The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-09
SAUNDERS SPONGE FOR
PUNCHES, BUT SILVERS
COPS VERDICT AT B. A. C..
Lou Hits Jackie With Every
thinq, But Charleston Boy
Stands Up Like a Marble
Tower

When a man beckons to MS doom,
that doom is pretty sure to respond
and that's what happened to Jackie
Saunders last night The Charleston
scrapper beckoned frequently, and
throughout his 1o-round bout with
Lou Silvers of Atlanta. his doom an
swered in the form of the tearing,
slashing uppercuts of the battling
Lou. Sllvers won the decision over
Saunders in 10 rounds.
There is not much to say about the
fight last night Saunders would
beckon with his gloved hands, chal-
longing his foe to step in, and Silvers
would step in, with a right uppercut
or left lab jolting off the marble chin
Of Jackie Saunders.
| 1.-THE man who has never been
knocked out" that's what they say
of Jackie Saunders, and nc one who
saw Friday nights bout at the Is. A.
C. is questioning the truth OF the
statement. Lou Silyers hit saunders
with all he had in every one OF those
10 rounds At times he would land
wide swings with every ounce of his
weight behind them, They would
land on the skull of Saunders with
such force as to send him spinning
around the ring, yet not once was
| Jackie apparently even daZed. OF
course, Jackie Saunders has never
been knocked out, for laws of the
ring prevent the matching of man
and mule and a mule is what would
be required to knock the iron-jawed
Jackie Saunders out.
o O O
An Unusual Boy
There was something grotesque in
the fighting pose and the actions OF
Jackie Saunders last night. Jackie
did everything in unusual manner.
hen he entered the ring, he was
wearing a little cap on his head, very
much like those worn by the sllken
clad jockeys Of the great race tracks
UP east. That cap Immediately
called forth comment from the crowd,
and throughout the bout, remarks
were being hurled at Saunders for
some sort Of popularity.
Saunders reminded one very mum
of an elk or moose that is being pur-
sued by a wolf pack. Saunders, when
apparently trying to drive the me
mace off He would turn suddenly
and charge at Silvers, forcing the lat
ter into clinch. very much as a
hunted moose will turn on the pack
and gore his way through, driving
his relentless pursuers back. Silvers,
like the pack, was ready to renew the
chase the moment Jackie relinquished
his charge. 1t was rather spectacu-
lar, was that fight at the b. a. c. last
night. more spectacular than thrill
ing, one might say.
siIvers A Good BOY.
Silvers impressed the crowd as
being a very clearly cut little fighter.
He has lots of cleverness, and hits
well and hard. 1t was no fault of
his that he didn't knock Jackie
Saunders out last night. for he hit his
foe with everything he had, and his
blows were well placed. Saunders
was too tough, that's all.
Saunders didn't take a round in his
fight with Silvers. The score cards
gave Silvers seven of the session,
with three being even.
Silvers outclassed his foe, who had
absolutely no science at all. An ac
count of the fight in detail would
merely be a repetition of what took
place every minute Of the scrap.
The Formula.
Saunders would charge at his foe.
flinging right and left into the air,
around Silvers' neck, sometimes into
his ribs and every now and then into
the neck. Never did he land clean
blow on the face.
Then Saunders would step back.
and Silvers would punch him on the
chin with jab. Saunders would
grin, half sneer, and beckon with his
short, stocky right arm. The re-
Spouse was immediate. as Silvers
stepped in, leading to the body with
his left and following with right
uppercut that seemed incapable of
missing
over and over again the two would
repeat this formula. and the only
thing that sent the bout through its
10 rounds of life was the fact that
Saunders could take EN-, and not that
Silvers could not hit.
Preliminaries.
A bout that stirred up more per
even than the main bout was that
between Young Battling Kelly and
Freddie McGuinnis. Young Nc
Guinnis surprised the fans by giving
Kelly a good dose of punching and
came nearer beating him than any
boxer who has been pitted against
him in the last few fights. Despite
the lack of experience. McGuinnis
returned punch for punch, often with
a little more weight than Kelly's
and avoided Kelly's swings consist
emily. He put up game fight and
despite the fact that he was floored
the match he finished the four
rounds. He was given big hand
when he left the ring.
Another bout that called for much
roofing from the rlngside and gal
tleries was the six-round wrestling
match between Max Sholder and Tom
Lacey Sholder went the entire
rounds for a draw and put up a
game scrap. despite the several
pounds weight that Lacey had or
him. Sholder had Lacey in a dan
gerous toehold and half Nelson when
the final bell rang.
Kid Lott knocked out Kinley in
the first round.
Bogie Saab knocked out Young
Ferry in the first round.
Warren and Poole, 75-pounders