Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-01-26
FOUR GOOD
BOUTS FOUGHT
LEGION WINS PRAISE OF
SPORT ENTHUSIASTS
LAST WEEK
PILOT DECISIONS

llhVI DLSISlONC
First preliminary-Fre Kiel
of Wausau, and Leo Krieg of
Marshfield, four rounds to a
draw.
Second preliminary-Joe Doyle
of Racine. wins over Clifford
Shelley of Marshfield, in the
fourth round. Shelley outfought
and bout stopped by the referee.
Semi-fnal-Jack Zalice of
Milwaukee, and Joe Birch of
Milwaukee, ten rounds to a
draw
Final Matty Smith of Ra-
cine, and Al. Dale of Kansas
City, ten rounds to draw.
Matty Smith demonstrated himself
as quite favorite with the crowd
at the Rothschild auditorium last
Thursday evening in his bout with Al.
Dale of Kansas City, at the second
of the boxing contests put on by the
local post of the American Legion.
But he failed to give the crowd what
it expected. Matty Smith played
waiting game which probably lost
him the shade over his opponent Both
men started out cautiously, Smith
Gus left hook, and Dale uncertain as
to just what he was up against.
1t was Dale's second fight in Wis
consin under the state boxing rules,
which differ from those in the south
and west, and he took no chances.
Matty's long experience in the ring,
well over two hundred bouts, showed
in his generalship and the way he
handled himself Dale forced the
lighting but often failed to follow up
advantages that an accurate and eff
fective left often gained for him
Speed Evident
The bout was fast from the start
and when Smith took the offensive to
the sixth, the speed of both men in
landing occasional punches became
evident. At close range Smith proved
himself best, landing rapid blows in
an attempt to wear down his oppon-
ent and get in haymaker. The Kan
sas City boys long reach and wicked
left stood him in good stead in
blocking the others attempts to get
in finish blow.
The first two rounds were even In
the next three Dale cut loose with
some steam that gave him the advan-
tage while Smith satisfied himself with
clever defense. Then apparently
feeling that it was time to make up
for lost time he turned the tables
and pushed his end of the game hard
His pep lasted until the ninth, which
came out even as did the last round
Smith took his punishment with less
visible effect that did Dale whose face
was well marked up.
G,an l1@x
lice and Joe Birch, both of Milwau-
kee, was interesting for the fans. Both
men started out as cody as if their
thoughts We're elsewhere, but never
theless, they worked with speed.
Birch worked completely around the
ring, following the ropes and often
coming at Zalice from across the mat
with his left extended and landing
on his man with a sort of running
broad jump.
Take Punishment
Both men took a ( lot of punish
ment, Birch getting the most of it
and always apparently willing for
more. Zalice got in cleaner blows
and had more force behind them
when they landed, but the other lad
took everything that came his way
and in return got in a rev that count
ed.
The Skelley-Doyle bout was stopped
in the fourth round by Referee Joe
Steinhauer when the latter had the
Marshfield lad completely played out
after minute and a half of the
round. Shelley started out with some
expert lodging that had Doyle guess
ing for the first round In the sec
ond he solved the puzzle and broke
through Skelley's guard easily. Skel-
ley started the third considerably
weakened and was able to put up but
little defensive against Doyles on
slaught The bell saved him just in
time.
The Racine boy rushed the fight
ing at the sound of the gong for the
fourth and inside of minute had
Shelley on the floor. He got up at
the count of nine but was practi-
cally defenseless and the referee
stopped the bout to avoid a knock
out. Doyle outweighed Shelley and
the latter was much overmatched, so
while some consider the result tech
nically a knockout, it does not re-
fleet greatly ton Skelley's ability.
Thrills Furnished.
The first preliminary was a rather
CORY affair, looking much worse than
it actually was but furnishing thrills
for the spectators. Fred Kiel of Wau-
sau, started with a sore lip and Leo
Krieg, the Marshfield boys blows
started the blood flowing freely. 1t
looked like knockout for the first
round Krieg was cautious and Slip
ped some effective punches through
KiePs rather wild work, having him
Keeling when the gong sounded.
The second round started the same
way. Kitl retained the beginners
reckless disregard of consequences
and Krieg's caution again gave him
an edge for the first half After that
the local boy began to concentrate
his hits and demonstrated all there
is in the second wind theory. He