The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-02
WHO REALLY Won,
JOHNNY SUMMERS
OR BERT KEYES?
Remarkable Diversity of
Opinion Among News
paper Critics.

The account below of the Summers
! Eeyes fight in New Haven last night
I is one version Of one of the most re
marlably diverse collections Of opinions
ever given on "A prizehght
This fight seems to have aecn viewed
from an entirely different angle By ev-
cry newspaper critic at the ringside.
| Their unofficial verdicts range all the
way from nothing to IL but Summers.
Keyes was outclassed," to the follow
ing story by the New YORK Evening
/ journal xpert. who thinks Summers
was a dis-iss failure. Most OF the ac-
| cCun,s st Keyes was wild as
March han and put himself out of the
running Is FAILURE 10 gauge distance.
Il viii be ncticed that the Journal man
! says Keyes was right there with the
/ caIliper lamps and could spit hair
/ twixt south and southwest sides with
| his deadly glove
! Did Maloney hit MeCarIcy with his
/ fist or with a brick? Answer that. Also
| find out who hit Billy Patterson. Then
read the newspaper stories aud say who
proved the better man. KeyeS or sum
mers Here's the Journals view Of the
| scrap;
! NEW YORK. Nov. 2-Johnny Sum-
mers, tie great little English light
weight. was buried pugilisucally at New
/ Haven, Conn. last night.
/ Yes, the great Johnny Summers, the
bog who sent Spike Robson over 10 the
other side, the boy who chased the
/ charred Battling Nelson out Of Lon
/ don-the same boy-weil, he's a dead
| one.
There was, as we may say right here.
\ two people in the house who differ with
I q
l who manages Johnny, and the other.
/ Sammy Smith, the English boxer. Both
! claim the bout a draw.
II was ten-rOund AFFAIR and IL went
/ the limit without knockout, or a black
/ eye, and with very little blood II was
I Reyes night every round, the Fourteenth
| street boxer being the most effective.
| the harder hitter. and the aggressor.
A Disappointment.
/ Summers was a big disappointment
! after his great battle with Tommy Muir
/ ply, in which he dropped the Harlemite,
who expected wonders Of him. three
times. especially with the less expert
enced Reyes He was slow, he was
backward, and inclined to hug more
4 than to swap slams
/ Neyes. who mad the reputs.;on of h.
ing the widest thing outside OF
oroncno ever seen in these parts. was
| the surprise Of the night: fIe was a.
| Scoi, II not cooler. than Summers; was
| Ettter IN avoiding his opponents leads
p, ana as for HIS judgment-l:e never vyss
| better iu his life.
He was a human watch spring last
/ nlGTt. He left his corner Slightly couch
/ e., net tire upright Summers and then
! ME a handspring that Is suddenly
| broker, tore loose with a Jerk and then
either battered the Briton back to the
ropes or forced his man to ndag on for
dear life until broken by the referee.
-Four Fast Rounds.
I To describe round by rounC would be
tiresome. There were four rounds
/ which made the trip worth while. The
/ nrst was the second. The first was
| straight rules, protect themselves at
al times and neither was lacking In
caution. The second was almost the
same up 10 the end, and then KEYS
crowded Johnny 70 the latter's corner,
ana after stalling with a few feints. let
loose a left-hander to the mouth thar
/ seemed to shake the rafters. The
! Jchnny's eyes opened wide. he stared
q moment and then suddenly remen-
Derec where he was, grabbed for Keyes
Just as the bell rang. a roar went IN
tEat could be heard in Bridgeport, but
cied with the changing OF the bell
| The second spasm was IN the next
/ round. Keyes left his corner like
Wild bull and tore after the Briton
/ with viii. lie backed him to the
other side Tot the ring with a right
sV ing cad then as Summers turned
/ 10 back 10 the center Keyes rushed
| again and planted a left on the stomach
| mat must have gone clear through TO
the backbone. Johnny doubled up, held
/ fer moment and then ran away as
I the referee came in between. Keyes
I was as strong as bull, and the way
! he tossed the Briton around with his
q rHHa a.
/ expected to see Summers down his man
/ long before the fight was half over
/ Reyes was landing left and right to
the jaw and his left TO the body every
| time: he started and Summers seemed
/ In the air.
Summers All In.
The fourth went along with Keves
still leading and in the NTH he almost
put Summers out of commission en-
tirely. They were in the center Of the
ring when Keyes rushed in and landed
a terrific left swing on the ribs and Iol-
/ lowed it with a right on the ear. Sum-
mers knees bent, he turned around and
hung on. one hundred tin horns a
| band Of Comanches and twenty-five
sirens might have entered the club at
| this time unnoticed in the excitement
/ Such howl was nver heard in Conn
/ before.
| The tenth proved to be the best of the
/ fight They had no sooner shaken hands
/ than Keyes crossed the Briton on the
| jaw with mis- right and set the crowd
bowling again. It was mad and yelled
/ to Keyes to put Summers out. Johnny
/ tried to stall of the rushes of the bull
1 like Keyes, but it was useless He
used the right to the ribs, but was wal
/ Hoped to the jaw for his pains and
I then janmed up IN his own corner for
/ the biggest rally of the night. Keyes
missed a right, and then coming up
wiz, the left caught Summers squarely
1 OF, ihe mouth. He fell over the TOP
/ rope from the force of the punch, went
/ to straighten up and received q well
I directed blow that shook him all over
/ He was grOggy and in a bad way and
! Keyes was working his arms Ike a
windmill trying to get over the punch
ithat would put his man away for fair
4 He was fighting like a fiend when the
I gong changed and the bowling moo
! reached for their battered hats and
/ OlIssed-yp clothes