Arizona republican., 1922-03-14


| with telling effect dropping Adams
/ for the count in the third round of a
scheduled 10-round bout at the Coli
scum.
Adams hardly laid a glove on
| Rubidoux while the bout lasted Once
! he opened and il looked like he was
! ready to start-but Rubidoux figured
the same way and he jabbed with his
left. crossed with a right and George
went to the floor. The agony was
brief and it took Billy Corpstein Just
10 seconds to tell George the fight
was over: Adams didn't know what
happened.
No one could blame Adams II he
took the court in the first round after
RubidouX buried him with rights and
lefts. The Chicago boy took enough
on the jaw to end the fight, but
George kept coming in for more. In
the second he was still taking EN- and
smiling and trying to reach Rubidoux'
mid section. He tented with his left
and shot his right, but Ad was gone
and a series of left jabs was a re-
minder to George that the fight was
still in progress.
AS battle the main event was a
disappointment to the fans who fig
ured George to weather the first four
rounds and then open up. But Rubi-
doux showed enough to entertain the
fans and demonstrated why he is the
recognized bantam champion of the
Pacific coast.
Bill Corpstein refereed the main
event.
Carlyle Class of Show
The card could have ended after the
first preliminary and everybody would
have been happy. The Carlyle
Douglas four-round number was
worth the price of admission alone.
Referee Dixon called ii a draw much
to the dissatisfaction of the fans.
The first two rounds were even and
Johnny took the last two so far there
was nothing for Douglas to do but
stand there and take punishment
Douglas assimilated much punish
ment for four rounds and never even
offered to take a count. He pounded
on Carlyle. but Johnny was there with
two gloves to block the heavy ones
and danced in and out, raped Jimmy
on the chin. shot in stomach punch
and then smiled at Douglas. Jimmy
put UP a good fight at that and drew
blood from Carlyles nose with
straight lefts.
Johnny started buzzing in number
three. The scribe who nicknamed
Harry Greb the human windmill
never saw johnny in action. and for
footworlz he was a marvel. He is
without question the fastest piece of
fighting machinery who ever stepped
into a Phoenix ring. II il was any
other fighter except Jimmy Douglas
the fight would have ended in the
third, but Jimmy was in to fight and
he fought. With his face spattered
with gore and the elusive Carlyle in
and out he gamely stood his ground
and tried vainly to send over a kayo
punch.
Jimmy came out in the fourth and
shot in hard right to Carlyle's jaw
that was the last he delivered and
Carlyle gave him a boxing lesson that
would do justice to Mike Gibbons
himself. With an almost perfect de-
fense and whirlwind attack he hit
Douglas with everything but the
referees decision and Tommy Dixon
spoiled a good bout with a draw
verdict.
scotty and Briggs Draw
Scotty beat Briggs and then Briggs
beat Scotty and the referee decided
it was a good draw. The Mcfarland
stable is long on footworll and clev-
erness. Red Briggs lacked the nee
essary steam to follow a good lead
or Scotty might be numbered among
the absent after the second round.
Briggs knew just when to hit the
ropes and just where they were
located. Scotty was over anxious and
walked into the trap time after time.
Red is fast and clever and hits hard,
but he was short on something and
that something seemed to be the
fighting heart. He took a world of
punishment and came back strong
after several near sleeps only to fall
down and let Scotty recover Scotty
had two good rounds. three were even
and three went to Briggs, but not far
enough to warrant giving him the
decision.
Several times Scotty had Red grog-
gy and helpless on the ropes and
pounded him till he was arm weary
then Briggs recovered and carried
the fight while Scotty was helpless.
In the last round Briggs had Scotty
ready for the count: the Mexican
battler was bleeding and tired in a
neutral corner while Briggs showered
him with gloves.
Red tired easy after a hard siege