The New York herald., 1922-12-18
WELTER CHAMPION
TO BOX OUT OF GLASS
Walker to Meet Krug, Mid
dleweight, in Newark
Armory Bout.
ny CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

Following the example of several other
title holders. Mickey Walker, who
snatched the welter laurel wreath from
the venerable brow of Jack Britton. will
go out OF his class at the beginning Of a
campaign In defense" of his champion
ship. He will also box a decisionless
contest In his first match since winning
tho title His opponent will be Phil
Krug, a middleweght. who is restricted
to 1545 pounds at 3 p. NJ. and as Krug
could not win the championship even II
he stopped Walker 1t can be seen that
the Elizabeth youths honors are not
menaced. The bout will be staged to-
night In the Newark arrnory. The con-
test should be interesting, for both men
are Of combative disposition and can hit
with impressive force. Krug Is better
boxer than Walker, and Is especially ef-
fective In counter hitting, but the cham
pion is a bit more aggressive than the
Harrison man and will keep moving
forward with greater persistency.
II Walker defeats Krug he Will gain
the prestige Of victory over middle
weight, which may have terrorizing
effect on Dave Shade. Yet 1t VIII not
prevent the California welter from press
ing his claims to a title match.
Jersey patrons of boxing will witness
another good bout tonight when Johnny
Curtin boxes Abe Friedman at the Arena
A. c.. Jersey City. Curtin's form in the
Garden when he stopped Johnny Kaiser
In jigtimc would seem to presage VIC
tory over the former Harlemite.
h The refusal OF either Joe Lynch or
Midget Smith to meet the Jersey BAN
tam in the ring will have a tendency to
send the latter's stock soaring. and
there will be considerable demand for a
meeting between Curtin and Lynch Tor
the title.
Jack Bulger. manager of Mickey
Walker, and Hugh Garland. the man
ager of Phil Krug. are brothers-in-law
but they are said not to be enthusias-
tically fond Of each other. and that the
attitude of the managers has tinctured
the boxers.
Chairman Muldoon received informa-
ton that the bout arranged between
Young Fisher and Panama Joe Cans at
Syracuse last Friday night had some
peculiar features, and the Commissioner
sent Johnny Haukop hustling to the
scene to act as referee. 1t had been In
timated that a new referee was needed
Haukop was instructed to keep his iden'
tity secret until the CHIEF bout was
ready for the ring and then to present
his credentials. If there had been any
prearranged scheme 1t was abandoned
when Haukop entered the ring. for the
bout was contested on It's merits
Fisher received the decision. He IL
known as one Of the roughest and most
unconventional fighters In the State.
Charley McKenna, Ike Dorgan's entry
In tho light heavyweight stakes, will
try to civilize Daniels. the Gypsy Prince
at the Pioneer Sporting Club to-morro"
night. McKenna Is the best man tina,
Daniels has yet faced. The Gypsy VII
do we'll to study the signs before fac
ing the former amateur champion.
Under tho head Of fouls the Walker
law boxing rules contain these provi
sions: Holding an opponent or de-
!iberately maintaining cHnch mold,
Ing an opponent with one hand ane
hitting with the other hand"
The referee Is authorized to disQualifS
a boxer who persistently clinches. but
tho third men in the ring at the pres
ent time do not even warn a clincher
An aggravated and exasperating ex
ample of the clinching evil was fur
nished at the Rink Sporting Club las
Thursday night when Battling Reddy
an octopus OF tho roped square. hugged
held. clinched and embraced HAIRY
Kabakoff for ten wearisome rounds
Reddy has but one system of fighting
and that Is to rush at his opponent
maui him with short arm blows anc
then hold his arms so he cannot return
the blows. Then the referee Is com
PEELED to exert the strength of steve
dore In tearing the other boxer from
the clutches of Reddy. This was re-
pea.ed every few seconds for thirt,
minutes, at the end OF which time the
official was nearly exhausted. Kabakoh
had not had n chance to do any boxing
(and he Is clever mani. and despite
the hugging Reddy received tho de
cision Of the judges. He should have
been disqualified early In the bout. ou
the referee never said a word to thu
clincher.
\ II has been said that referees ar
unaware that the Walker law empower'
them to warn and even disqualif,
cIinchers but the authorization is II
the act and should be lived up to.