Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-16
FAST FOOT WORK.
Shea Leads Briggs Live
" Race, Friday Night.
Tom Larrabee Puts Kid Du-
Tl0ni Out OF Business.
Lively Bouts Are Enjoyed by The
Lively Bouts Are Enjoyed by the
Lewiston Sports.

Some $40 I'jtr"n3 ~ tn" pu@lliStic
arena ,iit'i.icd lie boxing tniirlianieEt
given at city han last evening under
the auspices OF tlr Augusta Social and
A;hi"tir Assoc iaiiun. ANA Will" HE FRO
gram Was not c.,rrird ont in iict ac-
cJiranrt. with the %ch"dul" on account
al tive failure Of some III the mi;i art
ISIS I" out in an appearance. for some
l., assn ar another, there were :iitrac-
toms snnii"h - interest the :utlicncr
a..u k"c,i il good natIr. d. and t. round
ont :, rc~p"ct3hl' program.
The evenings; entertainment opened
W til :; Vaudeville feature in which the
participants were the veteran George
Gilbert. who is ever ready to meet all
corners. and who has perhaps afforded
more amusement to Augusta patrons
OF he sport than all other preliminary
stars who have appeared al City hall.
and 4 gentleman from Watervillc by
the mann, of carney. and when the four
| rounds of the bout were finished there
WAS no diScounlinS the fact that
George had been through one of the
Warne@t scraps Of his career.
The heavyweight bout which WAS tn
have been pulled eff between Percy Hill
of Gardiner and Jim C"ync of Hal
lowell. was omitted because james fail
ca 10 show up. and although Percy was
on hand ard ready for the fray none
could be found who were DESTROYS of
trying conclusions with him.
The next attraction on the list was
to have been Il SiX-round bout between
BOBBY Goc,lr Of Bruckton ana Kid
stopped short in the first round The
boat started at u pace about three de
gr.eS faster than cyclone ana the
Lawrence lad went at Goode AS il nc
We're gong to drive him out over The
top rope Of TIE ring For perhaps q
minute it looked rs if Bob was NJ
against a. problem that would be dini-
cult of solution. but Vance proved 10
lie Of The SkErocllet type. and the first
tap that Goo1c got in on him set him
| thinking. the next made him forge,
what he was thinking about. and Il
llDmcnt after h" went over to one cor
| nor Of the ring to try 10 collect his
scattered senses md the bout was nit'
after il had lasted los; thar three
minutes.
| In the first of the main bouts There was
| = disappointment due to the uon-2ppcar-
ance of Fred Sidney of Boston. Jrd Kid
| pumont was substituted IN his stead. go
| ing up against Tom Larrabec or EatIt
| Dmont is credited with having been .
! good one but last night lie was no match
| for the slitty Bath lad who is also one
Of tho best boxers in Maine, and was re-
| tired in the second round, getting a punch
| in the stomach that made him take the
count. and the next moment getting an
other in the same sensitive spot that p,li
| hin out of business. After the bout. how
ever, ne announced that he would meet
| l.arrabe", Shea or Briggs on two weeks
notice.
| The program closed with a six round
bout between Jimmie EriSgs Of Slough
| ton. Mass. and Kid Shea or lIallowel1
which. while il was fast at times. was
too much Of sprintinc match To he en-
Ih"ntly satisfactory. Briggs forced the
| fight from the start. but Shea kept away
| from hint and prevented the landing Of
many dangerous blows In the first round
| honorS were about even. and in the sec
ond Shea had perhaps the advantage IN
IN" number Of blows landed. but they
apparently hah no effect on the MaSsa
i chhHetts lad. for he kept Shea. retrcating
or clinchinE. In the third Briggs got il.
some good ones on the kidneys, ana Shea
rcta:latcd with hard one to the head
md one 10 the law. The last three rounds
belong to Briggs by a small margin. nj
though he could not keep Shea within
fchch long enough 10 do any very effcc-
| nv" work Harry Sears onicla'cn as ref
'e'' as sSss