The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-23
Lynch Keeps Tile
Ronnd One

Round One
 Smith landed hard right oE Lynchs temple without drawing a reply. Both missed wild swings for the head. but Lynch shook Smith with a right uppercut. Smith jabbed eff fectively with his left as Lynch stayed On the defensive.
 Round Two
 Smith whipped over a left to the body and another to the head, fore ing the champion to elinch. They mixed furiously for a few moments Lynch cutting Smiths mouth badly with a series of stinging rights and lefts. Smith shook Lynch with a hard left swing to the jaw.
 Round Three
 Lynch snapped Smiths head back with a left jab but missed several wild swings. The champion .outboxed his rival during q session of in-fight- ing. but landed ineffeetively Smith rocked Lynch with hard right hook and received an uppereut in return.
 Round Four
 Lynch's long left kept the midget cut of range until the challenger landed 8 damaging left to the head. Both quickened the pace as Smith shot over a right that staggered Lynch. The champion drove in with 00th AASNo dna hbdAtCQ 1lCSA HUN of blood from Smiths mouth.
 Round Five
 Lynch beat a tattoo On the midget's jaw with his left and hammered away at the challenger's body dur ing a clinch. He swung wildly and Smith shot in his right to the jaw. Lynch was out-boxing Smith by a wide margin.
 Round Six
 Both landed stiff blows to the body and Smith connected with a left to the jaw. Smiths right sent the cham pion staggering back for second, but he quickly regained his poise and shook Smith with rapid fire attack to the head. Both mixed furiously for a few moments.
 Round Seven
 Smith plunged in with both fists rocking Lynch's head with hard right and left hooks to the jaw. Lynch kept jabbing with his left and landed several body blows as both stood toe to toe to exchange wallops.
 Round Eight
 Smith broke through Lynch's de- fense and drove him to the ropes with a pistonlike attack to the head. Smith answered the champlon's labs to the jaw with damaging right to the ribs.
 Round Nine
 Both spared for an opening. miss ing a number of wild swings. Smith opened a vicious attack to the head and the champion responded, both landing several hard smashes during the fastest session of boxing so far.
 Round Ten
 Smith took the aggressive, but stepped into a jolting left hook. A hard right to the ribs drove Lynch back, the champion backing to the ropes under barrage of body blows.
 Round Eleven
 Smith shot in several stiff blows to the head, while Lynch stayed on tho defensive. Both landed hard body blows while Lynch smashed his right to the chalienger's jaw. They spent most of the round sparring.
 Round Twelve
 Lynch delivered a terrific lacing to the body during q fast session of in- lighting. smith shook the champion with a hard right to the chin, but Lynch drove the challenger back with the most damaging attack he had sshowil.sIyncla caffed the midget with his left without drawing return.
 Round Thirteen
 Smith missed wild right swing but, hooked his left to the body as iLynch backed to tho ropes. The cham pion landed lightly to the head and Hammered away at Smiths body as they clinched, but was sent back by a slashing left to the chin. Smith