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Show M l ill! OiyLO inrnppr j "njpjp . oLUiioL MAm enverite Winner in Main 'Manhattan Bout; Seme Stiff Battles on Card. Eddie McKenna last niir'nt fa"e Fight-; Fight-; Geori,'p one of the most artkslit.' lat.-ina H any fighter lia? ever receive:!. Once liviie GL-ore tried his famous rush (1 boring-in tactics, but ait each trial die k-iit him to the punch and shook ore every time. He was ai;resive ni!liout the six rounds and scored !iv time Iir led, which was more fre-inliy fre-inliy thnn George liked. Each round b in .McKenna's favor, ami as each md passed George way lvcn a letter con Uiun in the previuus round. Hum-n? Hum-n? it ail up, it-was all Mr Kfuna at iry turn of the six rounds. Eddie was tost that when Gcoie did let he :Wvs v;rote JlcKenna a letter of no- , Eddie always beating tho letter and i ring a Ftrailit left or an overhand j at to the face. During the fourth - ffl'l George was all but through, anrl, , doubt, wished he was back in the foer-round same. MeKenna won easily. The opening bout, a three-round contest, con-test, blouiiL out I'.iily 1'fiter and an unknown scrapper from the wilds, known as liaUlinK aeiuiKi-r. Billy bored in, mostiy to tlie Ualtler's wind, and took the decision. Opener Lively Tilt. Eddie Kesler and Al Wowell went four rounds to a draw. Each round was full of action and some hard swings were delivered. de-livered. Nowell rushed out and, with a hard overhauled rij-'ht, almost took Kesler off li'is feet, but frcun the first round onward Eddie fought his man, and, allhonsh he took many rights to tiie face, he managed to even up each round by his stiff inside punches to the wind. -No-well was the aiwessor Ml Die way, Kesler Kes-ler alwavs wailinU for him to come in. A draw 'decision was popular. Harry Lam; of O.adcn and Willie V. ise put up a iniyhty J4"0d four-round draw. Kane as usual, gained a considerable lead 'in the first round by his btflni,' "here" and nut "there" when Willie svvuuk for him. Hut, as the fiyht went on. the smile and fancy dance, wore ol'f, and he look a fine little l.-u'ins from Wise. He always evened up. however, owing lo his suuc'-ior reach and ability to jazz around when in daiur'-r. Although some of the fans favored Wise, a draw decision was, in the main, popular. Eert Scarf and Hlackie Malm of. Ogden put on wliat was scheduled for a four-round four-round limit. Near the close of t no second sec-ond Eert found an open spot and, bilf-liing bilf-liing out went Hint sled gc-ha mm er right and still. ped on Malin's nose. The b.ow -out Elackie lo I he floor in double-ipncl; Ume The bell stopped the releroe's coupling and aller lime the rcleree raised Scarf's hand, as Malm was not in any condition to continue. ,,-i,o, r.altlin" Johnson and .jack White fought four hard rounds to a draw. Tho-e hovs cm- and took. and. although the rood ' steadied them all dip-lug me .our rounds, eat-h one sent and received a good many pokes. Tae Eattler did not seem as fast as be once was. w ane U lute did not' follow ul' his leads when once on top of his man. When he had tae au-vVit:is. au-vVit:is. '.he funs would hiss mm, which worried him somewhat. lulc was t.ie .,,...,-e--sor throughout., and Johnson never wTs accused of lea, ling al any time dur-1,,.. dur-1,,.. the bout. Johnson relied mostly on .. "straight left ami an occasi"tial rlalit swing. "Sol on.-., did be us,, his ...rmer f.,mu lerroic r.gM uPPer.-m. A hoc s , lineal boriog-in tiidics aWays evened no afi-iirs. 'I'he rel'-rec s ,!ec;-ion ,,, a d'-aw biopglU out manv bowls and hisses f M""..' 'i'',l,w.e'.l.:''''o-'oiigli; out Tom round o. a j'j .,i u . |