Evening star., 1924-02-25

TAe fSnt was marked Dy continued
Iclinching. Lodge forcing F'irpo to the
ropes frequently. The bout was wit
messed by 10000 people, the largest
! crowd that ever saw a fight in Rue-
nos Aires.
| Lodge starts Well.
| First round-Lodge landed a right
to the face and rushed Firpo three
times to the ropes. Ffrpo landed a
right on Lodges Jaw and he went
down for count Of eight, when the
! bell saved him.
! Second round-Lodge landed a left
! TO the face and Ffrpo slipped 10 his
knees. The referee had to pull Lodge
away from him. Firpo loosed his
right to Lodges body and followed
with a right to the face. Lodge was
still pushing the fight.
j Third round-F'irpo landed right
! to tho head. Lodge retaliated, rush
ing Firpo to the ropes. Lodge swung
his right. missed and fell down. He
came up with heavy right to Firpo :
! Firpos face, meanwhile blocking
+, Ffrpo's frequent rights.
| Fourth round-Lodge blocked a
/ heavy right to the body and landed
q left to the jaw, forcing Ffrpo to
| the ropes. He then landed a left and
then a right TO F'irpo's face.
| Fifth round-Lodge came up fresh
and was still the aggressor, F'irpo
! swung his right, missed and slipped
| 70 his knee. Crowded 10 the ropes, he
came back with rabbit punches, fol-
| lowed by heavy blows, knocking out
! Lodge, the latter lying on his face
! and taking the count.
! Assertions we're heard at the ring
| side before the fight that the end
would come in the nth round.
Spalla, the Italian champion, who
! fights I'irpo next sunday, was intro
duced TO the crowd before the fight.
! 10000 See Contest.
! By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, February 90
| Luis Angel Firpo was still the heavy
! weight champion OF South America
today, having disposed of Farmer
+. Lodge, American heavyweight, by a
| Knockout last night in the fifth round
| Of their bout at the Rive Plate foot
! ball field. Thirty thousand cheered
their idol as his opponent Was carried
to his corner. The finishing blow was
4 terrific right to the body, preceded
by a left TO the jaw.
| Lodge took the aggressive at the
/ outset, forcing the Argentine to the
| ropes. but after his initial onslaught
the. American never had a chance.
| Twice before the knockout he was
sent to the floor by the failing right
,, which is Firpos favorite blow.
Lodges punches lacked power and he
clinched repeatedly. The referee was
obliged to use force 10 pull him out
! of some OF these embraces.
At the beginning of the fifth round,
| with Lodge groggy, Firpo tried for q
knockout. Driving rights and lefts to
| the ribs and over the heart, he forced
| the American about the ring. Once,
missing 4 terrific swing, Firpo Went
! to his knees himself, but was up in
all instant.
! The Knockout blow was = straight
right which sank deeply into Lodges
! body, doubling him up like Il jack
! knife. The American crumpled to the
! floor and fell face downward, lying
rotionless as he was counted out.
Firpo weighed 218 pounds and
! Lodge cal.
! Hugh Gartland. business repre-
! sentative Of the South American
| heavyweight champion. declared Tirpo
! under no circumstances would agree
| ~ place himself under the control of
] the Raymond syndicate as a condi-
! tion to matching him with Harry
| Wills, as IL proposed.
Gartland said F!rpo had too many
| chances for profitable engagements
+, to limit his engagements in the
! United States before the time for the
proposed Wills match.