The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
HARD AMATEUR HITTING.
BANrAMs M<KEA GAME FTGHT IN TIE
NASSA CLUE U

Chsmp,suahsp Competition Entered late
with sp,rit-A G.os Bout Retween Mid
aie-wriEhts Fcrnandex and Manaisn.
Some OF the best trial bouts Of any ANA
teur boxing competition ever held In America
were those at the Nassau Athletic Clubs now
rooms In Washington street. Brooklyn, last
night. Tho sixty-one entries for this cham
pionship competition. the final bouts OF which
are to DO contested between last evenings
winners at tho Claremont Avenue Rink In
Brooklyn on next Tuesday night, necessitated
more than one evenings work to decide the
prizes. Tho place was jammed with noisy en-
thusiasts. The hot work began with the
first pair Of tho bantam weights. 105
pounds and under. @. W. Denham OF the
Nassau Athletic Club and J. Lafferty. West
Side Athletic Club. 1t was, perhaps. th> pest
bout OF the night. The clever little follows
fought like giants, and the four-ounco gloves
enabled them to roach n decision, after q re-
markably close contest. Denham showed up
the %cleverer, In the first Of the opening round
neatly ducking some hard hits of his opponent.
Lafrerty was cheered when he managed to land
a heavy shot and foored his man. Blood
flowed from Denham's lips as he sailed in
to get square. He caught ,Lafrerty on
gained s1lsSIIr hoI SQUARE ,aet f SPssa q Som, soms
s 81 tss t%snsy, i tSSE place spo 10 S sGiss
ended In each going down again. Denham had
sesRR' Was sh fast 1e. and q the N" si ssGSe sp5l snddHidi r Viz
ths PUNISHMENT me t pretty ard even ,Na i,, Den b 4 . lodged dyed
Sether. their he Striking u" the stag Stage With :
thump; Hard hitting marked the third round,
T f2sa re Gersss M ana Janus srn@sG I. s safhs M or. orae enasn /
Eie brought Dsnham out a winner. There was
II the + SECOND %d,l bout t, f9 2s. the bantam, weight
HthIetio Club beat +. +. Donovan q the Violet
Athletic Club after an exciting contest.
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Scottish perlcan Athletic Club OF Jersey City
s sSS b 9s sbs h Mat ss. ss tu , u w Sasu made M lssSsh.
Goo. Reynolds Of New, York city developed
s sS% se ssisE ht tSsa,Ss amen at aS seSsd CUB III os foa the e,
frst weight bou. tls5 pepnds and underE.
and nearly knocked out his opponent Ia tn;
taiF ID. AND .S. lass; 8 CABIN b rs Sot shs s b1qs The s sts.
e sNps ted. vi Th s'D bout out n was s.v %a't 70 Sra "a %s &
had rstSer, the best Of the hitting. but not
enough in the minds Of the spectators to en-
The first .middis-weight. u5s pounds and
Ign and J. Mccormick. Scottish-Amertcan Ath.
lotto Club. was q slashing contest Of the hit OF
Won. The next m!ddle-weight bout, between
J. Mannion and ]. Fernandez, both Of Brook.
Ign. was one Of the hardest hitting affairs OF
the night. The men turned each other clear
around with the force OF. the. blows they plant
ed. and both were glad, when time was up.
had certainly scored the most clean hits. and
he won the bout; The last contest was be-
CUB. and j. keeiliy' Of The West Side AthietiiSS
Club. Parker won by knocking his man out
with . tremendous left hand blow on. the Jaw
In tho second minute Of tho first round