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Show Second Defeat Causes MitchelFs Retirement From Ring Endeavors MILWAUKEE, March 10. Richie Mitchell, prominent lightweight, light-weight, who met his second defeat at the handf of Rocky Kansas, the Italian battler of Buffalo, here last night, will quit the ring within month. That is the announcement he . made follow- ine his ficrht with Kansas. Mitchell haa Buffered aeTeral aetbacke o the laat few months. H waa defeated de-feated by Benny Ieonard. then by Kan- HI. and last night made hla third da. leal. Sport writers of tha local newa-Bapara newa-Bapara awarded tha bout to Kanaaa. It was a tan-round no-decilon affair. MANY ARQUMINT. Whll a majority of the newspnorr critics declared Kanaaa had tha baitr of tha arKument. aoma thouirht Mitchell had an even break and ona writer credited cred-ited Mitchell with a ehade. Both acored knockdowns In the fifth round. Tha firet round appeared to be Kanaaa' Kan-aaa' and the aeoond Mitchrlla. The third and fourth were about even. Kanaaa Kan-aaa bad the advantage In the fifth, atltn and aeventh. The elirhth and ninth favored fa-vored Mitchell and the tenth appeared to be a toaaup. Kanaaa waa warned br thy referM t- peal.diy for delivering; a backhand puncn which la acalnat Wisconsin riilcs. Kan- in welched 13tVi and Mitchell U- pounds. LEFT HOOK WIN. A left hook to the chin that aent Richie Mitchell to hla kneea In the flfih round amed for Rocky Kanaaa a shade. The blow aeemed a lancln oca aim ' Mitchell alld to hla kneea. but he took r nine count, and. when ih .aroae, drove Kanaaa Into the ropea with a terrlfla riant to the chin. . Kanaaa went flyln Into the hemp, but he caught the top atrand and kept from falling. MITCHELL GAM. It waa one of the more brilliant momenta mo-menta in a fight that had .500 '" -'-ing like dervlshee throughout. Mitchell fighting for the right to remain In the final flight of llghtwelghta. waa mak'ng hla laat atnnd before hla home crowd, and he courageoua blonde displayed everything every-thing he had In atock. The more muscular muscu-lar Kanaaa rushed him about the ring, while Mitchell kept popping le" hla face to keep off a blinding attack. Kanaaa, aupremely confident after hie recent re-cent one-round knockout oyer Mitchell, tore after him at the first bell. Mitchell, fighting cautiously and displaying better bet-ter defense than he haa shown In aeveral f'rhts. blocked well-directed lefts for the " taw. but his backward eleue allowed the " Buffalo boy to cop the session. .. WO"k6T?ARD. Mitrneii iifumni ini ' - second round, and by some good work with his left hand earned an even break. " Be was eontinueUy overshooting the mark with his right hand, and was un- " able to get the range of his shorter opponent, op-ponent, who waa punishing Mlu-hell way , acroea tha ring and Into the ropes with left to the head. Bounding back, Mitchell fell Into a clinch and saved hint-self hint-self Mitchell was away off oolor In the third and Kansas bounced him all over the ring. Toward the elosa of the round Mitchell's popping left again cams Into play, and Kansas waa forced lo put on m the reverse. ' ROCKY FAST. X Mitchell was again an the defensive In the fourth, but his excellent blocking . kept him out of danger when a knockout .seemed Imminent. Kansas, playing hie game wisely, forced Mitchell Into corners. Backed up against tha post, Hleloe appeared ap-peared lost, and the most damaging punches of the scrap were landed when 0e was In this position. - The fifth waa the banner round of tha -- n'ght. Kansas worked Mitchell Into a - corner, and, coming out of an exchange, -- swung the left that made Mitchell wob - ble and then go to hla knees. He looked ' over to hie comer for advice and swilled ' faintly as he listened to the count. At nine he got up strongly. Kanaaa. tearing ; la for the finishing punch, waa met with ' a right that shot him Into tha ropes. There was a look of amasement on hta A hHherto confident face aa he took the " wallop, and when he came out of It he ouvertd up for the first time In the fight. FAT BATTIK. From then on It waa anybody's battle. ""Mitchell, still careful, resorted to his left almost exclusively. fx the ninth, urged u by the shrleka of his thousands vt u.' followers, he shifted, brought his right to the chin and took the offensive. He t, 4 smashed Kansas on the chin with all the power he could command, but the squatty Italian lad took them on the whiskers ,.u ind plunged rlsht In. seeking to put over ... he wallop. Mitchell, fighting like a , j tern on, kept on top of hlrn. He cracked straight lefts to the nose that oened j.. Kanaaa' Up, and sent short, snappy rights . to- the head. Kanaaa, Just as eager, re-fused re-fused to retreat. In the tenth round they ... Irepped all defense and swung everything u.uhty had, but both were strong and fighting fight-ing hard at the bell. .., Kansas weighed 134 pounds; Mitchell 'Scaled iMfc. i Tex Rlrkard announced last night that i Horkr Kanaas and Willie Jackson, light - weights, hsd been matched to meet In a "fifteen -round bout here March 17. Jack--- on waa aubetituted for Benny Leonard. lightweight champion, who ia 1U with in. flngnsa. |