The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-02
LDauiie ! R!'osenburg.
 Is Walloped By lStribling Clan
By wEsTBROoK PEGLER fLe..ed wire to The Axe-Herald

NEW YORK, Jan. Billy Strib-. ling of Macon, Ga. and his maw and paw and young brother, Herbert. had | a pleasant afternoon and made a few thousand dollars on New Years aft ernoon, all members of the family taking some part in the thrsshing of Dave Rosenberg, the New York mid ldleweight. in -12-round no-decision flight at the First Regiment armory in Newark, N. J.
 Young Billy, the boy who held Mickey McTigue. the iight-heavy- weight champion. to an even score in l a 10-round decision fight at fColum- tbus. Ga, some weeks ago, did most of the work for the family purse. He kept pitching mittS at Rosen- tberg's colossal conk from the clang of the chimes for Round l to the ulti- mate chatter of the pan at the end of the twelfth.
 Nav Sribling sat in a ringsfde chair with quiet composure. giving Billy occasional advice between rounds. Paw. perched on the steps Heading up to the ring. yelling, and young Herbert wriggled through out the strands at every intermission to raise the wind with excited flap pings of an antique and none too we'll laundered towel. A l Freddie Welsh, the old lightweight champion. at whose homo in the hills at Summit young Billy trained for l the fight, was the principal second l in the southern boy,s corner, and really dictated such strategy as Billy evfnced, which was not very ornate or crafty at any time.
 Rosenberg Affectionate
 Rosenberg seemed to be big | hearted fellow, capable of warm af- | lection on short acquaintance. as he flung himself into a tight embrace l in the first round and was always willing to trade two hugs and a clutch for; rap on the nose.
 As matter of fact, the fight was l one of those. shuffling numbers so common nowadays in the middle weight class, Stribling came in as a llight-heavy at 165 pounds. and Ros- lenberg was just half a pound over l the middleweight limit of s160 ,-1-2 Davey, who once held the commission championship of New York state. which is no title to speak of in tough company, had nothing to- show but a spanking right smash to the kid neys. For few rounds. this blow made Stribling wince slightly, but Welsh, one of the defensive magicians of the ring in his day, showed the boy how to interpose his left arm be- l tween this swinging clout and break the force of it. Thenceforth, Rosen- berg was only able to peck and pack and poke in the clinches, and he did no damage at all.
 1 Stribling Is only 19 years old, and he still has years to devote to his | trade, but he evinced the same exas- perating lack of snap in his punch ing that has made the 160-pound class joke since the passing of Jack Dil- lon. He pushed his blows, and, not withstanding the enormity of Rosen- l berg's nose, which is almost as big as the stupendous beezer of Johnny Wilson, was unable to land a rap with enough force to draw blood. In the matter of outward damage, Ros- enberg had the better of it, for his early slamming at Striblings left flank left that zone in livid complex ion and covered with tiny welts.
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 Family Collects.
 When the fight was over and Paw Stribling had collected the money and maw had collected her children and the boys had collected their war like impedimenta, the Striblings made for a train for Macon, where Billy must study evenings now to catch up
 in his classes. The Lanier High school football team of Macon sent l Billy mass telegram before he en- ftered the ring, wishing him unlimit- ed grade and luck.
 Harry Ertle, the Jerseyman who refereed the Dempsey Carpenter bout and who had a most unhappy experience with putulant vigilantes in Columbus, Ga, when Stribling fought McTigue, was not chosen to work in Stribling's first bout in the New York area. Henry Lewis got the assignment and had plenty of work keeping Rosenberg disentwined.
 Although there had been some noisy expression of feeling against Stribling in New York when he was introduced from the ring a few weeks ago, because he comes from the habitat of the Ku Klux Klan, the Jersey crowd appeared to be inter- ested only in. his fighting, it was Ros- enberg who was booed before the bout was over because of his sticky tenacity and roughness.
 Harry Martone seemed to have a little the better of Sailor Darden, d colored welterweight, in the semi final fight of 10 rounds.
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