The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-10
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HARRY WILLS WINS
 DECISIONIN FIGHT
Madden Stays Full Way, But Is Badly Beaten
 By Negro

NEW YORK, June 9-The cham pionship aspirations of Harry, Wills sustained a setback when the giant negro heavyweight failed to knockout Bartiey Madden, rugged west sider in a 15-round match at the Greensboro stadium. Sss
 Wills won the judges decision and gained it by a decisive margin but Madden, fighting one of the most courageous battles seen in a Metropoli- tan ring in years, stood up under the negro's most terrific attacks.
 Wills employed his great Advantage in reach and 2S pounds margin in weight to good advantage, battered Madden all over the ring, opened nasty cuts about his opponents ears, mouth and eyes but the hardest punches of the negro failed to more than shake the tough westsider.
 Madden Takes Punishment
 Fighting the last four rounds with a stream of blood blinding his vision Madden stood up under a terrific bom- bardment and at times brought the crowd of 10000 to it's feet in recogni- tion of his gameness by flashing out in couEter offensive.
 Wills had Madden on the verge of a knockout at least twice, once in the fifth round when a shower of blows to the head sent the Irishman reeling to a corner, and again in the twelfth when it seemed that Madden must go down under the attack that sent blood gushing from the cuts about his head. But Madden, courageous to the core, stuck to his guns; twice he longed in with left hook that stung- Wills and slowed up the negro's attack and at the bell for the round, the Irishman was still on his feet and battling back.
 Throughout the last three. rounds, Wills, sensing that his prestige was suffering bitter blow, grimly fought for an opening. He clubbed Madden viciously but his hardest blows seem ed to have no decisive effect on the chunky 1rishman and when the final gong rang the throng gave it's ovation to the loser, not the victor.
 Madden's awkward tactics which seemed to puzzle Wills and force him into repeated missing, robbed the match of much possibility of spectacular fea- lures. The Irishman seemed more in tent upon the reputation he would gain by staying the limit with his noted opponent than in doing any effective battling himself Occasionally Mad den launched into attack that upset Wills but Bartley's blows lacked punishing power. Both indulged in frequent clinching with Wills doing the most damage at close quarters.
 Madden's spurts of aggressivenesS in the fifth and sixth rounds and again in the ninth, tenth and eleventh earned him a fair share of honors in these ses. sions but consensus of opinion con. ceded him not more than two or three of the fifteen rounds. :, <,
 Jimmy Slattery, Buffalo light heavy. weight, who has. victory over Young E Stribling to his credit,.s gained the judges decision over Jack Lynch, ol Arizona, in a six-round match pre- liminary to the Wills-Madden match.
 Slattery, displaying far superior speed and punching ability, outpointet Lynch in every round and ffoored his rival with right hook kto the jaw jus before the final bell. Lynch weighed 156 and Slattery 162.
 Tommy O'Brien, Milwaukee light weight, scored technical knockout over Pete August, of Bridgeport, Conn when the refree stopped the fight ir the ninth round to save August from further punishment. O'Brien weigh ed 1S92 and August 137.