The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-07
THE FIELD OF SPORTS.
Boxing at the Athletic Club Saturday
Evening.
The Last Exhibition of the Season-The
Best Ever Given Here-Fowler of Port
land Wins the First Contest for De-
aision

The sparring exhibition at the Athletic
club house Saturday evening was the thiro
and last for the season, and the best pubic
exhibition ever given in the city.
The Portland and Boston men were among
the very best amateur boxers in both cities
and their exhibition was for personal
victory as well as exhibition of skill.
Charles Mayberry and George Bray OF
Portland, both at lib pounds, were the hrst
to enter the ring. The latter is a pupil of
the former. 1t was good sparring from the
start and the give and take were mutual
and vigorous Honors were about even.
Thought Mayberry is doubtless the better
man.
There was stir of interest when Prof.
Lees opponent entered the ring. He was
James Leahy of Boston, who defeated
Doherty, who boxed here last winter, at 145
pounds. and who is one of the best welter
weights in the country. Leahy is fighting
boxer. He is aggressive and confines him
self mostly to rushes and straight hard
punches without bothering himself as to
skilful slaps and jabs and swings. He drove
Prof. Lee to the ropes good deal OF the
time. but he never made a rush without
Lees giving him as good as he sent and
getting in many more skilful blows. OF
course Prof. Lee doesn't pretend to be
fighter and doubtless Leahy would be too
much for him in contest to the finish but
Saturday night Lee did the best work and
made the best points.
Fred Dow and Reuben Dyer of Portland,
at 160 and $50 pounds gave spirited and
skilful exhibition. Dow had the.advantage
of weight and height and used it. He boxed
in better form also. Walter Young of Port
land and Tolman of Boston, a younger
brother of the Tolman who boxed with Prof.
Lee here last winter, gave an unequal con-
test, Tolman was altogether too much for
the Portland boy, who tired himself out by
his useless motions and was really at the
mercy of his opponent. who is cool,
aggressive fighter. Harrington of Boston.
was to meet Wiley of Portland, as he did
the last time he was here, but Wiley was
unable to be present and Prof. Lee secured
a Portland man named Hearns. Harring-
ton, at the Casino in Boston, defeated John
Madden, the los pound champion Of America,
in five rounds. He is bad man to meet,
and the first round got in tremendous
smash in kearns's face, which seemed to
stagger him, but contrary to the general ex-
pectation earns braced:up and gave as good
as he got, and at the last of it a trif1e better.
He is not so skilful as Harrington, but he
had no reason to feel afraid of him and
rather got the best of it.
There was a good deal of preparation for
the four round contest, for a decision, be-
tween Harry Fowler of Portland and Nc
Cam of Boston. They met here once before
this season and some little feeling
engendered. Each claimed that he gave the
other O. show, and each was DESTROYS of
proving that he was the better man in an
amateur four-round contest.
Mr.. John Merrill, who had been referee up
to this point, yielded to Prof. Lee, who an
nounced that Mr. Green referee of the Bos-
ton Athletic club YVES to have refereed tn
contest, but w. 8 prov nted by mother
engagement George Briggs and Fred Dow
appeared as seconds for Fowler and Har-
rington and TolInan for Mccain. Leahy
and Dyer were appointed judges.
There was good deal of preparation of
the contestants. Before calling time Prof.
Lee announced that in a clinch no blows
were to be exchanged and that fair knock
down would be round. Fowler forced the
fighting from the first and landed heavily
on McCann's body, the latter only defending
himself In the second round Fowler almost
knocked out his opponent with several
tremendous blows driving him to the ropes,
the latter only escaping by running away
and clinching to save himself. 1t was only
in the fourth round that Mccain did any
leading, and that was not SO vigorous as
Fowler's Both men were there at the end
of the fourth, and as the amateur rules
prohibit more than four rounds the contest
stopped them The judges disagreed, but
Prof ,ee as referee. gave the decision to
Fowler, which was entirely just.