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The Seaforth News, 1957-06-20, Page 7— < •, Won The Title— But Didn't Get it It was one of the great ironies. of the boxing game that Young Billy Stribling of Macon, Ga., should have fought Mike Mc- Tigue of the County Clare and New York the second time in the State of New Jersey. Maybe the the fact that the mix-up took place on the eve of April fools' Day, 1924, had something to do with it. For the fact is that the "Georgia Peach," with the down of ' 19 -year-old youth on kis cheeks, soundly whipped lightheavyweightchampion Mc- Tigue—but he didn't • get the title. What saved McTigue his crown, was the New Jersey law forbid- ding decision bouts; a fight either ended in a knockout, or a "no decision" was declared. The referee, the sports writers, and the 14,000 fans at the 113th Regiment Armory in Newark were unanimous in their opin- ion that champion McTigue did not win one round of the twelve. But Stribling couldn't put the Champ away for keeps. McTigue, of course, knew what he was doing 'all the time. Ever since he took the title from Battling Siki the year before he'd been holding on to it for dear life taking no chances. And when he agreed to box Stribling in Newark, the wily McTigue figured that with his experience in the ring he could keep his chin out of the way of a knockout punch for 12 rounds. It was clever figuring, but McTigue almost out -smarted himself out of the championship. In the tenth round Young Strib- ling floored the champ with a beautiful right hand to the jaw. McTigue staggered to his feet, and from there to the end of the fight only Stribling's over- eagerness kept the champ from being knocked out. The Georgia youngster simply lacked the ex- perience to put away the man he plainly had set up for the kill. He rushed McTigue, swing- ing wildly, and the cagy champ managed to evade Stribling's punches or tie him up in clinches. One thing Stribling demon- strated without a doubt, at least. That was that he had probably beaten McTigue in Georgia sev- eral months previously, in their first fight. The champion - had brought his own referee with him for the bout, and nearly brought on a shooting when the referee called the fight a draw. Afterthe second meeting, it was the consensus that Stribling could lick McTigue any day of the week. This he • never got a chance to prove, however. Mc- Tigue never took a chance with the Georgia boy again. From the opening bell of the Newark bout, it was apparent that Stribling had the cham- pion's number. He took after Mike like a tiger, and the champ quickly got on his bicycle. Mc- Tigue was guilty of so much stalling, clinching, and running, that his prestige was damaged. It was a case of youth against experience — 19 -year-old Strib- ling against 29 -year-old McTigue and the youngster proved to be the stronger. Trained to the pro- verbial razor's edge, his long, smooth muscles rippling under the pink skin, his eyes bright and his head erect. Stribling simply outgunned the champion. MERRY MENAGERIE aRVow, dear, don't lose your— oops — temper!" FIVE-STAR FINAL—Most newsmen will agree they've never seen a• city editor that looks like the gentleman on the left. But the gentleman—king Clark Gable—is real enough for 66 real newspapermen who are playing in the film, "Teacher's Pet.'` Gable, as editor of the "New York Chronicle," is shown with Hollywood columnist Erskine Johnson. An authentic editorial room—a copy of that to the New York World -Telegram and Sun — was made for the filming. Time after time he broke loose from Mike's cinches by brute strength, and on other occasions pulled and shoved the champ around the ring to get him set up for a clean punch. Stribling relied mainly on his left hand to outbox McTigue. He stuck his left paw in the champ's face so many times, McTigue must have thought he was battling a centipede wear- ing boxing gloves. Stribling al- ternated his left jabs to the face with vicious shots to the mid- section that made McTigue grab and hold on for dear life. Three times during the fight it ap- peared that Stribling had Mc- Tigue ready for a knockout. In the third round he caught Mike with a one-two on the button that draped the champ over the ropes. But McTigue staggered through the round. In the ninth two left hooks and a straight right to the jaw had the champ holding on again. Still Stribling couldn't finish him. • The tenth round was the fight's high spot. It was here that the "Georgia Peach" rip- ped McTigue with a right hand haymaker that sent the champ crashing to the floor, his head through the ropes. Mike was up before the count, but he seemed to be out on his feet. The crowd jumped up, screaming, "Finish him! Finish him, Strib!" But Stribling, see- ing the crown almost within his grasp, was too ,anxious. He swarmed all over McTigue, bat- tering him against the ropes with lefts and rights, swinging madly instead of calmly meas- uring his man for the one knockout blow. McTigue rolled with the ,punches and took some on his arms, acting with the in- stinct of the veteran ringman. When the bell rang he was still on his feet, but so groggy he started to walk toward a neutral corner instead of his own. In the 11th and 12th rounds Stribling continued his over- anxious ways. It was plain that McTigue was glassy -eyed, arm weary, ready for the finisher. Yet he managed to last out the two rounds, and saved his title. When the fight was over, if Mc- Tigue didn't realize he'd met his master ,at least the crowd did. Stribling was accorded a stand- ing ovation. The Georgia youngster 'was seconded, as usual, by his fa- ther, "Pa" Stribling, while "Ma" Stribling, his trainer, occupied a ringside chair back of his cor- ner. The kid's first request -after the fight was for a piece of can- dy. Stribling never did .win the championship, -By Arthur Bern in The Police Gazette, .r` "Desert Rats" Now Hunt For OH Men who fought with Monty's triumphant Eighth Array are back in the Western Desert, ex- ploring their old battlefields. They believe that, beneath the 680,000 -square -mile expanse of rock, sand and scrub lie huge quantities of precious black oil. Prospecting is a slow process. It is also dangerous. For these veteran Desert Rats frequently encounter lethal obstacles left from the fierce battles that once blazed across the desert. Bedouin tribesmen have in numerous cases pilfered the British Army fenced in many minefields after the war. More than ten years later these mines remain active. 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