The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-21

of competent Judges at the ringside and
weighed twelve pounds more than the
| Scranton man, who was two pounds
below the limit Of 145 pounds.
Judge forced the fighting from the
start, but while he did nearly all the
leading, was so handicapped by his
crippled hand that he was not seen at
| his best The three hundred onlookers
were not aware of this accident and
were puzzled to know why their favor
ite made so poor a showing after the
fourth round.
M'WILLIAMS WAS STRONG.
McWilliams appeared to know he was
| against clever man as far as boxing
| was concerned. He was never on the
the offensive. He fought with close
guard and shifted from corner to cor
ner making few returns to Judges
leads. He was in perfect condition and
finished strong, stronger than Judge,
who was the aggressor throughout but
who was tagged by his own forcing and
who felt the effects of a high swing
on the neck in the sixth round and an
| other in the twelfth.
Pat" Murphy, of this city, was ref
cree. MoWilliams had the privilege of
choosing this official and it was sup
posed, would bring with him Tommy
West or kid" Mcfarland, from New
York city. Neither of these two could
be here and McWilliams picked Muir
phy with whom he has an acquaint-
ance, from among several local parties
named.
Behind Judge were jack Skelly, of
Brooklyn, and Stephen Judge and
Paddy Hopkins, of this city. McWill-
Jams was looked after by "Jim" Nc
Cadden, of Wilkes-Barre, and Frank
Conley, of Brooklyn.
The first round was productive of lit
tie or no fighting until just before
the gong sounded when Judge landed
a light straight left and missed a
right counter. The pair were studying
each others style and reach. The ear
| ly part of the second round was a re-
| petition of the first but with Judge
forcing his man about the ring and
looking for an opening. Judge found
McWilliams' stomach with two straight
lefts and got away without a. return
but the two blows fell too short to have
| much effect. Judge narrowly escaped
a right hook on the neck in return for
his third attempt to reach the stomach
REAL FIGHTING BEGINS.
In the third round there was an ex-
change of left and right swings, but
at close range and without much dam
age. Judge was tagging his man about
the ring and neatly avoided two vicious
right swings in return for left leads
for the stomach. The fourth round be-
gan with the Scrantonian in the New
Englander's corner. The former miss
ed several straight lefts, McWilliams
clinching. Judge got two openings
with right feints and placed as many
left hooks on the neck. McWilliams
was looking for cover when the gong
rang.
In the fifth round Judge had his mar
in the latters corner. McWilliams
rushed, missed a left for the body and
received a left uppercut. Judge con.
tinued to force the battle but got the
shoulder in all of three left leads. Nc.
Williams was very shifty. He tried his
right. for the body and Judge returned
with left for the stomach McWil-
liams blocking the blow with his fore.
arm and spraining Judges hand.
Judge tried to use his right in the
sixth but got one good and quick re.
turn on the face. McWilliams was
forced to his corner and then out OF
1t. He met judges right for the face
with left swing on the neck and
Judge put his left on the stomach. The
seventh round finds Judge trying tC
use his left for the stomach. He lands
once, but lightly. McWilliams is
avoiding all long distance fighting
Judge leads for the stomach, escapes
a counter and lands a left jolt on the
neck.
McWilliams in the eighth was fresh
and lively but is always on the defen.
stve. He ducked all Judges lefts fol
the face in the early part of the round
and was always on the run, making
no effort to return Judges leads. To.
ward the close of the round Judge
placed his right on the stomach ant
followed it with left and right swings
McWilliams failed to land blow.
JUDGE PUSHES THINGS.
The ninth round opened with Judge
after his man as in the earlier rounds
He feinted with his left and landed
twice with his right on the body, Nc,
Williams clinching when the gone
rang. McWilliams appeared strong ant
active when the tenth opened, while
Judge showed the effects of his owr
face. Not till the close of the round
did he begin to work McWilliams about
the ring. There were few exchanges
and not an effective blow was landed
In the eleventh McWilliams landed g
left on the face and received an up
percut The pair were fddling anC
McWilliams was the fresher of the tive
when the round ended.
Judge forced things again in the
twelfth and followed left lead with
two right swings on the head, He
made the play a second time but re-
ceived telling right jolt on the neck
The blow didn't stand the Scranton
Ian off for long, however, as he was on
McWllliams shoulder in the latter
corner at the close of the round.
Judge in the thirteenth tried to work
his left but without success, though
he got in two right hand punches al
short range on the body.
Honors were even in the fourteenth
1t was an exchange of body blows in
the infghting and always after Judge
had failed to get good openings for his
leads, the style he followed after the
firth round.
In the fifteenth Judge continued tc
rorce the issue. AN his play was fol
the body with the right. McWilliams
apparently had profitted by his ex-
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