New-York tribune., 1922-12-01


Knockout over Al neCoy IN tho. hitn
round. November "a. 1917. o'Dowd sub
.rceeutiv was relieved OF his ttle
rhsn he lost q decision 20 Johnny Will
son whose title IN turn vas recently
5reisred vacated BY the local boxing
corsmission and Rosenberg named as
tis successor on the strength OF a VIC
tory over Phil Krug.
A a result Of what happened In the
gink arena yesterday the welterweigh'
r,tuation IS By no means improved
poscuberV. never satisfying per
former At his best, was further handi-
capped By bad left hand Which nc
claimed to hsve fractured and when
was plainly useless a. a means o.
oFcrse. O'Dowd entered the ring look
Inc az IL he would not be abls 70 90
sve rounds. His face showed more
wears than his actual age. and he
secr,ed STIFF in the knees as he climbed
through the ropes.
Mike Shows Whirlwind Start
Plainly ODowd was far from right,
but whatever was wrong with him
,bv.irallv there was nothing the mat
- With his heart. With the elAng OF
.be bell Mike dashed In and net hos-
eoberV's rush and surprised the spec
tators By forcing he jewish boy about
he rirg and whaling at his body and
..a5 vri4b both hands while Dave kept
6is arms folded in defense. Little
Jaraee was done in this session, put
M "a champion was clearly entitled
la arv apparent honOrs IN the opener.
oDowd continued his aggressive
work in the second and while ne
eeened unable 20 bend his knees an9
moved after his man IN stif.legged
fsshion. he had Rosenberg on the run
ncst ~ the way and did most OF tne
s~orinr. though Dave occasionally
lasbed cot with a right uppereut that
riinpcd Nike on the jaw and Jared
him back but did not stop him from
II Wrs a miserable exhibition for a
acbampionship" affair thus far, par
.,eniarlv on Rosenb-rg's part, and II
errtaiuly got no better as u wore
long. The third round found Dave
tiu on the retreat and u seemed as
houah the Brownsville boy was IN
tent on permitting o'Dowd 70 hght
~n.cif ont. Mike had Rosenberg
hackipg I'D all the way IN the fourth
ne latter being active only OCCASION
sly for short spasms and relying on a
I.ftv right uppercut. In TINS round
4eiev warned Dave for the hrst time
.cainst hitting lew.
I'M the afth Rosenberg started on t1e
.-groesiye for the first time. lie
--arbt ODowd with a right hook as
hev came close. but Mike still bored
"a and before the round was over ne
7gain had his opponent baek-stepPing.
gofh were bleeding from the mouth a.
acy went 10 their Corners
Rosenberg Warned Second Time
trothcr downright uppercut b..
.osenbrrc brought second warning
-.on, the referee in the sixth. ODowd
lae sfill the aggressor, but II did not
.eem possiblc that he could MAINTAIN
he nace much longer. Rosenberg used
ID. ieft FOR the first time and hao no
t-ouble in landing, but he soon gave
eav again before the forcing OF the
,ame. but weary st. faul ooy'
Rosenberg was plainly much the
rsrrcr rs they came up for the sew
oh but he till fought back, mostly
,,biIc on The retreat He managed 70
I, sopc stiH blows TO the body as
Mic uresred in. The latter seetaeo
,rcttv weak on his pins as he walked
o ms corner This was the only round
+. which Rosenberg had any clear ad-
vantage. IL seemed certain thai
oDowd would wear himself out snd
rall over from exhaustion IN another
ronnd or two.
And then, i'm tho eighth round, came
th. cnd Rosenberg got over another
a eood right At tho start and for the
n 6rst time in the fight O'DoWd was the
one 10 hack up. Dave fought his mar
10 the ropes. where they mixed u, aho
ll.cn came another low right hand up
ncrcut and down went ODowd on Ms
idc Uo lay there more like a mar
,,tsnsled tkan ono who had been in.
iur.d by a foul blow; there was NJ
convulsivc movement Of the legs Of
body.
paddy Mullins. ODowd's manager
md bis seconds then dragged theii
nan 90 bis corner and Referee Haley
almost Immediately stepped 20 th'
center Of the ring and announced tha'
Roecnbcrc had been disqualified foi
fogline and that ODowd was the win
rer And 90 4he new "ccmmisslon'
champion was crowned.
Club Doctor Ycri6es Foul
Seen in his dressing rooms immedi
7tclv after the bout. O'Dowd plainly
was an in. DR.. James T. Thompson
the club physician appointed By th'
Boxing Commission, made hurled ex
am nation and declared that there wal
10 question that ODowd had beer
foulcd. lie admitted that there wa
no swelling and only n slight abra
sion apparent O'Dowi was barrel,
fbic TO talk.
In the losers dressing room Rosen
berg was most downhearted person
he showed little marks OF one whit
had been through hard eight-rOunS
battle. and judging from appearances
ne had not been seriously affected bl
any punishment that may have beer
handed him. He was less concerned
over his injuries. II any. than he wa
In railing az the Boxing Commission
81 told them I was IN no shape 4
feht.- complained the Jewish boy
Look At my hand" He held up hi
left wrist and thc member was plainl,
fractured. 81 couldn't use my left 20
dav. and 7 told the commission that
would be forced 10 fekt O'Dowd will
one hand The only satisfaction
cot was n stih warning that II I didn'
90 through with the tight my licensi
would be revoked and would be de
prived Of M title"
There Is this much 20 be said N con
nccti0n with yesterdays affair. Rosen
berr. Il must be conceded, was probably
In no condition fairly 20 defend hii
.itle. Nevertheless. II he had even {
reasonable amount OF ring intelligene'
with oDc hand alone he should haV'
beaten the O'Dowd who faced him
Another thing-before O'DOwd is per
mitted again 70 appear within th'
ropes he should be put through th'
severest kind Of a physical examina
ton. Otherwise. there is liable 20 b'
a fatality that will not do the boxins