Newark post., 1922-01-18
On the Sport FieId
!, E. Smoker e! ,
y A Big Success
.~,Was Crowded. for Big
l@o,. @r''.nt Lefty Smith
Gains Decision

-, neople Of Newark ana
l,,, l.,1 'as are strong for the :, smoker,
d'n.' p, Nv Co. E, Of the local National
assa " was evident from the large
s''u,' ., Of the affair last Friday
~. s.'t =. bout went on every seat was
p, I'D many persons had to stand
'''n a.sont sn the performance. The pro-
'''us" m.s we'll arranged, there not
on w. =. dull moment. When there
Ss ~ a wrestling or boxing num-
o ,ssrs NV was music, the Continental
Y =, 1 snd Poole and Mercer furnish
'as .. 'ru musical end of the program.
I.' w mosquito Championship of
Luz l',,n still stands open for Hippo
s.r ,,,sJ and B. Denney went through
WV minutes of wrestling without
,HI W. This bout was probably one Of
~ ssst enjoyed by the large audi
nr these two little lads showed
\ n d, Of speed and science.
~ !. ,he second bout of the wrestling
..,,,m. :. ON Rip Smith, $50 pounds, OF
es s,ssrs, and Joe Everett, 16o pounds,
'r rtto,, came together and the
J, lad BY sheer strength threw his
',rlsnd rival in s minutes with an
:. loss The bout started with
sts going like flash and he SEEM
IN i daze the Elkton grappler with
,,eed, The only time Everett had
.,,rce was when he got a toe hold
Ms local "rassler" but Smith soon
.,s this and in a short time had
!. onponent's shoulders pinned to
Be mat i.
I,k Kelley won the third bout OF
!, evening when he dropped Bill
,,noe with a full Nelson after 5
,,p,es Of whirlwind wrestling.
The wind-up was the only bout OF
i, evening scheduled to go to fall
"A i took sixteen minutes OF hard
rrk for Ernie Cornog, of Newark,
vghing 1870 pounds, to pin the
smlders of Lew Robinson, of Elkton,
pighing the same, to the mat. This
r, the feature wrestling event OF
h program and Robinson had sew
al Elkton rooters up with him but
seir encouragement went to naugh1
b the local lad had the best of the
,snh throughout. The fall wa!
aimed with deadlock after both thu
asstants had been in perilous posi-
ins on several different occasions.
Referee Jim King announced tha
be first boxing match of the evening
uud be between Sam Reed ant
Chick Clark, both of Newark. Ree'
ssred off like winner but in tn
:..l two rounds Clark came acros
Nth some singing blows and earne
he popular decision. All the boxin
xuts we're over the four round routt
The second event on this end Q
l he program was between P. Keele
nd Howard Reed. The former wa
be favorite but Reed through nj
niger reach carried off the first tw
FUNDS while the last two were abot
wen.
There was a lot Of weight in tt
ing in the third bout when Butte
Riley and K. o. frankie Brown, tv
&sl heavies, took the ring. Bot
ase boys sent over some stl
punches but when the fourth rour
vas over they were both ready
quite for their condition for boxir
ms not very good. 1t would be ma
spick winner in this bout and T
Aa decision would be a draw.
The Fighting Barber" swung
ncked pair Of fists in his bout WI
tll Dixon and the bout was stopp
u the third round.
Lefty Smith, who without a doul
the best boy in the local fighti
sicle, came out on top in his be
With Dewey Reed. Smith seem
atshed to take things easy un
Near the end of the bout and then
cut loose and let Reed have a I
tAd wallops gaining the popu
decision.
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