"CLABBY THE WINNER."

NZ Truth, Issue 571, 27 May 1916, Page 11

"CLABBY THE WINNER."

Decision Creates Furious Demonstratibn. Dave Smith Fought with Usual Dash. Crowd Galls Out "Fraud" and •-. "Robbery," (By Special Cable.)

A crowd of oyerSfliOO ringsiders welcomed Dave Sjmith at the Sydney St&.-,S dium on Saturday night when the : re-< tired champion f rnade his re-appearance against his old opponent, Jimmy Clabby. ■; >\ •: . • '■ ■'.-■ . ■ The weights announced were: Smith list «%lbs, Clapby lost 13lbs. From the beginning the New Zeateflder made the pacei evidontly bent on showing the croaker^ ihat he was far from being a back-niimber. He demonstrated, early that h^ pdsisessed all his old dash and cleverness, and this time he fought harder thajn was his wont. He won fully fifteen out of the twenty rounds tought, and severely punished the American, tnousfa no doubt the great effort all through slowed Smith down somewhat m the latter stages of the fight ':£■'■'-■■* T'X ■;■■ ■-;' • ■- - ■■■- dabby, came with a rattle m the last two rounds, and during the nineteenth be butted Smith over the eye, cutting it open. Nevertheless, this_ failed ;to equalise matters, as UP to this stage the American had been badly disfigured. ' When Referee Arthur Scott declared for Clabby, pandemonium broke gut. ; The great crowd | gave a noisy and angry; demonstration! of its dlsApproval of the decision; The great ;', bulk 'of It refused to quit the building and continued to hoot and Shout "Fraud" and "Bobbery." This lasted for fully a quarter Of an hour. i,: While the crowd shouted its disapproval of the decision, 1 the fact remains that the bookmakers and "guns'* were highly pleased with themselves.* '■ ; -<.- 1 H- ' . / '• ;/;: - • ; : r;V fßoxer-MaJor's" ojpmlon is that the decision was wrong and disgraceful. - ? ■- ■ '■-- "-<■< ■ ■ •■■-■! -.■ • '.' -■ ; ■■ „ ■'"• ,