The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-15
AUSTIN DECLARED
THE FIGHT A DRAW
Relative Merits Of Judge aod BartIey
Were Not Determined.
WAS A VERY SPIRITED CONTEST
witnessed by the Largest Crowd
That Has Ever Witnessed n Glove
Contest in This City--Both Of the
Men In Fine bag Crowd
of BartIey's Friends Came Down
from Bisghamton go Preliminary
stopped in Third Round.


ed a glove contest in this city packed
Music hall to it's utmost capacity last
night to witness the twenty round
bout between Frank BARLEY, of Bing-
bamton, n. Y, and James Judge, OF
this city, before the American Sporting
club.
A preliminary bout of six rounds
was arranged between "Toby" Gardner
and Joe" Allen, two local ligbtweights,
for decision, but after sparrlng three
rounds, Referee Sam Austin, of New
York declared the bout off, because
there was an evident understanding
between the boxers. Gardner's right
hand was slightly injured just before
the referee stopped the bout.
Announcer w. J. Byrnes, of Carbon
dale, then stepped to the front of the
platform and stated that when Mr..
Austin consented to appear before the
club 1t was with the understanding
that nothing loose would be tolerated
and in stopping the preliminary, he
displayed excellent judgment which
has always characterized his work
The principals came into the ring
shortly before 10 o'clock and Judge
occupied the northwest corner and
was seconded by Bobby Dobbs, of Min
| neapolis; =. j. Hopkins and p. ]. Ma
| loney, of this city. In Bartley's cor
| ner, at the southeast end of the stage,
were Jack McDonough, Of St. raul;
Tim Hurley, Of Susquehanna, and Billy
| O'Brien, of Binghamton. The time
keepers were AL. Rose, of this city, for
Judge; Henry Baker, of Binghamton,
nd
Wilkes Barre, for the club.
| Referee Austin announced that the
men had agreed to break clean in
| clinches and would only punch with
both arms free, and after the usual
prelimlnaries time was called at 1905
| O'Clock. Following is the fight by
| rounds:
THE FIGHT By ROUNDS.
| First Round-Bartley leads with left
| and Judge ducks and counters with left
on neck, Judge plays for Bartley's wind
and also lands on jaw and stomach
BARLEY lands lightly on breast. Both
| cautious.
| Second-Judge lands right on stomach
and left on mouth, and follows up with
| right on mouth; rushes BARLEY and lands
| right on chest and left on throat and
crosses with right on ribs.
| Third-Judge swings right and left on
| throat and mouth and uppercuts with
| right. BARLEY missed Judge with a right
| swing and Judge, in ducking, dropped to
| floor on hands. In rising Judge landed
his right on Bartley's jaw and crossed
| with left on breast. BARLEY lands right
| on neck and left on face and duckcd
straight right for face.
| Fourth-Bartley landed two right hand
| punches on Judges neck and played for
| M ytthO tn1i tn1 4. h.
| left on mouth and a stiff uppercut with
| right. Here Judge landed his right and
| left on Bartleys neck and face, and was
cautioned by the referee for not breaking
clean.
Fffth-Judge rushes and lands on body
and BARLEY comes back with left on ribs,
| and Judge pushed his opponents head
| back with a stiff punch on the chin, and
when hartley landed on Judges stomach,
| the latter pushed two straight right arm
| jabs into Bartley's stomach.
Sixth--Judge opeIed the round by land .
ing blow on Bartley's nose, which
| caused blood to flow, and somewhat inter-
feres with his breathing. He displayed
good Judgment, however and land with
his right on judges neck and left on
| mouth. Considerable vicious infighting
followed and the round closed with
Judges left on Bartley's wind.
| Seventh-Judge uppercuts on jaw, and
| lodEliey ldlluS ltIl Oll stOHldCn anu BetS
| two punches in return in the same place,
and in return lands IA stiff blow on his
| opponent. Judge did some short arm
punching in clinChes in this round, and
| hartley landed his left on Judges wind,
and just as the gong sounded the latter
felnted with his left for the face and
followed it up with a right swing, but
| failed to land.
SOME BRISK FIGHTING.
Eighth-Judge leads with left on wind
and BARLEY lands left on stomach and
right in wind, end cleVerly ducked anoth.
er right swing from Judge and jlte1
Judges jaw with his right. Judge rushes
| with right on stomach and again engaged
in inhghting and clinching and landed
twice with short arm blows on stomach
In the breakaway, BARLEY rushed Judge
and landed on his wind, and Judge began
using his left elbow on Bartley's wind
Here BARLEY made another rush but
failed to land effectively.
Ninth-Bartley lands on Judges ribs