The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
EASY VICTORY FOE ERNST.


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National Sporting Club.
After one minute and thirty seconds of tho
second round Referee Brooklyn" Jimmy
Carroll stopped the twenty-round battle be-
tween Billy Ernst of Brooklyn and Mike
Harris. the cast side light weight, at the
National Sporting Club last night, in order
to prevent Harris from being knocked out.
Ernst rushed the Bowery man from the sound of
the gong. and the latter appeared bewildered
under tho storm of swings that his opponent
sent in.
The arena was crowded from floor to ceiling.
The first preliminary bout brought out Maxey
Haugh and Jack, better known as Kid" Mad
den. Both hail from Brooklyn. They were an
nounced to go ten rounds at lis pounds.
Honors were fairly even in the first round,
which was tame. as was also the second, both
lads taking each others measure. They fought
faster in the third round: but there was little
difference between them until tho fifth round,
when Haugh had a slight advantage Of some
hard exchanges. Madden cut loose In tho
sixth round and shot q left-hand swing to the
wind, which sent Hsugh down; Marcy got up
den. There appeared to DO no reason why
Haugh should not have stayed to tho end OF the
round, as he seemed TO be quite fresh when he
of New Orleans and Mike FarrasRer Of Youngs-
town, O., who knocked out stanton Abbott re-
i 80 bounds They Williams VIII sSsf had peculiar 5eF u tsa F isft lsu a.
which he followed with a terrific right hand up
= In the second round williams kept jabbing his
man with the left and dancing out of reach OF a
return Farragher tried to end matters in
duckod his swings. however, and managed
to put in several straight iefts. The blows,
Farragher shot a couple Of hard swings to the
wind in the fourth round that took some OF
Wiii1 n IS s stih ro5 away and Tbho o{b Taught spdsa like ,Mi6 do,
neither appeared much distressed at tho close;
y was a great battle. and the crowd shouted
Seishsr Lam did any damage in the sixth
t tSsn SEVENTH Sas in' FFsrTsshsr forced y matters, but
Williams met tho attack well; Mike bad the
ssj8gu OF on The tSe s %fha an rSuR 3Sw, w snd W seEsral n %na
tired when the gong sounded.
The southerner came up refreshed for the
Farragher had more steam behind his blows,
and brought Williams to his knees with 2 let
lighting when the bell rang.
farrsgher Tried 70 rush his man IN the lat
handers on the face and, right swings on the
body. The latter had the better OF the round.
The her referee .,nss d sSl a The h. bout 9iny a al dre MILO o'clock
and lost no time in getting &c, work. Ernst
swung a hard left to the neck and followed with
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the floor with a left on tho jaw. Harris 8Ot up
quickly, but had a busy time getting away from
second round With a straight left on the mouth:
Ernst smiled and came In with a hard left
With q light left on tho, wind. Billy rushed
again and sent the east slider staggering against
Then Ernst rushed In TO finish, his mar
and Mike clinched. Ernst'S right was
pit Of the stomach. Harris fell forward on his
face. he got up on the count Of nine. but he was
referees arms. Carroll sent Ernst back 70 his
corner and stopped tho bout, giving the decision
TO Ernst. The round lasted ] minute and 30
seconds.