New Britain herald., 1922-12-16
MITCHELL KAYOED
 IN TENTH ROUND Charley White Stops Milwaukee oy--Shugrue Beats Filipino

New York Dec. l6,---Charley White, Chicago lightweight, knocked out Rit- chic Mitchell, Milwaukee, in the tenth round of their scheduled fifteen round battle at Madison Square Garden last night. Under shower of bone crush ing rights and lefts to the jaw, Mitchell wen to the floor three times in the tenth session, battered helpless and unconscious after spectacular stand against his hard hitting rival.
 Twice Mitchell regained his feet. af- ter Referee Patsy Haley and official counter Billy Joh had tolled off nine seconds. It was only the fighters in- stinct that enabled Mitchell to stick. However, under q shower of rights and efts, Mitchell collapsed for the third time, going down thoroughly beaten. This time Dr. Charles Walker, State Athletic Commission physical sgnaled Referee Patsy Haley to stop the bout and the formality of count was dispensed with. Haley lifted Mitchell's crumpled form, with the as- sstance of his handlers, and carried the beaten boxer to his corner. It was about five minutes before Mitchell could be restored so that he was able to chamber from the ring.
 The Knockout
 The finish came after ? minutes 49 seconds of the tenth session and pro- vided a sensational climax to a sensa- tional battle. With his powerful left and right hand smashes to the jaw, White gradually battered his rival into submission, and advanced step near CT a championship match with Benny Leonard. It was only after one of the hardest battles of his career, however, that White had attained this objective. The Chicagoan was forced to bring in- to play all his stamina, endurance and ring craft on several occa.-inns to stave off defeat
 In the second round Mitchell had White dangerously near a knockout. Several times in the succeesing rounds White was staggered by the blows rained on him, but in the end the ter rife punching drive back of the fa- nous White left hook turned the tide of battle.
 ShugTue Beats Flores
 Johnny Shugrue, the New Jersey lightweight, gained the decision over Elino Flores, Philippine lightweight, in the twelve-round semi-final. This provided one of the fastest bouts be- tween lightweights ever seen here. Judges Jack O'Sullivan and Andy Griffin and Referee Patsy Haley voted in favor of the Jersey City boxer af- ter a bout that was replete with thrills
 Both boxers were down in the course of the battle. Flores lost gold en opportunity to knock his rival out in the first round. The Philippine box CT fioored Shugrue with hard right to the jaw for the count of four. Shu- grue was groggy and almost out when he .regained his feet, but flores was slow in following his advantage and the Jersey City lad quickly recovered. In the second round Flores was warn- ed four times for hitting low
 Shugrue took the third and> fourth sessions and in the fifth with ter rife right to the jaw floored Flores for a count of nine. Shugrue tried to fin- ish his man, but the game little Phil ippine boxer fought back willingly and viciously until the bell. He was bleed ing freely from badly cut right ear. Shugrue had the better of spirited ex- changes which marked each succeed ing round to the twelfth. In the clos ing session Flores made a whirlwind finish and fought his rival to a stand still, but his final rally was not enough to turn the tide of battle in his favor.