Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-08
GETS VERDICT, Fl,
OVER CHOCOLATE
Crowd of 5000, Thrilled by
Stirring Battle, Is Not
Agreed on Ruling.
BY ALAN J. GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n Jew YORK, August ga
M battered little bundle of
| Y ebony fighting machinery
sat huddled in his corner
at the Polo Grounds last night
after 10 of the most furious
rounds of m-bang boxing New
York has witnessed in many a
moon.
AS bellerin Joe HUMPHREYS walked
toward him, white official slips in hand,
Kid Chocolate leapt up in anticipation
of being proclaimed the winner, only to
stumble back and fall into sobbing
heap in his corner as Humphries sud
denly checked himself, turned and lifted
the hand of Jackie kid Berg in token
of triumph.
In those few dramatic moments, pulse
stirring to crowd of $4,000 that had
been thrilled by sensational battle OF
little fellows, the winning streak that
Kid Chocolate appeared to have kept
intact was brought to sudden end,
snapped after two years of unbroken
victory by the lean little English whirl-
wind from White Chapel.
Entirely on the strength of his tire
less aggreSSiveneSs, Berg won by 2-to-
vote of the officials. The British light
weight received the verdict of Referee
Patsy Haley, grey-haired little veteran,
and one of the judges Joe Angelic. The
vote of Charles F. Mathison, the second
judge, went to the Cuban featherweight.
So close was the battle and so par
tisan the sympathies of the crowd that
the decision, plus the announcer'S un-
certainty, provoked big demonstration
of diSapproval. Chocolate, led tearfully
from the ring received an ovation that
drowned out the cheers for Berg. So
heated was the scene that impromptu
fights broke out around the ringslde and
in the stands of the National League
Ball Park. 1t was fully five minutes
before order was restored by the police.
Among the ringside experts sharp
division of opinion existed. although
slight majority appeared to regard the
decision as fair. On the Associated
Press score sheet Chocolate was given
six rounds and Berg four, but the
margin in several was so close tnat
there was plenty of ground for the wide
range of opinion. Chocolate seemed to
have the edge in the first three rounds,
as we'll as the sixth, seventh and eighth.
Berg held margins in the fourth, fifth,
ninth and tenth.
Chocolate landed the cleaner, more
effective blows. He had Berg somewhat
groggy with a sensational attack In the
third round, the most exciting OF the
entire fight. The flashing, ebony keed
was also the faster, better boxer when
ever he could keep away from the
crowding, mauling Englishman. Berg,
however. was increasingly the aggreSsor.
His punches were seldom damaging, but
they were more persistent and landed
oftener. This forcing, plus the fact that
Berg unquestionably made the stronger
finish. apparently swung the decision IN
his favor.
Berg, with better than a 9-pound pull
in the weights at 1884,, used this to
good advantage as he continually
crowded, mauled and harassed the Gu
ban Negro. Speared and often baffed
by his rivals sped afoot, occasionally
left paving the vacant air as the Keed
slid out of reach, Berg nevertheless,
Kept up a steady drumf1re that weakened
the ebony fash. Except for squirt or
two, Chocolate was hardly able to lift
his hands to punch in the last two
rounds.
Chocolate, meeting his first defeat in
two years of professional fighting and
after 167 winning bouts, lost little pres
tige His hackers undoubtedly will
clamor for a return bout. The Keed
stepped out of his natural class as a
featherweight, to beat the present light
weight king, Al Singer, year ago, puI
he was unable to repeat the stunt last
night.
The gate" was estimated at $3.50 900,
approximately the same as that for the
Singer-Mandell lightweight title bout
recently at the Yankee Stadium.
Eddie Mack, Denver lightweight.
gained draw in 10 rounds with Sammy
Dorfman, East Side scrapper, in the
main preliminary. Baby Joe Cans OF
San Diego, received the decision over
Eddie Murdoch of Tulsa Okla, in an
other hereunder, fought after the main
event