The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-30


held at Music hall last night under
the direction of the American Sporting
club. 1t was one of the best exhibit
tions of scientific boxing ever seen in
Scranton, and the largest respectable
gathering Of men assembled at an
event in the fistic line witnessed st.
When the twentieth round was ended
there was not, and should not have
been, a dissatisfied person in the hall.
There was not drop of blood spilled
on either sidc and from start to finish
not the least brutality was introduced
into the ring.
Something in a special way might be
said of the character of the men who
were present. The customary sporting
hanger-on with loud-checked shirt,
loud-patterned garments, and general
urtamcd look, was noticeably absent
and the better element substituted in
his stead. Music hall has a seating
capacity of 500, and nearly that many
were present. Well known profession
al men, olllceholders, and industrious
citizens constituted a large proportion
of the audience. Now and again the
good order was broken by the howl
of some fellow with rooster fighting
intonation in his voice who wanted
gore, He quickly subsided. however.
THE OFFICIALS.
1t was ten minutes after 10 o'clock
when the contest between Bernstein
and Wright began. Pat Murphy was
agreed upon as referee. AL Rose, the
halter, .was timekeeper in Bernsteins
interests; Ed. Coleman performed a
eli, To IN, e.,
T. Brown was delegated by the club to
watch the flight of the minutes.
bernstein was the first to appear. He
was clad in a bathrobe of scarlet and
gray stripes, and upon entering the
ring selected the corner OH the front
of the stage. In this corner he was
handled when he boxed twenty rounds
here last January with Danny Me-
Mahon, of Philadelphia, when he came
out victorious also. He appeared cool
ana confident. His manager, Charley
Horan, followed later with buckets
towels, and bottles. kid" Brown,the
colored boxer and Larry Ketrick We're
the others who performed Offices in
Bernstein's corner.
Wright appeared 10 minutes laterac-
companied by his trainer, Jim Rey-
nOlds. He was supplied with the para
rhCrnalia necessary between the
acts. Paddy Hopkins of the South Side
and Jack Tighe were also III Wright's
corner. After a few minutes Cf pre-
lirainary work, adjusting the gloves,
which We're the regulation exhibition
size, time was called aud the battle
began.
1t would be hard to say which of the
two was in the better condition. Bern
STEMS flesh was the color of wax and
his muscles were like ropes. He was
in perfect trim. Not less physically
groomed was Wright. His muscles
were hardened and there was no fat ON
his body. His flesh had u liyelier color
though than Bernstein's, and seemed to
have undergone thorough massaging.
Wright had a look as if his left eye
was asleep, and in the beginning of the
first round the New Yorker made a
leap forward and planted his left glove
on that side Of his opponents face. He
followed it up with another in the same
place, and repeated the performance
four times all told in the initial round.
BERNsTEIN's LEFT.
Bernstein's style of fighting consist
ed Of a catlike spring upon his tiptoes
and a lead with his left glove for the
face, usually the side on which was
located the eye with the far-away look.
Occasionally Bernstein varied his tao
tics by employing his right with a
swinging uppercut but the greater
part of his work was done with the
left all through.
Wright kept hugging his corner and
the one opposite 1t, and contented him
self with blocking Bernstein's feline
springs. Occasionally he lunged for
ward with a vicious left or a right
cross-arm swing, but he didn't do this
often, but kept on the defensive.
Up. to the tenth round Bernstein did
all the leading. The eleventh round
opened with a different aspect. Wright
began getting away from his own coal
shed and branched into the center of
the ring. He did a little damage to
the New Yorker in this round but not
enough to make a showing. He land
ed two hard raps that made Bernstein
sniille. The ensuing three rounds were
tame, In the fourteenth there was a
rapid exchange for a few moments that
brought forth the belief that there
| would be a Garrison wind-up. The
| lldlucSl DlbN Ol the llSul as IL dppedIeu
| from outside the ropes was in the ff-
| teenth when Bernstein sent a terrific
| swing on the jaw.
In the seventeenth round Bernstein
| landed his left glove twenty-eight
| times by actual count on Wrights face,
! but the blows, like all his blows, ex-
| cept the one in the fifteenth, lacked
| steam, and might come under the head
' of what John l.. Sullivan designated
| Jim Corbett's blows at theeCarson City
| fight-love taps, N
SKELLY'S ADVICE.
The men never once changed their
| tactics. Jack Skelly from the wings
kept telling Wright to get into the
! fight and swing hard, but upon at
! tempting to swing and falling short
| thereon, he evidently got discouraged
and failed 10 swing again until the
| opening Of the succeeding round. While
| it was a "beautiful" contest of scien-
! tihc boxing and not a scintilla Of bru-
talty attended II, yet the spectators
might have been better pleased with q
little slugging at times by way OF
| varying the monot0ny, Nevertheless,
il was such an exhibition that will
bring big crowds to future events un-
der the auspices Of the same club.
There We're three preliminary fea-
| lures, acrobatic work by Colleran and
Campbell, the bootblacks, four round
| bout between kid" Brown and John
Kelley, OF the South Side, and a four
round bout between John Tlghe, the