The Jersey City news., 1899-12-18
FOURTH REGIMENT BOXING
Clever Amateurs Fight Well
At the Armory-- -Driscoll
Scores a Knockout.


i Regiment and there were fully 1000 people
present. The crowd enjoyed the affair
greatly and voted the tournament grand
success from every point of view. Be-
/ cause of the unusually large entry list
there are still large number of bouts to
be decided No finals have been held as
yet and the committee in charge has de-
/ cided to hold the rest of the goes" to-
i morrow night. OF course the best OF the
] boys are yet to show and they Will prove
attractive enough to draw crowd as
large as any that has gathered thus far.
i The whole affair is such as commands
/ success without reserve and the regiment
| is now enjoying the results its efforts de-
serve. great deal of credit is due TO
! the efforts of the gentlemen who acted as
officials. The list is
Referee, James ]. Frawley; judges,
| Thomas J. Cummings and VIM. Robert
| son; timers, Charles ]. Dieges, Thomas
/ F. O'Brien and John P Boyle; announcer,
Charles J. Harvey; clerk, John J. Dixon;
assistant clerks, F. W. Ruben. W. H.
Barclay, H Obertubessing and John J..
Hart weighers, Joseph G. Conlon, J. 7.
Dooling, George Hoffman, ]. w. O'Keefe
and Orin Sims.
After the show was over these gentle
men and some others were given a sump
tuous banquet by Colonel Smith and the
committee in charge of the tournament.
Colonel Smith in a few we'll chosen re-
marks welcomed the gentlemen who had
come from New York and thanked them
and the press for their kindness. In turn
each of the officials was called upon to
speak All thanked the regiment in the
warmest terms for the kindness shown
them and the exceptional hospitality ex-
tended. All took this opportunity to con-
graduate the organization on the. success
attained in athletics and urged them to do
all in their power to encourage amateurs
as much as possible This meeting in
which such good will toward each other
was shown by the leaders in amateur ath-
letic circles and the regiment, was a most
pleasant Illustration of the high esteem
each held the other in and the regiment
feels highly complimented.
The bouts resulted as follows:-
105 Pound Class-The first pair was
Henry Kenny and Dolly Thompson. ban
tam weights. who knew that little about
the game, though Kenny was easily 100
to 1 shot and won as he wished hitting
won all the way.
John Ferrick, a strongly built youngster,
met j. J. Boyle, who showed himself a
glutton for punishment and stood a lot of
jabbing for the first round and then did
some himself in the second The third
showed the pair about equal, and Ferrick
redeemed himself to such an extent as to
earn an extra round. in which he showed
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Boyle hard and had him on Queer street.
Ferrick pounded his man hard and tore
him to ribbons though Boyle was strong
one and showed we'll This was slash
ing good go and the referees decision was
necessary. It was for Ferrick.
Fred Morris and John Enger put up
pretty. scientific go that was an excellent
exhibition of cleverness. Enger opened
Morris eye at the end of the first round
and paid strict attention to jabbing the
cut with his left in the second Enger
showed to be very clever one and made
such an excellent showing that the judges
decision in favor of Morris was received
with derision and it looked wrong to the
majority. Enger seemed to have the best
of 1t by to 1.
Arthur Kelley, of this city, faced James
Brown, of New York, and was badly
pounded after working evenly for two
rounds. The third saw him in bad shape
but the judges gave him the bout to the
surprise of the crowd.
1876 Pound Class-L. Winkleman Kid
Williams" and John Blue opened this sec
tion of the programme. Winkleman is a
local boy of some promise. He gave eight
pounds to Blue and pounded him good and
plenty. He got the decision
The Fourth Regiment was represented
in the opening of the 145 pound class by
Herman Watts, who was up against a
stiff proposition in Thomas Smith. a clev-
er delegate from the New West Sides. The
local was crude and uncouth and was out
classed, and was beaten all the way home.
He was game but he was beaten TO a pulp
and received an awful pumnelng, JUST
escaping knickout. Smiths decision.
The crowd had great deal Of interest
In the bout between w. r. Miller, an un-
attached boy. and Andrew Driscoll, of the
Gable A. c., of this city. Driscoll showed
up as clever man He went right at Mil
Ter like a cyclone and pounded him to
death for one minutes of forty seconds,
during which time he had Miller down
three times. At the end of this period he
hit him squarely on the jaw and laid him
out unconscious in the cleanest kind of
fashion. The referee stopped the bout as
1t would be cruelty to let 1t go on.
Charles Seger and John Nelson mixed it
up well in the 145 pound class, and 1t was
fast furious pace. Seger proved a VIC
ious boy but had his own trouble with |
Nelson who, however had nothing but a
rfgit hand IT was slaslfne good bout