The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-10

Olympia miller. winning four rounds
out OF six and giving Johnston his
first setback
Tho Tacoman had everything. lie
made Z monkey out OF the rugged
osympian In tho first five rounds OF
tho fight. Johnston's superior
strength and weight giving him an
even break IN the closing canto.
Rivers was at his best In the
fourth. when he danced around John
efon like phantom and pasted him
with everything but Jimmy Malona's
new spring hat
Ing Gordon Mckay. Coast middle
weight champion. who had an off
night In the main event with Joe
EAxan. the Boston miller. Neither
fellow hit hard enough 10 dent a
cream puff. and II was n slow fight
Eeither man would lead. and both
missed repeatedly. A draw decision
Vas the only possible verdict.
II was Mckay's poorest showing
since he won tho Coast tstie.
But back to the scmLwindup.
which Was by far the best bout OF
the night This young fellow Rivers
showed that he could take 'em and
give 'ern. too. Hes shifty. boxing a
u Mike Gibbons. and he knows how
To lead and how to counter.
II he isn't pushed too fast he
should make . good showing with
tho boys OF his weight in thea, parts.
Seattle fans have seen Johnston per
form a few times and know that trim
ming him is no easy task.
Rivers would make a good match
for Joe Harrahan IL the local pro
motors are looking for tip.
Another Tacoma boy made n good
showing last night In tho special
event -his youngsters name Is Ed
Eoterts and he's a husky wclter.
weight He gave Eddie Huse OF Cali
fnrn.a An awful wailoplng. Huss Is
y better catcher than Jack Adams.
- BE- didn't miss anythlne. Eddie
ruRnes from California. and so does
the ounce. A ounce. CLaricc. IN
SISTER 10 the lemon
Mickey Dempsey carried too many
guns fof Alvin Landon, the game
Seattle ilghtie. in the second bout
For two rounds they battled evenly.
but then Dempsey hooked Landon
with some hard swings and he piled
up big lead in the third round. In
the last session the Seattle entry
landed a stiff right hand that nearly
tcppled tho Portlandcr over. but
Dempsey rallied and evened Up the
round.
Marshall Foss. q rugged little
Tacoman, really beat Jimmy Smith.
another local mitt singer. In the
opener. but the bout was called a
draw.
Paul Shock refereed all Of the
bouts
Quite a crowd Of Seattle fans were
present at last nights glove fest
Heinie schumann. Tacoma weff-r.
win he busy young ring man dur.
ing the next couple OF weeks. He
win tackle Frank Barrfeau. the hard
hitting Canadian. In fo-round bout
in Vancouver. u. C.. a week from to-
night. and then he fights here again
on the following Thursday. Mckay
will box him here.
1t seems that Schumann was
weighed with his ring clothes on IN
Seattle when he boxed with Mckay
before and his weight was an
r1ounc~d at f55 pounds He weighed
here Thursday and tipped the beams
at 147.
Erzn ard Mckay WIN headrins
Tuesdays ring card in Seattle ~ the
pavilion. While these boys didn't DO
30 well In Tacoma last night. they're
both pretty clever with their dukes
and there's no doubt but what they're
evenly matched.
Matchmaker Jimmy Malone n
backing up the main 60 with n pretty
good card. featuring Joe Dunn. the
Portiander who gave George Tngie a