The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-27
STRIBLlNC BADLY I.
|BEATEN BY. SCHAAF
| M'TEN ROUNDS
Georgian Spotted Sailor
Twenty Pounds Ernie.
Well on Title Trail
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent

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Chicago, Feb 27-(UP)-Ernie
Schaaf's slashing, flesh choppipg
victory over w. Il. (Young) Strib-
ling of Georgia last night has
headed the big Bostonian. for a
shot at the worlds heavyweight
championship before the end OF
the year.
The 2O9-pound protege. of Jack
Sharkey literally cut the Georgian
to pieces. He fioored him in the
fourth. He sent him to the hospi-
tai where seven stitches were
taken in cuts about Young Strib-
ling's face and head. - = -
He beat the pride Of the south
worse in 10 rounds than Max
'Schmeling, the worlds heavy
weight champion, did in Is up to
the time Schmeling won the fight
on a technical knockout.
Showed Courage
And the Georgian, reputedly a
boxer with no fighting heart,
stayed the route only because his
courage was with him last night.
He waved down cries from the
crowd to stop the fight"
Schaaf won hts 18th straight
victory in nine months before 10,.
925 persons in the Chicago sta
dunn.
The gate receipts were $780,
$3.50.
The decision was. unanimous.
Outweighed 2Ok pounds, con-
ceding Schaaf height, reach and
every other physical advantage,
Stribling made one of the earnest
stands of his long and checkered
career.
Schaaf dropped Stribling with a
series of short rights to the head,
that left the Georgian sitting in
the ring bewildered and glass-eyed
just as the bell ended the fourth
round. Stribling sat there more
than 10 seconds, while his handlers
were negligent in rushing to his
aid.
Coming out for the fifth round,
Stribling, still showing the effects
of the jolts he had taken around
his head in the previous round,
made a courageous but desperate
rally. 1t was the Georgian's final
bid for victory.
Through the last five rounds
Schaaf clowly cut the handsome
southern boys face to pieces.
Sewed Up
After the bout Stribling was
taken to hospital where he had
four stitches taken in cut under
his right eye and three stitches
taken in a wound under his left
eye Both eyes were swollen al
most shut. His lips were bruised
and cut, and he was pitiful look
ing figure.
| He wasn't marked, about the
face after his defeat by Schmeling.
During the ninth round Schaaf
opened up a terrific drum fire OF
fists. The Georgia boy was reel
ing, unable to defend himself.
The crowd yelled for Referee
Dave Barry to stop the fight. The
| Georgian shook his head and NUT
| tered: I'm all right" Striblinp
was gushing blood from the cut
under his right eye, bleeding from
| mouth and nose and too weak to
hold Schaaf in a clinch.
Couldn't Ctop
AT the end of the sixth round,
Schaaf hit Stribling with a left
hook after the bell rang and had
to be led to his corner by the ref
cree. Again in the seventh round
Schaaf kept punching after the bell
and was grabbed by the referee.
Stribling started strong, winning
two of the first three rounds, u.s.
ing an effective left jab and land
ing several hooks which Jared the
Bostonian. The knockdown in the
fourth round marked the turning
point of the battle.
Jack Dempsey attended but left
after Stribling was knocked down.