The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-22
TOBY GARDNER
GETS THE DECISION
Defeats Joe Allen In Ten Rounds at
Music Hall.
BOTH STRONG AT THE FINISH
Gardner Was the More Aggressive
and Was on That Account Declared
the winner--AIIen Proved Himself
a Clever Little Boxer and Landed
the Oftener of the Two--John Tigue
Had MaIioy Nearly Out.

the Oftencr of the Two--John Tigue
Had Malloy Nearly Out.
Toby Gardner received the decision
over Joe Allen in a ten round bout at
Music Hall last night. The result as
announced by James Judge, the referee,
did not meet the approval of Aliens
friends in the crowd of between three
and four hundred spectators and there
was a noisy howl of disagreement at
the finish.
The referee had an unusually difficult
Job on hand and would undoubtedly
have declared the contest a draw but
for an agreement made in the ring that
there must be a decision. Gardner's
advantage, If any, was in his aggres-
siveness and leads, but he received at
least two telling blows for each one
that he delivered and appeared the
weaker of the two at the finish. They
fought at 112 pounds.
Gardner and his friends won hun
dred dollars and the house proceeds.
From the beginning of the fourth
round the battle was lively enough to
satisfy the most greedy ringside en-
thusiast. The exchanges were fire.
quent and vigorous, the clinches were
few and brief and there was more than
the usual amount of blood, something
your real admirer of ring events an
xiously awaits as side relish to the
main business in the ring.
THE EARLY FIGHTING.
Early in the fight Allen was as clear
ly on the defensive as was Gardner on
the offensive. Each of the first four
rounds was repetition of the round
preceding. Gardner was always leading
with left for the face and trying with
the right for the body, but he missed
both oftener than he landed and re-
ceived returns of Aliens lefts on the
stomach and rights in the face or neck.
neck.
Gardner did better in the fourth. Az
ter failing to gain anything by his
early style of fighting in the first min
utes of the round, he encouraged a
clinch and was quick to follow the
break with a rush and right on Aliens
ribs. He repeated the trick before the
gong sounded.
The fifth round was the fastest up to
that point. Two clinches were follow
ed by rushes by Gardner and in each
case he found Aliens ribs with his
right, but just before the round ended
Allen made a neat parry of one of
Gardneer's rib-roasters and returned
with clean and telling right swing on
the neck which staggered Gardner. 1t
was the cleanest and best blow up to
that time, but the bell halted Allen in
his intent to follow the advantage thus
gained.
FIRST BLOOD.
Allen scored first blood by landing
| full on Gardner's nose with his left
early in the sixth round. For the first
time in the fight Gardner was wary
and chose the defensive. Allen count
cred on the jaw and in the clinch
| Gardner jammed his right into AL
ner uppercut with his right and Allen
landed his left on the stomach.
In the eighth there was a quick eX-
change, Gardner finding the body with
his right and Allen sending his right
twice on the face. Gardner rushed AL
! len to the ropes, the latter protect
ing his face with his glove and slit
ting the bridge of his own nose with
I
porter. A steady stream flowed from
the wound up to the close of the fight
and painted the gloves, bodies and
faces of both contestants a vivid red.
In the eighth Allen landed his right
on body and neck and received an up
percut. Gardner began to fake grog-
giness, but Allen detected the ruse
and would not be drawn into a mix
| up.
The cut on Aliens nose was the
source of a great flow of blood wher
the ninth opened. He seemed the
stronger of the two. however There
were several rushes by each and two
even exchanges of rights and lefts or
face and body before the round closed
THE LAST ROUND.
Gardner did the forcing in the fina
round. His was all body work. He
missed two right swings for the head
and received a left on the stomach anC
another in the ribs for his pains. Gard,
ner uppercut with his right and AL
len landed on the body with his lef
as the bell rang.
Referee Judge was slow to make 6
decision. 1t was fully half a minute
before he walked to the ropu. anC
said:
Gardner, having done the most lead
ing-I declare him the winner"
There was a pandemonium of cheers
from the Gardner faction, and of howl!
and cat-calls from Aliens supporters
The noise lasted at least a minute
Among the impartial spectators ther,
was a division of opinion on the decis
ion, but the majority were inclined
to the belief that draw would havt
been the proper conclusion.
Gardner's handlers were Mike Con-
ley, Dick Eavers and John Tfghe
while Allen was seconded by John Nc,
Fadden, Gus Riedenbach and Harry
Mitchell. John T. Brown and Eddie
Coleman were time-keepers and Larry
Ketrick announcer.
TIGHE-MALLOY BOUT.
There were three preliminarles. Johr
Tighe, of the South Side, had Johr
Malloy, of Bellevue, staggering to hi;
corner at the conclusion of the second
round. At the opening of the thirt
Tighe had Malloy on his knees and 60
ing from the effects of two rights OF
the neck when the referee called the
bout off and gave Tighe the decision
Malloy had to be helped to his corner
Tighe was seconded by Dick Eavers
Paddy Hopkins and Mike Conley, anC
Malloy by Pat Rogan, Law Woods
and BARLEY Mangan.
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