The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-09

to pay off any bets in advance,
what little advantage then out
standing belonging to the
cleaner, harder Irish puncher.
He cinched his slender lead in
the tenth by pummelling VOL
fran into the latter's corner
and then swinging him around
with a severe left to the face
followed by a veritable tattoo
on the ropes, from which VOL
fran was just starting to
fight back at the final bell.
The Brooklyn Irisher is about
as fast a worker as has been
seen on the local canvas,
throwing his blows so quickly
that time and again there was
simply no ducking them, as
Wolfram will attest. Except
for a cash high up in his hair
above his forehead which VOL
fran sustained midway Of the
fight, it was practically blood
less. There was some butting
on both sides and Frankie's
cut is attributable to what
seemed to be more Of an acct
dent in close quarters than in
tended rough work on the part
of Doherty.
Wolfram won the first round
on sheer aggressiveness, Do
herty spending too much Of
the round feeling out his
strange opponent. The second
went to Doherty, whose fierce
attack caught up with Wolfram,
who took much punishment to
the head and body.
Wolfram Off Balance
Wolfram tried to crowd
Doherty, who preferred to stand
off and fire at long range, and
throughout the third Joe kept
frankie off balance with an ef-
fective left and scored to the
ribs sufficiently to take the
round. Wolfram snapped out of
it in the fourth and landed three
hard blows to Doherty'S head
and evened the count.
frankie clutched throughout
the fifth when Doherty was find
ing his range and took more lac
ing during the infighting.
The sixth went to Doherty,
who caught his man coming in
and pounded him into a neutral
corner before Referee Hughes
split them. Just as the bell
sounded, Doherty planted a
thunderous right to Wolfram's
head.
The seventh and eighth were
pretty evenly fought and went
on my tab that way. Both boys
seemed to be saving themselves
for the ninth and tenth, which
were heated, Folfram again be.
stirring himself in the ninth to
almost come up on even terms.
He had Doherty backed into the
ropes taking unmerciful blows
and it was with difficulty that
Joe worked himself out of the
spot md toward the center Of
the ring.
Ninth Wolfram's Best
Having spent himself in the
ninth, Wolfram had little left to
combat a determined stand
staged by Doherty in the final
round. Again Joe was the more
aggressive until the last 80 Sec
onds, when Wolfram pulled him.
self together to be fighting back
hard at the bell.
Gerald Reeder played the
part of stooge for Lem Simons
when those two colored boys
opened the show. Gerald in
PRODUCED some novel technique
by remaining doubled up most
of the four rounds and taking
a terrific pounding around the
skull. He was lucky to be on
his feet at the end. Jeffra out
pointed Pyne by cleaner, more
precise hitting in the best of
the preliminarieS.
Ray Ingram didn't come to
life until the fifth against Yves
Martin, which made his verdict
all the more surprising. Ray
will never get into Madison
Square Garden on performances
like that.
was disappointed in Joe
Green. Strictly a counter
fighter who wastes the evenings
standing in the center Of the
ring with his arms poised high,
waiting for somebody to strike
him. Then he SlapS back like
q 9'yeaIold girl. Phooeyl