The New York herald., 1922-02-23
GAME PATSY HALEY
ON FEET AT FINISH
Referee Takes Heavy Punish
ment During Scuffle Between
Fisher and McTigue.
by CHARLES f. MATHIsoN.

Among the thvong of boxing fans who
Club yesterday afternoon ani bravely
waited till the last round of the bout
between Mike McTague and Young Fish
er (Which was won by the former) opn-
ion was unanimous that Patsy Haley
Is as game a man as ever crawled
through the ropes of n boxing ring
Haley was the third man in the ring.
and from the gong in the first round
until the close of the fifteenth session
was subjected to the most terrific pun
shment.
The silvery haired little chap received
a hard clout in the jaw, from Fisher
In the third round and it looked as
though he might collapse With Spar
tan courage he stuck to his task and
was on his feet at the close of the
round. He then walked to the ring
ropes and said. "It was the hardest
blow l ever received in my life
Round after round Haley with des-
perate valor threw himself into the
breach between the hugging McTigue
and the clinching Fisher and tore them
apart When the last bell sounded Haley
was erect, though pale and painting, and
he smiled feeDly at the cheers for him
sent up by the spectators.
A Fighter, No Boxer.
There were no cheers for Mike Nc
Tigue. claimant OF the middleweight title
OF Canada. nor for Young Fisher OF
Syracuse. heralded as the conqueror Of
Johnny Wilson in decisionless bout. 1t
was the first appearance in ring in this
ri re Eichar xTyhn
rugged chap resembling in build Rocky
Kansas But there the resemblance
ends. AS to boxing Fisher knows less
than Kid Norfolk does about the tri-
pudium Fisher Is imbued with the
fighting spirit. but he gives it expression
only in the way that is seen in alley
or barroom combats.
McTigue, on the other hand, is
fairly scientific boxer and, while not
overloaded with aggressiveness, he
manages to keep within the rules. Nc
Tigue feared that the wonderful vigor
of Fisher might be a dangerous factor
in the early rounds, and therefore he
devoted six or eight rounds to counter
ing and clinching, mostly clinching.
Then Michael began a campaign de-
signed to weaken Fisher. This con-
sisted of a persistent volley of right
handlers that landed over Fishers ribs
on his left side. This was effective
and McTigue had the Syracusan close
to knockout in the closing rounds.
Fisher was down in the sixth. seventh
and tenth rounds. but never took the
count. He bounded up each time like
rubber ball and fought more vigorously
than ever.
Home Rules for Fisher.
The mystery of how Fisher defeated
Wilson and O'Dowd and held Downey
TO a draw can be explained only on
the theory that the rules are suspended
In Syracuse when Fisher fights iD his
native city. Fisher weighed 1s2 and
McTigue 1917.
Oakley Keyes who as a lightweight
scored nineteen successive knockouts
before he was stopped by Tommy
Stapleton. is now In the welter class
and met Jack Redmond OF Yorkville
in a bout scheduled for ten rounds.
Keyes landed his right on Redmonds s
jaw in the first round and the York
vile boy took the count of nine. The
bell came to his relief before he could
be finished.
Redmond fought like a tiger I'm the
second and carried Keyes off his feet
Keyes crumpled up on the floor from
n body blow and was inclined to claim
foul. but reconsidered. When Keyes
came out for the third round he evil
IDENTIFY had reached the conclusion that
Redmond was too tough to be hurt and
the East Slider began TO hit low After
three warnings Referee Haley disquali-
fled Keyes and gave the decision to
Redmond.
Joe Clifford OF the West side and
Charley Triano of Newark put up a
rafting eight round bout. which was
declared to be a draw. Clifford earned
the decision by q fair margin. Milton
Weiss. former amateur boxer. won a
six round bout from Charley Pickett