and
followed with a second right which
grazed Lynch's chin. Buff landed a left
and right and they went into a briei
clinch. The champion speared Lynch
three. times accurately with the left tc
the face.
Lynch thrust his left into Bluffs face
at opening Of third and they went into
clinch. Buff missed Lynch's righ,
ewing and the crowd Uttered. Lynch
lifted the champs head with right upper
cut. Lynch banged three rights Ia
Bluffs head and stabbed him with left
to the face. Buff started TO bleed from
the nose from the frequent and earnes,
left jabs from Lynch. Lynch began "a
speed up after he saw the blood and
rubbed the injured nose with rights and
lefts. Bluffs face was smeared with
blood at the end of the round.
Buff came out of the corner frcshened
Up IN fourth and Lynch Immediately
started to jab che injured nose with his
lcW. Lynch sent y couple OF healthy
lefts, against Bluffs jaw. Buff sent
I.ynchs head back with a right and
lynch retorted with two jarring lefts
Lynch speeded up and sent a solid righ,
against Buff's jaw. The champ spat q
little blood and banged Lynch's head
with a right swing Lynch sent Bluffs
head back with right and Buff stood
glaring at him after che bell rang.
Lynch opened the fifth with two left
jabs to the face and banged Bluffs body
with a right In clinch that followed
Lynch shot two left jabs into Bluffs eye
and dancing away landed a left and
right to the Jaw Lynch's friends In
the gallery started to count the blows
that the West Slider landed and the rest
OF the crowd took II up. Buff landed a
solid right swing to Lynch's head. Lynch
continued to. rasp Bluffs bleeding face
with lefts. Buff sent a glancing right
against Lynch's jaw In this round. Lynch
outhit-Buff three-to one. The champion
seemed tired and stale after his Illness.
Buff tried to close in In the sixth
round, but ran into volley OF jabs
r,vrch landed eolid right TO tho Jaw,
sending the champ. spinning around The