London, May 3.
Two boxers, each with fifteen or lore years of fighting behind them. Seem to have solved the problem of feroe'ws! youth, It is 15 vere ago fiontweieht champion, took up fight-ince Kid Berg, the former Britich
me as a career: ten years since he was making bids for the world title jin America, and seven since he was British champion. His breezy, aggressive non-stop style earned him the name of the "Whitechapel Whirlwind" in those days, and it i refharknble that he has lost little of his speed since.
There were signs in the last few months of his developing a more sober and more polished style, but When he met Harry Mizler, another former British champion. in the main ten round bout of an afternoon deernament, he pulled out all his old "fre" to gain a points victory that confounded the critics.
Tt was from Mizler, a disciple of the old upright school of boxing, relying on the clever use of his left, that Bere won his British title seven years ago, And Berg is as strong today as he was then. If he continues to dispose of many more lead-frig welter-weights he must constitute a serious threat to Ernie Roderick for the British championship. "Indeed, Bérg_is so confident: that he is as good "as "ever that he has' already issued a challenge to Roderick. safeties during the game. Hal Trotsky drew down a homer and two singles, Kenny Keltner poled out two triples and a double, while Jeff Heath collected two singles and a triple. Heath sent the Indian fans into de-Jirium. during the fifth inning when he connected for a triple with the bases Joaded—sending three runs scampering across the platter and chasing H. Newsome to the clubhouse.
Trailing by a score of 6 to 0 the Red Sox threatened momentarily in the sixth frame; when they sent three tallies racing home but Joe Heving replaced Mel Harder on the mound and blanketed the Red Sox for the remainder of the tilt.
Del Baker's Detroit Tigers smashed Philadelphia under a barrage of base hits, collecting 17 hits for 15 runs, while the Athletics nicked Lynn "Schoolboy" Rowe for seven hits and cne tally.
The Tigers tallied once in the first inning and then collected four singles and four runs in the second inning, to amass a big lead. They added two more in the sixth and went completely wild in the eighth innings, collecting five safeties for seven runs.
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