The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-18
DONOVAN CASTS
DECIDING BALLOT
FOR CHALLENGER
Majority Of Ring Experts and
Crowd Of rs, Favored
Game Chicagoan
LEFT EYES CLOSED EARLY
Warriors Wage Bitter Punching
Battle; Mete Out Terrific
Punishment

New York, Sept. 18.-(P,-The fan
tastic feud Of Jimmy McLarnin and
Barney Ross, two of the finest fight
ers this generation will see, is closed
for the season, and the two young
warriors Tuesday stand exactly where
they started three months ago with
the exception that neither can see out
Of his left eye.
McLarnin has his welterweight title
back and Barney is still king Of the
lightweights without serious chal-
lenger in sight in his own class.
There the matter must rest until an
other summer rolls around, when
most certainly they must have 1t out
for the third and deciding time.
McLarnin regained his champion
ship in Madison Square Gardens big
bowl on Long Island Monday night
exactly as he lost 1t In May-on a
split decision. There was far more
question this time though as the
game little fellow from Chicago wan
dered off heart-broken into black
and sullen night: the first champion
who ever held both titles. even for
so short q time: the latest victim Of
the first defense jinx that has dog
ged all welterweight champions since
Joe Dundee. And the fifth straight
titleholder to lose his crown in the
ring Of the gardens bowl.
Crowd Favors Ross
The crowd Of about $4,000 that
braved q threatening night after II
straight days Of rain had forced four
postponements, didn't think he had
lost. Neither did majority Of the
experts around the ringside, 10 OF
whom thought Barney had earned the
decision after Is savage rounds while
only three sided with the opinion of
Referee Arthur Donovan, who gave
the title back to McLarnin after two
judges had disagreed.
They fought entirely differently
Monday night and the result was q
bitter punching battle that seethed
through the arena round after round
with first one, then the other. buck
ling under right hand smashes that
caved their knees but never fully
floored either. McLarnin, dead tired
at the end. came closest to hitting the
floor as he skidded twice under Bar
ney's attack in the last round. Each
time, though, he was more weary than
hurt.
They dealt each other terrific pun
lshment, betting with an abandon that
belied their regulations as two Of the
best scientists OF the ring world. As
early as the third round, their faces
started taking on an entirely new ap-
pearance, and by the 18th you had to
be an intimate to recognize either.
Left Eyes Closed
Barney's left eye started to close
under McLarnin's right hand smash
Is as early as the third. In the
eighth, McLarnin's right eyebrow was
gashed and his own left eye started
to blow up. BY the halfway mark,
Ross lips were smashed. BY the 18th,
McLarnin's left eye was sealed tight,
and his nose and lips had started
bleeding in the 18th. Then to ever,
matters, Barney's right eye was cut
In the 18th.
They could scarcely have tried
harder.
The Associated Press scorecard
gave Ross narrow margin, while
Donovan's vote for McLarnin was the
highest Of the night, 10 for the Irish
man and five for Ross. The boys
however, shared in net receipts esti-
mated at $l25,0O0 at the rate Of a
per cent for Ross, Is per cent for Nc
tarnin.