Show I CYCLONE JOHN TOO FAST fOR NOR NORV All VALL Wins Decision Over Butte Boxer Who Took Big Beating I Oakland March 26 Cyclone clone Johnny Thompson tho ho Illinois lightweight won wona i a decision over Charlie Nor Norvall vall vail a California boy In the 1 main event of the show given by the West Oakland club Wednesday night Thompson was the aggressor all aU through the fight and his spectacular work was wasI I accomplished In the third round when he knocked Norvall down three times and probably would have knocked his man out but for the gong Norvall came back stronger than the crowd expected would be possible however and It was his work In the closing stages that earned for him considerable support Eddie Smith of Oakland was the referee Thompson was boring in as usual from the first to the last but he found it dif difficult diffIcult difficult at times to get through guard and the long reach of the tho latter was a decided advantage to him In the third round Thompson dropped Norvall orvall with a straight right to the Jaw Charlie too count but as he got up was sent down again and still a third time Fortunately the gong sounded and the rest was the one thing that saved him Norvall Stalls In the fourth and fifth Norvall stalled much of the way and in the sixth sev seventh seventh seventh and eighth he held Thompson off to toa toa toa a large extent dancing around the tho ring and swinging with his long arms He lacked a punch however and in the ninth and tenth was hanging h on a great deal frequently being cautioned against this tills by b Referee Smith Tho The decision handed out by b Referee Georgo George Brown in the Indian Joe Gregg Billy Grupp fight in which Gregg was given ghen a decision started a gen general general general eral disturbance Gregg stalled through five of the six rounds while Grupp was doing all o a fighting |