Breitenstraeter Straffed

Pugilist Breitenstraeter, heavyweight champion of Germany, entered the ring in Berlin for a 20-round bout. His opponent was Paul Sampson, ne (in Germany) Samson Koerner. Koerner was once a stoker on an American ship. In 1920, in this country, boxing under the name of Sampson, he gave Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, a terrific bout. The next year Tom Gibbons knocked him out in two rounds. Farmer Lodge (TIME, Mar. 3) did the same.

So Hans Breitenstraeter and Sampson entered the ring together. Sampson has a weaving, elbowing way with him. Breitenstraeter was no Goliath. The first round was fierce. The second round was a great muss and Breitenstraeter was knocked down. In the third round Sampson swung a great blow at Hans Breitenstraeter's jaw. The umpire bent over Hans' prostrate form: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, kaputt."