Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-11

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head back. Both landed damaging
lefts to the head. In every clinch
Stribling hung on. The bell found
them locked tight.
Round Nine-They met in a clinch
and waltzed to the ropes. The cham
pion feigned Stribling into an open
and crashed his right to the jaw. A
wild right landed to the side of tho
champions head and Berlenbach paid
his challenger with driving lefts to
beautiful uppercut to the champions
face and then hung on. A left to the
face lifted Stribling off his feet and
he was grabbing to clinch as the bell
rang
Round Ten-The referee warned
Stribling again for holding as the
men met in clinch. Stribling ripped
his right to Eerlenbach's ribs and
almost toppled the champion from
the ring. Stribling came in fast but
Berlenhach held him off with a
straight left to the face. The crowd
hooted as Stribling continued to
hang on. Stribling chung to Berlen-
bach's body every time they came to
close quarters. The champion sent
over crashing left to the head and
Stribling saved himself from going
down by grabbing the champion at
his waist. They We're Waiting at
the bell.
Round DEMONSTRATING staggered
Berienbach with straight right to
the head and then backed up. Strib-
ling attempted to hang on but the
champions sweaty body caused him
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him badly about the body. Berlen-
bach ripped over two hard lefts to
the ribs and then held his challenger
off with his left arm extended. The
referee had trouble parting the pair
just before the bell sounded
Round l2-Stribling sent the cham
pion back on his heels with left to
the face and then hung on. Stribling
landed. weak right to the head. but
Rerlenbach countered with savage
lefts to the ribs. Berlenbach Jared
Stribling with right to the teeth.
then punished him to the body as
Stribling came in to hang on. Another
straight left to the face brought new
blood from the challenger's mouth.
Stribling was not landing blow as
he tried to evade Berlenbach's on
slaught at close quarters Stribling
Round distributing danced in and
Jared the champion with a left to the
face. Berlenbach missed a left and
clinched. Stribling lifted Berlenbach
off the floor as the challenger duclled
and grabbed to the body in an effort to
dodge the champions right. The cham
pion drove Stribling to corner and
showered him with lefts to the body
and head. They wrestled around.
Stribling continued TO hang on. Five
times Berlenbach scored to the body
as Stribling was getting his grip on
Berlenbach.s body. The bell found
them dancing around.
Round 14-StribIing drove savage
right to the body. then jabbed to the
face with his left. Stribling landed
another good right to the body, but
Berlenbach punished him about the
body. Stribling's next rush drove
Berlenbach through the ropes. but he
was back in the ring without count.
Every charge resulted in clinch,
from which the referee had difficulty
in breaking them. BerIenbach brought
his left into play again to the body as
Stribling hung on to save himself from
punishment as the bell rang.
Round l5-They shook hands. Two
clinches followed Berlenbach pound
ed both gloves to his challenger's
body as Stribling came In to hang on
They wrestled around the ring to the
shrieks of the spectators. Berlenbach
tried desperately to land a decisive
blow but the challenger hung on to
save himself from the champions
driving punches. They were dancing
at the bell
The Prsnminariss
Yankee Stadium, New York June 10
-LP)--Sergeant Sammy Baker, soldier
welterweight from Mitchell Field. bat
tered his way to the judges decision
over Red Herring of Gulfport. Miss.
tonight in 1O-round match. the first
preliminary TO the Berlenbach-Strib
ling title bout
A crowd which seemed close to the
capacity of $4,000 roared as Herring,
shouting to his opponent, staged a
strong finish. but this comeback was
not sufficient to offset Bakers wide
early margin. The soldier boxer was
the aggressor most OF the way, landing
with damaging effect to the head and
body and flooring Herring for count
of four in the fifth round. This was
the only lnoc!idown Of the bout.
Baker weighed 145i and Herring AS.
The second preliminary was over
almost before 1t started with Monte
Mum Of Lincoln, Neb., scoring q tech
nical knockout over Joe Burkin, negro
heavyweight of Dallas, Tex, after only
one minute and % seconds Of the first
round had elapsed
Mum, former member Of the Ne
braska legislature and brother of
Wayne tBig) Mum, the wrestler, made
short work of Burkin, who was down
four times altogether from the impact
of smashing right and left hooks to
the chin. Tall. statuesque and fiercely
aggressive, Mum tore into the negro
and had him on the floor in five Sec
onds. Burkin beat hasty retreat and
never even attempted a counter blow
IS Mum beat fundamentally On