Stribling KO'd "Kid" Numbers in Fourth Round, Jan. 4, 1924

Stribling Returns Easy Victory Over “Kid” Numbers. . . Stribling Had the Better of Every Round, Baffling Numbers with His Superior Knowledge of Ring Tactics

Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 3—Young Stribling, sensational light-heavy-weight school-boy pugilist of Macon, Ga., tonight won from Kid Numbers soldier-fighter of Fort Bragg by a knockout in the fourth round of the scheduled 15-round fight.

In the opinion of newspapermen at the ringside, Stribling had the better of every round, apparently baffling Numbers with his superior knowledge of ring tactics.

From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Jan. 4, 1924