The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
Tacoma Boy
Makes Great
Scrap of 1t
Harper Takes Last Three
Rounds in Title Bout
and Wins Decision
BY TOM OLSEN

FIDDLE ROBERTS, Taooma's box.
ing pride, dropped a close de.
cision 10 Bobby Harper. the popu.
lar local boy. In thrilling ak.
round battle here last night. The
bout was billed a. being for the Pa.
eific coast welteryeight champion.
ship.
TITS true that Harper had The
edge. but no little crcdi; should be
given the TaeOman for the great
scrap he put up. Roberts made the
best showing by FAR Of any boy
that has met Harper since the lat.
iers return 70 the local ring.
u was a great exhibition 81 the
manly art, from start 10 finish. The
first round was even, second ana
third wcnt 10 Roberts. fourth and
fifth were Harper's By a good edge.
and the Seattle boy had a slight mar.
gin in the sixth.
Tho largest crowd ever gathered
under the roof AZ the Crystal Pool
was on hand 70 SEQ the card. and 70
make Promoter Nate Druxman's g2nd
% birthday a success.
Things didn't look any too good Tor
the Seattle boy in the first three
rounds. Roberts was making the
going plenty tough. and many Of the
fans were predicting that Harper was
going 20 get licked, Roberts was
beating Harper at infIghting in the
early rounds. this being a decided
upset.
But Harper came back strong and
was master OF the infighting situa-
ton from the fourth round on. He was
using a left jab to telling effect. mix
ing II UP with a hard right cross.
Harper took the fourth and fifth.
The sixth round WAS a bear Il
looked even to many, while some
thought that Harper mad a slight
edge.
Both boxers credited themselves by
gentlemanly conduct. and Roberts
was gracious IN defeat
Showing the same terrific right
hand that brought him fame in the
local ring four years ago. Macario
Flores. the Filipino lightweight.
stopped Billy Morrow OF Spokane.
in the second round Of the SEIZED.
uled sixround scmi-windup.
Flores was master OF the siiua-<
ton turnout. and was awaiting u
chance TO land a knockout blow.
He found IL in a short right jab
TO the chin, and Morrow went
down. His head hit the canvas Ike
a rock, and he was out for fully
five minutes before being able 10
leave the ring.
Young Sam Langford. who usually
gets the worst OF Il. got an unex-
pected surprise when he was award
ed the special event decision over
Frankie Britt. Britt won the first
three rounds by good margin. but
Langford came back strong and took
the final session. The spectacular
finish caught the judges eyes, and
Langford was given the call.
Stanley Mcbride and Roy Small
put up a great scrap in the SECONDS
spot, and IL was called draw. altho
II appeared that Mcbride had an
edge. This would be good rematch.
Sailor Aragon won a decision over
Al Calvert in the opener. II was a
painful bout, but the boys can
hardly be blamed. as they took the
scrap on only an hours notice. Mel
Berg. who was 10 have appeared.
was forced TO cancel his engagement
because OF Illness.
Promoter Druxman was observing
his birthday yesterday. and some OF
the prominent fans got together and
purchased some nifty gifts to be pre-
scented in the ring Nate responded
with a little talk. and was given a
big hand by the fans.