Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
DECIDE FINALS
IN BOXING BOUTS
SOUTHERN AMATEURS MAKE
SWEEP OF PROGRAM
CLOSE DECISION MADE IN COAST
CHAMPIONSHIP
Spectators Disagree with Verdict in
Lightweight cIass-FinaI Events
Bring Out Good Crowd and
Fast Contests

% Rocco, unattached, won from zoe hal- y
@ ter, Olympic club; knockout, 1 round. g
% Featherweight class, 115 pounds -
@ William f. COe, Y. NJ. c. A, won from =
o Eddie Dennie, Olympic club; foul, ! 2
9 Special class, 1875 pounds-C. J. &.
% Shredder, stockton A. G., won from =
8 Oscar Matter, unattachedj decision, 9
g s rounds y
@ Coulter won from Charles Boschai de- q
% cisiOn, 3 rounds; both l.. \. \, {. y
@ Welterweight class, 145 pounds 2
% c. Cogdil, \. NJ. C. A., won from ID. g
@ b. Edwards, Y. NJ. G. A; decision. "
@ Middleweight class, 15S pounds-Ghh g"
@ Reuman, J.. 4. i. c., won from Victor =
9 Newman, Y. NJ. G. Al knockout .
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Close decisions, some of them ex-
tremely doubtful won the champion
ships in the final bouts of the Pacific
Coast amateur boxing contests at
Venice last evening. In two cases the
contestants belonged to the same club
and were trained by the same man,
and the bouts put up were both scien-
tific and interesting.
In the bantam class Urgo Rocco
knocked out Joe Rafter of the Olympic
club in the third round after batter
ing both eyes and sending him to the
floor several times. The northern boy
held Rocco till the gong in both the
first and second rounds, forcing him to
hit in the clinches to free himself.
Eddie Dennie of the Olympic club
was unfortunate in the featherWeight
bout when he accidentally fouled Will
liam E. Coe of the Y. NJ. c. A. after
having all the best of the first round
The local boy was so badly hurt that
he went to the floor and Writhed in
Il Of "a no
cried Fake" and "Quitter.' The foul
was obvious, however, and Blake
awarded the championship to the
Los Angeles boy while the tears stood
in the eyes of the Olympic club idol
and he protested his innocence of in
tent to foul
In the special class at 125 pounds c..
J. Shredder of the Stockton Athletic
club won the decision from Oscar NAL
ter, unattached after three rounds of
fierce boxing, in which both went TO
the floor The lads were game and
willing and started the round with
sharp exchange Of fast blows, which
tired both, and at one time both were
on the floor at the same time. Then
the Stockton boy went down for nine
taps, ana then the southern lad took
the same number The first round
was easily a draw.
The second round was Shreeders
without a doubt. He landed hard
stabs on the face and fought his op
ponent to the ropes Both were tired
, Wbe<@le gong sounded.
In the Third Shredder chased his man
around the ring, landing regularly un-
til Matter was mass of blood and
fought the last of the round with his
mouth OPEN.
CouIter's Victory Doubtful
In the lightweight class at 1856 pounds
Sam Coulter of the Los Angeles Ath-
letic club won decision over Charlie
Boscha of the same club after four
rounds of hard, scientific boxing, in
which it was give and take straight
throughout. Greek met Greek, and the
least that Boscha was entitled to was a
draw. The spectators expressed their
opinion that it should have been his de-
cision. Both were in the pink Of con-
dition and we'll trained. BosCha repeat
edly landed on Coulter's face and gave
him something to think about every
minute. When the decision was an
nounced bedlam broke loose and it took
some time for the roar of disapproval
to subside.
G. c. Cogdnl and D. B. Edwards,
both of the Y. NJ. c. A, went the three
rounds Of the Welterweight class and
put up a pretty contest, the former
winning the decision after beating his
opponents face to a pulp. Both eyes
were closed, and Welts stood out all
over his body.
The ring was a yertable shambles
and the members Of the press box were
sprinkled with the blood from the con-
testants frequently. Cogdill used the
straight left that is so characteristic
Of Eddie Robinson, and Edwards could
do nothing but run into it with his
face at every turn he made
The contest between Cliff Reuman Of
the L. A A. C. and Victor Newman Of
the y. NJ. c. a. in the middleWeight
class was short lived, and ended in the
latter retiring to his corner after a
hard drive to the stomach, While the
referee counted ten and awarded the
decision.
The managers Of the tournament re
fused to permit the heavyweight con-
test to come off on account of an in
jury to the arm Of Otto Walfch Of
the Olympic club and the champion
ship was awarded to Clark JOrgstorm
Of the I. A. A. c.
A large crowd witnessed the bouts