Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-16
THE PUGILlSTS BATTLE OF
 coLoRED ONES.
Jack Blackburn Proves to Be Gun. ther's Master O'Brien Sells
 His Hotel.

Two of the best colored middle weights in the country came together last night at the New York National Sporting club and fought one of the best fights seen ill that city for many moons.
 Jack Blackburn earned clean de- cision over George Gunther, who is known to ring followers as '.the Mel- bourne Kangaroo"
 From the first tap of the gong these two scrappers fought to the limit of endurance.
 Without a single knockdown they hammered each other backward and forward across the ring, their refec- tions flashing across the large mr. TOTS which come near to the ropes on one side of the ring
 Gunther swinging wicked rights and lefts, hooking and smashing for all he was worth, found it almost im- possible to hit his clever opponent squarely.
 Blackburn lodged with the clever ness of Joe Cans. And by the way, in looks and build he looks somewhat like the famous Joe.
 Time and again Blackburn stepped inside of vicious swing, letting it hit him about the shoulder blades, then sending in terrible short arm blows to Gunther's stomach. Every time he landed one of those siedge like blows Gunther would lose about three hundred square inches of his wind. It would hiss out of his mouth like escaping steam
 Johnnie White, the referee, gently touched Blackburn on the shoulder at the end of the tenth round.
 Blackburn has met Gunther twice before They fought two siy-round draws
 Harry Lewis, the Philadelphia well terweight, has been made favorite over Jimmy Gardner at odds of 10 to
 They are to battle at the Coliseum A. c. of Denver, Colo, May 27.
 Honey Melody, who recently met defeat in a twenty-round bout with Mike (Twin) Sullivan at Los Angeles, will be at the ringside to challenge the winner.
 Jack O'Brien has disposed of the hotel he acquired a few months ago in San Francisco, and is on his way back to Philadelphia, wlere he will quietly resume attention to his real estate business.
 Young Peter Jackson, the negro pugilist from Baltimore, was awarded the decision over Ed Butts, colored. of Norfolk, Va, in hard fought battle which began at ? o'clock yesterday morning in Norfolk county, just be- yond the limits of Portsmouth. Jack son was given the fight on a foul in the fourth round. He had the best of it all the way through.
 Several hundred persons witnessed the fight, the admission being $2 to $5. A purse of s1,000 was divided between Jackson and Butts, the win ner getting sixty per cent
 |, Jackson, immediately after the fieht announced that he would go to Eng- land to fight Sam Langford, of Ros- ton, at the National Sporting club in London.
 A large amount of money exchang- ed hands on the fight, which was pull ed off at Charlie Codd's place on Cooke street extended, Portsmouth.
 Billy Nolan thinks he has discov- cred a very promising fighter in tie new heavyweight, Bob Ward
 Bob Ward is the amateur champion of the Pacific coast and has been matched to try conclusions with Al Kaufman, who but lately broke into the professional ranks. They are to box twenty rounds before the Colma club. of California, on May 24
 Ward helped Valet Swanson, the wonderful Swedish massage artist. to train Jack 0'Brien for his last fight with Burns. Nolan at that time watched Ward box and he has con cluded from his keen observations that Ward is going to make another heavyweight wonder.