The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-04

Jimmie Judge, Scranton's aspirant
FOR the welterweight championship,
was knocked out by the worlds cham
pion, Mysterious Billy Smith," in the
final round of their twenty-round go
before the American Sporting club in
Music Hall last night.
The knockout was delivered Just
fourteen seconds before the gong would
have sounded the finale of the fight.
The match was for purse of $1,000
and a side bet, said to be 81, 900 more.
All the SO and 50 seats were filed, but
only about half of the $5 seats had oc-
cupants, which would make the at
tendance less than one thousand.
Among the spectators We're many
prominent sporting men from a dis
tance and good sized delegations of
lovers of fisticufts from Wilkes Barre,
Pittston. Carbondale, Bipghamton and
other neighboring places.
Jack Bonner, of Summit Hill, who
defeated Dan Creedon recently for the
middleweight championship; Billy
Needham, ex-champion lightweight of
the world; Jerome Quigley, of Phila-
delphia, the we'll known lightweight,
and number of lesser lights of the
ring were among the on-lookers.
Sam Austin, of the Police Gazette,
was referee and Harry U. Hopewell an
nouncer. Judge had as his seconds
p, J. Hopkins, Frank F,ckles, william
Dobbs, and his manager Jack Skely.
In Smiths corner were Bonner, Need
ham and Harry Tuthil. Billy Roche
Smiths manager, was his timekeeper;
Ed. Coleman performed like service
for Judge, and NJ. II. Kelley held the
watch for the club.
THE PRIMARY CAUSE.
Marquis of Queensbury rules gov
erned the contest. Fighting was per-
mitted while one arm was free and
this primarily was the cause of Judges
defeat. In all his previous contests,
the rule barring fighting in the clinCh-
cs was a stipulation. In championship
battles this agreement nowadays sell
dom obtains. Smith is an in-fighter
first, last and all the time. Judge is
a high and long distance fighter, with
but little practice in hard short arm
work. He could not keep oft such a
good man as Smith and the conse-
quence was that from the very first
| he was second best man.
1t was not what would be called an
| interesting fight by the average spec
tator Both men fought close and
| warily, taking few chances and de-
| pending more on wearing each other
| out than on administering Il defeat
! with some favorite knockout blow.
When Smith was the aggressor he
| went for Judges body. When Judge
| did the leading he played for Smith S
| face. 1t was a constant succession of
| alternating rushes. Smiths favorte
| game was to rush his right into Judges
wind, grab him about the neck with
| his left and while Judge was hugging
| him, pound him in the side with short
arm punches or bring down the heel
| of his hand with all his force and with
careful deliberate aim on Judges back
in the region of the lower ribs. Before
the referee could call break" he
would almost invariably have two OF
three hard blows of this kind effective
| ly placed.
| WHERE SMITH EXCELI.ED.
Judge seemed to be helpless to pre-
vent this kind of thing. No matter
how he would clinch and hug Smith
would manage to get in a blow or two
before his arm would be imprisoned
If he in turn attempted high intighting
in the clinch Smith would be there t.
meet him, and as Smith eXcelled il
every phase of short arm work Judgc
would as rule fare worse than wher
he simply contented himself with try,
ing to pinion Smith with a hug
Judges back on the left, lower side wa,
of a raw beefsteak hue from bein,
made a special target of Smiths righ
in the one-arm fighting
Judges most successful and, in fact
only effective attack was with his pis
ton-rod punches from his long anC
quick-acting left. These jabs also wer,
used with varying success in stoppin,
Smiths rushes. He seldom made U.s.
of his right, but withal had, if any
thing, the best of what little long dis
tance fighting he forced Smith t
participate in.
One thing sure, Smith though
worlds champion, found in Judge I
man to give him fight every second o
the three minutes between gOngs
Smith wore a rather supercllious al
and even as early as the fourth round
winked and grimaccd at his seconds
as much as to say Isn't it n sham
what I'm going to 40 to him arte
awhile"
Several times he spoke in q patron
izing way to his opponent and thos
near the ring side say that i'm the las
round he whispered to Judge to kec
away from him. Events proved tina
he had q license to feel quite confident
but his manner provoked many of tn
spectators into an increased desire [
see Judge punch his head off.
Judges demeanor bespoke his appre
citation of the fact that he was to hav
!, the busiest evening he ever put in
His plan of campaign was palpably I
fight carefully and stay the twent
rounds if possible.
JUDGE APPEARED FIRST.
1t was 1923 before the fight com
menced. Judge appeared first an
Smith followed five minutes late
Judge was given a hearty ovation
but the loudest cheering was don
when Jack Bonner, the new middI,
weight champion, was introduced q
one of Smiths seconds.
The men We're examined in the
dressing rooms by Doctors Longstret
and O'Malley before coming on II
stage and found to be in perfect phy
sical condition. They weighed /.
pounds apiece with their urdercIoti
ing on at 8 O'Clock in Purcell's an
were probably all Of that and a fe
pounds more in their trunks when the
entered the ring. Judge had the az
vantage of an inch and three-q quarter
in height, but as explained previousl
this was of little avail because Of Il
absence of stand-Off fighting.