San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-28
BOY WONDER
LIVES Up
TO REP
League Knocked Out in
Fourth by Cat-like Ring
Sensation.

The visit of William Lawrence
(Young) Stribling, the boy wonder
from Georgia, opens a new chapter
in San Antonio's boxing history.
Stribling, clean-cut, business-like
Fort Sam Houston arena Thursday,
night, for his match with Jack League,
big artilleryman, San Antonians who
have never before attended a fistic ex-
hibition here, and many who have
never seen the manly art" demon
strated at all. -.-
There were slightly more than
$500 paid admissions, the army ath-
letic office was able to announce
Friday morning. The proceeds
passed the $4,000 mark. Stribling
will receive approximately $1,000,
or 40 per cent, while League will
get 10 per cent or $500. The army
athletic fund will profit by almost
$1,000.
And the crowd was rewarded with
the clever ringwork it expected Of the
handsome son of PA" and MA"
Stribling, of cambridge, Ga, both OF
whom, incidentally, were on hand, as
usual.
WEARS LEAGUE DOWN.
Outweighed %. pounds, Stribling
coolly wore down the big, game, 200
pound youngster, League, in the first
Two rounds, then crashed him through
the ropes in the third and, when
League. came back fighting, sent him
twice more to the canvas, to finish
him with volley of short jolts early
in the fourth round.
League was game but was no match
for the catlike agility and the beautiful
ring judgment of the 10-year-old
championship prospect.
League tossed out a tentative left
20 open the bout but failed to land and
Stribling, dancing in and out, connect
ed with light lefts. He got League
in a corner and shot lefts to the body.
League rushed near the end and tried
for the body but was unable to land
cleanly.
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Stribling started the second with
hard right, ducked Leagues swings
and planted another hard right to the
body. In a clinch, he beat tattoo on
Leagues midriff, then, lightning-like,
swung sharply to the jaw. He hurled
a right in Leagues stomach, which
Jack took going away. League charged
and Stribling answered his head furry
with stiff left. Left jabs had
Leagues nose rudy.
Early in the third round, Stribling
drove League across the ring and a
left hook doubled the soldier up and
sent him, head first, through the ropes.
BE was back in the ring at six and
on his feet at nine. Let's bloodied his
nose and two hard rights sent him
flat on his face. As Referee Louis Al
berts reached nine, League suddenly
lsaped to his feet and rushed at Strib-
ling, who met the rush with well-timed
lefts and rights and soon had League
on the floor again. League was get
ting mp at the count Of seven, when
the bell rang.
LEFT DOES WORK.
League cuffed Stribling on the jaw
with left, his best blow Of the bout,
10 start the fourth. He rushed, Strib-
ling met the rushes with body smashes,
then took the aggressive, got League
on the ropes and volleyed lefts and
rights to the head. League grinned,
but suddenly lost MS smile as a left
hook shook his jaw and, when Strib-
ling stepped back, dropped to the can
vas and, sprawling, was counted out.
Stribling helped League into his cor
ner, stayed moment by his side, then,
dashing across the ring, leaped through
tbe ropes and kissed his mother, who
sat in his corner. MA" Stribling was
bandaged and bruised as the result of
automobile collision last Saturday
afternoon in Tucson, Ariz.
Johnny Merino threw 'em in from
every angle at Rabbit Palmer and won
clean-cut victory over the game
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