San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
Eeree Ertle Gives Three
= Decisions, Final One
a Draw.
billing IS WINNER
Armour
Hickory
Smoked,
Sugar
Cured
'spapers and Crowd
rec Schoolboy Took
McTigue's' Title.

BY the Associated Press.
INDUS, Ca, Oct. 5.-Although
McTigue of Ireland still retains
orld's light heavyweight crown
the third decision rendered by
ee Harry Ertle after the Irish
ten-round bout here yesterday.
opponent, Young" Stribling of
Sn, Ga. today is the rightfVl
in the opinion of Columbus
DE- N fans. Promoter J. Paul Jones
)nEHhe local American Legion post
Informed Chairman Muldoon of the
York state boxing commission
telegram sent him last night
banding thorough investigation
the commission of yesterdays tu-
ltuous events.
: ! Jones telegram was sent after Ref
be Ertle, who at first declared the
..ht draw and then, when the crowd
~ 400 displeased fans Charged the
, III ng, changed his decision, giving vic
Dry to the 1S-year-old Georgia school
oy, later in his room issued writ
ben statement officially declaring the
L Fight a draw. The statement, issued
from the obscurity of private resi-
'dence, contained the assertion that
mo the referee Ind been threatened with
mr.. death if he did not give the decision
~. to Stribling and charged that Major
l I Jones, the promoter, had forcibly held
la his arm and that of Stribling aloft.
McTigue and Joe Jacobs, his man.
ager both issued statements in which
, they declared they had been threat
ened with death if McTigue did not
fight.
Papers Voted StribIing.
Harry Ertle rendered several de-
cfsions in the McTigue-St ribling cham
pionship bout" said the telegram sent
by Major Jones to the New York
commission. The entire vote of all
newspapermen gave the decision to
Stribling by wide margin. At the
conclusion of the bout Ertle pointed
at both men. but did not raise either
hand. Newspapermen and officials
asked him to make his decision. He
stated that he would make the deci-
sion three hours after the bout. We
demanded that he make his decision
in the ring. We Informed him that
over $50 policemen and 200 soldiers
were present for his protection. All
we wanted was square deal. After
great amount of argument he lifted
Young Stribling's arm and declared
him the winner. Three hours after
tne IlsHt ne ISSUED statement tnat
his decision is draw.
Yesterday, on the eve of the bat
tie, McTigue suddenly claimed
broken thumb. He had two doctors
to back his claim. He therefore called
off the match Wedensda? night, stat
ing that his thumb was broken Mon.
day of this week while training here.
This morning Thursday one of
the best surgeons in this state de-
clared after X-ray examination that
McTigue's injury was an old one and
that the same injury to his thumb oc-
CURED prior to his signing our con-
tract on Labor Day for the bout held
today. After much wrangling Nc
Tigue agreed to enter the ring to de-
fend the championship. He lost six
rounds, carried two and two were
draws. This was the average opinion.
mr. Insisted on Return.
"SPrior to entering the ring. Jacobs
insisted that in the event Stribling
won the fight another opportunity be
given McTigue.-
He was unable to run out on us
and had to fight. We desire you TO
make thorough investigation as 5000
fans here are adhering to Ertle's de-