The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-17

SCIENTIFIC PAIRING.
Capital and Exciting Bouts
at the Scots Lively
Stag.
CATHOLIC CLUB B0WLERS
The Four Teams Each Won aud
Lost a Game-Athletics,
Football and Gun.
CLUB BOWLERS

The Scotttsh-American Athletic Club
gave q stag last night at its rooms that
excelled by many points the best thai
has been produced at Coney Island. The
room was packed, but the expenses were
high aud as a low toll was exacted the
clubs treasury was not benefited. The
grade OF the entertainment warranted
charging a higher fee as excellent talent
was put on.
The W special bouts brought together
well matched, skillful and plucky boxers
who battled hard and ave an exhibition
of clean. clever and fast work from start
to finish. The exhibition bouts were no t
of the Indifferent sort and several were
marked by earnestness and stiff punch
ing. A capital struggle for the wrestling
championship of The club was an
interesting feature. The exhibition
bouts were between j. Teatom and
Charles Roden. Joe Craig and Tom Vo-
Selius. Sim Robinson aud Q. Bfume. and
Prof. Harris uupi,, Harry Vincent of
Newark and Ed Casey of Belleville, Gus
Metzlsr and Eugene Hornbacker, Ed
Connell and Ell Coolihan, and Hugh
O'Neill and Mike Sheridan. The last
three were far from tame. aud the Sherl-
dan O'Neill go was so warm that the
rounds were made short.
The wrestling houu brought out the
claimants of the clubs cham
RR fon ho Wg,srmd Harry viii Joyce erow and
was the Referee. aud Meyer Cohen
N. j. A. c., held the watch. They
wrestled catch as catch can style. joyce
eXcelled in science. but his wiry OPP
ponent was quick ana strong. Joyce
secul ed several fatal locks, but la cked
the strength to force more than one
shoulder of his opponent to the floor.
In MS effort he enabled his rival to
secure a hold that Joyce could not break
aud he was "dowueu.n Waterman
secured the first fall 10 three minutes and
tifty-five seconds and the secoud In Two
minutes and thirty i've seconds.
Buck Powell and Stokes were present
to go into a special, but Powell demanded
p high price. Stokes signified his wills
inguess TO accept the purse offered
liberal for TWO such novices-bY entering
the ring and being introduced
The first special was between Bob
Wilson of the Scots and Dan Mcmahon
of the Cables. The latter was aggressive,
aud had the advantage of points Ia the
first three rounds In the fourth and
fifth rounds Wilson. after in
Vulnerable jabs. landsd several
hard swings hat mad McMahon
weary. One OF the blows d1SlUdEed q
tooth. McMahon, who is awkward, but
has remarkable pluck n endurance,
made a fine rally in the last round and
tried to recover the ground lost In the
two previous rounds. Both were tired
aud their blows were weak. Wilson was
awarded the bout by Referee Pat Cahill.
The final bout was even more exciting.
Tom Reilly of the Scots met Dick Wun-
derlicn of the Olympian A. c.. and cham
pion amateur light weight. Reilly is
compactIy built. while his opponent ia
tall. Fred Grady, who officiated as an
nouncer, was selected rs referee. 1t was
q battle between q scientific, clean hitter
and a clever sluRger. and science trI>
umphed. but it was q close call. Wuur
derlich depends on his strong right, aud
when 1t lands. it droDs like q pile driver.
He got ia one In the first round that
made Reilly see stars. He got it in again
in the second round and had Reilly on
the verge of collapse. The Scot saved
himself by ~clinchinR. In the third
round Reilly recovered and did all tue
leading, be LANDED a hard one and had
Wuuderlicn mixed. In the fourth
Re1lly kept close and out of the rauge of
Wunderlich's right until Just at the
close when Wunderlich planted a singer.
Both were groggy and a stiff blow would
have ended the battle. Reilly did all the
leading in the fifth, and Wunderlich tot
tered to his corner. In the sixth after
hot short arm work in which Reilly had
the advantage, the latter by a SERIES of
blows dazed Wunderiich, who dropped
just as time was called. 1t was not
a knock out but very nigh it. Reilly
was of course given The bout.