San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-30
EXPLAINS POOR
SHOWING in
FITZ GO
Red Comes Up With Cracked
KnuckIe, Too-Lencho
and Pancho Close.

Major r. Z. Scott, medical corps,
United States Army. Friday morning,
after an examination, pronounced the
left hand of Jack League, heavyweight
pugilist. badly broken. A short time
afterward. a civilian physician veri-
fled a report that Red" Fitzsimmons,
whom League met in the ring at the
opening of the new Hippodrome at
Fort Sam Houston Thursday night,
has a smashed knuckle on the right
hand.
League contends that his hand was
useless from the start of the fight and
that this explains his poor showing.
Fitzsimmons winning every round OF
| the ten in the windup bout, and receiv-
ing the judges decision.
The victory of the Sonora sorrel
may mean a bout for him with Chuck
Burns, San Antonio pride, now tour
ing the Mid West, within few weeks
when Burns returns home.
The observation-disclosures bout was
disappointing, but the post show
scintillated in other respects.
1000 SEE BILL.
The climax of the classy card that
entertained more than 1000 fight
fans 1.-THE official estimate) at the
post Thursday night came in the
| fourth meeting of Kid Pancho and
Kid Lencho, arch-rivals in the local
fyweight class. !,
At the end Of ten rounds jammed
with vicious battling and fought TO
the accompaniment of steady roar
from the high-banked seats, Pancho
received the decision. Lencho was
popular with the crowd from the start
and his great comeback in the last
four rounds. after being roundly out
boxed in the first six, brought an
ovation. Consequently, when the
| Judges decision was announced and
Pancho's hand was lifted, said judges
got the bird. from the crowd.
Pancho had an edge and, had a
decision one way or the otner
been imperative. nothing could have
been done but give him the fight. But
Lencho, wild though he was in many
of his wings, mixed it so willingly
and came so near dropping Pancho
into dreamland in the last couple OF
rounds that he deserved a draw:
"Shade" decisions always were and
always will be unfair.
The only solution to a close fgbt
| is a return bout, and Lieutenant
Harry W. Killpack. post athletic OF
ficer, in charge Of promoting tine
bouts in the new hippOdrome, has
wasted no time in rematching Pancbo
and Lencho for fifteen rounds. De
tails have not been arranged but the
bout is expected to feature one OF
the early summer cards.
FISHER BEATS GEORGE.
Tn preliminary bouts Thursday, Bal
Fisher proved faster than Connie
George and the latter's right punch
was not brought into play until tne
last couple Of rounds. Fisher smacked
George groggy in the last 30 seconds
of the eighth round and that gave
him a sizeable margin to win.
Jackie Moore took his time against
Kid Pinos, measured his man ana
svatted him through the ropes for a
nine-count in the first round. stow
ing him away was easy before tine
opening round had ended.
Jack Trampush knocked Battling
Hosapois down for two in the fourth
round and outpointed him in the first
three to win the curtain-ralser.
League weighed 1876 pounds for the
| vindup fight and looked soft. He was
slower than his 24-pound-lighter oppo.
nent. and Fitzsimmons made the most
of that, clouting him clearly on head
and body and getting free or tying
Jack up in the clinches before
Leagues heavy right could get started,
In the seventh, Fitzsimmons smashed
one over that sent League back on
his heels. League asked for a return
bout. but was told to get back into
| strict training before he made such
request.
STRAIGHTER HITTING.
Pancho hit hard and clean in the
opening rounds Of his 10 with Lencho.
| His craftsmanship was perfect, while
Lencho was wild and constantly on
| the defensive against the ropes. de
tried bouncing off them and almost
fell out of the ring a couple OF times.
Once Pancho tvirled him and he took
a tumble on the canvas. A hard left
to the body dropped him to one knee
for the fraction Of a second in the first
/ round.
Lencbo, however, gets dangerous al
he gets angry. He was out to win II
he could and he threw away caution
in trying, He remembered the knock
out Psncho scored over him about four
years ago, the boxing lesson Pancho
gave him in their second meeting aud
then the foul Pancho committed with
Lencho victory in sight the third
time they met.
They strapped like two game roost-
ers, with Pancho calm, accurate, in
command Of the situation, and Lencho
desperate, strong. observation-disclosures
til the sixth. Lencbo swarmed over
Pancho in this round and gave the
hid a moment or two, but got a
bloody nose for his trouble.
TACTICAL ERROR.
In the seventh, Pancho changed tao.
ties and so lost bis chance at a clean
cut verdict. Instead of boxing Lencho,
piling up points and forcing the fight
ing. be- lay back. letting Lencho e)me
in, and set himself % Land a finishing