The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-10

Boston, Dec. i0--Jimmy Gardner OF
Lowell turned the trick on Jimmy Kelly
Of New York. a little Italian boy. at the
Central club last evening. Kelly shaped
up well at the beginning OF the contest,
and for a while II looked as though II
might make a good going. but after Gard
nsr sized him up the New Yorkers re-
csived a terrible punching for two rounds
and part of the third. when Kelly's sec
onds decided to throw up the sponge.
When Kelly started boxing In the first
round he showed he had punch, hut
lacked the essential OF knowing where
to put II on and how to. He swung Wild
ly and landed often in the first three min
utes but IL was due more to his luck than
anything else. In the next round Gardner
blocked Kelly's swings and jabbed with
his left and smashed his right to the head.
Every time he landed one OF these
punches Kelly bent forward to avoid pun
ishment, but every time he did Gardner
right uppercutted. Nine out OF every ten
OF these landed true, and as result
Kelly was In a very bad way
After half the round had been passed,
during which Kelly was severely dealt
with, Gardner sent In a few straight
tights which landed clean the jaw.
and Kelly went TO the mat. He got dp,
but was all but knocked out, and for the
next few seconds. 10 the end of the round,
Gardner hammered him all over the ring.
At the beginning OF the third round Kelly
showed little life, but a few straight
jabs to the face and right crosses TO the
jaw set him hack. Gardner then whipped
in a number OF hard right hooks to the
Alt.K nd han
In this position uppercut TO the jaw. Kelly
was being badly dealt with, and rarely
getting In a return punch. He was ham,
mered all over the ring in this round and
his grit alone saved him from going TO
the mat He had not a ghost OF chance
OF winning, and his seconds threw up the
sponge after about two minutes of box
ing.
In the preliminaries. Young Dixon OF
East Boston defeated Young Chisholm OF
Everett in three rounds, and a new conner
by the name of o'Neil got draw In six
rounds with KID Tirrell. according to
previous agreement.
CANS HOLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Boston. Dec. 10--Since the Gans-Lang-
ford bout at the Criterion A. c. on Tues
day evening the all-important question
has been: Is Langford the lightweight
champion OF the world Though Langford
won the contest. II does not necessarily
follow that he gets the title with the de-
clsion for several reasons
In the first place though the match
was advertised at lightweight, the boys
also had to weigh in at 13S pounds. This
alone quashes the idea that IL was n
lightweight contest. for the legitimate
weight for this class in l33 pounds.
Neither Cans nor Langford was down 10
this In Tuesday evenings contest Lang
ford, In fact, entered the ring as welter-
weight, having failed To make the re-
~auired weight for the contest. while Cans
was under the weight called for in the
match. but even then not legitimate
lightweight
The surprising feature of Cans work
was his all-around slowness. and the alb
eence Of power I'm his punches, although
he occasionally landed hard on Lang
ford In blocking Cans was as good as
ever. and received very little punishment.
He simply lay back during the contest.
and like many champions depended upon
his title to again win for him, but the
criterion club makes a point to declare
winners on their merits. and thus Cans
defeat.