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Show CUBBY GETS Ml III E BATTLE Delivers Innumerable Blows to Petroske.y's Body, but Punches Lack Force. By H. M. WAIiKER. Dy International News Service LOS ANGELES. Feb. 12. Punchless Jimmy Clabby, r.o fnst and clever that he mlijht dodge bull cm on a battlefield. " earned a rlean-cut, twenty-round decision over "Sailor" Ed Petroskoy In tho Vernon arena of the Pacific Athletic club this afternoon. So overwhelming In the matter of points was tho Hammond boxer's -lclorv that at thu finish (ho myclltlcd Petroskoy could only alt in hla chair and count his fingers and Iocs to mako auro that he waa body whole. On blows landed, punches, jabs and fllapa that hit tho Ooat Island battler on all partA of Ii In anatomy from belt lino to cara, the scoro was tomctlihiK llko 10 to 1 to the round In favor ot Clabby. A to willlnnea. ability to smllo under punUhmeut nd A-I condition, Petroskey left nothing noth-ing to be desired. Clabby muiit have clubbed hln man r.evoral hundred tlmea during tho aftornoon. Upon no few occasions James go: himself, both heels on the canvo;J5 and with a clear right of way brought hlc right to tho Petroskey chin without so much a ahaklDg tho sailor up. If wo aro to accept the Hoosler boy as tho present middleweight champion wo will haro to admit that tho title holder carries tho clovonicss of the real Attcll, but Is handicapped by a paper-weight punch. In Four Sections. Tho conteat separated Itself Into four sections, due to tho fact that Clabby twice tlrod under the boro-ln aggrcudvencf of Ihn big blonde, and at such timoj it appeared possible that Petroskoy might keep throwing lifnuulf at hla faltering opponent op-ponent until victory name the sailor's way. From the tlrat to the fifth Clabby boat Edward all over the ring and baffled Vvery effort made by tho lattor. In tho jilxth Petroekoy got to tho jaw with right nod left and for tlio next five rounds kept Clabby on the run. Tlio neventh was a good session for Potroskey and. a he sank Into tho handri of bin anxious seconds, Clabby asked "What round Is It gollluK to be?" Beginning with tho tonth, Clabby was himself again and In tho eleventh cut Petroskey's lip and started tho left eye on the way to a "bungalow." "bunga-low." Tho thirteenth, tha "devil's round." as "Snowy" Baker called It. belonged to Petroskey. Ho found Clabby tired and rained blows on tho faco and body. Jimmy boing a blood-bedecked fellow at the boll. Clabby missed many a punch in the fourteenth and wan whaled about the body until he loot hla customary grin. Clabby Comes Back. Clabby found his strength and cunning again In the fifteenth and right there began a aurc and yfitcmallc whipping for tho sailor. A wild right swing opened a deep cut under Clabby's right ojo In th nineteenth, hut throughout the final five rntiuds Jimmy was beating his opponent every Inch of tho way A vonsaiiona attempt for tho "Knlchel" nil If I on Clabby'a pail In tho third wont wrong. His right drew Pelrosk'y Into position, but tho left lauded high on Edward's head and only tent him bark a few steps. r.lngslde critics agreed that Telroakcy lost n great chance by not forcing Clabby when he had James "going" between the Rlxth and tenth, but. according to thn writer's way of thinking. Petroskey tried with cvory oiinco of ability at hiii command without being ablo to humble his old rival |
