The morning times., 1896-01-18
WEARS the BANTAM BELT
Sammy Kelly Defeats Jack Ward
in Tweniefour Rounds.
HOT CONTEST IN BALTIMOE E
Police stopped the Proceedings but
Referee Austin Awarded the De-
cisiOn TO the New York BOy-Joe
Cans Adds Another Scalp to His
9 Many Victories.
,From a staff Correspondent,


Baltimore, Nd, Jan. l7.-aanImy Kelly,
the clever litLie bantam OF New York,
| demonstrated his Superiority over Jack
Ward, the Nonpariel OF Newark, tonight
before the Eureka Athletic Cub or Ills
city by gaining "a decision over him in
twrntyIoar rJdnds of Us game dlJ scienIiIic
flgatingd as h.is Deem seen soLIh OF New York
in u long time.
Tnr uo.L Was scheduled 10 go for twenty
five Toanos, DdJ kei. y, mad hls opponent out
In the twenuy uy-iu..rta rounu, wne,a- Tue ponce
lnJericreu ana stopped tue ngut. sain
Austln. OF lnr PviiOe oazette, Iciereeu the
contest ana awarded the decision 10 tue
New YORK ltd.---
fuliy thousand sports were assembled
in the clup house when the preliminary
bout, when was an eISnI-rounu go be-
tween Joe GaIis ami Joe EinolJ, 10th of
TINS city, was announced. There was
large contiigehI Iru.n New York ana fniia-
deipnia. Wine " washington aIso Iurnlsncd
u share.
GANS OUTCLASSED ELLIOTT.
Cans and Elliott met at l15 pounds,
weignt iii the rlngsiue, the coiorcu BOY
clearly outcliissed las opponenI AMI couid
have won at any stage oi Jne game. he
fought enllreIy on the defensive up to the
fourth round. waen ne cut loose anu soon
had Elliott groggy.
IN the ~sIA1n -luund he had him all but
out anu IN The eaTIy part OF tue seventh
landed one on the p6inL OF the Jaw that
dla the business. GeoiSe Roberts refereed
TINS contest, and Jimmy Keenan, heiu the
watch. -.s
L. Istoked only eight minutes OF 10 O'Clock
wnen ward nIade ms appearance He was
looked after by doe cans, jack -McDen-
mis- and his brother, Dennis-Rard.i
.-Ward bird beeu III The ring iulfJ ten min
utes before the New York lad made his
7appearance. Frank Peabody OF New York,
Benny Murphy of Coney Island and Tom
Cooney of Boston looked after. his inter.
ests.
FOR THE BANTAM BELT.
When Austin called them to the center
of the ring to give them their Instructions
IL looked as If heliy had several pounds ad-
vantage in the weight, althou gh 1t was an
nounced that they had weighed in at the
riugside at IL 3 pounds.
1ne battle was TO virtually decide the
bantam weight championship the country,
and 1t is expected that the winner will be
matched to meet 'Peular' Palmer, the
little Englishman who recently bested Billy
Plimmer.
The right was good one from start TO
finish Both lads fought with a gameneSs
and cieyerness that stamps them as being
"topnotchers." Kelly was slight fayori,
in the betting, but Ward had no end OF
admirers, ana considerable money chang
ed hands on the result OF the battle.
WARD WAS WILD.
Ward did the better part OF the fighting
during the first six rounds but he was
very wild, and after Kelly had connected
hard with bis face and ribs on numerous
occasions he became somewhat foXey and
Kept his distance.
Ii the fifteenth round, Kelly floored
''the Noupareil' with a straight lert-hand
punch on the jaw. Ward was all but
knocked out and saved himself during the
remainder of the round by clinching. He
showed wonderful recuperative powers, and
keeping away from Kelly during the next
few rounds, recovered to such an extent
that lie was apparently none the worse for
the staggering blow that he received.
Keliy's great play was for tie ribs and
up to the twelfth round he hammered away
at them at a great rate. Heshowed wonder
ful cIeyerness in keeping away from WARDS
swings and as often as the Newark 10y led
straight at him would cross on the face
and neck.
CONTEST BECAME BLOODY.
In the eight round the New York hoy got
in a ieft-hand jab that started Wards
nose to bleeding freely. Throughout the
balance of the fight he kept hammering
away at that organ and kept the c!aret
flowing copiously.
In the thirteenth round Ward drew
blood from Kelly's mouth. After Ward
recovered from the effects of the stunning
blow that he received in the fifteenth
round he fought much more carefully than |
he had heretofore.
In the eighteenth round the "Nonpareil''
started Kelly's nose to bleeding and the |
crowd fairly went wild with delight.
From the nineteenth round, however, |
Kelly commenced to fight faster and several |
times he had Ward in his corner on the |
ropes. Heknocked him down several times, |
but Ward showed wonderful gameness, and |
after staying on the ground as long as pos
sible would struggle to his feet and con-
tinue the battle.
When the twenty-fourth round opened up |
both men We're very weak and bleeding |
like stuck pigs. 1t hardly looked possible |
that either one of them would be put out, |
until Kelly swung a short-arm blow on |
Wards face that again put him down.
He bravely struggled to his feet and just |
as the referee counted nine he got in position. |
X ely started toward him prepared to fol-
low up his advantage, when the police /
into the ring and stopped the Fight
As il was plain that Kelly had way the best
OF the contest he was awarded the decision.
III. NJ p.