Evening star., 1925-07-03

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mill with Walker, Greb fought ut close
quarters. Then he cut loose. Coming
out of his corner in the fourteenth
with a terrific right, he spun the chal-
lenger around with a blow to the jaw.
Another right found the same mark
as Walker went TO the ropes, and for
the first time since he became cham
pion of the 147-pounders the Eliza
beth, n. j., boy was staggered and
grogGy.
Walker Fights Back.
Greb leaped upon Walker and drove
him from rope to rope. The chal-
Ienger. his face bleeding in three
places from steady pounding, strove
TO protect himself, and then, in one
final effort he lashed out with right
and left at the astonished Greb.
The rally kept the middleweight
champion at bay until the bell and
he went vigorously after a knock
out in the fifteenth, but instead of a
willing foe he found a wounded lion.
Six times Walker ripped sledge-ham-
mer drives into the Pittsburgh man s
stomach until Greb, recovering, went
back at his opponent.
A crowd of $4,000 was electrified
by a spectacle of two champions belt
ing each other. The final bell found
decisive victory over a foe he out
weighed at 159 by Z pounds; Walker
great in an exhibition of fighting
pluck which cost him none Of his
prestige as a champion welterweight.
The battle had the spectators on toes
throughout with it's speed. Walker, a
dangerous hitter at a distance, was
given few opportunities to mix, as ne
would like to have done. Greh quickly
hn ficrh n where
he used his weight and every trick he
knew to outscore Walker with a fly
ing right that never ceased in Its
windmill journey.
Greb held his left straight from the
shoulder as he waded in, and then, as
Walker was forced to crouch and play
for the body. Greb hurled him against
the ropes and opened cuts on his
mouth, cheek and ears.
Both men proved that they could
absorb punishment. Greb's attacks
were met by terrific wallops to the
stomach, but he never flinched.
Walker stood up under Greb's un-
firing fire at short range until the
fourteenth.
Eddie Purdy, the referee. was dam
aged almost as much as the boxers.
He was spilled four times trying to
break them in clinches, and he limp
ed with bad leg after his first fall.
Wills Scores Quickly.
Wills. who has for several years
perehed patiently on Jack Dempsey's
doorstep, has muscles that are still
timber and strong. At 213 pounds he
had nearly 80 pounds on Weinert.
Wills quickly put Weinert on the de-
fensive in the first round and then
finished him after l minute and 45
seconds of the second. Perhaps Jack
kearns took note if he sneaked into
the fight, from which the State COM
mission barred him because he would
not match Wills and Dempsey.
Jimmy Slattery's defeat gave the
crowd it's greatest shock of the night.
Slattery had been winning spectac-
ular fights in New York, and was q
strong favorite. The clever Slattery
could not solve the crouching, bouno-
ing Golden Gate enigma. A sharp
left hook in the third caught Slat-
terry squarely on the button, and he
went down to come up at the count
of nine. Down he went twice more,
then as he was stumbling around the
rinsS a towel fiuttered from his cor
neR
The weights were: Shade, 153;
SIa*teIy& 1929.