Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-15
TIM KEARNS WINS.
Knocks Out lack Daily In
Twelfth Round.
Some Warm Work All Through the
Fight by Both Men.
Kearns Will Now Nee. Frank Earne for
Lightweight Championship.

New York, July 14.-Tim Kearns of
Boston. knocked the wind out Of Jack
Daily Of Wilmington, Del, in less than
II rounds before the Broadway Athletic
club. tonight. Kearns is now entitled
TO meet the lightweight champion.
Frank Earne of Buffalo. and the lat
ter's manager, jim Kennedy. who sat
ut the ringside, said that undoubtedly
Kearns would have the call above all
others to tackle Frank for the cham
pionship as soon as Earne returned
from Europe. early in the fall.
kearns and Daily met for a 25-round
bout at 49, pounds. Johnny White of
this city, was the referee. The boys
boxed strickly under under Marquis Of
Queensberry rules. Both of them We're
frequently cautioned for holding, but
the Delaware man was the more guilty
Of the two in this respect
For the first three rounds Daily show
ed to good advantage, having the benc-
fit of height and reach. Kearns per-
sistently played for the body and each
time ne landed Daily WINGED and jump
ed away. DAILY tried to keep his OPP
ponent at arms length with his leh and
almost simultaneously attempted
to throw his right across. but
Kearns got inside the leads or
went 10 close quarters TO avoid
Days right.
y hard smash from Daily cut Kearns'
left eye in the fourth round. In the
fifth a left jab split Kearns right eye
brow. No sooner had the blood trick
led de~Wn Kearns' face than he shot his
left To Days right optic and cut it
just as severely.
DAILY became eXasperated and went
for his man with both hands. kearns
got up and al close quarters pummell-
"a Daily hard ana fast. weakening the
latter SO that the bell saved him.
Neither man evidently heard the bell
and the referee had 70 separate them
with 4 good deal Of force.
kcarns opened up the sixth with a
left swing to body and getting inside
Of Days counter landed his left hard
on the ear After the break kearns
worked his left to the head ana DAILY
returned left and right on neck and
head Kearns then played for the body
and had DAILY hard pressed at the close
of the round.
IN the seventh LAZY ldlluFu Il liS III
smash on Kearns' jaw which dazed the
latter and it looked as if the Boston
boy was done for. but he very quickly
recupcrated and fought out the round
with good Judgment.
Daily opened the eighth with 4 left
chop on the neck and kearns returned
with his right to the face. kearns sent
his left to the body ana DAILY threw his
right over to the head.
In the ninth and tenth rounds Tim
forced the pace ana frequently Daily
had to resort to clinching. Daily was
very weak as he came up for the nth
and he got all the worst OF it.
kearns forced the fighting in the 18th
DAILY broke ground with Kearns closely
following him. Eearns bored in with
body blows and Daily was forced to re
peatedly clinch. DAILY backed into his
corner where Kearns threw his left
into the stomach and quickly brought
it up with an upper cut on the chin
flooring DAILY. Jack fell flat on his
back and then began to squirm all over
tempts to get up.
Many Of the spectators thought that
it was Il case of quit on Days part
but Keams' last blow landed with such
terrific force that most of the experts
who saw it landed claimed that Daily
was knocked ont fair and square. Time
Of round. , minutes and - seconds.