The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-03

to live.
 Death came at 6 a. m. He had been at the point of death all night.
 stribling was 2S years old, but had engaged in more than 800 ring Battles, He reached his peak in fa31. when he fought Max Schmel- ing. then heavyweight champion, for the title. He lost on a techhical
 The parents of the fighter, "Pa" and "Ma" Stribling were at the bedside. "Pa" was his trainer ana manager; Ma, q Georgia iarm woman. supervised the cooking m her sons many training camps anu was known to the readers of all sports pages.
 Sudden Injury
 stribling was returning to Ma con from the Idle Hour Golf Clup on his motorcycle Sunday. R. V. Johnson, n motorist, swerved ms oar to avoid n collision with an- other machine, just as strioung was attempting to pass. Strlplhs was side-swiped and the tehder of Johnson's car almost severed ms left foot ut the ankle
 At Macon hospital the foH was am p,,tated. His left leg was found ia he mangled and his pelVis brok- en. At first physicians thought no had an even chance Co survtVe, but last night he began sinking rapid ly. .,, ,, |.
 His wife, Clara, still confined In the same hospital where she gave birth to a son less than two weeks ago, was taken to her husbands room and stayed until the end,
 They have two other children.
 Dr A. P. Kemp, hts physician. abandoned hope at midnight. strihlings heart weakened rapid ly in the last few hours. 1t was impossible for him to get the rest through sleep that was necessary for q rally.
 Johnson, was eXonerated or any blame for the accident. Sheriits deputies held 1t was unavoidable:
 Stribling's full name was Will liam Lawrence, Jr, He was sturoy, handsome, dark-haired, one or the cleanest living mon In the ring o o He went through more than So0 bouts without serious injury--and he fought all corners, including tho
  Primo Camera. :, Although he suffered . technical knockout when trying to wrest the heavyweight championship rom Schmeling, he never was actually knocked out In his career.
 Etribiing was a smart and clever boxer. He was managed through most of his career by his shrewd fatiser, W. l.. Stribling, Sr, n form CT acrobat. Ills mother accompan- led him also on most of his cam paigns. Because of the constant cautions from "Pa" and Ma, Young Stribling developed into a cagy fighter, who avoided punish mont as much as possible.
 Three Rig Shots
 stribling fought for two cham pionships. In addition to meeting Schmeling for the heavyweight title, he challenged twice for the light heavyweight crown. In his last bout, slightly more than two weeks ago, he won non-ttle newspaper decision over MaXie Rosenbloom, present light heavy weight champion, In Houston, Tex. During his career, he was esti- mated to have earned more than s750,000, much of which was in- vested wisely in various proper ties and enterprises, including a chain of restaurants.
 Stribling was called "young" be- cause he started fighting as l6- year-old high school boy in 1921. His first opponent was Kid Domb at Atlanta, Ga.
 Came Along Fast
 within two years after beating Kid Domb, Stribling was the box Ing sensation of the south. As his weight and ring reputation in- creased, he was matched for the light heavyweight title with Mike McTigue. They fought to Q 10- round draw at Columbus. Ga, In 1928.
 This bout and ensuing debate gave Stribling nationwide publi- city. The referee, the late Harry Ertle. McTigue and his manager Joe Jacobs Qater Schmeling's man ager) charged Ku-klux klan CO., ercion. Ertle claimed that before the bout an official of the klan warned him that Stribling would have to win. Safely out of Columbus, Ertle reversed his decision and called McTigue the winner
 Stribling met McTigue again at Newark, N. J., In 1924. and won q 12-round newspaper decision.