\Champion's Pres Seattle, June 14, Freddy Steele, world middleweight champion, gained a narrow decision on points against Solly Krieger tonight in a ten-round non-title bout here. The champion from Tacoma triumphed solely through a thin edge gained in the middle rounds.
Although the battle opened with both cautious and the fans were treated to dull and drab fighting, the concluding rounds were packed with wild action.
The Brooklyn Hebrew came back strongly after taking a beating at the start of the fifth frame.
They sparred for an opening, but Steele did not cut loose until the fifth when he swayed Krieger with a stiff left hook. The Brooklyn battler recovered and finished the round fighting mad, the two exchanging blows at point blank range. The final phases of the tussle were also marked by toe-to-toe exchanges.
Krieger, among the ten best 166- pounders in the world, displayed plenty of power and his good showing made Steele's stock drop still further.
—United Press, same industry.
The Japanese Army in North China demanded that the profit-making policies of the subsidiaries should be subordinated to the progress df economic development itself. Tokyo interests insisted that profit-making by the North China Development Cor poration should not' be neglected and that the business of the subsidiaries should be adjusted in accordance with that Mr. Friedrich Druen In the presence of many mourners funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Bubbling Well Cemetery for the late Mr. Friedrich Brien, with the Reverend E. Krueger, of the German Church, oficiating, Mr. H. Simon played a pre-ludo and postlude on the organ, The deceased has been a ent in China for the pa ye years and was for several years connected with the Whangpoo Conservancy Board as mechanical engineer. After a short illness with heart trouble Mr. Druen died last Monday morning at the General Hospital at the age of sixty-four years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nangio Druen, and daughter, Miss Minna Druen, both of whom were present at the funeral services. The pallbearers were Messrs. W. Gundelach, Canidrome Results J. H, Schläger, H. Pawelzig, F. L. Schoettler, F. Schmüser and V. Kolle, 1-440 yd. fiat- Zayelon 2, Harvard, 834 lengihs—Time, 27.59.
Win $3620. Forecast (1-8) Div. 2nd $12.10/ Pearl's Glory; 2,
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