New-York tribune., 1922-01-19
Local Amateurs
F'ail to Score
Over Visitors
Ha'nm and Rovcsii, of Pitts.
burgh, and Gartcn, of
Philadelphia, Are Victors
By lack Masters

Pittsburgh boxers won the lion.
snare OF honors at the opening Of the
'"o-day intercity amateur hoxing tour.
nament in Madison square Garden
last night. while the highly toutcd local
0oAs were rclegated to ,ne BACKGROUND
Vf V'f the three final bouts contested tho
smoky City lads won two and PhiIadsl
phia got the other.
including the open class a total ~
seventeen bouts were offered crowd
OF a,OOO persons, no less than ton r.
INC eNhlhltions terminating abruptlv
via the X. O. route. ''''S
John llamm, of PITTSBURGH. who
sports the national hyweight title
pcrlormcd clcverly in touncing MAJ,
Soroes, Boston, in the final Of his class
1oroes was willing mixer. and al
'nough several inches shorter in
stature than the champion, made
sizzling fight of it all the way.
u"mm has great pair Of arms ard
nc reached the Boston boys face and
punches. They naycd eac other
,hroughout the entire three rounds
but the Pittsburghcr was never in
danger of losing the decision.
Dan Garten. Philadelphia. the 1876
pound national Champion showed I'M,
proved form in the final and made
ond round. Morrelo was n spectacle
as he left the ring. There was hardly
square inch Of his face which was
not covered with blood.
Plttsburgh scored again in the final
or the 147-pound class, when Jack
Rovesti beat Charlie Hahn. a local
boXer IN thrilling slugeing match
Hahn packs a mans size WALTON in
either hand. He landed often enough
TO give Rovesi many unhappy mo-
mcnts, but Jack wcathered several
storms and in the final round had Hahn
on the verge of a Knockout
Rovesti won by his ability to shake
off the hard ones. but he was far more
scientific than his opponent. often
dancing out of danger. Hahn was all
in when the final bell rang
Jabbng his way to clean cut VIC
tory, Charlie McKcnna, New York State
champion, defeated George Allen. of
Boston in the preliminary Of the 1853
final bell Charley bobbed Aliens
head back with a stinging left. The
wonder Of it was that Allen assimilated
so much punishment.
Mckcnna IS very much improved
boxer. and he cut the game visitors
face in several places. The slaughter
ended after thirty-onc seconds in the
third round, when Allen dropped in his
own corner under fuslladc Of blows
The elimination of Ed Riley. p local
negro fighter, was ono of the. SURPRISES
OF the evening. John Morrello. A feath-
erwclght from Boston, was directly re-
snonslble for the downfall of RILEY. for
after poor start, the visitor clearly
outlought the negro, who got into iii
favor with the crowd because OF his
rough tactics. The decision was pop-
ular one. F'
The first four bouts, all confined 20
loca boys, ended ouicklcv, none
getting past the second round and nil
being confined to the 175-pound class.
Fred Land. Rronxdae a. c., and Char
lie kuay, Clark House A. C., orcned the
SHOW, the first act ending when Fred
landed wicked right to Charles un-
protected jaw.
Mike Walsky. Pastmc A. c.. followed
by putting ono Vincent Spieriro, Rrli-
ance a. c., out Of tho fracas after one
minute and twenty eight seconds OF
fast fighting. Ed Hcaly, the Pastimc
A. {. "bcarcat," needed only forty-four
seconds to send Martin Levinson. an
unattached boxer. to dreamand. and in
the next bout Frank Kobbele, National
A. c., knocked out Wally Hart also Nm.
attached, in the second session.