The New York herald., 1922-08-23

GENARO Is AWARDED
VERDICT OVER VILLA.
Filipino Flyweight Carries
Fight to His Rival but Judges
Decide Against Him.
BY CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

BY CHARLES r. MATHIsON.
Pancho villa. tho sensational fly
weight from the Philippines. was de
clared the loser last night at Ebbeti
Field after thrilling encounter OF ter
rounds with Frankie Genaro OF New
York. The Filipino carried the fight t.
his opponent every minute or the en-
gaGement, did the major part OF The
leading and without question landed al
often and moro effectively than thu
Italian.
Villa had Genaro In trouble severa
times during tho bout and the New
Yorker was almost constantly running
backward to escape the onslaughts o.
Villa.
The contest was marked by excellen
boxing on both sides. Genaro excellni
In defense while Villas attack was per
sistent and effective. 1t was probably
the most interesting bout that has beei
staged In a long time and 1t was unfortu
nate that the encounter should be marret
by so 'palpably an erroneously unjust
decision.
Villa weighed l09A pounds. while
Genaro tipped the beam at 110h pounds
The judges were Patsy Haley and
>Charles Meeghan and the referee wal
Artie McGovcrn. Two out of this trio
decided that Genaro was the winner.
A practical joker sought to add bi'
Of excitement to tho occasion by turn.
Ing out the ring lights at frequent In.
tervals. Tho ring was temporarily dark.
ened during the third round OF the Perl.
stein-Madden bout. again while Flores
and Clifford were getting the instructions
Of Referee Jack O'Sulivan and again
while Hausner and O'Gatty were wait
ing for the bell for the ninth round
The first two rounds were devoted
largely to sparring. but in the third
villa. who carried the fight to tho New
Yorker. landed a few solid lefts to the
face. Genaro responded vigorously
Villa shot a stiff left to the stomach
In the fourth and Genaro retaliated
with rights to the head. Genaro was
doing a great deal OF clinching. There
were lively exchanges in the fifth. each
getting home with solid thumps to the
face and body.
villa Sets Fast Pace.
Villa forced the pace in the sixth
hammering Genaro with heavy lefts tc
the face and body Genaro was tired
at the bell. villa continued his ag
grcssive work In the seventh, driving
Genaro all about the ring and plying
him with heavy shots to the body ant
face.
The eighth was marked by heavy ex
changes. in which Villa was usually
the aggressor. Villa pounded his op
ponent all about the ring In the nintf
and landed effectively.
The tenth was hummer. both night
inc furiously to the close. with villa
doing the most effective work.
Tommy Madden. South Brooklyr
heavyweight, who looks Ike Jo'
Beckett. the English champion, bu
fights much better than the Briton, gave
Yussell Perlstein, the champion O.
Palestine a drubbing In the four rount
opener.
Flores stops Clifford.
While Elmo Flores. the lightweight
champion or the Philippines. and Eddie
Clifford OF Greenpoint were In th'
center OF the ring taking instruction.
from Referee Jack O'Sullivan the SANE
humorist again turned out the rinl
lights. 1t was several minutes pefor'
the bout could be started.
Clifford proved to be the TOUCHES
boy the Filipino has faced In thii
country. Clifford started off with
rush In the first round and landed
several heavy left handlers on Flores''
face. 1t took the Filipino another
round to solve Clifford's style. and theT
he began to shoot in heavy rights tt
the body and lefts to the head.
In the third round Flores landed 9
sharp left hook to the face and fol
lowed with a straight right to the jaw
putting Clifford down for count o.
nine. Clifford struggled to his feet
but he had been rendered practically
helpless by the blows and Flores agar
sent him to the floor with a shower
or rights and lefts to the jaw.
Clifford would have been counted out
at this time but the bell ended the
round at the count Of eight. Clifford
was shaky when he came to the center
OF the ring at the beginning Of the
fourth round and Flores sent him tc
the canvas with heavy right to the
Jaw, where he was counted out. The
time of the last round was forty sec.
onds.
Jack Hausner Of Coney Island and
Packey O'Gatty of New York tusslet
about the ring for ten tiresomc round:
and the judges declared 1t n draw
Neither has any boxing skill to speal
OF and both are deficient in punching
power. Hausner had q slight advantage
on points.
Babe Herman OF California and Ed
die Brady of Brooklyn saddened the on
lockers with a distressing exhibition o.
effective clnching and Ineffective hitting
Brady got the decision at the end o.
the tenth round.