The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-30
P~UGNACIOUS PURI7ANS.
They Enthused When Clever
Boxers Pummelled
Each Other.
YOUNGCHRISTIANS BOWLED
Jersey City's Team Divided the
Games-J. C. A. C.'s Pool
Tourney.

The boxing entertainment held at the
Metropolitan Hall, Greeuville, Saturday
evening, under the auspices of the Puri-
tan Athletic Club. attracted nearly =
thousand people to the hall. The pouss
were i~nterspersed with musical ana
literary selections and the affair was
voted a big success by all. IL was WIN
ont exception the best boxing stag ever
held in Greenville. and as hard ngnting
was INDUCED in by nearly ever sscrappef,
everybody went home satisfied. Mr..
Joseph G. Hender. of the Stdnodra
Advertiser filled the office OF MASTER OF
ceremonies in a creditable manner. Inc
decisions of the referee, Mr.. Roth satisfies
everybody except the defeated pugliisI.
The entertainment opened WIN q ciuo
swinging exhibition by MI. freu oneloL
Mr.. Sneibel handled the clubs ID an eA-
cellent manner, and the many pretty
figures described in the air by the SWING
ing clubs evoked much applause.
Rabbit and Doyle, one armed boxers.
gave a clever exhibition, and then came
The event of the evening, the spsclai SIX
round go between thinker" Kelly, OF the
Van Nostrand A. C. and Benny Vreeiand,
of the Puritan A. G. The fight was for a
valuable trophy, and proved 70 De the
best scrap of the exhibition. Inc men
weighed in at 115 pounds. Joseph Y:
Heider held the watch. At the call OF
time both men sailed in in bulldog fashion.
Vreeland led and landed a few right
handlers ON Kelly's jaw. Kelly showeu
considerable science and used his left
well, This round was very even.
Second Round-KelIy opened with a
right handler on V~reeland's nasal append
age. Vreelsnd retaliated and rushed
I l. st., -~~a1 counfQI f1mQS Qf
the same time landing several left hand
blows on Kelly's chest. Vreelanu clearly
had the best of this round.
Third Round-Kelly came up fresh as
a daisy and made things exceedingly
lively for Vreeland. Tinker nsed his
right with telling effect and Vreeland
was quite weak at the call of time.
Fourth Round-Vreeland was still
weak but he guarded well and kept Kelly
of until he regained bis strength. He
landed four hard blows on ketiy's bugie.
The s1inker" only got in a few scratch
blows. !.
Fifth Rouud-vreeland had the bess of
this round throughout. He used both
hands well and Kelly received several
singing blows on his wind.
Sixth Round-Bosh men came uD fresh
and hammered each other until time was
called. Kelly secured first blood in this
round,
Mhe referee gave Enc n8nI TO Vree1aAu.
Ross of the Metropolitan and Mccoy OF
the pastimes then gave a clever three
round exhibition of the manly art, fol-
lowed by a humorous selection by F.. S.
Harrington. The acrobatic feats of Mr..
Williams. proved an excellent feature:
Cappa and Holland, the humorists. told
funny stories and sung comic songs.
The other bouts were by Hugh Boyle
and Mike Condor of Elizabeth, Dan
jackson and Kid Hanley, George Ross
and Matt Raymond of the Lexington A.
C. of New York. Owen Farley and John
Mitchell of the Down Town A. c.. of New
ark, George Vreeland, Garfield A. O., and
Bob Jackson, Puritan A. G. The Gar
fields mascottes. Orie and Bunny. gave a
good exhibition.
The diminutive Howe Bros, the Aroma
a. c. Mascottes INDUCED in a slugging
match which provoked roars of laughter.
The three round go between Bill Dunn
and Tommy Warren furnished loIs of ex-
element for the crowd. Very hard fight
ing was INDUCED in, and the participants
were loudly applauded.
After the show a collation. was served to
the talent and the club members.