The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-15
CANADA'S BOXER IN FORM.
CHAMPION SCHOLEs WINS A BOUT
CLEVERLY IN 4. a. q. TOURNEY.

The Crack Feather weight Stops Murphy OF
Roxbury In Short Order Mt the Broadway
A. Ca Host Of Amateurs Delights u
Large Crowd-Further Bouts Tonight.
The preliminary bouts OF tho boxing and
wrestling cham pionships Of the A.. A.. U. drew
q big crowd to the Broadway A. G. last night,
The lentshy entry list contained much mater
ial that was good. bad and Indifferent. and also
provided plenty OF amusement. A bantam
named Jim Jefiries won the FIRST fight with
the gloves and another. Jack Dempsey also car
ried OF some honors. The feature was the ap-
pearance OF John l.. Scholes. Jr. OF Toronto. tho
amateur champion featherweight OF England
and Canada. He showed In the 125- pound class
with I. f.. Murphy OF Roxbury. Mss, and
promptly demonstrated his cleverness to the
satisfaction u the onlookers. Scholes ap-
peared TO be az scientific a. many profess
SIGNALS. He put II all over Murphy in the
opening round. the first punch landed by the
Canadian. putting the American down. In tho
second round Murphy rushed like a wild bull.
but Scholes met him with, fast smashes that
soou stopped him completely.
There IL u particularly strong inducemcnt
held out 10 the contestants In this tourney as
the. winners 10 the various classes will visit
TO take part IN that organizations tournament
beginning March y. James ! trawley was
the referee Of boxing. with Prot Jimmy De
Forest and Joseph q Condor. Judges; Each
minutes each. summary:
WRESTLING.
1o5 Pounds First bout-Harry Barber. Seaside
A. c, beat Robert Curry, st. George A. G.. In 4
MINUTES and 81 :econd Is, Second % eoa,wwilliam
Settlement, a c.; u % 'osonas' Third 60StrdsoTgs
l25.P ounds-First bout-T. A. Denham, New West
side !. C beat P Murphy. PavCpi. 4, {, in SO
deorge A. {. beat Ernest Mesnwell, Rochester A. &.
in 3 minutes and 5 seconds, Thru bout-I Nifot,
Pas inc A. c. beat JOSEPH, Renzland, st. George 4:
&. on tho referees decision after . minutes u
iss P'nnds-First bout-Mar Wiley. Rochester A.
Second bout Charles Iehren. Pastime A. C., beat F
Muller, Columbi Turn Verein. In ~ seconds.
BOXING.
A'C' beat Robert Appel, Ne. West Side 4. g. in the
srcond round. Second Bout-H' nry Kenncy. New
three rounds on the referees decision. TIE Judge,
dsagreeins. Third Bon,-rh,n.s Ktihlea. Union
S Yors CITY Fourth Bou,1James stone.
Ayonia A. e. beat ]. Casey. New West Side A. C., in
tssI Id T@inF Star rn 4. ' g, beat tl Michael tacR f rosev IL
Glee Club IN the second round Si,ih Bont-Jack
Psmpsey, P e IN ,b =, mir, ST s'p pphn EiT.r warm Barclay MSl,.
" Cullen, Union settlement A. C.. beat Charles
Prior. 81. Bartholomew A, c., in three rounds, the
Judges agreeing.
lsb. P0nnd-First bout-John l.. Scholes. Jr., To.
ronto, Ont. stopped 7, r. Murphy. RoSbury, Mas,
in the seconl round. Second bout-Patrick White,
Ps.im S"A E. S.if in the third siiSafG round I' Third ' soa,@,
aeorse Waller; Pastime 4 O. stopped Henry
Gosga' Seaside An & 10 the third round
A.. C.. stopped II. Lane, Pastimo A. c.. in the second
round Fifth b1ut-William Booth. Pastime A. c.,
stopped John McCabe, P,stime 4, G. in the third
round. sixth bout Frank Farrell. PARKWAY A. G..
stopped George Syres, Eagle A. c, in the THU d
round. Seventh bout-C. ~ Graham, Peterboro
ont. beat John Donegan. Union settlement A. C..
In three rounds. the judges agreeing.
II was Impossible TO get in the other classes
before mid. night o. they will be put on tonight,
tho finals to be decided in all classes on Saturday
night.