Show i I 1 i i I i Stribling n in Wins Over Huffman I in In Poor Bout Small Crowd Watches Georgian Decision Huffman I EW Feb S 8 The P figure of oC William WilHam L 1 Young Stribling Strib- Strib I I ling stocky boxer boxel from Georgia cast but a pale shadow over r rex x lUck lUck- I aids aMs heavyweight tournament to- to day ay Although victorious in his ten ten- round match with E Eddie BuHman Lost Angeles light heavyweight at Madison Square Garden last night Stribling failed to impress s tans fans with his u just us as he tailed In his 1926 fight with Paul Berlenback Berlen- Berlen back for the pound champion champion- I ship hg mauled his way to victory victor OV over l' l Huffman Hut man in a featureless featureless feature feature- less match natch marred by clinching bounding and acrobatic feats Stribling from the waged a defensive campaign that left the spectators yawning There was little little lit lit- tle snap In his long left jab little desire to force the milling lie He flitted about the ring slInging slIng sling- log ing punches at the awkward huffman huff huff- man mun from long range closing now nowana ana then to maul a away ta at the Californians Californian's Call Call- I rIbs plodded forward fOrWald rarely landing effectively but continually forcing forcing- his wa way into a defense that he could never quite solve Huffman BuHman was unable to evade long loft lE t hand con con- At close quarters the southerner lifted a jarring right at times to Huffmans Huffman's head but at no stage e were the blows heavy enough to bring i. i semblance or of a knock knock- down Blood trickled In the late roun rounds s from cuts In Huffmans Huffman's left en I ear ar and ami mouth while a In inthe I the sixth frame drew blood from hom Stribling's nose Both men scaled I 1 2 1 pounds less than three pounds over the light heavyweight limit One of the slimmest ot of recent Madison Square Garden crowds the match only spectators pushing through the turnstiles for a gate of 1571 |