The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
WHITE DEFRA7s sKELLY.
Hot Glove Frghting Delights the Mcnsers
OF the New York A. q.

OF the New York A. q.
-Four lively boxing bouts by we'll known pro-
fessionas filled the big gymnasium OF the New
York A. g. last night with the members and their
guests who like tho manly art. Arthur Moore
was the referee, Charles Coster and Ed Kesrney,
Jr.. were the judges. and Bob Stoll acted rs
timekeeper The contestants were examined
before putting on the gloves by = physician.
Jack Ward OF Newark. who recently defeated
Jimmy Anthony at Frisco. and Dave Ross Of
Boston were the principals In the opening bout
OF ten rounds at ] IL pounds. The first round
was devoted to light sparrng, but In the second
Ward found an opening and landed left and right
swing. on the Jaw. Ross barely escaping fall.
Ward showed considerable cleverness In avoid
ing the Boston boys wild rusbes In the third.
and also threw in his left TO the face with good
aim and force. The fourth round was slightly
10 Wards favor. and in the NTH he made Ross
nose bleed by putting in q number OF stiff
jabs. Ross depended almost entirely upon
swings. which were cleverly avoided by ducking
and quick foot work. Ward landed when and
where he pleased in the sixth. but his punches
were not particularly heavy.
In the seventh round Ross was very unsteady
on his pins, but Ward was unable to knock him
down; although he put all OF his strength In
after a moment Ward put him on the de-
fsnsive and also raised q lump over his
got in several clean sS,uss ON the 1Sm and Ros,
finally toppled over. lie was not knocked out,
Sas m so 70 1 =. usual SI
winner. The time of the round was minutes
Frank smith said to be CALIFORNIA; best
ieatherwsight was pittod against BOBBY W.T.
son Of Jer-ey Guy 10 the second bout ten
smith developed some heavy hitting. one OF his
s s,l, catching Wilson on the Jaw and sending
however. for smith to follow up his advsn,ase.
Tn. late, t.n did all the hshiing in the third
fourth tho Californian continued To force the
issue. his hitting powers causing general sur
prise Wilson saw " tas. HI. only chance wa, 70
effectively on smiths face. But the latter rel
ished in-hghtine.
cut his mouth with couple OF stin inRs. and
toward the close had him In tired condition. In
and this time he did enough good work TO make
things even; smith seemed to be growing
Wilson cut loose in the eighth. and as a rrruit
the men fought all over the ring. each getting
home staggering punches. Smith finally giving
way FOR the nrst time since the fight began. The
ninth round was even up and when the tenth be-
gan the boys sailed in for dear life. Both landed
signs of srogRiness. Wilson's brace came too
late. however. for the judges agreed on smith,
Sam Tonkins OF Astoria and Jack Collier Of
Far RockAway provided the third TO. OF ten
weight class and hurricane fshting was es.
pected. Tonkins scored knockdown In the first
round, although the blow did not seem To- be
pp.aI;ieGlarly hard. Tonkin. drew blood from
the third he rushed In with a storm OF heavy
blows. Collier finally received a righthsnder
on the chin. II was not very hard smash, but
he quickly threw up his hands and fell down. lie
remained motionless until the bell rang. after
ten seconds had been counted. whereupon he
Jumped lightly to his feet and walk ed to his
corner. IL Was such deli berate case OF fax
ing that Collier came In for severe dressing
down from the officials of the club. Tonkins OF
course, received the dec isiou.
tween Tommy White OF Chicago and Jack
Skelly OF brooklyn. They weighed In at l.0
pounds; White lost no time In setting the pace.
He whipped his left in So quickly that SkelIy's
mouth began to bleed. and his nose too
In the second round White ontinued his iab-
bling, and toward the end Skely was clearly
tired, The latter was a, punching bag in the
third round, hut he saved himself by clinchinp
ana cool;hendednes,. Waite tried hard 10 finish
his man In the fourth. and did so we'll that sicily
was saved BY the bell. Jacks left eye was al.
most closed. The .ffth round wound up the hat
tie. White rushed and quickly peat down
stelly's guard. Then he dropped Jack to the
floor with couple OF hard ones on the Jaw.
Sicily did not &c, ur within the limit and
was minute and % seconds