Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-01
THE PUGILISTS
KID JOE SHEA
 HAD THE PUNCH
He Put It All Over Kid Williams of Bridgeport Over in Daubury
 Last Evening.

hlQ Joe 0nea or LnlS clty eSIdb- lished clear title to the bantam championship of New England last night, when he outfought, outpoint- ed and out-generaled Kid Williams of Bridgeport in a ten round go be- fore the Danbury Athletic club. AL though Shea failed to put the Park city fighter to sleep, he had him going bad in two rounds. It needed only few more wallops in the sixth to have ended the battle, and in the tenth Shea administered se- were punishment to the Kid, who, un- til last evening, was considered the best in New England at !1O pounds. Had there been a decision given last night there is not the least received it.
 By his fight of last evening Young Shea showed that he has improved wonderfully since his bout with Kid Murphy of New Haven a few weeks ago. He has profited we'll by the instruction of Austin Rice and George Mulligan, who prepared him for the contest.
 The Danbury Athletic club was packed to the doors when the main go was started. And, by the way, the bouts last evening had some thing on any held around the state in many moons. There was action every minute and the exhibition was very well conducted. In the audi ence were about 400 from this city, some of whom had gone over in the afternoon and some who went over in the evening, They had barrels of confidence in Shea, who seems to be one of the most popular boxers the city has ever known. Waterbury money went begging.
 The boys were weighed :n by Dick Howell, sporting editor of the Bridgeport Herald, and neither boxer tipped the beam. Williams, who is built a la chunk. seemed rather big in comparison with Shea, who has all the ear marks of a kid" In Shea's corner were George Mulligan, Austin Rice and "Fonsey" Vallone. Eddie Kelly, Lefty Evans and P. F. Roche seconded Williams.
 The fighters agreed to protect themselves until ordered to break by the referee. Shea began with out delay and in the first round lar ruped Williams a couple on the jaw. He used the left jab often, which Williams found it difficult to get away from. And a boy with clever left hand and long reach cer- tainly can make it interesting for a boxer without that asset. Williams did practically nothing in the first round and Shea seemed to have him at standstill.
 Williams in the second appeared to be on the improve and during a miXup he let fly a right which land ed on Shea's jaw. It was a hard blow, but 1t did not make Shea vince and only served to send him along at a faster pace. Both fight CTS were doing much mitigating.
 In the third Shea did Ill the lead ing and he danced around Williams until the latter was wondering where he was at. One of Shea's stunts was to feint with the left and then send over a hard right. It landed on Williams almost every time Shea tried it: but he did not use 1t enough to give Williams a chance to tell when it was coming.
 Williams's jaw was the receiving end of vicious right swing in the fourth. It was one of those that hurt, and Williams was careful until the round was over.
 In the fifth Shea was still doing all the leading and was sending his left into Williams's face with a fre- quency that worried the Bridgeport boy. Williams was trying hard to send over the right and did much chopping in the clinches, out Shea blocked finely.
 It was in the sixth round that Shea cut loose and joltcd Williams so hard and often that the crowd yelled for :he finish ing touches. Starting the fusilade with a wicked left he followed with a right before VII Hams could clinch. The Bridge port fighter then clinehed and using all strength tried to send in a body punch that would cop the money. But Shea freeing himself landed an- other hard right on williams's iaV. Williams knew things were coming his way and more SO a moment later when Shea with a left uppercut that was labelled "knockouth connected with the point of WilIiams's chin and scored the first knoekdovn of the bout. Williams was on his feet in a second but he vas glad to clinch until the end of the round came.
 The intermission of minute brought Williams hack to his nor nal condition and notVi hstandirg the beating received was ready in the seventh to take more and try 10 give a little in return. Shea slowed ID a trife in this round and. when he did lead. Williams eountered win his left. landing three times in suc- eessiOn. He made a strenuous ef- fort to get his fists going. when psrt- ly clinched. but Shea knew too much about the art to allow Williams ;o do any damage. Shea used his head well in this round.
 The eighth was also tame in eor.- parison with the uhirlwind speed of the preceding rounds. Neither did much but Shea was stiIi leading
 In the ninth they mixed ir m again and Williams just after the round started landed tEo hard lefts. 4 moment later Shea not only sent in the straight fab bat he let ay the right for a healthy hInEo that caused Williams to slow up some
 The tenth several Of the oIdtfu-