SMITH TOO FAST FOR WHITE
--------
Californian Wins in One-Sided Bout at Royale Club.
"Gunboat" Smith, the California light heavyweight, badly punished "Sailor" White, of Newark, in a one-sided bout at the Royale Athletic Club, Brooklyn, last night. Although White had an advantage of twenty pounds, Smith continually tore into him, landing at will. He had the better of his larger opponent in ring science and generalship, White failing to inflict more than half a dozen clean blows during the ten rounds.
The Newark boxer's end seemed a certainty in the ninth round, but he was saved by the opportune clanging of the bell.
1912-06-20 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) (page S3)
Gunboat Smith, the Western and aspiring heavyweight, made a chopping block of Sailor White, last night, before the Royale A. C., and won handily, but the Gunboat person lacks enough knowledge about boxing to keep him busy practicing for a couple of years and then about twenty-four months more. He weighed 180 pounds last night and White 200, but despite that handicap he had enough opening to have stowed White away in three or four rounds. Whenever Gunboat chose to feint or shift, or carry the fight to White, he could reach either head or body so easily that the crowd came to the conclusion that he should eat a barrel of fish a day, fish being popularly reputed to contain an excess of phosphorus and exceedingly helpful in building up the brain.
Instead of doing the obvious thing, he would wait for White to charge at him, when he would stick out a left that seldom landed and allow White to clinch. When he did lead, Smith merely stuck his left on White's gloves or shoulder, whereupon White would clinch some more. Only occasionally did Smith do any real attacking, but he did it often enough to have the Sailor groggy from the fifth round to the end of the tenth.
With experience and plenty of fish food, Smith may become a pretty able light heavyweight. He is active in an untrained sort of way, has a free swing, and can work in a short and dangerous hook with either hand. As for his being a white hope now, or within the next two or three years, even the marines could hardly swallow such a suggestion.
1912-06-20 The New York Times (New York, NY) (page 13)
Gunboat Smith Beats Sailor White.
Jim Buckley's heavyweight protege, "Gunboat" Smith of California, last night handed "Sailor" White of Brooklyn a severe beating in the main event of ten rounds at the Royale A. C. of Brooklyn. The Californian was handicapped by 20 pounds weight, but, despite this fact, he outclassed his sturdy adversary at every stage of the contest. The bout was made at catchweights, Smith tipping the beam at 180 pounds, while the Brooklynite scaled 200 pounds. The Sailor was able to use his weight to good advantage, throwing it on his lighter opponent at every opportunity.
1912-06-20 The Standard Union (Brooklyn, NY) (page 12)
WHITE TAKES BEATING FROM GUNBOAT SMITH
--------
Sailor White, of Newark, and Gunboat Smith, of California, hooked up at the Royale A. C. last night in a mighty poor bout for men posing as "white hopes." Smith was the winner, and gave White one of the worst trimmings of his career, but couldn't put him out.White tipped the beam at 200 pounds and Smith at 185. When the men stripped for action Smith looked in the pink of condition, while the Newark man was fat and flabby.
The first round was fairly even, neither man doing any damage. After that it was all Gunboat. He measured his man and dropped him for the count no less than six times. He tried his best to finish him, but couldn't connect right.
Smith is a good two-handed fighter, and is fairly clever for a big man, but apparently lacks the class to make him a topnotcher.
As a white hope the Sailor is a joke now, in everything but his name. He has gone away back. But as for gameness, he is a wonder. He took enough punishment last night to stop a dozen men, and kept trying all the way.
White left the ring with both eyes decorated, his mouth bleeding, and his nose as flat as a sheet of asphalt pavement. Smith was unmarked.
In the ninth round Gunboat delivered a volley of rights to the Sailor's jaw, and dropped him twice for the count of nine. But the Newark man weathered the storm, and by holding on managed to last.
In the semi-final, six rounds at 125 pounds, Young Corcoran and Young Lenney stalled practically all the way, with Corcoran having the better of what little fighting was done. It looked as though Corcoran could have beaten Lenny in a punch had he cared to.
In the first bout, four rounds, at 118 pounds, Tommy Farrell had it all the way on "Black Kid" Williams. It was the best bout of the night.
Frank Hunter handed Battling Smith a fine lacing in the second bout, four rounds at 135 pounds. Smith was all in at the finish. Hunter looked like a comer.
Young Mitchell shaded Young Michael in a slow bout of four rounds, at 125 pounds.
1912-06-20 The Sun (New York, NY) (page 11)
Gunboat Smith Runs White Ragged.
Gunboat Smith, 180 pounds, clouted Sailor White, 200 pounds, all over the ring in the main bout at the Royale A. C. in Brooklyn last night. Smith got every round and might have put White away, but the latter prevented this by deliberately falling through the ropes for an occasional rest. Smith kept his hard right swing in play and used it often on White, who did not show any signs of fight, but wrestled well. White did not land one good punch during the mill. White took two counts of nine on bended knee in the ninth round. All the bouts staged were as poor as the star event.
No comments:
Post a Comment