The Washington times., 1905-05-09
HART AND WILLIE
IN TAME BOUT
Kentuckian Had Better OF
the Scrap.
MARVIN FAT; JOHN FIT
Ticket Sealpers Lost Money in Specu-
lation Because of Slim
Attendance.
MARVIN FAT; JOHN FIT

PHILADELPHIA, May 9.-Marvin
Hart had the best Of the bout With John
Willie In the wind-up at the Washing
ION Sporting Club last night, although
he did not do any greas damage To the
Chicago boxer. and the bout taken as
a whole was rather disappointing. There
was fair crowd present, the advance
in prices probably frightening away
many people.
Tie ticket sealpers, who as general
thing are Il wise lot. got fooled last
ntgnt in handling this match. Thinking
tllsss there would be greal demand for
tickets the scaiEers loaded up and they
had big bunch left after the fight.
Aboat the tire the wind-up was ready
IL go on So tickets could he bought out
side of the hall for % cents. One we'll
Known handler of 1aSteboards admitted
that he was cut $50 on the nights work.
Hart Was Fat.
Hart was the taller of the two, but he
looked fat and was not in the best of
condition. having vomiting spell be-
fcre the contest began. Willie appeared
tu be In good shape. Hart stood with
his left arm extended and his Jaw we'll
covered up by raising his shoulder. The
men agreed TO break when ordered, and
=D0SSa ciSafilys eS u general
Hart forgetting himself once or twice.
Har. landed the first hard blow of the
centest-a right TO the body. Willie
landed two light punehes-a left and
righf-fn quick suecessicN- Hart fol-
lowed with savage smash on the
heart. Hart sent hard swing at Willie
head, which John slipped very nicely.
IL he had not Ii would have ended the
bS bs Then e1 W ande got ght his b2ebes leT5 5e the
clincf followed and then Hart put an
other to the body, Willie put in a left
swing on Hart's head just before the
bell rang. It was Il nasty smash and
MarvIns head rocked.
Deings Begin.
Willie rushed Martin to the ropes
shortly after the second round opened,
ana in the mix-up he landed two light
left-hand punches on Marvin's head.
Hart got in a telling punch on the body
and he sent a hot one to John 8 head,
which the latter slipped, and the blow
went harInlessly past him. Then Mar
vim tried for body blow, and Willie
obliged him by walking right into it,
Willie came back with smash on the
ribs Marvin again got to ViIle's heart
and Jack tried twice Tor the head with
out connecting. q moment later he did
q little better, landing on the side of
the head. He tried another as the bell
rang, but Marvin got his head out or the
way Sust in the nick of time.
The third was one of the hottest
rounds of the bout. The men tried hai j,
but most OF their efforts ended in elincn-
rs, and Referee Schlichter had his own
troubles getting them TO break without
hitting Hart got In some good body
blows, and one OF them near the end
OF the round seemed to sting Willie, and
he held on for little while.
The hard work began to tell on the
men. and the fourth round was not as
strenuous as the first three. It was
mostly In Hart's favor although Willa
was there all the time, and he landed
one very stiff punch on Marvins ribs.
Willie Kissed the Floor.
The fifth and sixth rounds were faster.
Willie got in two stiff blows IN the for
mer, but he had to take some pretty
hard body punches for his trouble. In
the sixth Hart tried to force matters
10 a conclusion but he was not able TO
land any decisive blows. Near the end
of the round he dropped Willie with a
hard body punch. The Chicago man
was I'D In an instant and fought back
samely but the blow had hurt him, ana
he complained or the punch after the
bell rang as he was sitting In his cor