New-York tribune., 1922-02-18

sell. and at times was Cazcd by tho
mild attacks Of the challenger.
Either man would have been easy
nckins for any of the men whose names
re inperlshablc in weltcrwcight his.
t0ry.
Shade weighed 144 and Britton la6.
The boxing public had apparently
seused the fact that the bout was to
10 without fireworks, for the Garden
vas only partly h.lcd.
Britton's Clcvcrness Missing
Brtton's vsunted clovorness was en-
.irely missing, as werc most Of tho
Flows hc aimed. Ills left hand was
ohe only weapon nc had, aud this was
a weak one. Shade beat him to the
punches snd landed three drives for
every one the champion slipped over.
TO od-timers who recalled the days
OF WoIcott, Ryan, Mccoy and other
famous men of this division this So
called championship battle WAS a sad
sssr.
in the senli-hnal Pepper Martin was
awarded questionable decision over
Tommy Noble In the preliminaries
Eddie frtzsimmons heat Jimmy Han
Ion and Andy Palmer won over Jimmy
OGatty.
Arena Only Half Filled
When Andy Palmer and Jimmy
0Gatty opened the show the Garden
was only half filed. There were tho
usual vacant seats close to The ring.
which are held for the REGULARS" and
Which are never thoroughly populated
until the final bout is pat on But
sack Of these select seats were rows
empty chairs that remained without
occupants throughout the evening.
The upper galleries, where one finds
the talent that gets as much enjoyment
out Of mean preliminary as from a
championship encounter, we're thinlv
populated. It was probably the slim
rest throng that has seen a really big
SHOW at the Garden since boxing be-
csme legslized.
While the crowd Was small it was
enthusiastic and it found even some
thing to cheer about in the opening
encounter, which was dull and abso-
lutely without fireworks.
Jimmy O'Gatty, Of the East Side,
lost q questionable decision to Andy
Palmer in their bout. O'Gatty weighed
l53 and Palmer 1874.
Palmer did most of the leading and
used Il wicked left to great advantage.
There were times when it seemed AS
though ne had g knock out at his glove
tips, SO to speak, but he was never able
70 put over the slam that would have
finished his opponent.
Titzsimmons Beats Hanlon
L6dle FitzSimmons of Yorkville
and Jimmy Hanlon. Of Denver, fought a
Wild and woolly battle in the second
affair. The action in their bout helped
considerably to lift the pail of melan-
choly that seemed to hang over the
Garden. Fitasimmons weighed 1861
and hanlon, 1864 Fitz was given the
decision at the end OF the slam, bang
affair.
They slashed into each other in the
first round at furious clip and the
pace never reccded Each boy had
murder il his heart and he went out
to make killing. 1t was one Of those
freefo all affairs that gets the wild
boys upstairs by their caulifowcr ears
sitzsinmons had his port lamp closed
carly in the fight. but it relieved him
Of none OF his steam. He tore into
the Denver boy with everything he had
and in the sixth round had Hanlon
battered to the ropes and taking the
YorAvillc boys punches as fast as he
could
The gameness of Fitzsimmons won
the crowd When the eighth round
opened his left eye was completely
Closed, but he was still tearing in with
al the pep he had shown in the first
round
IN this session Hanlon, in a toe-to-
zoe mlx.up shot over voley of lefts
ana rights that almost carried Fitz
Oh ms pins, but the Yorkvillc kid
Teathered the gale
Lngiishman Surprises Martin
Feppcr Martin sailed into Tommy
'ooie 'he Englishman. with all his ac
..us'oned pep N the scmi-hnal, and
-of moment 1t looked as though a de
s: s'oIo. might be reached in the first
minute. h he Englishman was amazed,
D.., W.. hot frightened. He came back, and
w'en sharpshooting left and swing
..e ''gnt ne slammed Pepper to the
canvas In the second he knocked
;eppei down again, and when this ses-
-ng on.
sam Gompers became 50 acitated
SS,sel 'Nls scrap that he almost fell off
u, rlngside chair.
,.t, tmartin opened up cut over Mobiles
.s gt eye and the glim was all but
n"S used Noble showed lots of clever
s.u. .ls ana some ability in the matter of
y. ,.a"opine Jack Dempsey arrived in
.Is .Se .n'rd round, but the two kids in
s,se WV I1ne were travelling so fast that the
cb.r bnu had TO eyes for the heavyweight
jjss,hplon jss,. pn He was accompanied by
'sss kearns and Midget Smith.
t.ras 30 Sne m fourth round Pepper plas-
pl..II Nooie on the Jaw with g furry of
Tasoush let's and rights that sent
ov;a!y ;amy TO the mat. He was taking a
rs,.. sr. count when the bell rang. In the
Al, ,,'a inc tngllshman slammed Martin
~, ~ ose1 the ring and had him on the
-" when the bell sounded.
Pepper Awarded Decision
os TIoole Ilee Jared Pepper" with q series
a;.Ssu nato Slams in the seventh, and the .
Inc sAsn "a opened up with a storm of fy- (
soS Martin, though tired, finished strong
,o.. was battling furiously when the /
came to close. The decision was
'*arded Martin.
i.,hsik.ey u'ckey Walker, the Elizabeth thun-
No.. ooi'' was introduced before the main
sss 7 an sId so was Midget Smith, who
or, al II, dressed up in Max Marks's
G,ri. willie Jackson, who fights at the
and aen monday night, was introduced
.bror.I,he Ihen Jack Dempsey climbed
Chez sh the ropes and got a great
g., as ne shook hands with MIDGET