Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-26
THE PUGILISTS
NEW YORK
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Some Good Battles Last Night Bits About the Busy Mitt
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Tony Bender, the clever Elizabeth. N. J., featherweight, and Bert Reyes, of Philadelphia, boxed one of the fastest ten round draws ever seen in this city last night at the opening IshoW of the Consolidated Athletic club, Sixty-fifth street and Broad way.
 | From the first tap of the bell until the last round both fighters never let up for a second, both taking levery chance that came their way and both doing considerable dam age.
 At the strat Reyes rushed Bender to the ropes and ripped rights and lefts to the body, but the New Jersey boy came back strong and fought his opponent back every inch. | Bender used good left hand jab to Reyes. face throughout the early rounds, but the Quaker City lad kept coming in for them in the hope of getting home one of his haymakers. In the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds Bender tried for the body and landed many a punch, but it never had any effect on Reyes, who just waded in for more.
 Both men tried for knockout in | ing, and the majority of the club members picked the bout as draw. In the semi-windup Johnny Allen, of Philadelphia, anad Howard Smith, of New Jersey, boxed one of the best mills of the show. Both boys used great cleverness and mixed it hard when the occasion offered itself. Harry Johnson proved too much for Billy Smith and. after five rounds of hard grueling Referee Jim Bagley stopped the fun and sent Smith to his dressing room.
 Phil Brock. of Pittsburg. and Frank Madden clashed for six rounds in which Brock had all the best of the fight at all times.
 | Willie Green outfought Mike Grady in their four-round set-to and won | by mile. Greene had all the best of the weights.
 Jack Palmer. England's crack heavyweight fighter, will make his | first appearance in the ring tonight in this country when he will fight Jack (Twin) Sullivan, the New England light heavyweight. for 20 rounds at catch weights before the Pacific A. c. of Los Angeles, Cal.
 Palmer will have big handicap on the New England boxer when they face the scratch. he having the height. weight and reach on his side. This will be their second meeting. they having boxed a fifteen round draw in London, England. on May 25, 1903. | Both men are reported to be in the best possible shape. and the result will show whether Palmer will have any right to class with any of our big men.
 Fighting Dick Hyland of San Fran cisco, and Cyclone Johnny Thompson of Sycamore. III. will face each other for q 20-round session tonight be- fore one of the San Francisco ath- letic clubs. Both men are fighters pure and simple, and it will be case of slug all the way until one or the other falls to the floor and takes the count of ten.
 Hyland holds decision over his opponent. but only after 20 rounds of the hardest kind of fighting.
 Willie Fitzgerald. the well known lightweight of Philadelphia. and who is regarded as one of the hardest hit ters at his weight in the game. has been matched to meet Kid Coffey of Brooklyn for 20 rounds. at 13s pounds, on April 10, on the outskirts of Albany. x. Y.
 These two boys clashed In four round bout in Brooklyn about year ago. and while Fitzgerald won Golf fey gave him the fight of his life
 Coffey is training st the Capital City and is in good shape. l