Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-06

full force of his body behind the blow.
The kid" fell on the back of his
head, knocked out completely, just a
few seconds after the men shook
hands.
Dial Hawkins, of California, also
knocked out Martin Flaherty, of Lew
ell, with a left hook to the chin, in
less than five seconds, at Carson City,
New. in the first fight of the three
day carnival held there. in which Bob
Fitzsimmons took the title from Jim
Corbett. The second fight of the car
niyaf was between George T. Green,
of California, the original Young
Corbett," and Mysterious Billy Smith,
in which the latter was forced to quit,
having broken his arm.
Maxey Haugh had previously held
the record of being the winner of the
shortest fight on record. having de-
feated by a knockout Tommy "Spi-
DER Kelly, of Harlem, in less than
ten second, at Buffalo, N. Y. Haugh
was then matched to fight Frank
Erne, who was then a featherweight,
but they eve came together owing
to a difference owe the weight ques
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O'Donnell in less than one round in
the Greater New York Athletic Club,
at Coney Island, and also "Yank"
Kenny, in the Winter Circus, at Phil
adelphia. Terry McGovern defeated
Pedlar Palmer, of England, for the
bantam weight championship of the
world at Tuckahoe, N. Y, on Septem-
Der 20, 1899, by a knockout in less
than a round.
Gus Rubin also met defeat at the
hands of Tom Sharkey, in the Great
err New York Athletic Club, by a
knockout blow, which was a right
hand swing to the jaw, after Rubin
had been fairly dazed by a left-hand
hook to the temple. Sharkey was
knocked out in the same arena in
less than four rounds by Bob Fitz-
simmons. kid" Mccoy defeated
Tommy West in the Manhattan Ath-
letic Club, of New York, after two
rounds of vicious fighting, by a
knockout.
Buffalo Costello and Aleck Greg
gins fought eight rounds to a draw"
at the Coney Island Athletic Club,
during which at least one-half the
audience either left the clubhouse at
intervals or for good, and a good
many fell asleep. Sullivan and Kill
rain fought sixty-seven rounds with
bare knuckles on the turf under Lon
don prize ring rules, at Richburg,
Miss. Peter Jackson, of Australia,
and Jim Corbett fought ~sixty-one
rounds, under Q~ueensberry rules, at
the Olympic Athletic Club, San Fran
cisco. George Siddons and Eddie
Pierce fought forty rounds to a
draw" at the Coney Island Athletic
Club, and Pierce was afterward de-
feated by George Dixon in the same
arena, in a few rounds, as Pierce had
trained entirely too light, as Frank
Erne did when he fought Terry Nc
Govern, and was defeated quickly at
Madison Square Garden.
Jack DAILY, of Wilmington, and
Stanton Abbott, of England, fought
thirty-seven rounds with small gloves
outside of the old Jackson City ace
track, at Jackson City, on the out
skirts of Washington. DAILY is now
the police force in Philadelphia,
and Abbott is the instructor of the
Lawyers and Doctors Club, at Prov
idence, r. /.
The famous philadelphia Jack"
O'Brien was practically knocked out
by Jimmy Hanler the first time they
fought in Philadelphia, the gong saw
ing him in the first round. O'Brien
afterward defeated Hanler in a six
round bout, as the latter was over
confident, and attempted to fight clev-
erly, which was not his forte. Hand
Ter figured in the hardest fight or
under Queensberry rules. at
the Broadway A. c.. against Dick
O'Brien, of Lewiston, Me. Joe Wal
colt and kid" Lavigne fought ff-
teen of the most vicious rounds ever
witnessed at Maspeth, l.. l., at 1873
pounds. Lavigne won the decision,
Walcott had agreed to knock him
out within the time limit of one hour.
Corbett and Sullivan fought for the
largest amount of money ever put up
a prize to the winner. The purse
offered by the Olympic Clum was
$3.50 and the side bet was $40, 1000
or $4,000 altogether.