BILLY GRIME BEATEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 323, 7 April 1928, Page 9

BILLY GRIME BEATEN

WILLING BOUT AT NEW YORK

LAMFE GETS DECISION

By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright, NEW YORK, Thursday. In a 12-rounds boxing contest at New York Lampe won the decision over Billy Grime (Australia). The men’s weights were: Grime, 12811 b.; Lampe. 12611 b. T AMPE was cautious, while Grime’s superior experience and ring generalship showed him off to advantage. Grime took the first round and Lampe the second, driving Grime to the corner with rights and left to the body and landing two hard rigts to the face at the bell. The referee, in the third round, compelled Grime to remove a rubber tooth-protector. Grime landed a hard right to Lampe’s body, and the latter went down to the count of eight. Again Grime sent in a volley of rights and lefts to the same place, and the American onco more took the count of eight. Lampe claimed a foul. The referee disagreed, but stopped the bout while a doctor examined Lampe. He found no evidence of a foul. It was Grime's round by a large margin. In the fourth Grime tried for a knock-out. Lampe began to fight back, but Grime’s superiority was evident. He took the round. LAMPE RALLIES The fifth was Lampe’s by a shade. He staggered Grime with a volley of blows, and then backed him to the ropes, landing rights and lefts freely. Grime won the sixth, making Lampe miss with his dodging tactics and landing hard rights and lefts to the American’s head and body. Both men came out leaping and mixed it roughly for a few moments. Both slipped to the floor during a melee, but were up instantly. It was Lampe’s round. The eighth was also his. He fought furiously, driving Grime against the ropes with a fusillade of blows and spinning him around with a clip on the ear at the bell. LIKE WILD CATS The ninth round was marked by a sharp, smashing exchange. It was Lampe’s round, as was also the 10th Grime missed, his only effective blows being light jabs. Grime, in the 11th kept Lampe off with left jabs, land-’ ing hard rights to the body. This was Grimes round. In the 12th the men leaped at eah other like wild cats, Lampe s attack proving the more effec-

tive and staggering the Australian and driving him to the ropes. It was Lampes’ round. The referee and one judge gave Lampe the decision, the other judge declaring his decision a draw. The other decision was popular with the spectators.—A. and N.Z.