The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-26
PUT Up POOR FIGHT
DoWneY'sFear Of Punishment
Caused Sergeant Duffy
To Stop the Mill.
THE NIGHT ON THE ALLEYS
Greenyille Leagners Win Their
Last Game-Ruddiek's Team
Takes a Drop.
THE NIGHT On THE ALLEYS

The boxing tournament of the Scottish
American Athletic Club at Wood's Hall
last night was a great success. FUZZY
eight hundred sporting men gathered
there to see the fun. 1t began at halt-
past eight o'clock. Steve Blun1e and Pat
Hayes went on first in IN exhibition
bout OF three rounds. IN the second
round the men warmed up TO their WORK
and did some interesting siugging- Ihe
second exhibition brought the popular
EDDY Council into the ring for an eX-
aihition so Of three rounds with Jimmy
Callahan. Council was in fine form and
he shove his eleyerness by punching
his opponent when and where ne liked.
The last exhibition was between Tom
Gaffney. ana Jack Maynon. Both proved
She mselves clever men.
The first special brought on Nell Smith
of the Scots and Jack Tratnor OF the
Lenox. It was Smiths fight from the
start. Trainer didn't have the Wind 70
stand six rounds. but he has nerve enough
to stand a pounding sor sixty. In the
third round Smith got him groggy.
Trginor staggered around and everyone
Thought he would dreD. Just as time
WAS called he landed on Smiths jaw IN
amanner that surprised Smith and made
lie aGG4CatlG G-AEh < u.s. -~H-2
ness. IN tile opening Of the fourth ne
rushed Saith AMI LANDED four or. five
heavy right arm swings on his jaw. His
efforts tired Kim snd Smith squared NAT
ters by making a punching bag of him
in the last haie.
The fifth was all Smiths way and he hsd
his opponent practically cut whea the
gong ounded. The sixth was hot for
She nrst half, but Suddenly asaith landed
S left jab that brought clare oyer Train
or's eye. Tralnor got wesher and had
60 be carried TO MS eaEaer. Salitnss
friends cheered him for fully five minutes.
The next special was at lo5. pounds,
between Charlie Rodden / yonng Tom
hickey of Long Island Caty. EDDY Con-
nell was ehind Rodden and ceaehed him
how. to put his opponent asleep. hoaden
let his opponent do all the ,ngatAes "a
the first round. In the first half OF the
second he let himself Out and yoQns
hickey was carried TO his corner In 2
heap. He cam to about tlreS minutes
The last special brought two sof. the
cleverest, at the sane time hefcSst. nGnt-
ers that had ever been seen n ms ely
Tom Creeden OF BROOKLYN not a9ng ago
tight gloves. They hete one another.
Creeden is a pretty fighter and a square
narentiv tried to break hts opponents
neck three or four times BY triPpiag and
The first round was a fire exhibition.
Creeaen stopped some fierce punches. In
clinches he broke easily, only % y
Downey go at him in an unfair manner
If Downey had put up a decent square
fight. everything would have passed Oft
smoothly, but he was toe anxious. AS
q result time had been called In the seq
ond round. and before the seconds could
leave the ring Creeden was in Dewneyss
corner. HIS right shot out and f~orSunat3-
" for Downey he duexed II. II he
hedn't he wouldn't have fought any
longer. They clinched and It was hot 70;
q moment. Sergeant DUFFY realized that
the raen wouldn't fight properly and CON,
sequently stopped the bout. Several
efforts were made to get him to change
his mind. but he wouldn't be moved,
Downey and Crse6en may meet again.