The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-03
Twelve Round Bout Was.
Very Scientific.
Referee Frazier Pronounced 1t
To BE Draw.

Jack Frazier has solved this problem Of
giving . boxing exhibition without al
lowing IL to degenerate into tight. He
was the prime mover In the esta blishment
Of the Casoo Athlstio club and he referees
all Of the exhibitions which take place
there. One OF them occurred last night.
| 1t was neither fight nor fake, but rs
clever and Interesting IN exhibition Of
the manly art as has ever been seen In
Portland. The crowd was unusually or
derly and Mr.. Frazier, when an attempt
was made to hiss one of the contestants
promptly put an end to the disturbance
| by Offering to give the man who was
making the troubls his money back II he
would leave the hall. This stopped the
attempt at rowdyism. The city marshal
and one of the deputies were present and
there was large squad of policemen
whose services were not required.
In point Of numbers last nights ex-
hibition was not ~ we'll attended as
previous ones have been, but there were
present about three hundred people, many
OF them we'll known business and pro-
| fessional men.
The first bout was between Jimmie
Connors OF Bangor and Eddie Joyce OF
Portland, and it lated four rounds. In
the last round Connors seemed to be hav-
ing little the best Of 1t, but In the other
| three rounds the honors were easy.
While waiting for the contestants in
the second bout to appear. Charles Honey
johnson and Willie Niokerson, sang
several songs. They are clever entsrtain-
srs and their efforts met with the ap-
prevail of the crowd, who snoofsd them
repeatedly.
= The second bout Was between Harry
Page Of Boston, a white youth and the
funniest shaped and queersst looking
darksy that Portland audience has seen
In long time. This man was introd uoed
as Pocahontss and he hailed from Boston.
1t was an eight round contest. The negro
took lots Of punishment, but now and
then got In heavy swing on Pages
neck. The white man had much the best
of 1t all the way through, however. He
lodged clevsrly and was remarkably
quick on bis feet, avoiding the PUSHES of
the negro by duoking. The last few
rounds were decidedly hot and both men
took considerable punishment without
showing the effects Of It. At the conciu-
sion of the bout the referes gave the de-
cision to Page and this seemed to be
satisfactory to the crowd. who applauded
the announcements.
The principle bout of the evening was
between John Twin Sullivan of Boston
and Prof. Joe Robinson Of Boston. Sulli-
van was q we'll built young mau with q
pair Of massive shoulders and apparently
In the pink of condition. Robinson was
about as thin specimen Of humanity as
one often sees. He had unusually long
arms and there was not an ounce Of flesh
on his body. The muscles of his back
showed great development and he put an
immense amount Of steam in his blows
| throughout. His chest was not very we'll
| developed and when he took his corner
previous to the opening of the bout he
looked as II he ought to be In q sick bed.
In the first two rounds Robinson
showed himself to be as quick as q cat
heavy swings Of his antagonist. Through
out Robinson displayed good gsnsralship
and saved himssif from many heavy jolts.
In oounterins he proved to be an adept
and when he landed 1t was with q great
deal of fsros.
Sullivan showed disposition to use his
elbows with too much freedom In the first
1 e.. b..k
ing him against this sevsra times finally
fined him for the fouling. and after that
no more was seen. On the whole Sullivan
proved himself to be very clever man.
Towards tbs last end Of the bout, but bs-
fore the very last round IL almost seemed
rs II Sullivan's Antagonist wss about
played out. but Robinson had Q surplus
amount OF energy stored somewhere
| which he brought forth In the twelfth
and last round with good effect. In this
round Robinson met all Of Hullivan's
PUSHES with heavy jolts under the jaw
and before the round was ended 1t had
began TO tell on Sullivan. The boat Was
declared a draw by the referee. Many
people thought the decision ought to 20
to Sullivan. but the referee explained
that Robinson had displayed remarkable
science and had countared In every attack
with great skill. He had also made
grand stand finish and the decision was
accepted az fair one. Robinson himself
| said that Sullivan was the best man he
had ever been up against.
On the whole 1t was very clever sx-
hibition and was conducted In the best
possible manner. Jack Frazier has osr-
taIniy solved tine problem SO many have
/ tackle without success.