Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-26
O'T0OLE BEATS
JOHNNY DWYER.
Men Put Up a Furious Battle in the
Ring of the National Athletic
Club

The Philadelphia Press gives the
following account Of the Dwyer-
O'Toole fight in that city Saturday
night:
Tommy O'Toole, of this city. and
Johnny DwYeri of Perth Amboy. met
in a windup at the National A. C..
last night, which was worth a dozen
ACKNOWLEDGMENT bouts. O"Toole de-
served the verdict by a slight margin,
Dwyer firing rapidly during the last
minute OF the furious setto from the
hard stomach blows he had received
from Tommy's left hand.
The men weighed in under 1873
pounds at 8 o'clock last night. but as
they did not enter the ring until a
few minutes of IL o'clock they had
plenty of time in which to take on
weight.
O'Toole proved TO be the harder
puncher of the two. Dwyer landed
more blows on his opponents jaw
than Tommy was able to land on
Johnny's vulnerable point, but they
did no more harm than to stagger the
Point Richmond lad. It was apparent
that Dryers injured right hand had
not yet recovered from an old injury,
but by bringing all his wonderful
cleverness to his command and a
aged 10 make things very interesting
for O'Toole until near the close of the
bout.
They wasted no time in fiddling af-
ter the opening bell. O'Toole rushed
and they went int a merry miX-up.
After the break Johnny swung his
lett against O'Toole's jaw. They then
stood up and swung for each others
jaw, each landing a number of blows
on the face. Dwyer got in a right
swing on TommY's mouth and stag
gered O'Toole with a right swing on
the jaw. One miX-up after another
followed, with Dwyer doing the bet
ter work and at the bell Johnny had
a Slight lead over his opponent.
O'Toole opened the second round
with a left swing on DIVERS stomach.
They exchanged lefts and Dwyer con-
tinued TO make ORIOLES face his OBJ
~iective point, while Tommy varied his
blows between Johnny's face and
body. Near the end O'Toole got in a
hard right uppercut On Dryers nose
and sen Johnny's head back with a
left hook On the jaw. II was O"Toole's
round.
O'Toole opened the third round by
doing some fancy work, but they
were soon at it hard. O'Toole got in
more left swings to Dryers body,
and they stood up and slugged away
viciously. After the break, O'Toole
did neat work in iabbing Johnny on
the nose. They exchanged lefts and
Dwyer rocked O'Toole with a right
swing on his jaw. Tommy fought
back hard and they mixed it up until
the bell rang.
The fast work was kept up in the
fourth round, Dwyer being weaken
ed by ORIOLES left swings on his
stomach. After a savage mix up
O'Toole sent Dwyer back with right
and left swings on Johnny's stomach.
They exchanged swings on the face,
and O'Toole rocked Dryer with a left
swing on the jaw.
A furious ntiX-up opened the fifth
round. Then Dwyer opened an attack
which was almost irresistible. John
ny sailed after Tommy and fought
him across the ring. O'Toole was
forced to break ground, but only an
inch at a time. Dwyer fought with
x,i,.l,4 ,o.l ,on;, ,,ntil hO 0nt Tom m u
into a corner O'Toole there made a
stand and fought his way out again,
Dwyer falling in missing a right
swing for his opponent. Dwyer re-
newed the assault at the sight OF
blood trickling from O"Toole's nose
and the men went at it hammer and
tongs, Tommy again being forced to
back away after another smuggling
bee was Witnessed. Without scarcely
a let up they continued to hammer
away at each other. first one and then
the other being staggered by hard
swings. 1t vas Dryers round and
both took their orners bleeding from
the nos and mouth.
Dryer tried hard to keep up his
fast pace in the last round. He was
the aggressor and got in some hard
swings. while O'Toole got in another
of his terrific left swings to Dryers
stomach. This helped to slow Dwyer
down for a few seconds. Then they
went at it again, until OToole stag
gered Dwyer with a right swing on
the jaw. Another miXup followed,
with Dwyer weakening. O'Toole then
took the aggressive and was forcing
Dwyer back with left jabs and hooks
when the final bell rang.
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