Arizona republican., 1922-01-24
BY ED HARRINGTON

Billy Alger stopped Jimmy Marshall
in the seventh round of a scheduled
10-round bout at the Coliseum last
night, but Billy had to fight every
second to stop the Sacramento lad.
Billy opened every round by shoot
ing his right to Marshalrs jaw with
every ounce Of power behind his
blow and Marshall took 'em and
bored in. Billy worked the rabbit
punch overtime and the continual
hammering on Marshalls neck
weakened him until he collapsed in
the seventh frame. Twice Marshall
stod toe to toe with Alger and held
his own at slugging and he had Billy
worried in the fifth when the bell
sounded.
Every time Alger landed on Mar
shall's face he raised a welt until
Jimmys physiog resembled a straw
berry festival. Billy was sending his
hardest blows to Marshalls jaw and
he realized that he was up against a
boy who could take them. Several
times he had Jimmy groggy on the
ropes and each time the coast boy
came out fighting. Marshall worked
into a clinch where he hammered on
Algers stomach while Billy pounded
with rabbit punch. Alger hit Mar
shall harder than he smacked Pena
when the Mexican boy went to sleep,
but the best he could do was stager
Marshall until he got him on the
ropes in the seventh and hammered
him TO the floor with rights and lefts.
In the third round Alger missed
two hard right swings and each time
Marshall took the opening to shoot
straight lefts to Billy's jaw. His
blows lacked steam and Alger was
right back with his terrific right.
The fifth round was the best num-
her OF the scrap. The boys opened
with an exchange of blows at short
range with Marshall holding his own.
They battled close for several Sec
onds and went into a clinch where
Alger pounded MarshalPs body and
neck. Alger complained that Mar
shall was using his elbow in the
clinches and the referee separated
the fighters. Marshall caught Alger
with a left uppercut and again they
started slugging Jimmy backing AL
ger towards the ropes with both
fighters swinging hard at the bell.
Alger took five rounds and one was
even UP to the seventh when Mar
shall collapsed under a fusillade OF
right and left hand blows to the head
and body.
Marshall is the toughest boy Alger
win meet in many days. While Billy
had a big edge on Marshall from the
start Jimmy would probably have
weathered through the 10 rounds ex-
cept for the rabbit punches that
weakened him into submission. No
lightweight who ever fought in a
local ring took blows on the jaw as
hard as Alger hammered Marshall
last night and came through under
the bombardment. In the clinches
both boys fought hard using every
thing they could bring into play.
There were few idle seconds in the
six and half rounds.
Alger and Marshall weighed in
Yesterday afternoon Alger making
1873 pounds and Marshall 1S6 pounds.
Billy outclassed Marshall, but Mar
shall's experience stood him Well
and coupled with a, tough Jaw he
gave Alger one real fight
Joe Grim kayos Another
Joe Grim kayoed Jack Haines in
the second round of the semi final !
Joe simply pounded Haines to sleep.
but Jack showed several flashes of
real fight and at one stage had Joe |
in a bad way and willing to hang on.
Haines appeared a little frightened
while he was in the ring and was not
disposed to mix 1t with Grim. After
Joe planted a couple Of hard rights
on his jaw Haines was willing to lay
off the toe to toe business.
A left hook to the jaw floored
Haines in the second round and Ref
cree Dixon stopped the bout to save
Haines unnecessary punishment.
1t was Grim's fourth kayo in five
fights.
That Butterfly Life
Two huskies who were introduced
as Indian Wind. better known to the
braves camp as The Butterfly, and
Young Kevis. staged a four-round
special that was supposed to be a
grudge affair. The boys started
fighting on the street few days ago,
but decided it would be better to
gather in few shekels and avoid
arrest by working under prize ring
rules After four rounds the fans
were wishing they had been arrested.
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