Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-07
BOXERS SECURE
MP|ONSH|PS
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT ENDS
WITH FINALS
Seventeen Amateur Bouts Decided
Last Night, Which Determine
Honors in All Glasses and Di-
visions for Another Year
By Associated Press.

BY Associated H1eSS.
MECHANICS PAVILION, SAN
FRANCISCO, April 6.-The national
amateur championship boxing tourna-
ment, which has been under way at
Mechanics Pavilion for three success
sive nights under the auspices of the
Olympic club, was concluded this
evening when the seni-fnals of the
various classes were decided.
Seventeen bouts of the highest order
were pulled off, and seldom has such
enthusiasm been witnessed at a local
ringside as that displayed during the
progress of these events.
The attendance tonight was the
largest of the meeting A majority of
the contests were so even that 1t was
necessary to order an extra round to
determine the winner.
The most remarkable feature in con-
nection with the tournament was the
fact that the Olympic club of this
city swept the entire card. There was
a wide difference of opinion over the
result of the 105-pound championship
class as the contest was so evenly
fought that an extra round was looked
for.
L. !.
Athletic club who was regarded as
an almost sure winner in the welter-
weight class, was unfortunate in that
he broke his arm in the semi-final
and could not compete in the final,
which went to w. Mcdonald of the
Olympic club.
Following is list of the names of
the winners in the respective class:
105-pound (bantam class)-Jimmy
Carroll, Olympic club.
115-pound class Qeatherweight)-
Harry Baker, Olympic club.
125-pound class (speciaD-William
Leonard, Olympic club.
135-pound class Qight weight)-Lew
Powell Olympic club.
145-pound class (welter weight)-W.
Mcdonald, Olympic club.
15S-pound class (middle weighO-
Henry Fiencke, Olympic club.
16S-pound class Qight-heavy weight
Tad" Riordan, Olympic club.
Heavy weight class-Walter Schulz
ken. Olympic club.
Tonight's semi-fnals and finals in
the amateur boxing tournament re-
suited as follows
1S5-pound class-W. Wolfe, Ariel
club, was given the decision over j.
Ford, Olympic club. at the end of the
third round.
Lou Powell Olympic club, Pacific
coast champion, defeated ]. Bradley of
the same club in the third round.
Bradley's seconds threw up the sponge
115-pound class-Harry Baker, Olym-
pic club Pacific coast champion. re-
ceived the decision over il. Williams.
Hawthorne club, at the end of the thirG
round.
125-pound class-Frank Edwards.
Olympic club, who defeated National
Champion Kirk of st. Louis in last
nights preliminaries, lost to M. Au
gusta, Brooklyn Athletic club--decision
at end of third round.
145-pound class-H. L. McKinnon,
Boston Athletic club. received the de-
cision over James Ellis, South Side
club. at the end of the fourth round.
Finals: 115-pound class-J. G. Car
roll Olympic club, won a close decision
of r. f. Geisham, Missouri Athletic
club. The decision was not we'll re-
ceived by a large number of the spec
tators. 1t carries with it the amateur
championship of the bantam weight
class.
15S-pound class-Henry Fincke, Olym-
pic club, was given the decision over
George Murray, unattached, at the
end of the fourth round.
115-pound class-Harry Baker, Olym-
pic club, got the decision over T. A.
Stone, New York Athletic club, at the
end of the fourth round, winning the
championship.
125-pound class-w. ]. Leonard,
Olympic club, beat NJ. Augusta, Brook
iyn Athletic club.
135-pound class-Lew Powell, Olym-
pic club. was given the decision over
William Wolfe, Ariel club, in the
first round. Wolfe repeatedly vio-
lated the rules by holding his man and
was warned several times to desst by
the referee, who finally disqualified
him.
145-pound class-w n. Mcdonald,
Olympic club, was declared the win
ner without a contest. 1t was an
nounced that both McKinnon of Bos-
ton and James Ellis of the South Side
club had broken their hands and were
unable to fight.
Heavyweight class-Walter Schulken,
Olympic club, knocked out Walter
Kirchner, unattached, in the first
round.
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