Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-02
IN the RING.
Boxing Meet at Mater-
vile Proves Tame
Fitz Has Gaines OuiclasSed
When Made TO Fight.
Boston Man Has Many Falls
Bout Called OF.

Watcr> lille. Nc, Nov. T. tSrrciali.- ~
lars" crowd witnessed III" box
ilg at the. trmory last night.
Th" FIRST bout wa% net started
until 90 n'clurk II kept the
crowd laughing, and served a. Il good
opener The second toui MIS- fairly
fast md one or TWO sharp rallies
brought cheers from the croNd. The
principal event VAS very tame. For
til" first three rourd%. but after the
I, t"rte told the men that they mus;
ttSiit iii" going WAS fast enough TO SUIT
anyone. In tin. first preliminary brtWrcn
Pete Barney uf Waterville and Young
Albert of Augusta. Barney WAS much
the heavier and both received cheers.
There was ii great deal of sitting.
more in f,,ct ;llan there WAS fighting
Wherever Pete could got his opponent
in Il cor,i"r there would b" Il sharp
exchanges nf blows. Il ciinch and then y
| y resting match. In the hits, rotId
I:arncy mad. u Il, t"rinincd effort I"
rush .Au crt through III" ropes WiIit
the crowd rnarrd with laughter. Barney
had to do all The work and continually
swung with his loft. Albert saving hIi"-
Sclt Ivy duhing. TIL" ti"ht was t;arn"y' S
ih;. 81 mi final between Rnh''h' ''nnH''
~ I;r"rltnn ana You're Di%on OF EHi-
| adelpili,, vas q rafting good ;'Hhihl,l'n
! on Gult., = part and Il" seemed able II
E:AI IL VIII on his man. DIXON wac
kep. busy trying to cover up. lie tW'ii
q lot 81 punishment but WAS N.r|
strong In y sharp rally at the end Oh
! the ti,it round II" s"iit il a hard TlSht
| which nearly put t'nod4 ont al business.
Bnbhic rallied quickly ard landt d right
arrI L.lt to head and body. Dixon i'IS-
! Judged several swings ara TOOK " Who'll
| battery nf straight l"its t" the face
/ DIXON vas r,uch 10 til" bad in the fifth
round and H., rntroc. jimmie r"nnorS
Of Bangor stopped the bout.
The main event If the evening came
on at 1890 O'Clock. Elark Fitzsimm"u>
! appeared in purple aud white and II
! apparent good form Gaines wore al
/ black. Both mon we're we'll received
! by the crowd.
/ Round 1-l;oth mon went quickly t.
the coulter Of the ring, exchanged
few slight taps on gloves and arms
aud then tiddIed for position. tii
vun:, right and left landing sharply
on the head and Gaines returned :
,nlIpl;. Of good One; t" the head
Neither ut;,n landed y blow that W"uit
have. damaged Il child. \ mix aI'
Gaines feet brcHnl" unWcilty. At th'
close of thn round l'iiz jabbed Jerr,
on tn" Jaw.
Round In the meeting Gaines
! uL.r,,I,- with hi. left jnlS;,'f
and went to the floor from the fo,c
: Of his own blow. The men then spar
rcd for openings and mixed. doinj
som" hot iu-figlItinG. In the clnci
which followed II moment of wraStiin'
"nsu"h. during which Gaines slIppe'
through the ropes and went down T.
the floor He was assisted back t.
I the ring by Fitzsimmpns. In the mex
! clash Gaines went to the floor of tn
,ng 10y missing a blow. He was aSaIl
helped to his feet by his adversary.
, this point F'itZ appeared 10 be eith'
heW idnred or inclined to be funny, 70
Gaines put it all over him and tire
himself to Il groggy state by the vol
Ieys shot at the colorcd man
Round Both men were wary, eVade'
real work covered up and the refere
called time Turning to the audience MI
Conuols said: .Gicntlemen. are YOU sat
istied with this bout?'' In reply cam
ch"ruScs IF NO. no; tut 'em out. AM
. Yes: stop the fight" Mr. Connors ha'
Il talk with the management and thel
said to the audience: "Gehtlcmcn. if yo'
will wait a moment think we can fix j
m" ConnorS at once told the principal