The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
nd Smith Tie For Third Place Ln First Day Of British Open
HARRY CREE BEATS
 TED MOORE IN BOUT
Young Stribling Gets Decision Joe Cans Loses
 Negro Middleweight Crown

with Estridge's wicked jabs and three times his straight lefts sent the title holder to the floor of the ring. Estridge weighed in at 157 pounds and Cans scaled 1506. 1
 Georgia's sensational school boy middleweight, William l.. Stribling, i was given q judges verdict over Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia in spectacu- lar six-round struggle at the Milk Fund bouts at the Yankee Stadium tonight. The verdict was decidely unpopular, with the crowd of 60,000. The weights were announced as Strib- ling 160h, Loughran .16S.
 Loughran started right in to trade punches with his southern rival. Lough- Stribling scored heavily in close.
 Stribling Smashes Loughran Stribling opened q gash over Lough- raI's left eye with a right in the second round from which the blood flowed freely.
 In the third round, Stribling's speed began to tell and he staggered Lough- ran with a right to the jaw. A left lead followed by right cross sent Loughran. back. on his heels in the fourth and he went into a clinch to save himself.
 A beautifully timed right brought blood from Loughran's mouth in the fifth. He braced, however, and rocked Stribling with d crunch on the jaw The crowd boobed when Stribling started to push Loughran around the ring, es
 Much Close Fighting
 In the final round Stribling almost floored Loughran with a wild right. Loughran came back and staggered Stribling with a vicious left. There was much close fighting. Stribling was un- marked except for slight swelling under his right eye.
 Gene Tunney, American light heavy weight champion, scored technical knockout over Erminio Spalla, Europe seventh round of scheduled 12-round match when Referee Eddie Purdy stopped the bout after Spalla' g. left eye had been completely closed by Tunney's straight right-hand punch.
 Their weights were announced as Spalla 191 and Tunney 183. Tunney's title was not at stake as both exceeded light heavyweight limit.
 1unuOy fut0E 0p8tAd
 In the first round Tunney drove Spalla to cover in the neutral corner and plastered him with heavy rights and lefts. The referee warned Spalla for using the backhand punch.
 Tunney staggered Spalla with two hard rights to the jaw in the second round and followed with a punishinb series of body blows. Spalla was wild and Tunney had little trouble in keep ing out of range. Spalla landed a right to the jaw which rocked Tunney.
 Tunney. continually jabbed his left to Spalla's face. Spalla was fighting better as the match progressed.
 Spalla Bumps Tunney
 In the fourth round, Spalla caught Tunney near the ropes and showered him with rights and lefts, Blood showed from Tunney,s mouth. Tunney's straight right to Spalla's jaw landed flusr and the Italian went back on his heels.
 SpaIla jabbed with his left success fully three times in the fifth round and crossed with his right to Tunney's jaw. Tunney got over a strong left and Spalla's head rocked.
 Tunney opened cut over Spalla's left eye in the sixth. Another straight right closed the ye completely and the European squinted at the American with one eye during the remainder of the round.
 r. Bout Stopped
 In the seventh, Spalla tore into Tun- ney frantically but appeared groggy. A right from Tunney brought fresh blood from Spalla's eye. Refere Eddie Purdy then stopped the match to save Spalla from further punishment.