The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-06
SOME GOOD BOXING.
Opening of the Cssco Athletic Club
Rooms.

The rooms Of the Casoo Athletic club
on Middle street were opened for the first
time to tbs public last evening with ~
clear cut, legitimate, and scientific box
ing exhibition a. ever was seen tn this
city. When smoke talks" f'olsss meet.
ings" or whatever you are pleased 10 call
them have heretofore bean given they
were apt to be disgusting knock outs on
fakes pure and simple. Last night, how
ever, the pendulum swung Just about
right and such was the verdict Of the
large crowd numhering quite six hundred
peopls, . most orderly crowd at TINT
who gathered to sec the bouts. BY direc-
tion Of the Mayor, thu city marshal with
. squad Of policemen were present but
reference.
Jack Fraser was master Of ceremonies
and before the main goes" were an.
nounosd told the audience that no
"knock outs" would be permitted and
that the boxing contests would be along
strictly legitimate lines. He added that
u any one was, dissatisfied and thought he
was not getting the real thing" the
price OF admission would be refunded to
him and he might leave the hall. he said
one object of the club was to ges pupils
and these outside attractions might tend
to draw them into the club II no rowdy-
Ism was allowed.
The ring prepared In the centre OF ths
room for the exhibition was the best ever
seen In the city. 1t was sixteen feet
square and on raised platform three feet
high. The posts were padded and the
door was covered with three inches Of
sawdust under suitable canvas.
A. kind Of appetizer two Of Jack
Frazer's pupils, Fred Emerson and David
Copeland, gave Q very harmless -four
round bout and considering that this was
their first public appearance they showed
up we'll.
The first scientific bout was between
the light weights. Billy Fraser oil
Charlestown and Harry Tracy of Boston.
Tracy was q tine specimen Of physical
manhood with q longer reach then Fraser
who was very stookily. built. Tracy did
me ct Of the leading and in many in
stances was prsttily stopped BY his oppo-
nent 1t was an interesting exhibition Of
the manly art marked BY shiftinsss and
some we'll directed blows.
The event Of the nights sport was OF
course the fifteen round 60 for decision
between Paddy Fenton and Andy Wat
son. welterweights Of Boston. Watson, a
oolorsd man by the. way. seemed to be in
the pink Of condition. His m uscles stood
out and the best trained race horse never
looked in finer fettle. Fsnton appeared
q little flabpy. The men mixed things up
from the start and gave one Of ths best
boxing exhibitions sean for many q day.
Fenton put more steam In his blows than
the darkey. but the latter was quick as a
oat and avoided punishment by skillfully
duoking his head and closing In on hts
opponent Honors were easy for the first
seven rounds ard from the eighth to the
tenth It seemed as II Fenton had . shad 9
the better Of 1t. Not so, however, after
the tsnth. for Watson got brace on and
kept Fenton q guessing. In most in
stances the "break awnys" were clean
and very few body blows were struck.
The face was the objective point.
At the end Of the fifteenth round both
men were on their feet and seemingly
81 rUng. For this reason the refsres de-
cidsd the bout draw and this decision
met with general favor.