Evening star., 1928-05-22
BY EDWARD ]. NEIL.
(Associated Press Sports writeS.l

n YEw YORK. May 22.--The light
weight division still boasts the
VI same old rller-dapper, clean
1 cut handsome Sammy Man
debut If ever they awarded
titles for raw courage IN the prize ring
Irish Jimmy McLarnin, must be crown
ed king of them all.
For is rounds under glaring lights
above a ring pitched in the center oi
the Polo Grounds. the black-nalre9
sheik from Rockford, Ill, SlaShed ana
tore last night at the body ana chm
OF the McLarnin kid.
r,efts that shot out with the sting
and drive of q whip-lash cut aoous
.Iinnmv's face. Short right chops closed
his left eve. leftS smothered the otner
eve, and punches from every dlrec'on
hroueht a stream of blood from ms
nose.
McIarnin Is Gritty.
But there was one point Mandell,
the master. could not touch. no matter
how that dazzling ring general poured
his batteries into Jimmys heao, CRASH,
ed his hand TO the body. and ripped
the Irishman's head back with upper
cuts. he never could reach Jimmy
heart. :.
There was not dissenting voice III
the disappointed crowd OF less 'AaIi
$4,000 that gathered in the big Nauoh-
al League ball park for the mos' I'M, IN,
portant lightweight battle in the past
five wears, three times postponed De
cause of bad weather, when Joe Hum,
phries announced that ManoeH sun
was champion after IS rounds OF lurl-
Gus battling.
but neither was there a spectator
who did not stand and cheer the llon-
hearted effort of the slugging Celt TO
lift that crown when McLarnin, nStlc
sensation after he knocked out SID Ter
ris in a punch. dragged his tired pat
tered body from the ring.
For every one OF those 10 ROUNDS
McLarnin. hoping always to land the
smash that slowed away the Ghost OF
the Ghetto. piled into the champion
and into a storm of punches that bat
tered MS features almost beyond recog-
milton. II was the attack OF young
gter who didn't know what fear meant
a kid with 8 fighting heart that coulon
be slackened. the attack Of bull pup
into the Jaws Of a feet. slashing ter
rier.
Wins PIaudits of Crowd.
Jimmy's effort not only won him the
plaudits Of the crowd. but the whole
self, But il gained him only OF the
IS rounds and carried him on even
terms with the title holder IN three
others. Mandeli won nine ROUNDS by
wide margins. but McLarnin, never CIV
ing up. although blind on one side and
rapidly losing sight on the other. MADE
his most gallant sorties II the last TWO
rounds.
The right that drummed once on
Terris' chin and ended that nghi
abruptly. seemed to bother Manden but
little. Fleet and tireless, Sammy shot
McLarnin's face full OF left 3abs from
the opening gong, tied up the chai-
lenger in most OF the clincheS and
splashed merciless right chops on JIM
my's head almost &C viii.
There waHau aIanes when. Il seemed
that .Jignnnv must 20 down, that even
a youthful body as rugged as the sturdy
chsilenger's sIltist bend under the ci01ns
Of gloves that fairly smothered him.
Then IL was that McIlarnin called Tor
extra strength. extra courage 70 bore
through those cutting punches TO tear
at the body Of the title holder.
Keeps on Trying.
The lion hear. of the Irishman al
WAYS responded. After losing the firSs
four rounds, at times appearing SO
crude that Mandeu held MS ioreneau
with one hand and pasted him with
the other, McLarnin came back TO take
the fifth and even the sixth on sheer
aRgressiVeness and courage. Jimmy
hammered both hands ceaselessly INTO
MandeIi's body and slowed him up.
Jinmy's cause was hopeless In the
face Of the champs power, when he
hammered in again 70 even the ninth
and win the tenth. Only knockout
could win the title after Mandell slash
ed and tore the challenger through the
next three rounds. But then 1t was
that McIarnIn fought hardest OF all
20 gain the fourteenth round and end
his title try. almost blind. bleeding pro-
fllseiy from the nose. IN gallant last
ditch struggle In the final round.
To critics about the ringside Il APP
ueared that McIarnin. despite his SEN
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