Evening star., 1924-04-01

from lis own lOlIy ana reCK eSSneSS
So far as that goes, Stribling has
not few Of those qualities of boy
i>hueSS that lead youngsters into
trouble. In the tenth round of his
Aght against McTiEhe, in the 4th
Regiment Arm"ry in Newark last
njGht, either a desire TO pose after the
manner Of lack Barrymore or some
other admired star of the big circuit.
or Juvenile indeciSion, cost him what
seemed to he Il chance to administer
to Sir Michael the first knockout he
had ever experienced
McTi%he Rallies in Time.
But rs it happened. after William
Lawrence had got done admiring him
self for his splendid fGhting-and it
was splendid McTighc managed TO
collect IS senses and TO display those
hi&h-cltSs defensive tactics which
have for 50 long enabled him to main
tain vertical ring pose.
Striblug showed everything against
NrTi@ue but Il knockout wallop. And
h." almost showed that. This in the
trrth. The Dixie lad slugged the
lriShman with Il left hook and Mike
went into the ropes. As he bounded
of the hempen barriers Stribling
smashed him with his right flush on
The jaw, and McTighe went down on
one i,nee. dropping for an instant as
though shout to tUpple fiat. But the
next instant his scattered senses
were ro"ssembled and he sprang to
his feet by the time the referee. Har-
r. Lewis. had counted three.
That was the high light If the bat
tie. 1t has to he confessed that Strih-
liug's SlamhauC Willingness to do
battle was NOT met with charact"ris-
tic Irish fire by the cruiser weight
Champion. From tnr tiiur n the hc@t
rounds when the southerner, with
hands lowered d la Dempsey rushed
at Mike the champion held on with
every conceivable grip.
The writer feels certain that had
not Strihling had to spend so much
of his strength in breaking MCTigueiS
holds he would have had the strength
to stow his opponent away in
that thrilling tenth. Mike made no
showing at all, except for one blow
Stribling. excepting also the eighth.
wherein Stribliug. weary from pulling
himself out of his opponents arms,
slowed up a bit and let Mike do a lit
Tie fighting, such as it was.
StribIinG Lands Hard Blows.
In the third and. fourth sessions
Stribling landed hard rights that
shook ,McTigue to his heels. Only
his we'll known powers of recupera
tion served to keep the Irishman
afioat. In all. William Lawrence
made a show of the champion. He
outfought him, outboXed him. outhit
him. The way he is growing and
hopeful a prospect as the writer has
seen in a long time.
Paul Berlenbach supplied the red
light effect which the crowd wanted
to see in the main bout. He Knocked
out his opponent, Harry krohn. a
tough Second-rater, in the fourth
round of a battle that was Berlen-
bach's all the way.
Harry Wills did not serve as one
of McTfgue's seconds. That scheme
was canned in Difference TO southern
sentiment. Harry and his wife sat
in the fourth row. next to a party
in evening dress from Morristown, in
the Jersey hunting country.
Ma Stribling had a ringside seat
and watched Pa and Brother Herb
do the hOnOrs for the battling Young
Ster. Every one smoked and the
atmosphere was dreadful. Frenzied
fans crashed the gate and tore off
the bars from one of the armorv
windows When the police locked
the doors many sighed with relief
Tex RIckard was present and got an
eyeful of how things are not to be
done.