The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-27
Briggs Won Decision Over Dave DGSh|Gr
for Lightweight Title
Helen Lucas Took in Money in Driving
Finish From Six Runners

After 10 rounds OF pretty fast hghtng
at the Lincoln A. c.. Chelsea, last night.
Jimmy Briggs OF that city won de-
eision over Dave Deshler or Cambridge
for what was billed as the lightweight
championship OF New England. Though
Briggs won. it was 10y none too great a
margin and il is a trihe hard TO figure
just wnere and now the tide goes with
the win. considering the TACT mat bilSBs
has been whipped twice by AIthuI Cote
OF BiddefOrd AT times the buut was
fairly interesting, especially toward INC
emo OF the battle, when Briggs mad Desh-
Ter in SO weak condition that az times u
looked as though he might knock him out,
IL was a universal opinion that brigss
fought better than ever before. Inc
articles called for a weight OF l33 POUNDS
al o'clock which few thought Briggs
could make. but he not only made IL. out
weighed a pound ana a half less. Even
then he was as strong as pun, ana
whsled Deshler about the body perhaps
harder and a trifie more vicious thah IN
any OF his previous battles.
In fact, IL was the body punching al
ministered TO Deshler that caused his de-
feat for the continual hammeTing on l tne
body and kidneys so weakened the cam
bridge lad that toward the end OF the con-
test he was in a bad way and wise enough
TO fall into clinches 20 save himself from
defeat.
For the whole Is rounds almost Jimmy
walked into Deshlers left leads and oc.
casional right crosses I'm order TO lana
on the body. and once In close enough,
how Briggs did punch the body or the
Cambridge boxer.
When the bout started Jimmy began
BY walking into Desher, forcing him all
over the ring and ducking the Cambridge
boxers left leads. In this way he got into
Deshlers body almost at VIII, the 1abs
and right crosses Of the Cambridge lad
doing him but little or no damage. And
al that Deshler crossed some pretty hard
ones. and several times partially turned
Briggs around with right crosses To the
Jaw, but Jimmy was each time back Tor
more.
For more than half the battle THIS was
the manner of procedure, when Jimmy
began swinging. and In one of the rounds
opened a cut over Deshler's right eve
which he continued TO open with each
succeeding round His swings for the
head after the weakening body punches
ne had crossed put Deshler In a bad way
evidently. yet the latter at times took the
Initiative and went TO Briggs with eft
leads 10 the head and right crosses TO the
body. but Jimmy was always there with
his short jolts TO the body.
At times one boxer had a slight lead.
and then the other. but II was a pretty
close contest up to the 18th round. when
Briggs. though apparently weak Sn the
previous round. went after Deshler like a
race horse. In this and the next two he
hammered Deshler pretty hard. and the
left side OF the latters face bore strong
evidence OF what he had been Through
when the bout was over.
In the semi-final bout Young Freeman
landed a couple OF punches OH Custer
twice. the second time seeing stars for
nearly ten minutes. In the other prelimi-
nary Willie Riley won from Johnny
Ahearn In eight rounds.