Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-16

\ won from Larry r. Kuder; knock =
j out.
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| VENICE, July 15.--The opening bouts
in the Pacific coast championship box
ing tournament held here this evening
under the auspices of the Los Angeles
Athletic club were attended by small
but enthusiastic crowd of fans, VINO
witnessed several good contests.
George Blake acted in the capacity
of referee and Force Parker and sam
Wood were the judges. That their de-
cisions did not meet with the approval
of the fans was evident by the groans
and catcalls that arose when par
ticularly obnoxious decision was rem
dered. Rotten" Fierce" Guessing
contest" and many remarks of like
nature were heard above the roars all
over the house.
/ The preliminary contests in the ban
tam class at los pounds were between
Urgo Rocco, an unattached boxer, and
D. Rooney of the Newsboys' club and
Roy Snyder of the Los Angeles Ath-
letic club and Berry Haitian of the
Newsboys' club. The former bout was
a tame affair, the boys being so weak
in the last round that they had to stall
and clinch to stay for the gong. The
decision was given to Rocco. In the
idll6T DOQL spirit We SilONlls anu oANSi
both boys had attached a bad eye on
to his opponent and Snyder had bat
| tered the nose of Haitian until 1t was
raw the judges ordered another round
before they were able to decide in
favor of the former.
In the featherweight class at lis
pounds William E. Coe, Southern Cali
fornia champion, wearing the colors of
the Y. NJ. c. A, mixed 1t thoroughly
with Tom Smith, an unattached boxer,
and started the claret flowing from the
latter's nose at the start. Smith was
saved from a knockout in the first
round by the gong, but recovered suf-
ficiently to mix 1t in the two other
rounds. Coe received the decision.
First Knockout
The first event in the 125-pound spe-
cial class, between c. NJ. Schroeder of
the Stockton Athletic club and Frank
McDaniels, unattached. developed a
surprise in the northern boy. who fin
lshed the bout in business like man.
ner in the first round by landing
short overland haymaker on the chin
of his opponent which put him to sleep
in a hurry. After taking the count
McDaniels rose to his feet and sank
down again, to be helped to his corner
by his seconds. He acted as If he was
not quite sure what hit him.
The second bout in this class, be-
, tween Fred Gardener of the Los An
geles Athletic club and Alfred Jones,
unattached, was victory for the lat
ter, whose perseverance in following
up his adversary more than made up
for his clumsy action. Gardener did
not have his heart in his work and
wanted to quit in the first round. In
, the second he was saved from a
! knockout by the gong.
1t was at the end of this contest
that the great cry against the decision
of the judges developed into straight
ridicule. The announcer stated that
the judges were undecided and wanted
another round, till the great storm OF
derision which arose from the fans
reached the ears of George Blake, and
he exercised his prerogative of casting
the deciding vote for Jones.
Charles Boscha of the Los Angeles
Athletic club and James Hayes, unat-
tached, put up pretty contest in the
lightweight class at 1876 pounds, both
men landing a number of clean body
blows, and at the end of the three
, rounds the judges were unable to award
the decision and ordered another round
before giving the bout to Boscha.
) The second contest between the local
favorite, Sam Coulter, and J. Noonan
2 of the Olympic club was the best eXhi-
bition of the evening Both men
showed class and landed frequently,
r Noonan finding Coulters face for a
r number of stinglng blows. After three
rounds of hard work the decision was
, awarded to the Los Angeles boy and
, pandemonium broke loose in the crowd.
2 Fairly evenly divided, the assemblage
gave vent to cheers and catcalls alter
l nately, calls of rotten" bum" guess
again." minglng with the cheers Of
5 the Los Angeles partisans. When the
= Frisco lad, who was the last off the
= platform, climbed over the ropes three
5 fourths of the spectators Joined in a
t rousing cheer, which he acknowledged
! with a smile.
5 The initial bouts in the welterweight
Y class at 145 pounds were quickly de-
cided by the knockout route.
In the first Joe Niderost of the Olym-
pic club put Clarence Macy, an unat-
tached boxer. on his knees twice. The
second time the lanky boy was too slow
J to any aspirations that he may have
had of taking part in the semi-final
bouts.
: The second go resembled the vista
tion of a small cyclone on peaceful
l farming community. G. c.. Cogshill of
: the Y. M. c. A. sailing into Larry r.
J Kuder, an unattached boxer, with a
rush and delivering a punch that had
} the effect of a well placed kick by a
healthy mule, and laid Kuder out for
/ the full count and left him to arise In
daze that he will come out of about
next Monday.
| The remaining events will be held
Friday evening, when the contests Will
, go through to the final bouts. In all
probability Sam Coulter will meet
Beauchamp of the Broadway Athletic
club at the finish and good contest is
predicted.