ICTATING the terms throughout the entire, fight, Harry Groll of the U.S.S. John 'D. Edwards, clearly demonstrated his superiority by knocking out "Tiger" Usoff of Shanghai in the ninth frame of a scheduled ten-round bout in what was probably the dullest event of an uninteresting card last night at the Canidrome Gardens, Weakening the Russian with persistent body attacks right from the start, the sailor soon had the local boy in a bad way and only continued clinching and employing of heavier tonnage by Usoff saved him from defeat in an earlier round, Unleashing a fierce onslaught in the penultimate frame, Groll caught his opponent a terrific left hook in the stomach from which he reeled. Following this with a left and right to the jaw, the "Tiger" slumped to the canvas, blood streaming from his nose, to be counted out by Referee Fallace, The only redeeming feature of one of the poorest cards seen for some months was the semi-final between Private Mardensky of the Russian Regiment and "Slippery" Clam of the United States Navy. The American hit the Russian flush on the jaw time after time with right and left hooks, Jabs and upper cuts, but he made not the slightest impression on a boy who was not only game, but who continually came back for more punishment to eventually tire his opponent out and honourably emerge with a draw.
Mardensky confirmed previous impressions that his jaw appears to be reinforced with concrete and at no time last night did he look like going under via the K.O. route, despite the fact that he took enough blows to knock a horse over.
The special event of eight rounds brought together Joe Clara of Manila and Paul Lojnikoff of Shanghai. The latter, showing considerably improved form, gained a nar-w victory, his aggressiveness in e early rounds turning the scale.
a six-rounder Onufreichuk, local lightweight, received a points decision over the Korean Cho Young, who some time ago took the mea-
Mardensky with vicious rights and lefts to take it narrowly.
Mardensky came back strongly in the second, landing heavy rights and lefts to the sailor's head and jaw to lead on points, The third and fourth cantos were Elam's and how He did not knock out the Russian Regiment champion is still a mystery to the many spectators who were there.
Crashing left and right hooks, jabs and jolts to the local boy's head, jaw and body made not the slightest impression and although the sailor went all out for a count verdict he was unable tg put his game opponent down, This effort apparently sapped Elam's strength considerably for the next three rounds went to the Russian by a narrow margin, his remarkable stamina standing him in good stead, With everything depending on the last round, the two contestants stood toe to toe and although they were both quickly tiring, they slammed away at each other until the bell went and they nearly dropped. The decision of a draw was quite fair and the tumultuous applause that greeted this verdict gave a good indication of the pleasure that the
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