Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-25
BARRETT VICTOR
BY GREAT G:|l' FINISH
Redhead Has yelling on Verge
Of Knockout in Seventh
Round
CLINCHING. SAVES JOSEPH
by LOUIS II. JAFFE

DOLBY BARRETT isn't a one
- handed fistman by any means. The
rcdhend distinctly proved that fnct last
night in the feature bout Mt Shibe Park.
when his loft hook. more so than his
deadly right. enabled him to leave the
ring victor Ivy shade against Joe
yelling. Of Chicago.
Lack Of experience. together with the
visc-likc .cllnching tnctics Of tAe Mid
die Westerncr. It appeared in the sew
enti round, robbed Barrett Of knock.
out. In that period yelling was in n
woozy condition. but he outguesscd
Barrett In making him miss, and at the
same time fell into numerous clinches,
20 that the Clifton Heights lad was un-
able to drive over the "crusher."
That seventh session was rather
stormy canto for the Windy City light
weight. 1t was a left hook, half turn
ing him around. that unbalanced Well
ing first, early in the round. and then n
right swing, a little too high up, made
Joe more dizzy.
Held Continually
But Joe's strongest asset in the ring
is his defensive tactics. He held on con-
tinually. falling into clinches almost as
soon as Referee William II. Recap
would separate them. Several times
Barrett shook his head in disgust townrd
his corner, from where shouts of Fin
ish i'm" emanated, intimating that
Welling's holding was too much for
him.
The eighth round also found yelling
suffering a lot of punishment around the
body and head. However. before the
session was over Barrett became somc-
what fatigucd and yelling finished up
with belated rally.
Barrett got into the winning at a
time when It looked as if he were being
hopelessly outclassed. When the bell
like certain victory for yelling.
whose inside work. short snappy upper
cuts and body blows helped him pile
up.a comfortable lead.
Yelling had lot Of respect for that
Barrett right, and continually had that
arm of Bobby's locked tight. But when
Rob got going in the seventh and con-
tinued his fast work In the eighth it
proved conclusively that the Redhead
has a quantity of stamina and is never
defeated until the bout is over.
Eddie Fitzsimmons, of New York,
proved tartar for Earl France, Of
California. and the Westerner failed to
win. although not beaten. for the first
time since appearing in matches In
Philadelphia. France displayed sufi-
cient cleverness from the distance to
give him a draw against the hard
punching Gotham southpaw.
1t looked rs If France were due for
n visit to the canvas on two different
occasions. but he came back strongly
each time. In the third a left to the
body almost doubled up Earl, and the
same glove to the jaw in the fifth BY
Fitzsimmons badly shook up the Cali
fornian.
Wagner Wins
Eddie Kid Wagner. local rising
featherweight, added Sammy Seiger. OF
New York, to his list of defeated when
the South Philadelphian came through
with rush in the last few rounds and
punched the visitor around ut pretty
lively pace.
frankie Conway, of Camden, stepped
into the ring as n substitute for Benny
Bcrris and under the circumstances he
put up a good exhibition against Joe
Of Gloucester. earning
draw by his fast finish.
The only knockout on the program
in the first set to when Ad
Stone. the hard-hitting marine. scored
n technical X. o. in the second round
against Eddie Hayes. OF Shenandoah.
The latter's seconds threw n towel into
tie ring after Hayes had been dropped
twice.