The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-23
SPIRITED SPARRING
In the Loril1ard Tourney
Bowling, Football and
Gun.

The boxing tournament of the Lorillard
Athletic Club Is over. The finals were
decided last night. The club has added
another success to it's long list of tri-
umphs. The exhibition equals any tnat
has been given In this city, and many ex-
cellent exhibitions of the same kind have
been numerous. Despite the Indictment
weather. Woods Hall was well
filed. and the patrons were content:
They could not have been dissatisfied
with such an exhibition, as Gle YER ana
plucky boxers faced each other. In Q
special events did not arouse much en-
tnusiasm, but the regular events were
full of fire. Unfortunately. none OF the
men in the las 10. class weighed in. In
the los lib. class, Hugh Boyle of the Past
time A. G. of Elizabeth won the hrst
prize without q struggle, as X. wilson Oh
eyer. presented with the second prize.
The first bout of the evening was i'll the
115 lb. class. J.. Greanan, Brooklyn A.
c., and j. Norton, Clinton A. O., were
the rivals. The former did some
clever work in the first round. The sec
upper cuts but la nded SO low that he was
cautioned by the referee. In the third
Norton showed that his blows had the
greater force and he had Grennan groggy.
The bout was given to Norton,
Dick Conner of the Scots and John Nc
Keck, Olympian A. c., in the lis Id.
class were next introduced. The latter
is q cool, clever fighter n good general.
u was not as quick as his adversary
The first two rounds were slightly
in McNeck's favor. but Connor's
alertness and rapid work in the third
rouud gave him the victory. The best
bout Of the evening was be-
tween Connors and Norton for first
hopors. 1t was q hot, clever,
and rapid 60 from the start to The finish.
An extra round was ordered as the judges
disagreed. AT the end of the extra round
the Judges again failed to agree and
the referee gave the bout to Connors, a de-
cision thai pleased one half the audience,
who applauded and displeased the other
half, who Missed. 1t gave Connors hrst
prize. Norton was in no condition after
his hard battle to compete for the second
prize, which was awarded to Mckeck.
The first meeting In the 125 Id. class
was between G. DuckwiLh, Brownville
a. c., and Neal Leary, Lorillard A. G.
The latter has Il strong arm and hits
hard. Dnckwitz excel!ed IN science. 10
was well contested, and at the finish both
were weary. The judges disa greed and
the referee gave the victory TO Leary..
e., Listman, Olympian "A. O., also
weighed In in this class, but Leary claimed
to have injured his hands in his first
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when he met Listman, who is far more
clever than his opponent. This gave the
FIRST prize TO Listman and the second to
Leary.
In the 1876 pound class four weighed in.
John Spence. Lorillard A. G., drew to
meet st. Grohe. West Side A. U, but u
diciously withdrew. The first bout in the
class was between Charles jackson.
Palmetto A.. G., and James Holmes.
Greenwich A. G. The LATTER greatly
resembles Dempsey. He clearly ~ouLfought
jackson, and almost had him out. jackson
is stocky. and strong. ana got in one bard
one as he revived that made Holmes
Jaeger. The judges to the establishment
Of everyone gave the bout to jackson. 1t
was an outrageous decision. and was un-
fair aud dishonest. Their other decisions
were Just. Grohe won the first prize as
jackson claimed ne hao preken pom
hands in his battle with Holmes. jack
son received second prize for which he
must thank his friends, the judges.
There were two special bouts. The
first was to have been between Mike
Lane, Loriliard A. c., and John harm EFT,
Cable A. G. They had agreed to meet at
1875 lbs. Lane was overweight and Har-
nett refused to meet him. Spence took
his place. 1t was a light, sDiritlsss 60.
There was a little heat in the hnal. but
not much. The judges disagreed and the
referee decided in favor OF Lane. The
Hoboken A. C, and William Burdock,
Lorillard A. c.. 1t was tame and ~listless,
and the referee In disgust told them to
fight or leave the stage. Torpey, who is a
hurricane fighter, did some lively work in
the last round and won. The officials
sey City. Judges. George A. Burial,
Pastime A. c.. Fred. Cavanagh, Brook.
lyn, j. Z. Dougherty. Clinton A. G.
Timers: Robert Stoll, n. Y. A. c., M. j..
O'Sullivan, L. A. c., S. D. See, Acorn A.
A. Weighers: J.. j. Dixon. Sta ndard A..
C.. B. Wertheim, L. A. c., s. MEG overn,
Fl. A. c. Master of Ceremonies: Fir ed.
Burns, Varuna B. G.