The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
WAS AN EVEN THING.
Siler Calls Erne-
O'Brien Fight a
Draw.
FOUGHT TWENTY-FIVE ROUNDS.
New Yorker Struck Harder
Blows Than Man
From Buffalo.
FOUGHT TWENTY-FIVE ROUNDS.

New York, Dec. 4.-Frank Erne of
Buffalo and Jack O'Brien of New York
fought Is rounds at the lightweight
limit, 1873 pounds, at the Coney Island
Sporting club tonight, and at the end
of it all, George Siler of Chicago de-
clared the bout draw. This decision
was a fair and just one.
O'Brien did lot of forcing and fight
ing, but Erne's work was cleaner and
more scientific. O'Briens blows fell
with a force that was not behind
Ernes. 1t was the old case of a clean
boxer against a hurricane fighter. OF
the two O,Brien's face bore the worst
marks. Both eyes We're badly damaged
and his mouth and nose puffed up.
Erne's eye was smashed, but
this will not hurt him half as much as
the punishment he received in the
body.
O'Brien invariably got in the pile
driving blows on the stomach, ribs and
kidneys, which left red welts on Erne's
body. O'Brien's fierce assaults made
| made him many friends. He was an
even money favorite about the fifteenth
| round, while before the fight began 800
| to $75 was laid against him. O'Brien
| scored three knock downs, while none
was decided against himself. Both men
were in fine shape, but it is just posi-
| BILE that Erne was drawn a bit fine in
order to get down to the limit The
| big club house was barely three-fourths
| filled tonight.
Round 1-O'Brien sent left to nose
and Erne left to O'Brien's eye. After
| the break from a clinch, Erne jabbed
| left to chest
Soh 1aff
times in quick succession to Jack 3
| face. They kept feinting for nearly a
minute. Each blocked neatly, and
| Erne's footwork was remarkably clev-
er. Clinches were frequent and Erne
| got in two light jabs on face. O'Brien
| landed left near kidneys.
| Round 3-Erne led left to nose.
| OBrien landed on face lightly, then
Erne japbed two lefts and O'Brien'a
| ear began to bleed. They fought fast,
and O'Brien put left hook to body as
Erne was breaking away, and Erne fell
on his back. They got to close quar-
tiers, where O'Brien showed three lefts
| to body.
| Round 4-O'Brien landed right swing
on kidneys and Erne jabbed left to face.
| They exchanged body blows. O'Brien
| jabbed left to wind, Erne countering
| on face They then kept leading and
blocking till the round closed.
Round SO Brien jabbed left to wind.
| Erne rushed into a hard left jab on
nose. Erne jabbed left to- face; O'Brien
| hooked two rights over kidneys. Erne
rushed into another left jab on face.
Round 6-Erne jabbed left to nose
and swung left to stomach. He jabbed
| left to face. O'Brien hooked right over
| kidneys twice. Erne swung left to
body and hooked left to the jaw, jarr-
| ing O'Brien's head. O'Brien landed two
| lefts on face and two more on body.
O'Brien rushed and swung right on
| body and Erne jabbed left to face.
Round 7-Erne rushed and swung
| left on Jacks ribs and left to face.
Both rushed and drove hard lefts to
body. Erne sent two lefts on chin.
| OBrien rushed and Erne sent left
| swing on chest. Frank jabbed left on
| nose. O'Brien got left hard on stom-
ach. Jack put two lefts on kidneys.
Round 8-O'Brien rushed Erne to
| latters corner, where he landed light
right and left on body. They exchanged
| lefts on face. OBrien bled Frank
| nose with another good left. OBrien
rushed and drove left to stomach. Jack
kept forcing, getting right to jaw twice.
He swung right and left to body, and
Erne had all the worst of it. O'Brien's
| tive.
! Round 9-O'Brien was the aggressor
| and jabbed left to wind. He rushed
Erne and put two right swings over
| kidneys. O'Brien swung right on face
and Erne fell. He got up quickly and
| hooked left to jaw staggering O'Brien.
| OBrien got two lefts to stomach and
then they exchanged lefts on face.
Round 1O-Erne swung right to body
and jabbed left to face. O'Brien jabbed
| left to wind and hooked right twice over
kidneys. O'Brien drove a good right
| to wind and Erne jabbed left on face.
| O'Brien sent left and right to body and
face. At close quarters they exchanged
| lefts on face.
Round 11-Erne hooked two lefts to
! body and face and drove OBrien
across the ring Erne put right over
! OBriens head and then both threw
| science to the winds and went at each
other in slam-bang fashion till the bell
| rang.
Round 12-Even money was the rule
when they came together. Erne
jabbed thrce lefts to face and O'Brien
swung right to body. O'Brien drove
/ left to wind and then there was an
exchange of lefts on face. O'Brien
sent two lefts on body and swung right
to ear. Jack jabbed left twice on face
and Erne rushed into a left on body.
Round 1S-Erne jabbed left to face
and in a clinch beth worked into body
with rights. O'Brien slipped a little
bit and landed left upper cut on chest.
The referee separated them, and
O'Brien upper cut Erne on chin with
left. Erne was firing and Jack got in
| two lefts on face.
Round 14-Both came up fresh. OBrien
rushed, putting left to body and right on
chin O'Brien swung hard right on jaw
which drove Erne back. Jack rushed and
hooked two rights on ribs and a straight
left on face. In a clinch O'Brien landed
right on wind Erne jabbed two lefts on
face oBrien sent hard right to body.
O'Brien was now favorite at 100 to So
| Round 15-O'Brien landed hard left on
stomach. Erne came back with lefts and
rights for head, but O'Brien bored again
with right on wind. He kept playing for
body while Erne went for head. O'Brien's
body blows were terrible, but Erne raj
lied and they exchanged lefts and rights
on head, neck and body
Round 16-O'Brien rushed in for the
body and got in couple of roasters. Erne
swung right and left to head and again
to the body. There was plenty of hard
mitigating, of which OBrien had the bet
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