The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-22
Sam Berger Easily Gets Decision
Over Local Man at Olympic
Tournament.
JOE LYD0N BEATEN BY EGAN.
q. l.. Bollinger. Who Entered Tn
der Name OF &. Burton. Dis
qualified After Bcsting
L. SturhOldt.

Six prsliminari-s and two s.mifinals o!
! the Olympic boxing tournament were
fought at the Worlds Fair Stadium yes
terday. Although some Of the bouts were
one-sded. they affOrc.d great sport for the
spectators.
The semifinaIs of the i35-pound class
We're reached. and the final of this di-
vision, together with all other classes.
both preliminari-s and finals. Will be held
| to-day.
TIE only unsportsmsnlik. feature of the
days events was the entering Of one of
the contestants under a different name
e. Burton won his bout with T. SturhoIdt
at the end II the third round after a hot
" contested battle. but 1t was then
learned that Burton was o. L. BoiIinger.
Bolling,r was in good standing with the
A A. L. and had no cause for entering
Under AN alias The decision Was then
awarded to Sturhoidt and Bollins.r will
likely be suspended by the a. A. L. Boil
linser fought at the Business Mems Gym
nas!um last spTins and lost to Fred Grin
nam
Sam Berger. the Pacific Coast heavy
eight champion. had an easy tine in his
bout with William siichaels Of this city
Berger dazed the local amateur after they
nad been in the ring twenty-Jhree min
utes. The second time they got together
Michaels held mis- footing for a minute and
sixteen seconds. when lie was again sent
To the canvas. IRE last time they met the
bout was stopped at the end Of minute
and thirty-fve seconds fighting. the de-
cision being awarded 10 Berger
Michaels was no match for the Western
champion. considering the fact that Ber-
ger weighed $50 pounds. while tn. local
man only tipped the scales at ilV. and had
not the experience. Berger was not cum
PEELED To display his best form. the bout
did not go the limit In any OF the rounds
The most exciting bout 81 the afternoon
MAS that IN the l5S-pound class. between
Joe Lydon of ST. Louis and Jack Esan
II Philadelphia The latter got the de-
cision after a hard battle. and some who
local man should have The decision. as
Esan was all but hanging on AT the end
The Philadelphia outreached i.ydon
and had the latter's face badly bruised at
the end OF the bout. but Joe's hard rights
to his opponents jaw and head made the
visitor gasp for wind
HAD CLEVER GUARD.
Esan hardly touched Joe's body. 81 well
did the local man guard his stomach. The
first round was slightly in Egsn's favor.
but in the second Lydon kept close to his
opponent and di! not allow him such a
chance OF tabbing. In the last Joe : nose
was bleeding freely. but he kept jabbing
at Egan. and when the bell tapped the
visitor was all but hanging on.
The first bout was in the l3o-pound class.
between X. Jewett OF Boston and II. c.
Spsnger of Newark Referee Harry
Sharpe stopped the bout In the second
round when Spanger had his opponent 60
ing.
r. Van Horn OF St Louis and A. Seward
of Springfield, Mo. furnished the comicai
bout. The latter had not fought in a
ring before and seemed TO have stage
fright and would not fight. but ran away
from his opponent. He was much the
bigger Of the two and probably wound
have done better had the crowd not
cheerei him
from Fred Gilmore of Chicago. They
fought at l2S pounds.
Spanger and Van Horn then went on
in the first seminal of the lS-pound
class. The former got the decision at the
end Of the third round. EHan won his
senifinal from Sturholdt.
The committee decided 10 finish tho
bouts this afternoon and all the fighters
uill appear. The first bout will he the
final OF the is5-pound class between F.gan
and Spanger. This will he followed by the
preliminaries Of the Is and other classes
c MAYER. the third entry in the heavy
weight division. has not arrived. and in
case he does not get in from New York
by the time scheduled for the bouts. Sam
Berger and his trainer. Professor Van
Cour, will give an exhibition tout