Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-20
THE. PUGlLlSTS
BIFFED EACH
OTHER AGAlI
Bert Keyes and Johnny Summel
Have Another Draw--Other
Fight News.


Johnny Summers in their six round sc
to last night at the Sharkey A. {
New York. Summers was comm
like whirlwind at the finish, but /
didn't get started soon enough to vii
cut the lead his opponent had gain
during the early part Of the bot
Summers demonstrated again that
is clever boxer--far cleverer tina.
keyes-but boxing does not alwa.
bring the bacon home, especially whel
the other fellow fights as Reyes doe
or at least, did last night.
Keyes unlocked every assortment
of his noted haymakers last night and
great many made through connec
lions too He had Summers in ba,
way two or three times in the earl,
stages of the bout. He directed his at
tack principally toward his opponent
stomach and pushed home some awfu
wallops. When he didn't get wit
his right when he started he would &c
with bis left
Summers fought fast in the las
round and had the spectators goint
by his clever jabbing. But he Gid no
appear to have the steam to hur
keyes, who, although he was outboxet
Kept forcing the fighting until the
gong ended the affair. Even then he
didn't stop and sent a hot one over
(by accident Of course) on the referee.
The gymnasium was packed to the
doors and then some. Standing room
was even at a premium, because every
member of the, ,Sharkey Athletic club
who could walk turned out to see the
exhibition. When Bert Keyes and
Johnny Summers don the mits there
is something doing" all the time,
and members of the Sharkey Athletic
club are always on the job.
Jim Barry, the Chicago heavyweight
IN spite of the fact that he made Larry
Temple quit minute before the
twelfth and last round of their bout in
Boston. ended on Tuesday night, did
not create very favorable impress
sion Barry weighed 100 pounds, while
Temple scaled at only 1859. Even
with that great handicap Temple came
within an ace of putting Barry away
when he foored him with hard right
hand jolt to the jaw. In the third and
fourth rounds Temple not only out
boxed bis big antagonist, but also
staggered him with heavy swings on
the head.
After that Barry's weight began to
tell, and in the sixth round Temple
dropped to the canvas to escape pun
ishment Getting his second wind.
Temple fought back gamely in the re-
manning rounds, but Barry was an
parently too much for him. Just as the
ngnt was about to end Temple claim
ed that he had been hit below the
belt, but the referee said that no foul
mad been committed, and as Temple
refused to go on Barry was declared
the winner Ring experts who saw
the mill agreed that Barry has much
10 learn before he can be rated with
some Of the top notchers. He will
light ten rounds with Jim Flynn AT
New Orleans on February % and will
nave to show up better than in his
mill with Temple in order to win.
Bill Papke Is so confident that he
VIII defeat Hugo Kelly at Milwaukee
on March is that he saws he is will
ing to let Silvy Ferretti. Kelly's
manager referee, if of. course, some
olher man cannot be agreed upon.
Papke declares for that matter that
the fight will referee itself" He
VIII accept either Malachi Hogan or
John Krone of Chicago, but states
that many of his friends will not nat
ronize the fight il either of these men
Is chosen. Papke is at Hot Springs
and is working steadily. He de-
clares that after he disposes of Kelly
he will make match with the win
ner OF the Ketchell-Sullivan fight. 10
be decided at Colma. Cal, next SAT-.
urday. for the middleweight champion
ship OF the world.
While Ketchell is the favorite over
Nike Twin Sullivan. the latter is re-
confident He saws that
while he has never seen Ketchell box
be knows all about him. "Ketchell is
swinger." says Sullivan. and n
good old plunging left hand such as
think ! have will ALWAYS steady
swinger and set him to thinking. II
have ketchell sized up correctly he
. on the same order as Honey Mel
lody, and Honey never saw the dav
that ! wasn't his master" Krtchell
VIII have a hard time to make the
limit. while Sullivan
will get into the ring weighing under