The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-22
PECK BARRY
The Clever Scrapper Put
Out by Tom Dunn at the
Lenox Tournament.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
Records to Date in the Local Bowl
ing Observation-Disclosures
Still Lead.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.

best ever given in this city. 1T Was
at the same time the most successful one.
When it became known that Mr.. F. j.
Murphy had the management OF the
exhibition in charge lovers of good sport
realized that there would be no fake
fighting. The result was that fully one
thousand men crowded the hall. Detec-
tive McGinness and Sergeant Hopkins at
tended to the police regulations, and
everything passed off as smoothly and
orderly as could be desired.
The gong sounded for the first exhibit
ton bout at nine O'Clock. Marty McCue.
one of the cleverest boxers in the city,
faced bud Reehill. McCue had things
his own way, Reehill being heavier than
McCue, but having no c~leverness what
ever.
The second exhibition brought two
local pets to the front. They were
Eddie Council, who is showing wonder
full fighting powers, n Charlie Roo-
den. The go was only an exhibition one,
but the men soon got warmed up,
kept the crowd in a good humor. until
Fred Grody announced the first of the
specials.
Thomas Brennan, of the Ravenswood
Boat Club, and William Musson, of the
Scottish-American Athletic Club, were
chosen timers, and James Waylett, of
the Catholic Club. referee.
Jack, or, lingo Green, of the Long
Dock Athletic Club, met Wally Brew, of
the same organization. The men worked
together, and it was agreed before hand
that whoever lost should resign his posi-
ton. The prize offered for the winner
was sufficient to buy a suit of clothes
and both needed a suit badly.
AT IT HAMMER AND TONGUES.
Neither know anything about boxing
but they went at it hammer and tongues
just the same. In the first round
Green landed heavily on Brew's nose
and brought blood. He gave Brew time
to adjust his nose, pull up his trunks
and do many things which are not Gus
tomary in the ring, but he continued to
fight. When either struck a blow he
lodged away and allowed his opponent
to patch himself up. The bout be-
came laughable in the second round,
Brew's handlers gave him a little stimu-
liant. He fought better and landed sew
eral times. In the third, fourth, fifth
and sixth rounds honors were ever and
the referee very properly declared the
fight a draw. The men were to have
fought at 1876 pounds. Green was about
that weight, but Brew weighed at least
$50. At the end of the bout several loud
mouthed individuals who possess neither
brains or money, began shouting about
backing the men for $500 to a finish.
The police shut them up without further
delay. The crowd was getting a little
anxious to see some good fighting When
Announcer Grady delighted veryone
by saying that Peck Barry of the Lenox
Club would meet Thomas Dunn of Jer-
sey City four rounds, at 15 pounds.
Barry is one of the cleverest boxers
of the old Scots. He has won many hard
fought battles and his friends were con-
fident that he would make short work
of Dunn Dunn stepped into the ring
trained as fine as possible. Every muscle
in his body stood out like a whip cord.
In the first round he kept away from
Barry and made at least a dozen circuits
hf the ring. Finally Barry led and
landed three times before the gong sound
ed. Barry was worried and so were his
friends. At the call of time in the sec
ond round Barry forced a mix-up. Dunn
broke away, found the opening he had
been waiting for, led with his right,
landed on Barry's neck and put him
out as clean as anything has ever been
done Barry did not recover until after
the referee had awarded the bout to
Dunn.
OUT IN TWENTY SECONDS.
Barry's Knockout was q surprise. When
he went down q hard-earned reputation
went with him. The crowd went crazy over
his defeat, and the police had to demand
order. Before Barry left the ringside it
was announced that his friends would
back him for $500 against any man in
the world at los pounds, Tom Dunn, who
had just put him out, preferred. The
men will meet again within six months.
Barry's friends claim that his knock
out was due to a chance blow. However
true this may be, Dunn waited for just
such q chance. and, finding it, beat a
good man in one blow. Barry was put
out in twenty seconds in the second
round.
The third go was to have been be-
Club, and jerry Sullivan. Sullivan failed
to appear. and Joe Reynolds, of the
Scots, went on for six rounds at 145
pounds. In the first round Reynolds
landed on his opponents neck and he
dropped like a log. Referee Waylett
ave the fight to Reynolds just as the
gong sounded. This caused a dispute,
which the police had to settle. After
considerable urging Reynolds agreed to
fight another round, IN claiming that
he was hot knocked out. AT the call of
time DOIn men Spared Tor an opening.
Reynolds landed on Dunn's neck, and
down he went again, put out in ten sec
onds with one blow.
The fight of the night was the last one.
It was between Joe Craig and Hughey
O'Neill, six rounds at 12z pounds, for
the championship of New Jersey. In ad-
-dition to what was at stake there was
bad blood between them. Craig had
trained only five days for the battle on
which so much depended. He was not
in condition when he stepped into the
ring, and his friends believed he would
be put out. O'Neill was the picture of
health. He had trained for a month.
and was in the pink of condition. Andy
Hart declares that as well a trained
man as O'Neill never spared in Jersey
City before.
TROUBLE OVER A REFEREE.
There was trouble in agreeing upon a
referee, but Mart McCue filled that bill
to the satisfaction of both men. In the
first round O'Neill resorted to his usual
rushing tactics, but in a guarded man
ner. He led frequently, but Craig has
lost none of his old time cleverness and
he stopped every blow beautifully. In the
fighting. Craig, at Andy Harris direc-
tions. held back for the fifth and sixth
rounds. He kept cool and avoided O'NeilPs
blows easily and then laughed at him.
In the third round both men spared
for an opening. Craig was the cooler of
the two n tantalized O'Neill, made
pleasant references to him and did every
hin possible to confuse and rattle him.
O,Neill was on and kept at a respectful
distance from Craig's right, which he
swings with terrible force. In the fourth
round, while Craig was jollying his OPP
ponent. his left suddenly shot out and
caught O'Neill in the nose. O'Neill rush
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