The sun., 1900-06-06
CONNOLLY GETS DECISION.
roo CLEVER FOR MATTHEWS ~
TWENTY-FIVE ROUND BOUT.
Champion welterweiEht Outc'"ssed anu
Knocked Down several Timcs-The Loser
100 70 90 Favorite beat'
Jansen In Preliminary at Coney Island.

| defe, ted Na,tv Matthews OF this city In last
| o,round hout AT the Coney Island
| Snoring Club last night AsMatthews won the
welterweicht championship when he KNOCKED
! 'Mysterious" Hlly Smith out recently at the
| Broadway A. C., his defeat last night also lost
him the title. a. he was clearly outclassed in
| d,yerness at all stages OF the battle.
! Matthews WAS knocked down several times
| and was also In dire distress In the
| eleventh round The fight ended with Glenn
| knockdown a moment before the gong sounded
! This was the fourth meeting between the
men One ncht was draw and the
| other two went TO Matthews on
decisions Connolly did fine hitting with
both hands and never was in trouble The bat
tie was holly contested every inch OF the way
and pleased the crowd which fully agreed with
the verdict Of Referee Madden.
There were several thousand spectators
present when George Jansen OF New
York and Kid Thomas of Brooklyn met
in l2-round preliminary bout at
catchweights. william Madden was the referee.
This was hard fight from the start. both re-
ceiving many heavy body blows and swings
without knock down in the first five rounds.
Both were reeng in the sixth. but
they continued TO slug without cessation.
Jansen was in distress during the eighth round.
but he stuck II out to the gong by clinching.
Again in the ninth Jansen got a hard
punching In the tenth Jansen rallied
and did so well that the crowd went
! wild The last two rounds were even. The
referee gave his decision TO Thomas, II was a
just ruling. but half of the crowd hooted and
hssed
Matthews was 100 to 90 favorite over
Connolly. The former was handed by Johnny
Dunn Pete Burke and Tommy West. Connolly's
seconds were Dick O'Brien. Billy Hennessy
Frank Rose and Allie Brown. The conditions
were twenty five rounds atl4O pounds weigh in at
O'Clock. straight Queensberry rules Jim
| Ferns Of Buffalo was at the ringside and chal-
lenged the winner Tommy White of Chicago,
| who Is matched to box Terry McGovern al the
! island next Tuesday was also introduced.
| Dick O'Brien challenged Tommy West at 5s
| pounds and the def was accepted
| Connolly looked finely drawn and less power
ful than his well-muscled antagonist. Still.
| when they got going Connolly showed speed
| and extreme cleverness. He also set the race,
| Matthews meeting his advances with heavy body
| blows. Connolly landed swing on the jaw
! toward the end of the round and Matthews
went down. but the latter jumped up laughing
| u
Connolly continued his rushing in the Sec
ond round Matthews did some clever block
Ing ana countering but he could not keep
! Eddie away. Connolly rushed again and
! in mix he landed effectively on the ribs
! and neck. The round was in his favor.
Connolly dashed in vigorously in the third and
! got TO the neck and body with such solid
| smashes that Matthews held in long clinch
4 pnll, lnft tA tl,.n MOL Iona nfva
! and Matthews was Jared Then followed lot
of free hand work In clinches. in which honors
were even. The round was in Connolly 3 favor
| on work
Matthews opened the fourth with a rush. put
! ting hard left to the face They fought in
| and out of "A clinch. Connolly pounding the kid
! neys with his right. The last half of the round
was an even break. Connolly. however, still
! landed. There was fast rally OF swings by
both men aS soon As they, got together for the
h seas. r:, "n m daIs, sfS 6n
~S give "Gt% anG ap' % 'asp snd right
and put a right 70 the heart that made Mat
thews wine" and break ground. This was Con-
| nolly's round also,
Matthews. crouching low. ran into cnch
| when the sixth began. Connolly met another
| assault with clean left hand counter on tho
| nose Matthews stood away for n moment unit
| connolly chased MN lntO the rODeS Tor n ClnCh.
! Connolly landed more quick lefts in the face.
| Matthews holding in anO her Clinch. They
mixed it and Connolly got bloody nose, 1t
was the fastest round of the fight so far They
were punching awav in half-clinch at
the beginning OF the seventh. Connoly's
left was sent in sNiftly, TO the face, Matthew's
swung wildly and then Cnched Connolly
| worked his left with effect again, but Matthew's
| nailed him on the eye and nose tor more blood
Connolly continued TO force the fghting in the
! eighth Matthews blocked many of his blows and
Then they swung openly at long range. Con-
molly landing the better punches Matthew,
not cut loose as yet. Matthews waited patiently
| for Connolly TO advance in the ninth round The
latter did not care to go too close. so he tried
swings at arms length. Connolly, finally
shot over, a quick richthander. for the
| jaw. which was an inch too short. He
| rushed after that and both reached the kidneys
range agan in the tenth putt ng in facers, Con-
! molly forced it and with z terrific right on
| the face followed hv. left on the neck
| Connolly rushed like a bull and with another
| right on the check bone he had Matthews
staggering The latter rallied and the slugging
| 10 the gong was OF equal strength
Matthews bored in with left on the nose in
! the eleventh Connolly responded with a
powerful right on the neck, bat Matthews
received couple Of Stifr whacEs on
the Jaw and had TO c!inoh The latter
Hhgd and again SEN, bd the noD Sh, e tho ~
| as Matthews was backing and sent the lat
/ ter fiat upon his back Matthews took
n count and when he got up Connolly
! tried hard TO finish him, but Matthews
| stayed with Clinches and was rapidly recover
ing at the bell. Matthews was cautious as he
| came up for the twelfth. Connolly jumped IN
! promptly with left and right 10 the head He
| repeated the trick, but THO time Matthews wls
| inside of both smashes, Malihews's legs were
weak but Connolly was bit tired because of
| his previous laborS A. result the round was
| comparatively tame.
| Connolly kept on with his left-hand labs in the
! thirteenth Matthews swung couple of solid
| rights to the ribs but Connolly shook him up
| with "A right on the ear and also brought a
| clinCh with two more knocks on the head
| Matthews carefully guarded his jaw throughout
! the round and STAYED away in the last minute.
! Connolly was still the uegressor in the four
taenth Matthews used his feet for moment
! aud then they got into fast rally, both
/ getting nome snort armed blows oi
considerable strength Connolly worked
| his man to corner and lried his right for the
| jaw, but this time II was stopped Matthews
was nj long range all the rest OF the way, and
| Connolly had the rollnl
! Matthews started the fifteenth with series
| of lrftS in the face Connolly threw over a
swing to the mouth, however. that had plenty
Of power In il Matthewss efts con inued until
! COnnollyS ince was bloody. The latter
| rushed into nlX-up. Matthews being staggered
| with back handed right on the chm Iheround
| was about even. Matthews was still iabbing in
| the sixteenth Connolly relied solely upon
swings Tor the head and kidney blows when
| ever they were half clinched He soon saw
another, opening for heavy right on tho
jaw and Matthew, was bowed against the
rones. Then Connolly let up and there was
light Sparring 10 the bell II was Ionnolly's
! night 80 lar on work and points,
Matthews resumed his Jabs in the seven