The morning call., 1893-02-17
BOYS DO SOME GOOD WORK.
Ar Attempt at SIogging Which Was
Quickly Stopped by the Referee.
The Results.

got SPaTPplN uuuer way II Was stOppCN anu
the sOggerS ordered out Of the ring.
The sport was frst-class IN every par
ticulaT, and the results OF Inc oHsrehG
matches are appended;
James l. Cooke. 156 pounds, and Fred
Cabman. l54 pounds.
Cabman had the best of first round. In
She second round he knocked Cooke down
with a straight right punch IN the mouth.
Cabman. however, scored the greater
number Of points. The third round was
well contested. Cooke opened by planting
two straight let's on CaOman'S nose.
When Cook Tegained his pins he boxed
shy Of his opponent for a while, and toward
the end Of the ronnd he sent Cabman's head
back with a straight left On the nose.
The latter swung a bit wild and wasted
several blows on the atmosphere. Cooke
had certainly the best of this round.
The fourth was the most exciting. Cooke
took a lead by planting hot left and right
on Cadman's nose.
This brought about a bit of heavy
slogging from which Cooke came out best
man. Cadmaa was very gr0ggy when the
gong sounded time for corners.
Both came up fresh for the fifth, and
Cadmau opened By warming Cookies nose
with left-hand shot. The latter retalated
quickly and paid back Cadman with the
latter's own medicine.
Tie finish Of the round was very exciting.
II was give and take affair until time was
called. The referee awarded the contest 10
Cooke, but TO Cadman's credit II must be
said he boxed very game from first TO last.
Frank Gilbert, 157 pounds. and c. L.
Ochs. I35 pounds, were The next pair Of
boxers to toe the scratch for six rounds.
TIE first round was very tame. Neither
Of the contestants evidenced much knowl-
edge Of boxing Oehs had the best OF it.
He also secured the greater number Of
leads in the second and third rounds.
Gilbert did better in the fourth and would
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only a little more experience and knew
how to place his blows.
In the fifth round Gilbert 0utlasted his
opponent. He was the best trained. and
won the contest by having the best staying
qualities.
rounds al caleb weights. Both scaled about
rs pounds.
FIaheTtY opened by swinging his right at
German. The round was tame. German
scored the NEST clean hits.
At the end of the second round Flaheriy
was knocked down and was on the floor
when the gong sounded.
The third round was all in Germans
favor
In the fourth round Flaherty was knocked
out.
pounds each.
This contest was Of six rounds duration,
and WAS won by John O'Neill on account OF
his superior clevernPss. Joe made very
game showing. and had he been possessed
of any science he would have won the b0ht.
Dan Kane $50 pounds ana Frank Craig
l54 pounds, announced 10 box SIX rounds.
The boxers started In as If they intended
to make short work of each other. Some
wild hitting was INDUCED in, interspeTsed
with wrestling and hugging.
Craig, from a sl0gging point of view, had
the bestO the opening round.
l., eli md Or D. o-d
fall under the ropes. Craig forced the pace
and some hard slogging was witnessed,
which, however, did not last long, as
neither Of the contestants were IN c0ndi-
ton to last long ct the rate they were
travelling.
Wild hitting was the order OF the third
round Craig got home the most number
of blows, and knocked Kane down before
time was called.
The fourth round was sayagely contested.
i was purely a question of which man
couId lake the most punishment and remain
on deck the longer. Kane dropped several
times to the floor TO avoid punishment.
II the fifth and last round, as Craig was
about to leave his chair at the call of time,
Referee Macarthur held up his hand and an
nounced that Kane had had enough and
that Craig won.
William Cook 121, and J. Mcclure 138
pounds--siX rounds.
Mcclure lowered over his opponent, hut
Cook plainly evidenced by the way In which
be handled himself that he had been there
before and could make up By clever hitting
the deficiency caused by the handicap in
weight he had to c0neede 10 McGuire.
There was nothing done in the first
round Of note. Both men spared at long
range.
In the second round Cook closed in upon
his opponent and smashed Mcclure some
terrific punches with right aud left on face
and body.
Near the close of the round Cook dropped
Mcclure on the fiat of his back by a we'll
directed right punch on the jaw.
The latter got up in nine seconds and re-
NAMED until the gong sounded time for
corners.
In the latter part Of the third round Cook.
who hits with the force of battering ram,
came within an ace of winding up the
bout
He smashed MCGUIRE some heavy rights
and let's on the face and stomach.
Mcclure made very game contest in the
fourth round, and 10 the surprise of the
mem bers he warmed Cooks face with sew
eral stiff punches, making the latter use eau
ti0n.
There was some very clean hitting done
by both men, AID on the whole it was the
best contest. scientifically speaking, OF the
evening
The fifth was another round in which
several clean hits were Witnessed. Covell
used a little unfair tactics, but they were
overlooked.
In the sixth and last round, when Nc
CURE was scoring good lead, Cook waited
lis opportunity. and letting 60 his right he
nailed Mcclure on the jaw.
The latter fell like log near the ropes.
Il was the cleauest knockout witnessed in
the club for many moons.
Cook proved that he is a dangerous man
70 fool with.
William Toy, 1919 pounds, and William
Kramer 126 pounds. six rounds.
The next was a contest in which eOnsid-
cradle foot work and very little arm work
was displayed. One was afraid and t'other
"afraider." The first blow Of any note was
delivered q the third round by young Kra-
mer.
The fourth round was uninteresting. but
tie 6fth pleased the members as the BOYS
who had enjoyed a good rest exchanged
compliments, and as a result Toy had the
best Of the bout when the gong sounded.
The sixth was pretty warm. Toy who
was the stronger of the two, forced the pace
and knocked Kramer down with a right on
the ear The latter came up again but got
tile worst Of the game until the finish was
called
NJ J. Lyous, ia pounds; T. Burke. III
pounds. Six rounds.
It was generally thought that Lyons
would play with his opponent, but such
was not the case. however.
Burke got home some very neat straight
left punches on Lyons jaw, which made
the latter look surprised.
There was no slogging, but instead some
very pretty hitting was witnessed. The
second round was evenly contested. Both
contestants scored about an equal number
Of points.
In the third Lyons got home punisEing
upper cut on Burke's mouth, but the latter
retalatei in good shape by warmth g Lyons
nose with some left iabs.
The fourth was the best contested bout
of the evening. 1t was all straight hitting
and Burke retired, having had the best
OF it.
The fifth was another round worth see
ing. Both contestants displayed good Sci
ence and their blows were all Clearly de-
livered.
Lyons had shade the best of II. al
fhnugh Bnrke appeared 10 he tie strnnrer