Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-09
KNOCKOUT
PUNCH INTERESTS FANS
WiImingtonians Look Forward
With Interest to Bout in
Phila. Friday Night.

The Philadelphia Record on Sun
day published the article below.
Bobby Barrett In well known In this
city. The article follows;
Tho fact that Bobby Barrett knocked
out Hyman Gold in three rounds. a job
that took Lew Tender seven rounds 20
perform, gave tho Delaware county
lightweight tho biggest boost of his
career. The knocking out OF Gold by
Barrett was so clean cut and mechsni-
cal a Job that even the greatest ad.
mirers OF the young California fighter
expressed surprise nj the workman
ship of the ed-haired lad and keen
disappointment over tho Hhortcom-
ing Of the Western battler. In the
bout between Tender and Gold the
hackers of the latter claimed that
the Philadelphian had fouled Hyman,
although tho followers of Tender
knew that previous TO that time Lew
had never been accused Of any dirty
! fighting. Barretts work against Gold
was even more remarkable In the
fact that Bobby really beat his man in
the first round. for the punch that ne
/ ff'N Aasihhh ~ AiitA RtAhVd Atth on tif
! fight out OF him and he never fully re-
covered his form TIL he got the finish
Ing touch IN tho third round. when
Barrett knocked him cold. Since that
contest, fight fans who never took
Barrett seriously have been trying
TO figure out where he gets his ter
rifle force he puts into his right ha nd
punches. for the Gold bout was not an
accident or n flUke by any means, as
Barrett has in his short career knocked
out many of his opponents by tht
same clean-cut. terrific punch, thai
when IL lands on a mans jaw puts tht
victims down and out. II is Just sucf
q blow as Johnny Kilbane can lant
when he wants to put it over, ant
those who saw Kilbane sock Wnli,
Jackson. Irish Patsey Kline and John
NY Mealey will remember that ~
just n case Of Bang, and this wa
out" for the entertainment ia owe
when the punch lands with Barrett
while he often fails 10 get his bes
punch to the point Of tho other man
! jaw. always tried 70 do the trick an
when he does tho spectators get hom
early.
Where the Force Comes From.
II is more than likely that Barret
, does not know just how no hits a ma
, with his right hand. and how he get
the force back of it. II he did. h
would be able TO put the blow owe
on any men he boxes, but he does no
Take his two bouts with Jimmy Sui
Ivan at Olympia and his second con
test with Johnny Nealey, also hi
bouts with Jimmy Murphy. In eac
OF the cases mentioned. Barrett trie
just as hard to get over his right han
to the jaw as he DID when no sent Hy
man Gold into dreanIand, only 70 fai
Students OF boxing who have watche
Barrett's work closely find little dit
;, fculty in accounting for the terr;f
+, punching power in his right han
/, just the instant before Bobby senC
that punch out he is set in a peculis
way that gives him a wonderful brat
for his right All the muscles of h
right side are in harmony and he
In a position which gives him for'
enough to almost knock a brick wa
III hOWu, 10 say DOInlnR Oh KNOCKING
rival boxed unconscious. Bobby
clumsy on his feet and very often
trying TO set himself for tho vicior
right-hand punch he seems awkwa
on his pins. But when he gets h
s distance right and his feet settled
can certainly send over a sleep pr
ducer which will finish any man
lands It on, no matter how heavy
may be. Barrett has been compar
TO Bob Fitzslmmons in boxing abilit
" But his enthusiastic admirer W
away off in his comparison, althou
the brace which Bobby gets for
right-hand punch might be compar
with the way that "Old Freckles"
himself for a shift from his right
IN his left, and which meant curtains |
anybody the deadly left landed on. E
the Fitzsimmons shift was a cultivat
punch that "F'itz' developed after 10
. practice. and which any young boa
can learn II he is industrious and /