Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-19
KAPLAN WINS BY
DECISION OVER
HERMAN IN Is RDS,

New York, Dec. 18-(By The As
sociated Press)-The- worlds feath-
erweight crown still rests jauntily on
the head of Louis (Kid) Kaplan,
Connecticut's idol of the ring. He
successfully defended his title by
battering his way to a convincing Is
round victory over one of his fore
most and most persistent challeng-
ers, Babe Herman of California.
Before a crowd of $4,000 fans in
the New Madison Square Garden,
Kaplan spiked Herman's attack al
most completely as well as any sus-
picion that his hold on the 1885,
pound crown was slipping bit. The
Kid belied his somewhat drawn ap-
pearance by setting slashing pace
from start to finish, driving Herman
to cover with swarming, agrees
sive onslaught and piling up a mar
gin which left no doubt of his tri-
umph in the minds of observers.
Dick (Honeyboy) Finnegan won
the semi final bout from Bobby Gar
cha, soldier-boxer from Camp Hola-
bird, Md, in the sixth round of O.
slashing 10-round go.
Garcia was disqualified by Referee
Kid McPhartland for hitting low aft
er having been warned three times
previously for the same offense.
e Up to that Garcia held a lead,
chiefly as a result of knocking Fin
negan down for a count of nine in
the second round, but the Boston
boxer rallied after this to score eff
fectively with sharp shooting lefts to
Garcia's jaw and body. Both slugged
away furiously in every round and
twice had to be separated after the
bell rang. The crowd booed the dis
qualifying decision for several min
utes.
Jackie Quagerelli of New York
gained the judges decision over
Tommy Jones Of Atlanta and John
ny Filucci of New York won the
verdict over Willie Makel. Wash
preliminaries.
The Kaplan- Herman fight by
rounds follows:
Round One-The boys met in a
clinch to start the fight. the cham
pion broke away and landed his left
to the head and Herman scored in
the mitigating that followed. Kap-
Ian backed Herman with weak left
to face. Kaplan missed a rushing
left, and Herman scored to the face
with his right. Two of Kaplan's
leads went wild and he was forced
to clinch. Both were missing fire.
quently. The bell found them in an
other clinch.
Round Two--Kaplan sent Herman
to the ropes with right uppercut.
Herman. Jared the champion with
his left jab. Herman scored with his
right to the head. Kaplan started
one of his buzz saw attacks, chas-
ing his challenger around the ring.
There was much clinching and
wrestling. Kaplan staggered Her
man with left square to the face.
They were dancing around at the
bell.
Round Three-Kaplan bore into
his challenger with both fists flying
and drove Herman to cover. A
singing left caused the challenger
to vince. Kaplan was doing all the
leading with Herman almost entire-
ly on the defensive. Hermans Jab
was bothering Kaplan and his ear
began to bleed. A short left to the
face sent Herman off his balance Just
before the bell rang.
Round Four-Herman sank his LETT
to champions ribs but missed right
follow and clinched to save himself.
The referee warned Herman for
holding on. Kaplan dashed his right
to Herman's face. A solid right
cross missed Kaplan's chin by hair
and Herman almost toppled by the
force of Kaplan's countering right.
They were wrestling at the bell.
Round Five-They clinched. AT
close quarters both played for the
body. A left jab and a right cross
staggered the champion. but he reel
ed and sailed into Herman in
vicious charge. Kaplan landed three
times with his lett without a return.
Both landed to the head. Kaplan
bounced his right off Herman's chin
simultaneously with the bell.
Round Six-Herman started to slug
with the champion and In hard ex-
change both landed damaging punches.
Herman landed his left to the face and
clinched. They wrestled around the
ring with one arm free, punching reck-
lessly at the hea and body. A right to
the stomach doubled Kaplan. Herman
landed three lefts to the face as the
bell rang.
Round Seven-They met in a clinch