Evening star., 1923-05-30

Packed and jammed Dexter Pa
vilion at the stockyards was a. bed
lam as supporters of the impromptu
fighters sought to make their way
tion of the Mitchell faction that
Leonard hit Pinkey while he still was
resting on one knee, but their claim
Of foul was denied by Referee Miller.
who contended that Mitchell assumed
fighting pose after short count
and should have protected himself
from the vicious right hand finishing
punch Leonard shot over five sec
onds before the final bell would have
sounded.
The contest was billed as a ten
round, decision affair, but Referee
Miller raised Leonards right arm.
not starting a new count, and turned
to carry Mitchell 60 his corner.
Richie slams the Referee.
1t was then Richie sprang into the
ring and slammed away at the ref
cree. Billy Gibson, Leonard's man
ager; Charlie Leonard, Benny's broth
er. and Hershie and Harry Miller.
brothers of the referee, quickly en-
gagged in the rough -and-tumble fight
ing. Dave Miller is exceptionally
popular here and numerous support
ers rallied TO his defense. while many
Milwaukeeans aided the Mitchell sup
porters. At the same time score or
more lights were raging among the
partisan spectators.
Police restored order after fifteen
or twenty minutes and rushed the
referee to a taxicab and downtown.
The fighting up to the ninth round
was slow. Both men showed a dis
inclination to lead, and, while they
feinted and posed, each waiting the
other out, the crowd. suffering from
the heat of the porrly ventilated au-
ditorium, boohed Justify. interspersing
cries or Fight" and Air"
In the ninth Mitchell sent home four
or five solid right-hand punches to
the head and took the round by a
great margin.
Coming out for the tenth, the two
f1ddled about for a bit and then drop
ped into their most frequent posture,
facing each other just beyond arms
length in the middle of the ring, try
ing to feint each other into an open
| ing. Pinkey beckoned with his gioved
hands for Leonard to lead to him.
Leonard did the same and an instant
later sank a left to the midsection
and a hard right right across to the
jaw. Pinkey went down. After a
and. within five seconds of the end
of the fight. Pinkey was carried to
| his corner a beaten man.
The show, with top price of SIS.
netted for charity a sum ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000.
LeOnnra NOt p to Form.
1t was Leonard's first engagement
in ten months and he showed the
effects of the long lay-off He was
badly off in his Judgment of distance
and wasted many wild punches which
the Leonard Of old would have tai
lied with.
In the preliminaries two other tech
old Smith of Chicago, suffered per
maps the most peculiar accident ever
seen in a Chicago ring. Two solid
smashes by Lew Hurley of New York
lett his right ear hanging by a shred.
Hurley refused to hit Smith, who
BUSINESS of his injury. The referee i'm
mediately stopped the bout They had
boxed five rounds.
In the scheduled ten-round semi
windup, Joe Burman of Chicago stop
ped Patsy Flanagan of St. Louis in
Patsy down in his own corner for
count of three. and then Patsy went
down again without being struck,
automatically disqualifying himself.
Flanagan was not badly hurt by the
knockdown.
Pose to Make Arrest.
Jim Mullen, promoter of the fight.
was arrested in the center OF the
ring, admid a popping of flashlights.
Posed with him were the detective
who served the warrant, a bailiff. the
Judge who granted bond, and the
bondsman. The idea is to obtain his
conviction and have the case taken
to the supreme court for a ruling on
the stringent Illinois anti-prize fight
law, which has barred pugilistic ex-
hibitions since the memorable Cans
McGovern fake twenty years ago.
A boxing bill, built in committee of
the best parts of three separately in
troduced bills, passed the lower house
Of the state legislature yesterday.
eighty-one to fifty-three. 1t goes TO
the senate.
Opponents of the bill seized on last
nights riot as one of their weapons.
while those who favor the bill find
an instrument for their own purposes
in the outbreak. Proponents of box
ing say that with a state law legal
izing boxing. and rigid commission
control the rioting would have been
impossible. or that IL an outbreak had
occurred participants could have been
punished heavily. With no regula-
tion. however, they point out, the sec
onds. managers and others who in
dulged in the brawling cannot be
reached by suspensions or fines