Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-28
TOM OBERLE BENEFIT
PROVES BIG SUCCESS
DELANEY WINNER In MAIN EVENT
Fitzsimmons Refuses to Go On in Fifth Round and
Decision Is Awarded to Kid-Bout Between
frankie Neil and Kid Long Is Failure

crowd threatened him with mobbing.
The decision was a good one, neverthe-
less, for brown showed himself the
more finished boxer. He had way of
stepping outside the left Of his opponent
that worried Leahy decidedly and after
the battle Jeffries said, THAT decision
was right, Charlie. ] wish 1t had gone
another round, thought; l like that
kind"
Personal Difference Settled
Gaines and Godfrey, who fought to
settle personal difference of opinion
and who backed their arguments with
500 side bet, furnished amusement
for just one round. In the opening
half Godfrey jumped on Gaines and
hammered him numerically and the
big fellow dropped to the floor in a
Wild endeavor to win a knockout for
the other man. Jeffries would not
stand for 1t, however. and ordered him
to his feet. Then in self-defense he
thrashed his man with unction and dis
patch.
After the first knockdown 1t took all
of Jeffries power to protect Godfrey,
as Gaines, badly ratified, attempted to
strike his fallen opponent while the
latter was on the mat.
Sootty Johnson finished Snyder in
the second round of their argument by
flooring him twice with q right hook to
the jaw that left Snyder still sleeping
peacefully in his dressing room when
the crowd filed from the pavilion.
At the end of the battle Johnson came
over to the press box. II didn't fight
my best tonight" said \ the modest
youth. 1--WE been out every night this
week."
That's nothing" yelled a man from
the front seats. "Snyders out now"
Abdul Maglan, who took Billy Man
ning's place in the battle with Wells,
finished his opponent off in short order
and Eyton ordered the fight stopped in
the first round.
Abdul was a happy man. He likes
fighting all the way through-when the
other man is loSing-and as he stepped
from the ring waved his arms overhead
and with an Oriental gesture, II like
fights-all the time. Some day l fight
champions? No?" Some day he will
If he keeps up the pace already set.
Stopped by Physician
Kid Webster and Lamer mixed it for
three rounds At the end of that time
the fight was stopped under orders from
the club physician, as Lamer was not
/ in condition to continue.
Young McGovern lived up to his name
right hand swing to the jaw>in the first
round of the first mill carded. The
lads were willing and went in hammer
and tongs from the tap of the gong.
McGovern was the aggressor through
out.
n'he second affair was between Andy
Rivers, a well muscled local lad, and
Jim Horner.
At the end of the first little Jack
Horner sat in his corner in a battered
condition, that was not improved after
the gong tapped for the second.
For a moment they spared for an
opening, then Horner dived in, stopped
wild swings on his elbows, wrists and
she ulders until near the end of the
round, when a right hook to the jaw
sent him to dreamland.
The third mill on the program was
between Joe Berry and Young Barry.
The men fiddled until the middle of
the first round, when Joe cut loose
something new in the haymaker line
that staggered his opponent. In the
second round "Youngy' came back and
under cover of an Eddie Hanlon, crouch
first cut Joe about the face, then
knocked him down. To add insult to
injury, he fell on top of the fallen
man and had to be lifted off by Referee
INton.
Joe took the count, but came up
game. Berry thought the battle was
over and held out his hand.
Realizing his mistake, however, he
rut Joe down for the final count with
a straight punch on the jaw.