The San Francisco call., 1906-04-07

H. Williams, Hawthorne Club. in the third
round. Baker made Williams look like
novice. williams scarcely laid glove upon
! the shifty Olympian at any stage. On the
other hand Baker landed almost at will and
gave wonderful exhibition of blocking and
ducking.
Frank Edwards. olympic Club. who de-
! feated National Champion Kirk of ST. Louis
In Thursday nights preliminaries, lost to M.
Augusta, Brooklyn Athletic Club in the third
round. Edwards had good lead at the end
OF the second round but in the final round
augusta cut loose and did great execution
with rights and lefts to the jaw. He forced
the nghting and was given the decision.
i, H L. McKinnon, Boston Athletic Club
I. eeived the decision James Ellis, south
Both men fought with rare determination from
] the tap of the gong. McKinnon enjoyed a big
.ead al IL me END OF the nrst round but Ellis
In the final round McKinnon landed some
powerful rights to the jaw and given the
decision Both men were strong at the finish.
/ CARROLL AWARDED VERDICT.
The first final was between r. E. Gresham.
Missouri Athletic Club and J. Carroll, Olyni-
! pic Club. in the 105-pound class. Carroll was
| given the decision at the end of the third
round The decision was not well received by
] the crowd. which yelled its displeasure.
Both men displayed extreme cleverness
| throughout. Carroll excelling his man in this
respect. Carroll outpointed Gresham shade
! in the first round He landed several left jabs.
| head as the bell rang. The second round be-
long7d to Gresham Both landed hard
|
Carroll had an early advantage in this round
but just previous to the ternnlnaton Gresham
smothered his opponent with right and left
shoots to the jaw and Carroll appeared a trife
groggy.
The decision which carries with it the anna
teur championship of the bantam class there
| fore went to Carroll. 1t an extremely close
verdict and did not meet with the approval of
| Henry F1nclse olympic Club, 15s pounds.
was given the decision over George Murray
unattached. at the end Of the fourth round
incl
| tically defeated in the second round
| He was sent to the floor for the count by
| his feet he received two hard lefts to the jaw.
but managed to stall the round out. In the
third round Ffncke employed straight left
which he landed almost at will over Murrav's
eyes. Murray fought back wildly but .Fincke
kept up a constant fusillade Of straight lefts
to the face. The fourth round repeti-
tion of the third and at the end of the round
Fincke was given the verdict and the American
championship
BAKER oUTPOINTs STONE.
Harry Baker. Olympic Club and T A. Stone.
New York Athletic Club. then met to decide
the 115-pound championship. Baker was given
the decision at the end of the fourth round
The milling throughout was of the cyclone or
der. Stone did all the fighting in the first
round and landed two hard left hooks to the
to the mouth and went TO his with
good lead
ters. He battered Stone about the face with
straight lefts and left jabs. Baker displayed
Stone
much difficulty in locating his man. In the
third Stone started with stiff left to the
mouth, but Baker poked his straight left. to
mixed it. and both landed telling blows Stones
having the greater power
In the last round Stone started like sure
winner. He sent Baker to the ropes with
powerful lefts to the body and jaw and again
rocked the Olympic boys head with left
hook Here Baker took a brace and turned
defeat into victory by smothering Stone with
stiff lefts 10 the face and jaw. Stone rushed
| in wildly. but appeared to tire. Baker was
jabbing his left constantly to the face when
the final bell rang. Baker given the de-
cision points
M. Augusta. Brooklyn Athletic Club, and w.
J. Leonard. Olympic Club, met in the 123-
pound class and Leonard received the decision
ct the end OF the fourth round. AS in the
case of ell the preceding final events, an
extra round was ordered to determine the
winner. Augusta put up hard fight and had
much the better of the earlier rounds. The
second round went TO Leonard, but he received
considerable punishment In the third round
In the fourth Leonard sent his antagonist to
the floor for the count and battered him all
around the ring when he regained his feet.
He was given the decision.
Lew Powell, Olympic Club and William
Wolff Ariel Club, met for the 135-pound title.
round. Wolff repeatedly violated the rules by
holding his and was warned several times
to desist BY the referee. There was quite
TO the right of the referee to render such
decision. Powell protested vigorously against
the decision he did not want to win the
championship a technicaity. Referee Gra-
ney's ruling. however, was final and Powell
was declared the winner Powell had the
better Of the contest when 1t was stopped.
Walter Kirchner. unattached met Walter
Schulken. Olympic Club. in the final heavy
weight bout Schulken won in the first on a
knockout Kirchner had landed some terrific
punches his opponents jaw. but carelessly
left opening Schuken then crossed his
right to the jaw with terrific force and Kirch-
ner knocked out completely.
Tad Riordan, Olympic Club, by virtue of
his defeat of William Heller Of Chicago on
the opening night. secures the championship
in the 16S- pound class. There were but four
entries In this class. As both Charles Mayer
rf New York and Andrew Schumacher. South
side Club. were disqualified, the championship
reverted TO Riordan.
w. d. Mcdonald, Olympic Club. was declared
the winner In the 145-pound class 1t was
announced that both McKinnon of Boston and
James Ellis of the Southside Club had broken
their hands and would be unable to fight Nc
Donald won easily the opening night of the
tourney and did not fight since then.
TOLEDO, Ohio. April 6.-The National Ex-
ecutive Committee OF Women closed a five
days session today and adjourned. Chicago
was selected for the next place of meeting.