The New York herald., 1922-12-12
Beats Philadelphia Light
weight at Almost Every
Angle in 10 Rounds.
CURTIN STOPS KAISER
Jersey City Bantam Drops st.
Louis Boxer Three Times
in Second.
ny CHARLES f. MATHIsoN.

another win to his almost continuous
string of victories last night by de-
feating Eddie Wagner, a Philadel-
phian OF excellent repute. in fast
ten round bout in Madison Square
Garden. Bernstein outclassed his OPP
ponent in all departments but one.
The Yonkers man was the aggressor
from start to finish, landed the most
effective blows, blocked a majority of
the hard shots that Wagner sent at
him and had his man quite weary in
the closing rounds OF the contest.
In one particular Wagner was su-
perior to the Yonkers delegate. The
Quaker has perfected a defense some
what after the style of Young Griffo
when the Australian was at his best.
Wagner frequently stood still in his
tracks and by shifting his head from
side to side baffied the efforts of Bern
stein TO hit him. However, the man
from Philadelphia could hardly win
many points by keeping his jaw out of
danger and on every occasion when he
ventured to get to close quarters and
mix 1t with Bernstein he got the de-
cidedly worst of it in the exchanges.
Bernstein's Blows Cut.
Bernstein landed with telling effect at
short range, his left hooks and right
uppercuts bringing the blood to Wag-
ner's mouth and nose and cutting his
lips.
In the fifth round Wagner was heart
lily applauded for his clever ducking.
which caused Bernstein to pound the
air with great violence.
In the closing rounds, especially in the
tenth, Bernstein got TO close quarters
and willingly took n number or leit
handlers on the neck in return for a
voley of Furnishing blows to body and
face The bout a whole was very
Interesting one, both boxers doing their
utmost. The entertainment was in the
nature of an intercity tournament
Four contestants were noted boxers or
outside the city The local pugilists won
three of the four contests and all of the
combatants were so we'll matched that
the particularly large assemblage went
away we'll pleased.
Another satisfactory and somewhat ex-
traordinary feature was the fact that
the judges, Patsy Haley and Tommy
Shortell, unerringly named the real WIN
ner in each bout. Kid Mcfarland was
, the referee and none of the officials were
attacked during or after the contest.
Kaiser Down Three Times.
The first thrill of the night came when
johnny Curtin. the pride OF New Jersey.
stopped Johnny Kaiser OF st. Louis III l
minute and 81 seconds OF the second
round. Kaiser was down three times in
this round once for a count of eight,
once for count OF nine and was lifted
up and carried to his corner after the
third knockdown. Kaiser who has the
reputation of being the cleverest boxer In
st. Louis. made an excellent showing in
the first round. boxing with considerable
skill and avoiding the heavy shots aimed
at him by the Jersey thumper.
The second round was barely under
way when Curtin shot a left hook to the
Mound City boys chin. knocking him
down in a neutral corner. He took
count OF eight and was unsteady on his
pins when he arose. Kaiser used his feet
in an effort To get out OF the danger
zone. but Curtin pressed him closely, and
with a volley OF lefts and rights to the
law laid him out on the canvas for
count OF nine. Kaiser was practically
done for with this second knockdown
and Just managed to get on his feet as
the referee said ten.
Curtin now rushed at his nearly help
less opponent and battered him all
around the ring. Kaiser clLnched and
held on In a desperate effort 10 stave off
impending defeat. but the Jerseyman
would not be denied. Showering him
vita rights and lefts to the head, Kaiser's
hold was torn loose, and then, stagger-
ing weakly. he was hit on the Jaw with
right handler that crlnnpled him up on the
ring floor. The st. Louis boy was so
clearly out that Referee Mcfarland
gathered him UP in his arms and dragged
him to his corner.
IT was a decisive setback for the St.
Louis boy. who had come East with the
expectation OF getting a match with Joe
Lynch for the bantamweight title.
Becchcr whips Garcia.
chollie Beecher OF the Beechor family
Of fighters scored rather easy victory
over frankie Garcia OF California in "A
ten round bout that was fairly full OF
action. Charles kept MS active left in
Carcia's face for seven OF the ten rounds.
and as the Californian was unable to
make effective return the New Yorker
was well ahead I'm points az the close of
the seventh.
Then. to cinch the verdict. Beecher
started the eighth round with a volley
Of rights and lefts that shook the Pacific
coast man from head TO heels. Beecher
continued this attack to the end of tho
tenth round. and at that time he had
Garcia fioundering about In dazed con-
dition Beecher received the verdict
without dissenting vote While Garcia
proved TO be n strong. willing fighter. his
performance hardly sustained the reports
az his ability that had been sent from
sne coast
Sammy Mandeli. a clever and busy
Chicago featherweight, received the ver-
dict Of the Judges over Harvey Bright.
The Brooklyn medical student. after an
interesting zen round struggle This bout
was very much enjoyed by the onlookers
as both boxers fought industriously from
the first gong to the last. Bright APP
peared TO have an advantage in the
early rounds but Mandell came strong
IN the last rounds and took lead that
gave him the decision.
In special bout Joe Ryder Of Brook
lyn Iambas,ed Al 1'iernau Of New York
FOR the entire four rounds and received
the decision.
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