Show KID IRISH STOPS Ii GRAWFORD CRAFORD IN INi J i FOURTH 81 F Former er Comes Out of Retirement Re Re- ment and Looks Better Better Bet Bet- ter ter Than He Used To OLD AS THE HILLS No Now this is the law of the tho Prize Prize- Ring- Ring as old and as true as the sky Iky And the pug that shall keep It may mar prosper but the tho pug that shall break it must die diel For the fighter that shies at the tho bright lights may get with the great ones onesS at length S But But the tho strength of the tho pug is his life and the life of the tho pug is his hla strength I Tommy Crawford probably one of the tho most promising youngsters ever started in the boxing game gama here was knocked out by Kid Irish in the tho fourth round of what was scheduled to have been a six-round six windup at the Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Man Man- hattan club last night and Tommy only got what has been predicted for him for some time True Kid Irish is apt to put PU the sleeper on any opponent but the fact remains that Tommy Crawford was not the athlete last night that he should have been To get down to brass t tacks Tommy has been too popular and he be merely got what was prophesied for him some months ago Tommy has started on the route that Young C Corbett Corbett Cor- Cor r- r bett Terry McGovern Kid McCoy Billy BUly Murray and dozens of others went Tommy boxed like Jike himself for about two rounds last night but then the old stamina left him and Irish knew It Irish carried him along two more rounds and then began to take the upper hand In a manner that indicated that he would soon put on the wallop that would finish it He hooked it St on in a clinch a short right hook to the chin freed himself from Crawford Inthe in inthe inthe the clinch and let him drop Tommy i was ou out for for keeps Kid Irish lash demonstrated that even though he has been In retirement for several years clean living lhing and good physical care have left him just as asgood asgood asgood good as he ever was Irish is still a rattling good boy and a card as well Downing will probably have a hard time finding someone to meet him As for Crawford Tommy Crawford Tommy will wUl have to change his ways He lIe can become a good boxer yet if it he wants to 10 Paul Pollock and Yankee Allen went at It hammer and tongs in the six-round six and showed the fans a lot lotof lotof lotof of real infighting and although there was wa-s nothing very spectacular about it they were trying all the time and each landed ma may many y hard punches to the face and body but neither would break ground Pollock took a slight lead in inthe inthe the early rounds by doing what little long range boxing there was but Yankee Yankee Yan Tan kee came back strong in the last round and had the Frisco boy a little worried worried wor wor- ried ned which earned him a draw Frankie Ritchie the youngster who has been coming to the front so fast lately started like Uke a whirlwind and had Kid Mack under cover most of the time for the first round Mack found his bearings in the second and by using superior ring generalship managed managed managed man man- aged to even things up and the draw decision met with the approval of the fans This was Ritchie's first battle with a boy of experience and the manner manner man man- ner ncr In which he han handled led himself stamps him as a real comer corner Jack Hogan of S Sacramento and Willie Gee of ot Denver two clever feather weights tried their best for four rounds and although both landed I repeatedly neither one had the punch to do much damage and Hogan was awarded the decision for landing the greatest number of clean blows Bud ud Rock and Kid Bailey started a round four preliminary like Uke a a. cyclone and although Rock landed hard and often on Bailey Balley for for forthe the first session he couldn't seem to his man who started something himself in the beginning be ginning of the second round and soon had Rock showing the showing the distress signal Although Rock was willing he had shot his bolt and Referee Downing ex excused excused excused ex- ex him and gave the decision to Bailey Balley Wood Hayes and Young Davis were up and down for three cyclone rounds that had the fans on their feet In Inthe Inthe inthe the curtain raiser and the draw decision deci ded slon sion satisfied the bugs |