Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-28
GIVES
FIGHTING GHOST"
THOROUGH BEATING
Joe, However, Fails to Put Away
Husky Philadelphian, Though
the "Spook" Hit the Floor
Twice for Nine-Bell Comes to
Losers Rescue Once.

4 Jeanette, the dusky top-notch
heavy" from Hoboken, and Jeff
Clarke, the Fighting Ghost from
Philadelphia, gave In the ten-round
star bout at McGuigan's boxing club,
in Harrison, last night. Jeanette out
fought, outboxed and outweighed his
man, twice flooring the Quaker Smoke
for nine. Though Jeanette brought
into play every bit of his knowledge
and every ounce of his superior
strength, he was unable to put the
"phenom" to sleep.
Joe Jeanette is a finished fighter
and he gave a clever exhibition of in
fighting that seemed to teal his man
to pieces, but somehow or other the
necessary wallop to produce inertia
was not forthcoming, and the crowd as
the fight progressed rooted for the
Ghost to stay the limit. Clarke is a
clever man at blocking and hits we'll
breaking away. Twice he caught the
Partisan Idol' with hefty swings, on
the beak when Joe was not looking for
any such thing and Jeanette showed
his ~displeasure by a shower Of rights
and lefts.
Didn't Shake Hands.
The pair neglected the common cour-
tesy of shaking hands and squared off
to feel each other out. They exchanged
rights which neither felt. Jeanette
led with a left. but the blow was clev-
erly blocked. They wrestled around the
ring and when the bell rang the
"Ghost" was putting like a traction en-
CINE under pressure while Jeanette,
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that his onnonant disnlaved
In the SECOND round CLARKE c,;nnad
J~eannette IN the law with a right hut
II made no more impression on Toe
a. feather hurled al a ton of bricks
would make. A left to the wind in
the third made Jeanette grunt, and
he went at his dusky fellow nan ham,
mer and tongs and forced him to seek
cover. Jeanette made the Ghost"
do the leading at the start of the
fourth. They clinched and h "spook"
slipped to his knees. Jeanette began
to follow up his man and landed on
his kidneys and tomach at close quar-
tiers. The Ghost began TO weaken
under pummelllng ana swung Wild
ly, Joe ducking with ease several lett
n r1gnt swings.
First Blood.
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The Philadelphian was wary in the
sixth and stood off and refused to mix
at close quarters. On a break he caught
Jeanette with a right uppercut, but
1t worried Joe not a bit. Jeanette
jabbed Clarke's nose and the blood
started again. 1t was all Jeannette's
round He slammed his opponent to
the ropes with a right swing and the
Ghost staggered to his corner at the
80 ~ ~ o'aIsn
was again swinging wildly. A left hook
to the law caught the Chest right and
he went down on his knees for a count
of nine, He spit blood as he came to
his feet and iabbed .Toe's law Toe
used ar-uppercnt when In close that the
Ghost was not strong enough TO block
The round was shortened to save the
Ghost
Again in the ninth the hell saved the
Ghost. for the Hoboken how had him
going In the tenth the PhiladeIpbian
stalled and held on. his nose still bleed
ing Tn a longer Aeht ~.Jeannette would
have eonaled I.aneford,s stunt NJ
KNOCKING ou+ he Ghost
ihe o'her "o"'s'
A first-class bout was between Frank
Moore and Young George Cohan. 1t
started out something like one of the
Conan musical comedies. but Moore
showed Conan some fancy steps that
the famous George dreamed Of.
Cohan, who is a darby, was much
bulls. both being tired at the final gong