The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-24

1t took Jim Judge, Scranton's well
terweight wonder. just sixty-two Sec
onds to make Tom Williams, ex-cham-
pion of Australia and ex-claimant of
anything in the pugilistc champion
ship line.
THE bloody mon is q fast punisher,
amt he?" was Williams quasi-solilo-
guy when he came back from his daily
in Dazeland, five minutes after being
helped to his dressing room.
Judge simply couldn't help whipping
any man of his heft who would fight
as Williams did. The Anglo-Austra-
liam is a slugger and fights entirely
with his beef. Judge is a scientific,
hard-hitting, heady fighter OF the
Corbett school.
Without waiting to do any measur-
ing or fiddling for an opening Will
lams began to swing and upper cut
blindly. Judge received couple of
hard ones on the shoulder and top of
the head and an upper-cut that would
have been disastrous had not its force
been broken on the breast before slid
ing under the chin.
LANDED ON THE JAW.
He got in one hard clean blow on
Williams jaw, but the latter was at
him with a rush as if nothing had
happened. Judge went back into the
northeast corner with Williams
pounding at him hot and heavy. With
his back against the ropes he caught
Williams ducked head with full
right handler. Williams was straight
ened UP with the force of the blow
and while his face was thus unpro-
tected and mind in maze, Judge let
him have three or four of his fam
Gus lightningllike horizontal hooks
sending him to his knees with one arm
hanging outside the ropes and his
head lollng listlessly on his breast.
Williams came to at about six
but waited for mine" before getting
on his feet. The men squared off in
the middle of the ring and again Will
liams made a rush. Several OF his
sledge- hammer winders landed around
Judges head, and ne had the Scranton
| boy pretty much excited before the
mix-up ended in a clinch near the front
| of the stage. When they broke Judge
| assumed the aggressive and with
| descending right-hand swing full on
| the face started the Australian reeling.
| Three or four quick, hard books placed
at will finished it. Williams went to
| the floor face downward and though he
squirmed and struggled to regain his
| feet could not part company with the
boards. and at ten" gave UP in de-
spair and laid prone and still until
his seconds carried him off.
| FIRST BLOW DID 1T.
Everybody yelled like mad and
| hnN had
their moneys worth despite the brew
ity of the entertainment.
Williams told his seconds afterwards
that he wasn't right" after the very
first blow that Judge landed. He thinks
he was done by a chance blow ant
wants to fight again, being willing, hi
says, to put up good money to get an
other chance.
| Williams Is well-built welter
weight, without, however, any particu
larly good features to his makeup
Judge had the best of him in heigh
and reach, and, of course, in skill anC
stiffness was far the superior. viii
liams undoubtedly is a good fighter
but not against man of Judges style
The men fought at 142 pounds. viii
liams was seconded by Harry Davis
Tom Rourke, Jerry Donnelly ant
Thomas F. Kelly the latter of Brook
lyn. In Judges corner were Bobb,
Dobbs, William Dobbs, Frank Eckel
and Pat Hopkins. NJ. II. Kelley wa
referee, and the timekeepers were A
Rose, Ed. Coleman and DOC" Ibbins
About 600 spectators, including som
of the city's representative men, wer
present.
A preliminary between two Pittsto
embryos, Mitchell and Gallagher. wa
won by the former in two punches. !
furnished great amusement during tn
half-minute that it lasted.
At the conclusion of the final bou
Harry Hopewell announced for JAG
Skelly that Judge was ready wit
money to fight any welter-weight in tn
world.