Show I NEWCOMER POOR MEAT GILBERT K OS O.'S IN FIRST Stearns s Given en Pa Pass SS to Dreamland Easy She Shephard Shephard Shep- Shep 1 hard Sho Shows Sho rs s Well dell LAST ST RESULTS I nt ot over oer er DOl Knockout Flint round EU Ld Shephard r Dill Billy Baker Knockout Second Cond round Geor e SollI o over oer er Johnny 1 1 1 Decision lon Willie Ulle I e o over cr Tommy Moran S round Spud Sped Murphy o over er Jimmy Monaco Knockout Second round Kid Roger OTC over r Kid Crock Deel- Deel fon Ion I B By Herb Westen IT esten T P TE E signs sic s of the A diac tho rho dipper the thc great bear Orion's belt Melt Cas- Cas 1 chair and all the rife other resi i residents r dents of the celestial spaces unfolded enfolded in brilliant pyrotechnic pro profusion last night while hile Mister Billy Lilly St Stearns arns much touted P Philadelphia p his 1 lightweight io ht r lay lay- back upon the thc canvas in tho rho Armor Armory Armor arena areas studying the science of the hean bo bodies ies All Allor of which Is meant to con convey comes cy that Mr Ir Stearns was knocked ed out with a clean right to the tho ja Jaw jar last evening Inthe in the tho first round o of his scheduled six six- roun round affray aUra with Pat Gilbert the local lo local local lo- lo cal ring galloper X 1 Mark Spot Pat simply flayed Stearns aroun around the ring at will for tor the rife first minute and a n half halt while whilo tho rho latter failed miserably to exhibit an any of or the much heralded class After arranging the tho newcomer In a juxtaposition adjacent to the fife spot marked x C where Mr Air Stearns was to fall tall tho rho local pride flailed hl his right in a toward fashion connecting clean cleanly with St Steams Steam's s ja jaw and the Latter latter latter lat lat- ter went down dose for the count count and and then some It was sas boo hood good practice and easy monc money for Gilbert Last nl nights night's car card caul was replete R with Ith excitement which means that several J knockouts featured the tho evenings evening's en entertainment en- en thereby satisfying the fans fans' ans craving cravinS' for fight Birdies Twit Billy ERly Baker In his windup bout with Ed Shepherd furnished furnished fur fur- a L little pathetic comedy when he took the tho count in tho tto second E-Cond canto following Shepherds Shepherd's right to the thc jaw Three weeks a ago ngo o Baker might have given iven Shepherd Shephard a decisive beating but ff it an any local fighter has shown shorn improvement Im Improvement Im- Im provement In a 3 short time limo It Is Shep- Shep hard He lIe has learned ho how ho t to box bor and ho boxed Baker last night until he hc placed him where he tic wanted him to fall tall and then let the army veteran havo hayo It In n tho rho jaw jolt Baker arose groggy and one foot toot h the ropes attempted a n. f fighting fight InS ing pose Referee Downing held up Shephard's hand in token of ot his vie vie- tOl tory too and then went Into deep conference conference conference confer confer- ence with Mr bit Baker explaining minutely what had happened and sari that Shephard Shepherd had dono it When Nhen Baker regained his souses senses tin b. U was g given Iven Iven to understand that ho he had lied been handed the ol old by Shephard Shepherd Matters Batters having been suf- suf adjusted both fighters retired to the shower baths Johnny Flake the rife Rock Island boy who lost last week to Jay Solomon came back last night and though h he lost decision a to Fighting George Georgo Souls Sollis n who ho substituted for Art Brugger Brug Brug- goer get ho showed a n wonderful improvement Improvement Improve improve- ment and put up a n. game Same battle against his cleverer opponent Man Many of or the fans questioned Referee Downings Downing's decision dt Fiske e had th J first two rounds of or the tho fight by shades However toot tools tho rho closing two cantos by such big margins that DownIn Down Down- In Ins's ng's s decision was Wag justifiable Tommy Tomm Mo ran of Brooklyn who ma made mado e quite a showing showIng- last week wack b by dropping droppIng- his opponent in tho iho second round last night and demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- that though he Is s n a clever cleverand and acid trIck tricky fighter he cannot stand punishment Ho Ito started in whirlwind fashion against Willie Wise niso rh Tho latter however how how- over ever plugged along and in the rho second beat Moran oran dott down n for far the count Wonted Wanted a l Job After Arter Jimmy if 1 Manson had lud opened with both guns uns on S ud Murphy urphy h F i In n t the h e erho first round tho rho Irish lad tapped Munson Mun- Mun son fon a and the latter decided he ho didn't want to fl fight ht ht an any more Kid Crock a young gang gentleman of ot no uncertain a avoirdupois confidentially confidential camp came cameto to Promoter Hard Hardy Downing a few V days alto ago and stated that he wanted ranted a job fighting for you ou Promoter Downing recognizing that the tho lad was not In search of A n position tion pitted him against ag Kid Rogers Robots who was awarded a n decision over himat him himat himat at tho rho cn end of ot four tour exotic rounds rounds- roun s. s |