Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-05
TT WAS BROKEN.


to go on with the contest.
TT WAS BROKEN.
This boy can't continue the bout"
said the doctor as he finished the
examination. "The bone back of his
second finger known as the phalange,
has been broken, and it would be al
most impossible for him to use his
right hand"
AS this announcement was made one
Of tho many boxers who were on the
stage rushed forward, began to pull
off his coat and yelled; "J'll take your
place, Frankw He started to go into
the ring, but changed his mind when
he met Roger O'Mara's eye. The will
ing boxer Immediately saw that he was
getting In wrong and his fighting blood
cooled down Immediately after getting
one glance from the chief of the Pitts
burg thief-takers.
II then became the painful duty of
Referee Tim Hurst to announce to the
crowd of about 1,s00 people that the
contest was over. Immediately there
were many cries of dsapprovaI, among
which could be heard such words as
fake" and "quitter," but the crowd
then filed out In an orderly manner.
Judging by the amount of fighting
that took place there was nothing to
it but Simms The Akron hoy was
first with his arms and feet blocked
well, ducked cleverly and hit hard.
Boyle was no comparison in any re-
spect and would not have been able
w ~ wy '"i tNth III ne HHU not IN
jured his hand.
After about 20 seconds of fiddIine
Simms landed loft on BOYLE which
shook him up. Ho quickly followed
this up with half, swing with the
right, Boyle spun about half way
around and then dropped to the floor.
LOOKED BAD.
1t looked as IL it was all day with
the Lhwrencevillc boxer but he got
to his knees and slowly arose to his
feet ns the referee counted nine
S'mms' right had struck Boyle on the
cheek bone, and therefore was LITTLE
= to high for knockout If the blow
had landed on the chin or Jaw II like.
ly would have settled the local man..
Some more boxing followed, with
simms having all the better of it, when
Boyle landed blow on the Ruckeyc
boxers head. Thj. Is what broke his
hand, and the fight was concluded.
There was two good preliminary
! bouts of six rounds each, which partly
; made mp for the disappointing end to
s the main event.
Jack Palmer Of Akron, protege of
Art Simms first went on with Louis
Isaac of soho, Neither displayed any
considerable amount Of science, but
/ both were eager 10 give and not averse
to receiving blow, Palmer got the
decision, which he deserved.
Simms weighed 1873 pounds and Boyle
, 1915 at o'clock, the time for weigh,
+ ing In. Palmer and Isaac boxed at
ll6 pounds. IT was announced before
the bouts began that they were scienti.
iic glove contests aud not prize fights
nEFIED THE LAW.
The simms-Boyle contest has stirred
up the biggest kind Of sensation IN
Pittsburg II was held over the pro
test Of all the ministers ana against tn,
T direct order of the Mayor The license
Of the Lawrenceville Athletic clul
was revoked but this did not stop tn,
contest A deal was arranged will
the owners Of the Avenue theater b,
which II was held there Both prlnci
pals were threatened with arrest bu
this was not made good. A numbe
OF ministers We're sworn in as de
= puties They occupied front seats
They claim that The light was fixe,