The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13
SPARRING CONTEST.
Armory hall had the appearancev

Armory hall had the appearanceWed-
nesday eve., of Carson City sporting
arena. Nearly 800 people were pres
ent to aake in the athletic exhibition.
the chief feature of which was the
ten round boxing match for scientific
points between Andy Watson of Bos-
ton and Frank Dunn of Graniteville.
The crowd waited impatienty, as is
usually tho case on such occasions, and
it was nearly an hour over schedule
time before the bell was rung for the
first match between George Dawley of
Bellows Falls and William Hooper of
this city. +. Il. Blake refereed the
match, j. DeCollaines acting as sec
ond for Dawley and Gauthier second
for Hooper. The rounds were the
regulation three minutes. The match
was finished in the third round, when
Hooper landed straight right arm
blow on Dawley's jaw sending him to
the floor. Dawley failed to rise from
the floor within the required time and
the match was given to Hooper The
first round was the most evenly
matched Of any, and in the last two it
was simply matter of time, Hooper
showing superior science and being
livelier on his feet throughout the con-
test.
The next match furnished q good
deal of enjoyment to the spectators,
Hector Jackson and Walter Burke be-
ing the centres of attraction in the
ring. This was a fast match. From
, the moment the bell rang there was
something doing right away" in
act they almost forgot the courtesy
of shaking hands before sailing in.
Burke was considerably quicker and
more scientific than his opponent, and
when "Stonewall" received a settler,
he was exasperated to such an extent
and was so hungry for Burke's nose,
that he would Immediately start for
that vantage point on his opponents
"caput." Sometimes he landed some
where but more often that well aimed
blow would cut circle in the air
with such momentum that a Keeling
Fright about face would follow.
Jackson was too honest with his blows
and did not deceive his opponent a bit.
When he had good aim he let drive
and would have hit right where he
aimed if Burke had remained, which
| he did not choose to do. Jackson was
on the ground with sand to distribute.
He fought against heavy odds, strik-
ing with such force that one side of
| his suspenders snapped, then the other
and finally he found himself with no
suspenders at all The third round
was the last and he fought that with
his suspenders tied around his waist.
After the match young Hector passed
the hat and the money flowed in so
! fast that he had half hat full before
he knew it.
George Carlo next came in and sent
novice out in one round. The de-
! feated said he had never had the
gloves on before in his life and nobody
refuted the statement. Next fine eX-
hibition of torch club swinging was
given to the accompaniment of har-
monica and guitar and this elected
much applause.
1t was rather late in the evening
when Andy Watson and Frank Dunn
took their corners preparatory to the
great match of the evening William
Brown of Barre, a well-known base
ball umpire and sporting man, acted
as referee of the match, Arthur Ross
and Jerry Donahue seconding Dunn,
and William Hooper and George Scrib-
ner acting for Watson. The first round
the men spent in feeling around rather
than in any heavy work, and it was
evident that, in regard to science, they
were pretty evenly matched, with
| Watson in the prime of condition and
Dunn, having the advantage of thirty
pounds weight The second and third
rounds were good exhibitions of work,
neither of the men receiving any blows
that staggered them. In the fourth
round the trouble began. The boxers
had been in the ring about minute
and half when Watson made a strike
supposedly for Dunn's wind. but hit
ting far below. There was break
away for second, look of pain COM
| ing over the face of Dunn, and in less
than three seconds Referee Brown
called foul and the the match way
| over.
The elimination of the exhibition
coming IN this manner caused some
EXPLANATIONS of regret, as there were
| yet six more rounds to be fought
Some expressed the belief that the
| fight was fake, but the management
! firmly asserted that neither of the men
had met before, and that neither knew
who was to act as referee until he APP
peared in the ring.
The sum of $3.50, after expenses were
paid, remained for the last match,
sixty per cent going to Dunn and forty
per cent to Watson. Dunn's fighting
weight is l72 pounds, willie Watson's
weight is about l40 pounds.