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Show DEFENDS DECISION IN HARBISON BOUT In commenting on the Mantell-Hansen Mantell-Hansen bout, Walter Bratz writes: "The decision of Referee Hardy Downing, In which he declared last night's benefit bout between Vic Hansen Han-sen and Frank Mantell a draw, was a proper one, all things considered, but Frank Mantell was mighty lucky to get such a verdict A decision in favor of Hansen at the end of twenty twen-ty rounds of unsatisfactory milling would not have been the worst imaginable. im-aginable. "First of all, the battle was not what can be termed satis factor)'. Frank Mantell fought as if muscle bound from head to foot and In a style that would never bring him to the top round on the middleweight ladder unless some of the present day middles are forced to fight with their hands tied behind them. "Hansen acted afraid at first and contented himself by boxing tho Paw-tucket Paw-tucket man at long range He landed land-ed three to one, but his punches lacked steam. Hansen easily out-boxed out-boxed Mantell in the early 'stafes, and as his courage seemed to come back to him he outfought Mantell also. For fifteen rounds Hansen simply 'one-towed' 'one-towed' and 'right crossed Mantell at will, with seldom a return. Mantell resorted to holding on, all of which worked airalnst him Had the bout ended In the fifteenth round. Hansen would have recetved the verdict without with-out a doubt. "In the last five rounds Mantell cut loose for the first time, but found considerable difficulty In landing ef-fcctlvelv. ef-fcctlvelv. At that he punished Hansen Han-sen severely in tho Infighting, .and boforo the fifteenth round was at an end Hansen was doing all of the holding. hold-ing. Hansen held on during the remainder re-mainder of tho bout, but Mantell could not send in the clean punches that would hurt him." |