Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-26
GEORGIA SENSATION BATTLES
WAY TO VERDICT OVER SLATTERY
Slattery Groggy In Seventh but
+ Rallies And Bout Goes Limit
Capacity Crowd Present

New York, March 25.-(APl-
Young Stribling, light heavyweight
pride Of Georgia, squared accounts
with his youthful Buffalo rival.
Jimmy Slattery, tonight. Before a
capacity crowd of $4,000 in Madison
Square Garden, the speedy Georgian
punched his way to decisive victory
over SIattery, gaining the judges
decision In a ten round match pune
tuated with thrills. Stribling not only
, even the score with Slattery. who
gained a six round decision over the
Georgian two years ago.. but did 1t
In convincing fashion. Slattery was
outpunched and outgeneraled except
| for occasional flashes and was on the
verge of a knockout in the seventh
round under a barrage of terrific
right hand hooks to the jaw. A ma
| jority of ringside critics gave six
| of the ten rounds to Stribling and
three to Slattery, with one even.
Slattery fought on he defensive al
| most from start to finish, but even
| his stiffness failed to keep him out
of the way of Stribling's rushes and
driving attack to the head and body
The Buffalo fighter held his rival
even for the first half of the battle
| with either able to do much telling
damage, but the Georgian's advan-
I tages in weight, reach and hitting
| closing half of the battle, except for
a courageous stand by Slattery in the
| ninth round.
Stribling had Slattery groggy un-
der a smashing attack to the head in
the bell saved the Buffalo youngster
from being knocked out in he sixth
He was reeling backward. blood
streaming from his mouth, and al
| most helpless as the Georgian tried
desperately to put over decisive
punch. A succession of overland
hooks to the jaw nearly spelled Stat
tery's doom in this juncture, the most
spectacular Of the fight.
Slattery's clever boxing, particular
ly in the second, fifth and ninth
rounds, all of which he won, brought
cheers from his big following in the
| crowd, but the Buffalo lad lacked the
punch to back up his rallies. 1t was
| rough and tumble encounter for the
most part with Striblings superior
strength giving him abig advantage
at close quarters. The Georgian
weighed 172 pounds to Slattery's
1863 1-2.
Most of the Stribling family was at
the ringside to cheer the Georgians
victory. The fighters young society
bride of a few months set with Ma
Stribling While PA" was his sons
| chief ring adviser.
In two ten round preliminaries
| Bud" German, Kenosha, Wis.
| heavyweight, squared accounts with
his Cuban rival, Carl Carter. by gain
/ ing judges decision, while Solly
| Seeman, New York lightweight
scored one-round victory over X
Q. Leonard of New Orleans, the lat
| ter being counted out as he sat or
the floor claiming a foul in spite OF
the referees refusal to grant it.
! The gate receipts totalled S7S,432.
? Round One-Slattery Jared Strib.
ling with overland right as they
came together. Stribling caught Stat
terry on the ropes and battered him
with left as he held with right. The
| Buffalo youngster came back to jat
his rival away. They pummeled eacl
sharp right to head but came back
smiling at bell.
| Round Two-Stribling landed with
both hands to the body. He was eau.
toned by the referee for rough tactics
in the clinches. Slattery stood the
| Georgian off with fast jab and
| pounded Stribling's head during a
| clinch. Stribling rushed Slattery tc
! the ropes but failed to connect. Stat
terry outboXed the Georgian and the
crowd yelled. They both fell to the
floor while clinched just before the
gong sounded.
Round Three-Stribling snapped
! Slattery's head back with a left but
took a furry of jabs in return. Strib-
ling smashed his left to Slattery's jaw
twice at close quarters. They SPARED
a lot at long range. Stribling worked
a left to the head but took a smack
ing right to the jaw in return. They
were sparring at the bell.
| Round Four-They exchanged light
blows to the jaw in mild furry
Stribling leaped in and connected
twice to the head with his left. The
crowd yelled for action as they con-
tinued to spar. Slattery landed a
right uppercut, but was sent back
with a sharpt left to the ribs. They
We're dancing when the gong sound.
! ed.
Round Five-Stribling fought his
way out of a clinch, but found the
dancing Slattery an elusive target
They clinched repeatedly with honors
even at infighting. Stribling missed
wild swing and took a snappy left
to the jaw. Slattery's left jab stop
| ped the Georgian's occasional rushes
They were locked together on the
ropes at the bell.
Round Satisfactory used his left
jab effectively, but took pounding
| the ropes. Stribling chased his rival
to a corner, but failed to connect
solidly. The Georgians' overland
right caught Slattery twice on the
head. Slattery was on the defensive
as the round ended.
| Round Seven-Stribling punished
! Slattery about the head and body
as he drove the Buffalo boy to the
ropes. Stribling rocked Slattery with
a terrific right to the jaw. Slattery
was groggy and was backed to the
ropes. Slattery danced and covered
up. But he took another hard right
the head. Blood was flowing from
Slattery's mouth and he appeared
| in bad shape as the bell stopped
Stribling's attack.
| Round Eight-Stribhng sent Stat
tery's head back with a short left.
Another left Jared the Buffalo boy,
| but he countered lightly with his
| right. Stribling laid back, waiting
| for an opening, while Slattery
danced and jabbed. They traded
wallops to the head in corner. They
were sparring when the round end
| ed.
| Round Nine-Stribling pummelled
| Slattery as they came together on
[ the ropes. The Georgian stuck in
his left jab repeatedly without a re-
turn. Slattery seemed intent on
! making a defensive fight of 1t and
/ stuck his head through the ropes to
avoid punishment on one occasion.
Slattery landed flush on Stribling's
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