Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-22
Kid Shea Finds Easy Mark
In Kid MERCER.
Kid Stringer and Pat Rocco
Have WhifIWind Match.
Trepanier Puts Out Wha!en...lar.
rabee VS.. Roche a Fast One.

II only took Kid Shea of Hallowell
four rounds to put Kid MERCER OF
Lawrence, Mass, to the bad last night
at the boxing carnival pulled off by
Promoter Hanks at City hall, and 50
much to the bad that 1t looked very
much to the large and dppreciative au-
diencc as ii the Lawrence pug was the
product of q lemon tree. Mercier's de-
feat came as Il disappointment to the
100 or more sports for it had been eX-
pected that the alleged conducror OF
Arthur Cote would give the HalloWell
boxer a run for his ducats. and per-
hapS defeat him. but MERCER didn |
do it and couldn't do it, and at the
pace which Shea travelled last night
it would have taken the best in Name
of his class to break even with nm.
1t was the general opinion Of those
who saw him that last nights battle
was the best that he ever fought IN
City hall.
The bout started well and tn" first
round might have been called lalrlN
even but in the second MERCER E"San
running into Shea's rights, ana ZONES
how couldn't keep away from 'Acm
Had it not been for his ability to take
punishment he would not have lasted
as long as he did, but flesh and bone
can't stand everything and early in
the fourth MERCER went down and out.
The main bout was a good sample of
the whole program, and taken as a
whole it was the best exhibition that
Hanks has yet offered to the sporting
public The quality of the exhibition
was demonstrated in the opening bout
between Young Trepanier of Augusta
and Young Whalen of Gardiner. 1t
was short and sweet. Trepanier has in
his right arm an amount of force akin
to the kick Of an army mule. and be
fore the watch had licked away the
three minutes of the second round
Whalen got in the way of wild swing
and took Il trip to the green fields of
Dreamland.
The second bout was between Kid
Stringer of Augusta and Pat Rocco of
Haverhill, Mass, and was one of the
best of the evening, a fight all the way
through. The first and second rounds
were fairly even, but in the third Rocco
had the best of it. In the fourth it
was the same. Rocco put Stringer
down for the count twice and the gong
was all that saved him. The fifth
looked bad for Stringer at the start
but he rallied and gave the Haverhill
lad all that was coming to him, and
little more. The fifth was about an
even thing, but had a decision been
given the bout must have gone to Roc
CO
Following the main bout Gus LARA
bee of Lewiston and Johnnie Roche of
Boston went six rounds that formed
httlng close of the evenings pro-
gram. The bout had been scheduled
Tor Larrabee and Steve Kennedy of
New York but word was received YES
terday that Kennedy had been operat-
ed on for appendicitis and young Roche
kindly agreed to go in as a substitute
although 1t was said that he had done
out tWo-dayS training. Roche showed
himself very clever and while some OF
the rounds were in Larrabec's favor
Roche handed him some hard punish
ment and at the close of the fifth ro1nd
had him very tired.
Harry Sears otficiated as referco in
his usual happy manner aud gave good