The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02

Johnny McGinty made good his word and whipped Jimmy Finley, If the de- cree of the judges decide a fight. The local young Irishman met Louisville s titled sluggar at the Birmingham Athletic club and gave him very nice work out" as Finley predicted it, Monday night.
 Still deep down in the heart of the lingering remnant of the old and chivalrOus south which demanded for all visitors the best of hospitality and fair play there is little particle of doubt tugging away as to whether Birming- hams boxing visitor was accorded that chivalry Monday night. With his rushing tactics and his carrying of the fight, McGinty made a winning i'm pression. A whirlwind attack in the eighth and ninth rounds put him neck and neck with the visitor, but the tenth round could hardly have swayed the tide of battle far enough to give the local boy the decision.
 Nor is it detracting anything from McGinty's great scrap by calling the bout draw. Certainly it is not an un- worthy showing for the local boy to ob- tain draw with the clever Finley. On previous visit here Finley whipped McGinty by a large margin and was given e draw and this time he was given a short end of the scoring when it appeared that the bout should have been a draw.
 Finley's blocking and McGinty's s missing, his inability to land solid blows after he had jockeyed for position and had his man in corner made the at tack of the Irishman less effective. Finley often slipped out of close place scathless. 1t was at the slugging game that McGinty was on par with Finley. At boxing the local boy was a little shy but his low crouching shift often made Finley swing wide over his head. In the second, eighth and ninth rounds tho local boy appeared at his best. It was especially the latter two rounds in which McGiney displayed his best at- tack and slugged with Finley to his ad- vantage. He was driving in, from the bell in these two rounds and caught Finley with several swinging blows which near upset him.
 On the other hand in the fourth, fifth and seventh Finley was doing his best work, especially in the fourth, and seventh. In the seventh McGinty slipped down in eluding one of Finley swings to the head.
 McGthty jumped in from the first and attacked Finley. He had Finlsy looking rather uncertain after he crowded him to the ropes but in the early rounds there was little hitting go- ing on: The second was somewhat a repetition of the first, but both boxers began to poke out few timid blows. McGlnty cut loose with a left to the face but missed a swing later in the round. Finley pummeled McGinty in the stomach with rights and lefts.
 Finley was using both hands in the attack on McGinty in the third round while McGinty was using left poke to the face. The next round was about the same, but the fifth brought action Finley pitched into slugging and Me. Ginty Joined in lustily. After an at. tack at his head McGinty rushed Finley to the ropes where they slugged heavily with Finley getting on edge. Finley landed left to the head and a left to the jaw while McGinty put over a right to the jaw.
 The sixth was slow, but Finley opened up the seventh with an attack on the body and was rushing into the melee. In the eighth Finley shot over three ightning-like lefts to start the round and McGinty rushed. He lande,. a heavy left swing to the jaw. a right hook to the jaw and left in Finley's face.
 In the ninth McGinty landed three trip-hammer rights and lefts in Finley face and a left to the stomach. He drove over a clean right to the heart and another left to the face and right to the head. Finley landed clean lef, to the face and a right to the hea< McGinty missed a pretty right upcr- cut to Finley's chin.
 The tenth was slow with neither man landing very heavily.
 In the six-round semi-final Red Burke, speedy young bantam, some what upset the aspirations of Mr. Boots Smith of Charleston. Smith was an gling for a main bout here with Claude Wilson and boasted of battles witt Lukie Tenner and Boots Antley. Burke