Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 49

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY¥ 23, 1929 STORTS FIGHT AT LONGER ROUTE IS NEEDED Cuban Tires at Close, While Fide! Is Fresh—Neither Makes 118 Pounds. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, May 23.—Kid Chocolate will have to meet and whip Fidel La Barba cver a longer route than 10 rounds'before he can claim superiority despite the de- cision the Cuban fiash holds as a result of their meeting at Jess McMahon's Coliseum Wednesday evening. 5 Whether or not a leading bantamweight, one good enough to head that division, was uncov- ered in the Chocclate-La Barba fight is a question of grave doubt. Neither boy made 118 pounds. Chocolate at 121!, pounds tired badly in the last round and La Barba, one-half pound less, was as strong as a little bull weight. would be a hard task for the little game cocks and undoubtedly would impair their fighting qual- ities. It was a battle worth going miles to see. Doughty little La Barba, from the West coast. won the applause of the crowd by his aggressiveness and the splendid manner in which he rallied after severe buffeting in the sixth and seventh rounds. Fidel was caught flush on the point of the jaw with hard smashes. Undismayed. not a bit of quit in his make-up, the former flyweight champion rallied his guns and drove the negro back before him with a barrage | of sledge-hammer blows. Difficult to Decide. Chocolate fought coolly and got the jump on his opponent in several stanzas by starting off with all the speed at his command. This may have influ- enced the decision and resulted in the booing and catcalls when in was an- nounced. Chocolate fought a splendid fight, but the writer thought the little West coast battler was jut a bit the better at the weights. The Cuban had a bad habit of pro- testing when struck fairly in the bod He got away with one of these protesis and the referce warned La Barba. The coast boy was wary thereafter, and had Te been able to hit the body, as is his wont, he could have inflicted more cdamage than he did. A return meeting is in order and over the 15-round route. Far better if both boys come in at 118 pounds and decide the question of leadership be- tween them as to who is the leading bantam in the country. Otherwise the honor belongs to Al Brown, the lanky negro who made such a decided hit in at the/ Paring off three pounds | | - Parisian rings and returned to see the fight at close range. SCHARF WILL TEST LOUGHRAN'S CLASS \ ! | Winner Not Champlon. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 23 —Kid Chocolate Cuba’s ebony boxing ace, has not vet reached the top of the bantamweight class, but his fingertips are groping at the peak. The Keed lost & possible chance for recognition as champion when he came in overweight for last night's victorious battle with _Fidel La Barba, his outstanding rival for the vacant throne. Before the fight started the New York State Athletic Commis- | sion decided not to recognize the winner | as the logical successor to the title. { Neither Chocolate nor the California | Italian, who once held the fiyweight | championship, gained a decisive claim | to recognition through last night's furi- ous battle, although the Cuban kept his record of 147 fights without a defeat untarnished. Both proved to the 18,000 excited fans that they were outstanding among the contenders, but. neither dem- onstrated a clear supremacy over the the Boston Garden fomorrow night. other g | “Loughran is due to defend his light- A close vote of the two judges and the | heavyweight crown against James referee gave the decision to Chocolate | Braddock. next month., According after 10 furious rounds. The ringside |the Philadelphian’s ~manager, — the experts were inclined to call it a draw, | Senaaf bout will be in the nature of & while the fans favored the Californian. | fune-up for the more important Brad One of the judges voted no decision. |dock fuss. If Loughran goes into the while the other and the arbiter within | e’ with that thought in mind, he is the ring decided in favor of Chocolate. | gue for a rude awakening not lonk LaBarba's steady aggressiveness CI-|afer he enters the ring with the for- ried plenty of weight with the crowd,|mer Navy champ. Schaaf at 195 pounds which rewarded him with a larger share |10 s maich for the beet heavies i the of its hoarse cheers after the decision | o & MAatCh fof (e PR SEnes b vie was announced, He rushed and slugged | fories 'is ample testimony that fhe through every round except for a brief | (168 5 (BRI, JesTRORT LIEL S period near the middle of tne fray when | yrlCERNTy RS C0 T0G 18 47 ine for both boys were glad enough to take & | 1'tiCiat font | breathing spell. “He failed, however, to | * 3 ""O0 VA8 w1y can beat Johnny land as cleanly as the Cuban did or | gisko, put Con O'Kelly on the floor for with such telling force. the first time in the latter's career in The smiling, skillful Kid proved time | this ‘country, who has been passed up after time that it is close to boxing sui- | hy jack Sharkey and Jim Maloney, is cide to miss an attack directed at him. | fa: ‘from a workout for the light-heavy- Every time Fidel failed to land With | weight ruler. Add to these facts the one of his furious rushes the Keed had | farsal of Max Schmeling to honor a him in danger. came in the seventh round, when s . Barba missed ihis first willopiand the| e s Po a7 ldeaias tonBthaats Cuban sent him staggering to the ropes | * One thing is certain—Loughran will with a storm of blows. His greater |pe up against a fighting battler, who strength and experience enabled him to | will attempt o nullify Tommy's superb weather the storm and he came back {0 | countering tactics by forcing the issue stagger Chocolate with & burst of speed. | at the least sign of backing by LOugh- In scveral other rounds LaBarba Was ran. The latter will have to fight a in trouble through his failure to Ot | gooq deal better than he has in Tecent guess the smooth-boxing “Keed.” 1IN months to score over Schaaf, and those | the second and ninth frames he Was|iwno have an eye to windward for upe able to stand off the rush and give the |sots are stringing along with Schaaf. Battle Friday Is Likely to De- cide Tommy’s Future as Heavyweight. BY FAIR PLAY. OMMY LOUGHRAN'S future as a heavyweight titular contender hinges on the result of his 10- round scrap with Ernie Schaaf, to be staged by Eddie Mack at to | Chocolate’s best chance | contract with the youthful Bostonian | 106 ARE ENTERED ~ INCITY LUB RO List for 15-Mile Contest Is Double That for Last, Year’s Event. A received for the second annual 15-mile run to be conducted here Saturday by the City Club. Eight States are represented among the en- trants, and runners will be in line from Washington, Brooklyn New York, Doevr, N. J.; Jersey City, Baltimore, Bedford Hills, N. Y.: Columbus, Ohio; Richmond. Alexandria, Catonsville, Towson, Fort By the Associated Press NEW YORK.—Kid Chocolate, Cuba, outpointed Fidel La Barba, Los Angeles (10): Pete Nebo, Key West, outpointed Dominick Petrone, New York (10); Archie Bell, Brooklyn, defeated Tony | Ross. Baltimore (1), foul; Baby Face | Quintana, Cuba, cutpointed Paulie Por- | ter, New York (4). NEWARK, N | Baltimore, " outpointed | Brooklyn '(10). |BADGERS HAVE BIG YEAR | IN THREE BIG TEN SPORTS By the Associated Press It has been many years since Wis- consin was a triple threat in Western Conference sports circles—as is the case this scholastic year. Wisconsin was undefeated in Big Ten foot ball last Fall until the last game, dropping that to Minnesota The Badgers finished second. Wisconsin tied with Michigan basket ball honors, and fought | Wolverines this Spring for bas laurels n Dundee. silvers, J—Vince Pal TOTAL of 106 entries, more than double the number which competed last year, have been for the ball George Meade and Ar- 2for25¢ VAN DYCK Cuban trouble in return, but on other occasions only his ability to take it pulled him through in safety. 'CAROM A LA BILLIARDS One of the reasons that Schaaf has not been seen much in local rings is | because he is not permitted to fight | more than six rounds on account of his If it was not for that rule Ernie be better known nationally, and age. | would !the chances are that Loughman would HELPS SCORE GOLF ACE {Rink tice. before. acoepting. this. bout | | in the nature of a warm-up contest. | By the Associated Press. Schaaf means to make a fight of it, and | Billiards and golf were all mixed up| it remains to be seen if the 175-pound when George Thorpe, professional at king will meet the issue. | the Homestead Country Club, at Dan- g vers, Mass., made a hole in one. A golfer m)gm uy“thlrt ‘Thorpe’s lri‘olre TIGERS’ STAR GRIDDERS | in one was the result of a spoon shot. | A biliard piayer would insist that it | | was & one-cushion carom. 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No one may care to work up a frenzy over activities in the junior lightweight boxing divisicn, but in an era of se-| cluded champions it Is at least note- worthy that Tod Morgan of Seattle. the | 130-pound title holder, has been willing to battle any of his challengers between | New York and Los Angeles. Tod has had his shaky rgoments, but he successfully defended his crown at Angeles this week for something the sixteenth time since he won the junior lightweight belt from Mike Bai- lerino nearly four years ago. Mickey Walker is the only other championship figure of 1925 who ha survived the pace, and Mickey, then holder of the welter title, has no grown into the middleweight champ! ship. Of the other champions at'the elocs of 1925, only Kid Kaplan is still act: in the ring. Rocky Kansas, (Phil) Rosenberg and 1 are refired. Harry Greb is dead Paul Brrfenbach has turned wrest BANKERS By the Associated Press. 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