The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-22
KIEG-D0HERTY FIGHT DRAW FINE FIsTIC EXHIBITION Bull Strength and Clever Boxing Even in Ten
 Round Go.

In one of the fastest fstic exhibitions ever held in this city Jeff Doherty and Nose King fought ten rounds to a draw last evening at Music hall. Attracted
 by bout between two such well known fighters crowd of about 1000 ring fol- lowers gathered in Music hall and wit messed fight far surpassing any other ever held in Music hall. Referee Mo- Glnness of Boston announced to the anxious crowd that the boys had decid- ed to go ten rounds and would fight straight Queensbury rules when Me Ginness announced that if in the tenth round both fighters were on their feet the bout would be called a draw. Kisses and cries of "Lemon!" and Give us our money back!" followed this speech, but the crowd was quickly hushed by the referee quickly saying that he was running the fight; that 1t would be a good one, and that the boys would fight. Cheers followed.
 Doherty and King both directed their blows to the face. Both boys landed several stiff blows in this round At the end of the first round King dazzled Jeff with left to the face.
 As Doherty walked up to meet King in the second his right eye appeared swollen up. King apparently did not like the looks of this one alone in It's sorrow, so he landed a right to the face, cutting Doherty's left eye. This round and the third were fast, neither one of the boxers having the better of the other.
 After the third Doherty, coached on by Dave Holly, forced King, but the latter kept stalling and apparently try ing to tire out his opponent.
 King exhibited some excellent boxing and blocking in the fifth and sixth rounds. Doherty tried hard to land an uppercut, but he could not and had to change his tactics and direct his blows to the stomach. King weakened much by these, but showed superior game ness to Jeff and stayed throughout the rounds.
 King fioored Doherty twice, but the latter was up in an instant and con- tinued to do all the advancing, while King seemed to hold back his strength, being satisfied with blow to the jaw now and then.
 During the eighth and ninth rounds, both boys were all in, and tried to land telling blow. Doherty, with his superior strength, tried to down King, but the latter was too fast on his feet Doherty did not use the science, nor did he box as well as King, but relied on his blow, which never came. King also waited for hls chance to first tirc out Jeff and then land telling blow
 In the tenth, both boxers, urged on by their supporters tried to put an end to the bout by landing knockout Doherty forced the fighting again, but he could not connect with Kings chin. King also fought hard, and used clever boing and science to the end.
 The crowd was satisfied with the show, and showed their appreciation of the excellent bout given by the Con necticut Athletic association by loud cheers for the management and the ref cree.
 preliminary to the big card was bout between Kid Ryan of Chelsea and Charles Smith of Providence, shorten ed to two rounds by the referee. Smith had the better Of Ryan from start to finish, and would have put him out if the bout had not been stopped