Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-16
WHITE DEFEATS
MITCHELL WHEN
TOWEL IS WAVED
Chicago Lightweight Gains
Technical Knockout Over
Milwaukee PugiIiSt; Has
Best of Ten Rounds


New York, Dec. 15.-Charley
White, Chicago lightweight, won
technical knockout over Ritchie
Mitchell of Milwaukee tonight in
the tenth round of a 15-round
match at Madison Square Gar
den.
Mitchelrs seconds threw a towel
into the ring after two minutes and
40 seconds Of the round had
elapsed, and as Mitchell fell to the
canvas for the third time.
MitcheHs = shifty style of attack
bothered White during the early
part of the bout, but the slender
Milwaukeean was unable to stand
up under Whites terrific blows.
White floored Mitchell in the first
round with a left hook, but the.
latter came back in the second
round and had the Chicago boxer.
groggy, opening cuts under White 81
tight eye and on his lip.
Mitchell stayed on the aggressive
during the next few rounds, but
both slowed up their pace. Selling
an opportunity in the ninth round,
White staggered Mitchell with his
left and sent Ritchie to the can
vas. The bell saved White from
a Knockout in the second.
White smashed his right and lett
across with telling effect in the|
tenth and soon had Mitchell I'M
distress. Groggy and badly bait
tered but still game, Mitchell tried
10 fight back, but ran into a left
hook that again sprawled him onI
the floor. He staggered to his feet
only to go down again in the faeeI
OF a fusillade of blows, and thel
fight ended as a towel was tossed
into the ring from his corner.
Johnny Shugrue, of New Jersey
recent conqueror Of William Jack
son, added another victory to hisl
string when he received the judges
decision in a sensational l2-roundI
semi-final bout with Elmo Flores
Filipino lightweight.
The Fight by Rounds
Round One-White TOOK the ag-
gressiye in the first round and
dropped Mitchell for the count
of nine with a left hook to thel
Jaw. Mitchell drew blood froml
Whites nose with a stiff jab, butt
White retaliated with a terrifcI
two-fisted attack, badly cuttingl
MitchelPs mouth.
Round Two--White took the ag-I
gressive in the second at the start,
but Mitchell Unexpectedly un-
leashed a sensational assault. Hell
drove White about the ring with
hard lefts and rights to the face,
White plainly was groggy as the
bell rang.
Round Three-Mitchell stagger-
ed White with a wicked left hook
to the chin. White swung wildly
several times and clinched repeat
edly. Mitchell nearly fell through
the ropes backing away from a
clinch, but quickly recovered and
was on the aggressive as the round
ended.
Round Four--Both waded inl
with two-handed drives and White
shot over a hard left to the face. !
Mitchell started a fresh flow OF
blood from cut on Whites right 4,
cheek They spent most Of the
round sparring.
Round Five--The round opened
slowly, Mitchell shooting over the
first effective blow, a hook to the
jaw. and following shortly after
with a hard right to the body. He
snapped Whites head back with al
succession of rights, but White re-
taliated with a stiff left hook to
the jaw.
Round Six-White shot in hisleft
twice witnous IL reply and drove
Mitchell to the ropes with a right
TO the body. Mitchell missed a
terrific right hook as they mixed
White drove both hands to the Mil
waukee fighters head, opening a
Jagged cut over the latter's right
eye.
Round Seven--White landed two
hard lefts to the body but Mitch
ell came right back and traded
punches on an even basis. He
shook White with a left uppercut
They were sparring as the bell
rang.
Round Eight-Both landed hard
blows to the head during q swift
exchange. White hooked a stiff
right to MitcheITs chin but receiv-
cd a hard right and left in retail
iation
Round Nine--MitchelPs shifty
attack and left Jap bothered White.
The Chicagoan landed lightly onl
The head and then missed, Mitch |
ell staggered him for q moment,
but he came back with a terrific
assault and sent Mitchell down for
a count of nine. White was booed
as he pushed Mitchell to his knees
from a clinch. The bell saved
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