The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-24
KenOsha Boy Gets the Best of His
Contest With Adam Ryan But
Ryan Gets the Decision.
KENOsHA SPORTS ARE OUTRAGED
Manager Of the Show Recalls Decision of
Referee and Divides the Purse.-Pre-
liminary Contests We're Good.


nosta lightweight pugilist, won
clean victory over Adam Ryan, the
we'll know Philadelphia fighter, at the
contest at the Rhode opera house
Thursday evening but Ryan trotted
back to Chicago with the decision in
his pocket, for Sieg Hart, of Chicago,
who refereed the bout, refused to rec
ognize Percente and gave the fight to
Ryan. This was the last mill of an
evening of good sport and the Kenosha
sports were SO outraged with the de-
cision of the referee that it was with
trouble that the police of the city kept
the angry crowd from taking venge-
ance on the man who had so wi1fu1ly
robbed the Kenosha fighter of hard
earned victory.
In the fasco at the close of the en-
tertainment no fault can be
ascribed to the management of the
show as Howard, who was in charge,
promptly walked to the front of the
ring and announced that he would
override the decision of the referee and
call the mill draw, thus dividing the
purse, but the whole should have gone
to Percente, and the decision of Hart
will forever be blot on fair play in
The ring in Kenosha.
The show was the best athletic exhi-
bition of the kind ever seen in Keno
sha. There was crowd of FIVE hun
dred people present and the show was
carried on under the direction of the
aldermen and police, who occupied
prominent positions on the stage at
the ring side.
The preliminary fights were good.
In the first bout Kid Wink1er was
knocked out by Mike Momsic after
four rounds of fast sparring. Winkler
was practically out in the first round
but the gong saved the count and
| Wink1er made a wonderful recovery
and STAYED off the final punch for three
rounds more.
In the second go Willie Mcnamara
was pitted against Jack Gill and after
six furious rounds of give and take the
mill was called draw The crowd
seemed to side with Mcnamara, but
Gill had a little the better of the con-
test
Then came the wind-up-Percente
and Ryan. The two men were evenly
matched and went the full ten round
limit. From the first the Kenosha boy
did all the work and Ryan was kept on
the defensive. There was not { time
in the fight whensRyan had show of
winning from Percente but the Keno
sha man rushed him to the ropes time
and again and rained blow after Glow
on all parts Of his face and body.
Ryan had the science of fighting down
pat but he could not Withstand the
rushes of Percente, and had the fight
gone a few rounds longer Percente
| looked like winner.
The referee gave an idea of his de-
cision early in the' fight when some OF
the boys shouted encoura cement to
Percente and Hart turned around and
shouted: "Percente has all he can do
to look out for himself At the close
of the tenth round both men were on
their feet and the worst the friends of
Percente could have expected was a
draw and when, Hart gave the mill to
Ryan the storm broke. Percente
seemed dazed but with true Italian
characteristics he seized a chair and
started for the referee. His friends
rushed into the ring and pulled Joe
back into his7corner while Hart leis-
ure1y left the stage and the building.
It was such a clear case of steal that
the management of the fight refused to
stand for it and he at'once announced
the overruling of the decision of the
referee. Of course, in the records of
the two men reinstatement of Howard
has no effect and the fight goes to
Ryan but thesmenswi11 divide the purse
offered.
After the matter had been fixed up
Ryan agreed to fghtsPercente for any
amount and the offer was promptly &C
cepted.
One thing can be said of the show
and that is that it was clean and free
from all suspicion of fake. The
referees decision was very unfortu-
nate affair and it is to be hoped if an
other boxing match is held here it will
be refereedsby'a better and fairer man.