The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-17

The American Sporting club, of which
Jack Skelly, of Brooklyn, N. Y, Is man.
ager, gave another fistic exhibition in
Music hall last night before about 800
spectators. At 9.15 o'clock Announcer
William Burns, of Carbopdale, stepped
into the ring and introduced Patrick
Murphy, of this city, as the referee Of
the bouts, and Edward Coleman, also
of this city, as timekeeper.
The first preliminary bout was be-
| tween two 115-pound men, Jack Living
ston, of Taylor, and Frank Joyce, Of
Pittston They spared three rounds,
and 1t was apparent that they were
equally matched and an extra two-min-
ute round was given, at the end of
which Referee Murphy declared the
contest draw
The other bout was betwe.n kid"
Brown, of Hartford, Conn.,, and Scran-
| ton, and kid" Rey, of this city, a pro-
| tege Of Browns. They spared three
rounds and Rey got the decision.
The star bout of 20 rounds was an
| nounced between Bobby" Dobbs, of
Minneapolis, Mimi, and Martin Judge,
of Philadelphia, at 1876 pounds. Both
men entered the ring at 9.52 o'clock and
| the former was seconded by Kid
Brown and p. ]. Maloney, of this city.
| In Judges corner was Harry Court
| right, the Pine Knot" of this city, and
Billy Smith, of Philadelphia
SPARED CAUTIOUSLY.
Time was called at 9.56 o'clock. Both
| men spared cautiously for short
time, but soon mixed things UP and
some lively infighting followed. After
| this considerable rushing was done by
both men and in the breakaways neith-
er seemed to regard the referee
warning. The honors were about even.
although from appearance and action
Judge did not seem to be in first class
condition, while Dobbs was fit to make
| the fight Of his life.
A few minutes before Judge entered
the ring he was smoking cigarettes
and appeared trifie nervous, although
he quickly recovered himself when time
was called. After the above round II
was apparent that Dobbs would rush
matters and when the contestants
came together for the second round
some lively work ensued. Dobbs held
one glove on Judges neck and rushed
him around the ring until he got him
In his own corner, and there he kept
him, landing several body blows and
upper-cuts. Judge appeared to be
groggy and Dobbs landed a vicious
left hand jab on the heart and followed
1t up with a right-hand swing on the
jaw.
THE KNOCKOUT BLOW.
This was the telling blow, as Judge
sank to the floor unconscious. The ref
cree counted the usual ten seconds and
Judge was still down. Murphy ther
advanced to the front of the stage and
announced Dobbs the winner. The
beaten man was lifted upon a chair In
his corner and restoratives applied. He
came around in four minutes. The fight
lasted just seven minutes, or four min.
utes Of actual fighting, the first a
three-minute round-the second one
minute.
Judge was clearly outclassed wher
the gong sounded after the first time
The fight was witnessed by many we'll.
known sporting men, and about seven.
ty-five persons from Wilkes-Barre and
Pittston were in attendance.
Among the out-of-town newspaper
representatives present were w. w
Casterlin, of the New York Herald; j
w. Dunn and John Bolton, of the
Wilkes-Barre Times and News-Dealei
respectively.