The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-19
LIVELY Boxing BOUTS
Good Fighting at the Excelsior
Athletic Clubs Tournament.
M'GOLDRICK WAS NO FARMER
Took Ills Man Unawarcs and Put Him to
Sleep with Ncntncss and Dispatch.
Details Of the Various Events
That Were Decided.

At the rockingham theater last
night the annual spring tournament
of the Excelsior Athletic cluD
was the attraction. The programme
was a good one, but the audience was
not large. The referee was George
Duffy, of Trenton the timekeeper
James j. Coleman. of the Scranton
| Times; and the judges John u. Brown,
and James May. John J. Collins, secre-
tary of the club. was announcer. The
| judges were empowered to award the
victory, but If they disagreed the referee
had the deciding vote.
A bout that was not on the pro-
gramme occurred after the last event
| closed. There was rush to the stage
to greet John Tighe for the manner in
which he walloped his opponent, and
| Christopher II. Boland, of the South
Side, the well-known contractor, and
William Boland, equally as well known,
met and the latter received blow on
| the left eye.
The first event of the evening was in
the 1l5-pound class between BARLEY
Mangan, of Bellevue, member OF the
| Excelsior Athletic club. and Charles
Patterson, of the Lexington Athletic
club, of New York. The youth from
the metropolic showed the better train
ing of. the two, and also exhibited more
| skill in giving and avoiding blows. In
the first round Mangan started out to
finish his man, but he got bloody nose
for his ambition. The other two rounds
We're in favor slightly of Patterson, and
when the bell sounded time, it saved
Mangan from the punishment that his
oppnent was just beginning to infict.
The judges awarded the decision to
| Patterson.
The lis Pound Glass.
Next on the bills was the other pre-
llminary bout in the 115-pound class.
John Boland of the Excelsior Athletic
club and Thomas O'Neill, of the Gale
donia club of New York, were the prin-
cipals These two were as supple as
cats and neither of them punished the
other to any extent. Both We're ex-
tremely clever At the end of the third
round the judges could not agree upon
the winner. one of the judges. Mr..
Brown, decided that Boland had the
best of the go" Mr.. May could not
see his way clear to award the fight to
either of them, and when the referee
was asked about it, he ordered another
of the extra round and the judges
awarded the fight to him.
Anthony Gordon, the clever athlete
of the Excelsiors, and John Lotus. of
New York, next donned the mittens.
They were gladiators of the 125-pound
class. Gordon showed desire to do
some fighting, and his oppnent mani
tested as much of a desire to avoid it. 1t
| hn
rounds and there was not the sign of
scratch on either when the gong
sounded time. The judges coincided in
their opinion that Gordon should re-
ceive the palm.
The clown act of the evening was the
one that it would be hardly fair to
dignity by the title of a fight. 1t was
in the 1875 pound class between John
Waldron and John Mack, both from
New York. They ran around the en-
closure, threw kisses at each other and
positively withstood the spurs of the
audience, of sic him." go at him
Tiger" etc, etc. They had not struck
each other a single clean blow during
the three rounds, and an extra round
was inflicted on the audience. The
palm was awarded to Waldron by one
Judge and the referee. The other judge
Mr.. May, thought that Mack had the
best of it.
lie Would Fix the Farmer.
Excitement reigned supreme for a
few minutes while the l45-pound go
between James MEG oldrick, of the EX-
celsiors, and Thomas Williams, OF
Philadelphia, was on. Williams was
heard to remark when he entered the
ring that he would fix the farmer. They
: had not been in the ring minute be-
fore the men had to be separated by the
referee. Williams, after being separat-
ed, was not on his guard and he got a
thump from McGoldrick that almost sci
him to sleep, and before he recovered
from his establishment he got another
rap on the jaw that felled him to the
floor His seconds shouted foul, foul!
and Williams was dragged unconscious
across the floor to his corner.
; The referee allowed foul, but the
rules were produced and it was showr
, to the referee that he had erred in his
decision; that McGoldrick was perfect
5 ly justified in striking his man while
both were on their feet and separated
The referee withdrew his decision, bu
Williams had got such smasher thai
he was not able to resume the battle
' and gave 1t up. The referee then award
ed the fight ito McGoldrick.
In the finals Patterson defeated
Boland; Gordon defeated McDermott
and Tighe defeated Waldron. Tigh'
swung out and struck his man such