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Show 'MICKEY WALKER NEW CHAMPION I Grinning Youth Defeats Britton By Decision In 15 Rounds NEW YORK. Nov. 2. The grtnning tousle-headed young fellow from Elizabeth, Eliz-abeth, Now Jersey, Is welterweight boxing champion of the world today because, ho hail absolutely no n-spcet for old age. wisdom and CUnning when he won a. Madison BQuare K":"dens. Hc signs his checks Michael Edward Walker, but the boys call him Mickey Mick-ey and liis appearance doesn't belle tho aptness of the monicker. Mickey Walker is nK. new hamplon and Jack Britton, the sage ot the ring. Is r.craln an 00C-1 hurnpion. It's not a new rolo for Britton but It appears ap-pears likely to be permanent one now. Jack, who ha fought for 20 years, held the title for nearly h de-( de-( ade. first losing It to Ted KI.J Lewis and later regaining it from the same man. I.T Bin s CAM l I l The battle Wednesday night was one of the most curious in . sport noted for Its up and downs and ins and outs. , Almost unprecedented before even minor battles and extremely rare among titular contests was th-- action ac-tion of the state boxing rommU'lon in announcing before the contest started that "all b-t are off." The fltato of Ne- York by law and the boxing commission by regulation prohibits betting on ihc bouts, even If It does flourish The fight was rattling affair from the first gong and when the fifteenth round ended and the lattcre,i r-hstii-poin was still on his feet, the crowd i rallied to the cry of Joe Humphries the veteran announcer, and gave thre- heers to what Joe called "the best hamplon who ever lost his title In this arena." BRrTTOX DOWN OFT N Walker led from the first, binding numerous damaging blows and putting put-ting the rhamplon on th- defensive. Britton went to the floor marly half n do.cn times, once from the combination com-bination of a light tap and a ."fumble, ugaln apparently to rest himself, and1 again when the gong Hn-d Dim. Brltton's chief stock last night was heavy hitting and craftiness. Both enabled him to escape a knockout. I |