Evening star., 1933-03-15
PRIMITIVE R|NCMEN
| F|GHTF|ERCE DRAW
Irving and Van Lack Class,
but Nobody Cares as Bat.
tile Thrills.
TT Washington boxing followers ex.

IF Washington boxing followers ex-
pected a middleweight title threat
to emerge from the Henry Irving
Young Van battle "for the District
championship" last night they were
sadly disappointed, but the Portners s
Arena chenille at least knows Mr..
Frankie Mann has available . pair Of
local fighters who actually stoop to
fight. And in this day and time that is
something in the ring racket.
BY the same token, Prof. Mann finds
himself equipped, as . result Of their
hair-raising, eight-round draw, with as
good q return match as could be hoped
for.
Pugilistic finesse was missing, but its
absence never was missed. The two
young gladiators, in their primitive
ways, started to throw leather from the
opening bell, and when the eighth
round gong sounded and both were near
exhaustion, gloves still were flying.
Van lust about definitely blasted the
idea he sported q filass mandible, for
he took everything Irving threw and
came tn for more. However, the once
potent right-hand punch was gone
There was no snap to his right mitt. a
very much unheralded left hand alone
enabling him to ward Oh Irvings at
tack.
Irving fought a typical fight, tirine
after the fourth round, but still
throwing his 100-to-1 lawmakers. He
was outweighed by 6 pounds.
IVAN took the opening round, but
v Irving came back to belt the
Southwest lad about the ring in
the second. Henry also had shade in
the third, and in the fourth passed up
his big chance to kayo Van. Irving
bounced two looping rights off Vans
jaw that had the Southwest boys knees
wobbling, but he weathered the storm.
Irving again In the fifth.
Van rallied to take the sixth and
then passed up his big chance to knock
out the dead-tired Northeasterner in
the seventh. Had Van possessed his
stretched out Irving. Twice in this
round Henry slipped to the floor from
sheer exhaustion and took a severe
beating around the face but, as did
Van in the fourth round, weathered the
storm.
The eighth and final round found
both tired, but Van had q shade, earn
ing the even break.
TRUDE as it was, the main event
~ was one Of the most pleasing and
exciting of the season and took all
the play away from the prelininaries.
which were featured by some doubtful
judging by the officiating staff of
Judges George King and Denny Hughes
and Referee Charlie Short and q
fourth-round knockout by Billy Lam
ders over Tommy Horn.
Landers, who broke his hand for the
second time several months ago, proved
the limb still possesses its old wallop
when he clouted Horn, Baltimore ban
tamweight with q short right to the
chin. It took Horn, out cold. two sec
onds to fall to the floor, and Referee
Short could have counted to $50 before
he could have gotten up.
Roy Manley and Stumpy Jacobs
staged nice six-round scrap which. for
some reason was awarded to Manley.
Most critics thought Manley would be
fortunate to get draw. There were
no mockdowns.
Tex Mills lambasted Billy Essinger
around but was given only q draw in
another six-rounder In the fifth bout
Bob Lowry suffered his first loss when
the Judges rendered a much-booed de-
cision in favor of q counter -punc Ming
Junior welter from Norfolk named
Jackie LevinSon.