New-York tribune., 1922-01-21
Johnny Reisler
Loses Decision
To Herman
Coast Boxer Takes Honors
Over New York Boy i'm
Twelve Fast Rounds
By Jack Lawrence


haoe Herman. of California. out
pointed Johnny Reislcr, son Of John the
barber, in Il sizzling twelve-round bout
at Madison Square Garden last night.
ne hight was the only bright spot in
an exceedingly dull evening. Many of
those present thought that Rcisler de-
servco a draw, but Hcrman's fierce at
tack in the closing rounds earned him
slight edge.
In the eleventh and twelfth sessions
Re p'astered the New Yorker with fro
mendous blows on tho law md A..
wonder of it was that Johnny was able
10 stand up under the punishment. Tho
battle increased in fury as it drew n
close. and in the twelfth tho hovs
we're standing toe to toe and wha,;ny
away at each other Herman's wo;obt
was announced as 1877 pounds and Kcjs-
]cr l2z.
Inc other bouts were dull and unin-
seresting. Billy Marlowc was y;vor
inc decision over Battling Leonard in
eight dreary rounds. Freddie Jacks and
hud Chrlstiano fought slupginQ dra,r
1nd tloncy TAFT outpointed Tim
nrorny The calling of of the 1.vnch.
smith Tight which was to have hoo,
INC feature of the show, kept tho crowd
down to small proportions.
ne hrst round was Reislcr's. but in
lac second the Pacific Coast kid landed
:. se'.ss .S OF hard 'erts and rights to the
ei the BARRIERS son. JOHNNY seoo'oS "us
wing to take a few hard swats in
oloer TO get home his Lett. Tho th;rd
"pou! even. with the Babe doino
most OF the forcing. "''"s
Furious Mixup in Fourth
mere were furious mixups in the
couith round that gave the crowd ;ts
'rsr 81 excuse for cheering. Reislor
appeared to have the better of thcse
iaAieS although Herman kept boring
III. ne Babe took some terrific slams
-" :. ene ia" IN the fifth. and for a time
:, ~, looKed as though he Was on his wav
Nli'ie Lewis handed the Babe thc
ususi line of kindly advice between
Again in the sixth. the Californian
TOOK a paste on the chin that seemed
Tood enough to win the war. but It
merely urged the Babe on to greater
c7or's. Relsler started the chianti
flowing from the Babes nose. but be-
fore this session ended Herman hod
nearly cvened matters as the result
of fierce rally in Reisler's corner.
Herman socked Reisler with everv-
thing he had in the tenth and dro"e
him to the ropes. but the New Yorker
showed no signs OF quitting. Toward
the end of this session he pasted the
Babe couple but the honors wern
easily the Calfornian's
The eleventh and twelfth were each
s'am. bang affair that got the crowd
b the ears. They battled all owe. the
,'ag. both landing terrific jolts t., the
face and body.
Herman was awarded the judges de-
csion.
Decision for Battling Leonard
Inc show was opened with rather
un'Ateres ting eight-round affair be-
tween Billy Marowe and Battling
Leonard. Marlowe weighed 118 and
Leon7~d III. Marlowe started we'll
and did al the fighting in the frs
thr"f 'urds After that Leonard cauc
to Nfe and drove lefts and rights into
Mar we almost at will. II the seventh
the Rockaway fighter was almost rocked
10 sleep when LeonarH battered him
1ro" one corner to another He en-
countered another severe storm in the
elgnth. hut managed to weather it. The
- 60" Leonard the decision
There will never be any legal holidays
oeci9}cd IN honor of either one.
Fr"d'ir Jacks and Bud Chr:stiano
we're the next pair to annoy the audi
ence. Jacks has caulihower ear and
some interesting tattoo marks. Outside
O. tfat he hadn't thing in particular.
.rrisilano, VINO comes from Buffalo,
had q pair of dark violet trunks and
an obvious desire to please.
Jaoss fought as though he had
sod Nv NJ
1eatherweight turnstilcs. At times he
vs. almost on hands and knees In
the sixth Nate gave Christiano a drink
Of red stuff, and when the crowd yelled
" hats that?" Nate broke out one of
1hoSe blue-starred flags the W. C. T. u
Is giving away. 1t was a tough fight
TO watch. Joe Humphreys called it a
draw. Jacks weighed 131 and Chris
tiano 1876.
1ait Wins From Droney
The semi-fnal brought together IN
rfohey, ~ or Lancaster, Pa. and Clonic
'falt. of Minneapolis. Dronev scaled
135 and TAFT 1886. The second round
vas going along swimminely when Joe
Humphreys butted in and said that M
oldtield Crow was wanted on the tele
phone. The words were r. isunderstood
up stairs and two men fell out of the
top gallery in the rush to meet Grow.
lax ana Droney did their best to
make up for the shortcomings of the
two preceding bouts. They started
with murderous display CT pep. TAFT
looks like the real Mccoy. He has
hashlne left and a collected way of
gong about his trade. He's wicked
sharrshooter with left hand and could
ne NIT harder he'd be thoroughly dan
EeIous
He plastered Droncy plentifully in
snc IN; io9rth round, opening a cut over
MS right eye and driving mean swings
~ t"e vicinity of the automat. TAFT
.SoN some solid slams on the chin, but
they didn't seem to slow him up to
any perceptible extent.
no,h boys slowed down to a funeral
harcn h,a by the seventh round. Tat's
Droneys swings we're wild and inef-
aee1ual but always dangerous. TAFT
was was given the decision.