Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-31
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at Fort; Bridges
X. O.s Jack CdrbOne
Welsh Puts Kid Lyon Array
McCIGin and Athey in
EUen Scraps.
By HEZE CLARK.

Failing to open up until the last lew
rounds of their twelve-round bout, Tom
my league Of Muncie and Freddie Boorde
Of indianapolis boxed a draw last night
at the FIT. Benjamin Harrison weekly
fight show. 1t was a tame affair; that
gentle, but the last three rounds resem-
bled a real battle. The boxing fans
were not satisfied with the work of the
two lightweights.
What the main go lacked in pep"
the other three bouts made up. and il
boxers lost by the knockout route and
one preliminary was q draw.
The Boorde-reague. affair should have
proved one Of the best bouts put on
did not get going early. Both are with
out question clever NIT artists, and II
was difficult for either to land, but
when they did hit their punches lacked
steam at the start. The first three
rounds were a draw. Boorde came
rounds. gaining a slight edge by long
range boxing. At the start of the sew
enth round both men were warned by
the referee to open up and show the
crowd some fighting. In the seventh,
eighth and ninth rounds they did i'm
prove. 1t was in the tenth. eleventh
and twelfth rounds that they really bat
tied. In those three rounds both Boorde
and league showed what they could do.
league outfought Boorde In the clinches
during most of the battle, but Boorde
landed with more regularity in open
boxing.
All this talk of Bobbie Bridges being
a clever boxer without a punch was put
into the discard last night. Bridges. just
as clever as ever. II not more so. showed
he had developed a punch. In fact the
punch was so strong that II resembled
a kick when his padded NIT landed on
Jack CarbOnes Jaw In the first round.
1t was a scheduled eight-round fight,
but Bridges got busy in the opening
inning and CarbOne was out-classed In
every department Of the boxing game.
except gameness. Carbone, a wel-trained
young athlete who weighed In three
pounds under Bridges weight. had the
reputation of carrying a sleep punch in
either hand. Bridges, noted for his
cleverness. but not for his ability to hit
hard, was not expected to stop Car
bone, who had a reputation Of being
able TO stand punishment. .
Ray Welsh stepped into the center Of
the boxing spotlight last night when he
stopped Kid Lyon in the third round of
the scheduled six-round bout 1t was 2
good scrap while II lasted. The first
round was q draw. Welsh had a shade
in the second round. Then came the
haymaker and Kid Lyon took a long
count. He was out the instant Welsh's
right hit his jaw, but he was dOubly out
when he fell back hard on the canvas
covered floor. These boys are light
weights.
Two w~elterweights boxed a four-round
preliminary that was worth while. Kid
McClain Of Fl. Harrison and Jess Athey
OF the Sharkey Athletic Club Of Indian
apOlis, went to a good draw in four
rounds Of fast milling. Never have two
boxers showed more willingness to mix
1t than did this pair. McClain lad the
edge in the first round. The next two
rounds were a draw while Athey had the
best Of the last round.
Two kid boxers opened the show
with q three-round bout. John Green
D defeated Chicago Red, the Fight
ing Newsboy." Rights and lefts to the
face nearly took all the lighting out Of
Chicago Red.
Happy McHenry of Montpelier, Ind,
telegraphed q challenge to the winner Of
the Teague-BOorde bout. Chuck Wig
gins, who appears in the main bout at
Fit Harrison April 6, was introduced to
the boxing fans last night.