The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-28


is rapidly becoming one OF the most pop
ular sporting rendezvous in this state
and every time the management an
nounces a card OF events there is rush
for seats The climax I'm attendance was
reached last evening, however when there
were seated or standing in and about the
squared circle fully 900 fighting enthusl-
asts
AS features OF the show also the card
was one OF the best seen in recent weeks,
and the popularity Of the two lads doing
duty In the main go was one OF the causes
for the overflow In attendance. Both
Tommy Quill and Max Hessel have host
of followers in this city and they were out
10 a man last evening full OF PARTISAN
shin and willing TO back their views on
the ability OF the two men 10 any ex-
tent.
There was some disappointment. how
ever when the main bout was stopped
so short, even before n had served to
make the sports extend themselves. or
even 10 get the blood going at more than
the normal pace. With the second pre-
lt.ninary standing out as the bright spot
In the evenings entertainment, however,
the fans were very well satisfied.
The first bout on the card for the eve-
ming was a six-round tete-a-tete between
Frank Mantell OF Pawtucket and George
Perry OF Taunton. This was so one-sided
that at the end OF the second round Ref
cree Abbott stopped the fight, explaining
10 the crowd that IL was useless 10 have
q game lad punished without mercy.
Mantel danced all around his opponent
and seemed able 10 land punches where
soever and whensoever he would Perry
was willing in spirit but lacked the bodily
training and the experience 10 cope sue
cessfully with Mantell.
What proved TO be the best bout OF the
evening was then put on In the semi-fnal,
when Monk the Newsboy OF this city and
Johnny Lynch OF Cambridge had r set-to.
Both lads were game and full OF ginger
and ready TO argue with each other. glove
fashion, every minute OF the time allowed
by the referee and the gong.
From the showing OF the two boys Monk
might have been given the decision. and
deserved II. but there was not 40 much
OF difference In the points by the two
20 have caused any dispute of the decision
rendered. Both men were nearly evGNly
matched as To skill and heftiness with the
mfttens. so that when Referee Abbott am
nounced the decision as draw the crowd
was very well satisfied.
Lynch started the dispute off IN the first
round with n left and right 10 the face,
missing another blow and leaving an OPEN
advantage OF, sending n scoring left to
the Jaw Monk by this time was becom-
ing as active as one OF those Maxim guns
in motion. scoring with both left and right
repeatedly with telling effect. Lynch
weathered the storm. however, and as the
round ended sent in a hard reminder TO
the body which kept Monk nursing sore
spot during the interval OF rest and made
him think that things had been done to
his slat region.
As II remembering the last blow landed
Monk was UP with the earliest I'm tho
second round and landed left with good
effect as an opening greeting. Lynch re-
eponded In kind. but Monk retaliated scor-
Ing with botn right and left on the Jaw.
Lynch lands repeatedly 10 face as the two
go in to a hug-fest. After break Lynch
forced Monk TO the ropes with a hard left
TO the Jaw but both men were going so
fast that IL looked more like the main
bout than a preliminary.
In the third round Lynch was up and
doing at the sound of the gong At least
Monk thought so. he was being forced
20 the ropes with lefts and rights TO the
Jaw A good man could not be kept
down. however and Monk squirmed out
OF the predicament and came back with
n Fftzsimmons left that Jared Lynch
through and through. He began 10 won
der what hit him. Both men scored on
the jaw and toward the end OF the round
are very tired Monk has a shade the
better OF the round.
Monk came up the fresher for the fourth
round and landed a salute with left and
right 10 the jaw that set Mr.. Lynch 20
thinking. IL was like Haunting red
cloth 10 a mad bull. however for the Cam
bridge lad bored his way In and made
Monks nose his target, smashing that
member repeatedly. Lynch had Just a
shade the better OF tho work I'm this
round
Both came back after the rest in the
fifth round eager for all that was coming
and Monk waded in, sending two lefts
10 the Jaw by way OF feelers with such
force that Lynch was sent on the road q
groggy land The latter changed his
mind Immediately. however, and both be.
gan 10 mix things IN a way that was
most bewildering Blows rained like hal
on the body and Jaw OF both men, with
Monk In the ascendency.
In the sixth both men began TO use the
uppercut and 10 work on.the wind. Monl
doing the most OF the work. His LEFT
seemed 10 be forking In perfect actor
and he measured his blows with the pre-
cision OF an electric battering ram.
In the seventh round Lynch staggered
Monk with a right upper-cut. but the
latter replied in kind sending one TO this
Jaw. Both men feinted for an opening
and Lynch scores another one on the Jaw
This was clearly Lynch's round.
The eighth and final round was a whirl.
wind and terrific. Upper-cuts and s~ings
were so mingled and the arms OF the tive
fighters resembled the arms of giant
fail IN action. Both men landed so near
ly even that when the round was over II
was hard 10 tell just who had the better
OF the argument
Referee ABBOTT wisely declared It n
draw.
The main bout was 10 have gone Is
rounds. with Max Hessel and Tommy
Quill as the performers. but in the third
round Abbott stopped the bout with both
boys hghting gamely and announced TO
he crowd that Hesscl had broken his arm.
and 10 have continued the go would have
been cruel as. well as unsgortsmanllle
Both men were IN their prime. however,
and from the pace set In the two open
Ing rounds the fight would have been one
of the best ever seen
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