Show IRISH MORRISSEY BOUT DISAPPOINTS F AND VE CARD Headliners Content With Tugging Match Tactics X but Boys Who ho Precede Them Furnish Action 1 rA rAj j By W. W D. D B. B f I DON DONT DON'T know what some of the theother I other bugs thought about it but I am going to say that the little round four-round tilt which Fighting George and Tommy Gethan put on for Hardy Downings Downing's Downing's Downings Down Down- ings ing's at the Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Man Man- hattan club Monday night was just about the best short short-ro short round nd mill I have ever witnessed and andI I have seen a few in my day It certainly was the best that has ever been staged at the Manhattan Man hattan club The Solomon Bruger-Solomon bout of about a month ago held the palm in the minds of the fans for real battling up to jo Monday night but the George- George Gethan mill forced us to put that go even one notch farther into the memory of the past for the two latter battled in a manner that had even even Hardy Downing standing aghast aghas George evidently nettled by the criticism from his friends because of his former posing tactics came out of his corner with a jump and how that youngster did smother Gethan with clean and well weIl directed punches from every direction He had his opponent opponent opponent op op- op- op on the floor several times and Tommy was just able to weather out the round The second and third were almost repetitions of the first but Gethan appeared to get thoroughly warmed up to the situation and did considerable execution himself The terrific pace continued all the way and andin andin andin in spite of ot the lacing which he was handing out himself George was bad- bad Continued on page pa e 3 3 MORRISSEY MORRISSEY I Id ad d from from page 2 scrods times under t the h e ck Of Gethan DICT lithe decision of course fa f big bis margin because id td effective punching punching- Gethan to the and his won- won k kt- kt George more moro than demonstrated that he raising musing b boy y at at the club ou think ou think of that bull bun Ifan fan fari of me as we were He lie referred sh Lee sh Lee Morrissey l mill I f probably the proper Morrissey took it Into Irish at the latter's instead of stand stand- ting him his good goo result was that the two ched through an entire E unsatisfactory milling of the tho holding on Byer ever ver ready to rush Into Is In ise-In In style ste of milling Irish the verdict gain what little bit of sUn chin the last minute of tans fans apparently would e pleased with a draw two vo boxers to pull pun suc i ia a ry bout and feel that can Kan ever expect is a a. ai I ut i Disposed of Kid Dutch utin ut in the very first attain raiser OD BOY S. S another promising led Kid id Wells of Ft I lacing and almost had end laCing nd of four rounds I v ng S with each appear- appear ca can circumvent getting ahls preliminary days I Exceedingly exceedingly good boy brother of Jack Ryan J e r boxed a substitute I Ig Ig iSE g Greenig is one of who hasn't yet I ne ef hand band from another Stay tay Y Lane was some some- I ri his first public ap- ap apI I the fans with H He and Percey Gilbert I Sl o have met should worth th seeing If It Downie Down Down- ie together at some i J 1 i cured a a. decision 1 t Sin In their round four I I down twice in inI I ind nd Brownie r nc nee I d smash h in the mid mid- I ii d him up but he hud had I ho he time lime |