Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-12
TERRY Martin
Wins From Harry Ede|s
in the Twelfth,
Best Boxing Exhibition Yet
Seen in City Hall.
Two Good Preliminaries Serve as Curtain
Raisers for Main Bout.

Friday night brought with it one of
the greatest battles that have yet been
fought at City hall since the Augusta
Social and Athletic Association inau-
surated the custom of holding events
Of that nature in the city. The attend
anCe was not as large as has been the
case on some previous occasions. but
still the crowd was Il gOodly one and
those present witnessed an exhibition
of the manly art of self-defence such as
should satisfy the most ardent follower
Of that class of sport.
The principal event Of the evening
WAS meeting between Terry Martin
of Philadelphia and Harry Edels of
Chelsea, Mass. 1t was Terry's third APP
pearance in the city. he having dis
posed Of BARLEY Connolly and Peter
Sullivan on his previous comings 20
Augusta. but though Edels had been in
Augusta before it was his first appear
ance in the ring. Goth boys had met
before, and on Fast night Terry got the
decision over the Chelsea lad in Port
land. the bout going the limit.
In their meeting last night both boys
were in the pink of condition, and for
difficult to pick winner. but as the
bout progressed it became evident. al
though Edels landed some stiff punches
on the head and face of his antagonist
at times. that he was not connecting
with Tcrrys head piece in a way that
would land him a winner, while Terry
was getting at him in a way that
threatened disaster in the end. Indeed.
it was F,dels' ability to stand punish
ment that prolonged the bout to the
length that it lasted.
But this is not saying that the bout
was in any way one-Sided. for Edcls
is by far the best boxer who has met
Martin in Augusta and gave him up to
the sixth round fully as much business
as he cared to attend to. and for the
remaining rounds. although it was not
difficult to see how the bout was going
to end. EdelS came up strong at the
beginning each time.
Tho work of the lads in the first two
rounds was about even. but in the third
Edels caught Terry with a blow over
the heart that was Il honey cooler, lift
ing him off his feet and sitting him
down in way that must have Jared
him. but whatever Terry may feel his
expression never shows it, and COM
ing to his feet he went after his man
and the gong closed ono of the hottest
rounds of the evening. IL anything this
round was slightly in favor of Edcls
The fourth and fifth were pretty
even. but the sixth was Martins be-
You'd doubt. In the seventh Edels
came up fresh and the round was
punctuated with a hot exchange of
blows to the head and body, with the
honors slightly in favor of the Chelsea
boy. In the eighth there was a mixup
and Edels went down. Martin kept
hammering away at Edels' face and at
the close of the round it looked as il
things were coming Martins way. The
next four rounds We're of a similar
complexion. and the end came in the
1th. EdelS went down in a mixup.
and in falling nearly went through the
ropes. One leg did so through and
down over the edge of the platform in
such way that the leg was quite bad
~ wrenched. At the same time Terry.
falling over him, went over the ropes
and would have fallen to the floor had
not some one caught him. Edcls was
weak when he fell. and realizing the
of the bout proceeding
any further. Referee Mahaney stopped
1t and awarded the decision to Terry
Previous to the main bout Young
DallS gave Harry Reed of Fairfield
the finishing touches i'll the third Of
what WAS to have been a five-round
bout, and George Gilbert of Augusta
and Butler of Waterville went six
rounds to draw.