Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-12

Two k%nockouts featured the Arm1-
stlce day card which the American
Legion staged Saturday night at the
Grand theater before a holiday crowd
that nearly filled the house.
Both were in the fifth round. jimmy
Delaney of st. Paul laid Eddie Richards
of Portland low in the main event
after outclassing the coast fighter all
the route and Battling Leidle of Hell
ena slipped a right on Canadian Car
ter's jaw which settled the evening
for the latter. This was the semi
final. In the six-round preliminary.
Dixie Lahood of Butte earned a clear
decision over Billy Quilter of Great
Falls, annexing thereby the bantam
weight title of the state.
Tt was evident from the time that
Delaney and Richards stepped into the
ring that the mill was to be a boxer
paired against d fighter. Delaney was
all over the ring, jabbing Richards in
the face and bewildering him with his
speed. Richards is a hitter and no
mistake. but he could not reach the
st. Paul boy, who had him swinging
wild most of the time.
End Came In Fifth
A wicked left to the body caught
Richards in the first frame and his
face was an elaborate pantomime of
agony. The blow shook him badly and
slowed him up UNNECESSARILY. The end
was not entirely unexpected. when it
came in the fifth. Delaney had scored
a Touchdown early in the round, drop
ping Richards with a right to the jaw.
Richards was dazed, but rose to his
knee and took the advantage of a 8
count, shaking his head the while to
clear himself mentally. Delaney was
quick to take advantage of the action
and began raining blows. Richards
was groggy and gamely swinging, but
so wild that he was saved only by
hanging on.
Delaney persisted for a knockout,
pushing his opponent away and meas
uring him for the last blow. A quick
right to the head and q left to the
chin finally did the business. and Rlch-
ards slid TO the canvass He was
making tremendous effort to recover,
and staggered to his feet. ready to re-
sumo Just after the count of 10. De-
laney was probably the happlest man
present that he got up a fraction OF a
second too late. An old sprain with a
loose middle knuckle got into action
after he Chit Richards in the second
round. and was giving him all sorts or
trouble for the rest of the going.
Richards showed to the best ad-
vantage in the fourth round. when
could be called even. In this frame
he seemed to have recovered from his
body jar of the initial canto, ana was
getting them by Delaney's blocking
delaney looked slower than usual in
this round.
leidIe and Carter
In the semi-final Battling Leidle and
Canadian Carter put up their usual
slam bang fray, each of them missing
at least three times the number OF
blows aimed. The first round ooked
slow. with Leidle well within a crouch
and appearing clumsy. Round : found
the bows mixing better, however, witt
Leidle coming out of his shell. Both
were wild. The third frame found bot1
men swinging, starting with manlacal
swings which rarely found a mark AND
which would have been complete wltn
somersaults.
In the fourth Leidle opened up ano
was slamming an avalanche OF nay
makers on Carriers chin. the Canadlal
drawing them by sticking his face ou'
Mt n precarious angle. Twice Carter
hands went down to the canvas and ne
stopped to have the rosln wiped OF
drawing derisive boos from the GROVE
who we're having their first touch OF
Knockout fever of the evening. Inc
round ended with both men banging a
each other at top speed.
Round < was fhe finale. Ieidle start
ed the leading and inside of less time
than it takes to tell it they were at Il
hammer and tongs. Leidle got a pan
of punches to the head through which
shook Carter and then called it cur
tains'' for the Lethbridge battler witt
n right to the Jaw. Carter looped &c
land on a shoulder and ankle and rolled
over on his back for the full count. be
ing carried from the ring.
Dixie Lahood won the lis pounc
Icrown of the state from Billy QullteI
Of Great Falls in the preliminary, Mike
Gibbons refereeing the scrap. rms
bout was scheduled for a hall dozer
rounds and was the only n to go fht
fnll ticket. Lahood simply outclassed
the local boy, but he did not outgame
him one iota. Quilter stood up to a io1
nf punishment and Iahood couldn't put
him away although Billy was groggy IL
the fifth.
Lahood started to claim a foul in the
fourth, but Gibbons did not see 1t ina
way and turned the Butte boy around
bidding him to get in and go.
Fred Andretta officiated as referee II
the main go and Bill Fiuhr of Belt die
the chief honors in the semi flnal-
The main bount by rounds:
ROUND |
Delaney landed the first blow. slip
ping a left hook onto Richards jaw
Delaney was feeling his man put. dane,
ing around, and looking cautiously foi
an opening. He landed a solid left K
Richards chest and jabhed a light LEFT
to the jaw. getting away like a flash
Richards then landed his first rea
blow, a left to the jaw. Delaney feint'
ed and crashed a left into the body
which caught Richards in the pit, hurt.
ing him badly and slowing him. De.
laney landed another left to the heae
before the bell. Delaney's round.
ROUND 2
Delaney scored q trio of light iabs
with his left to Richards face and fol
lowed with a left to the body. Rich.
! ards blocked a left aimed at his body
and missed a right to Delaney's head
Richards blocked another lead ant
then Delaney scored q left to the jaw
and right to the body. They eiinchet
and Richards scored a right jab to tht
hn.l after tbs hreak Dp1aney missed