Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-11
PRELIMINARY BOUTS AT VENDOME CLUB
FURNISH SOME FINE SPORT AT OPENING

made Hyland vince with a couple of
full-fledged rights to the jaw. The
sixth round saw both boys sparring
again, neither landing a decent blow.
1t was a disappointment.
The first number on the program was
a catch-as-catch-can wrestling match
slated to go fifteen minutes, with Young
Mundy, of Brooklyn. and Kid Sharkey,
of Weehawken, as the opponents. Num-
dy did all the aggressive work and kept
Sharkey on the defensive most OF the
time. He finally succeeded in down.
ing the Weehawken boy after strug-
Cling for ten n and fivesseconds
A laughable feature of the bout oc-
Cured when Munday, who frequently
used rough tactics, punched himself in
the eye In attempting to break a hold.
The curtain-raise was a battle of
bantams, Eddie Moran, of New York,
donning the gloves with Johnnie O'Don-
nell, of Wilkesbarre. In the first
round Moran started to force the fight
ing, doing all the leading with a right
to the jaw and following up cleverly
with a left to the wind. Near the end
of the round O'Donnell came to life and
hammered a wicked left to his oppon-
ent's bread basket" that made Moran
vince. After hat Moran played for
the face and hoored his adversary with
a left to the jaw and the bell was
pulled to save him O'Donnell was
wabbly when he went 20 his orner. In
the following round Moran drew a
rudy stream of blood from O'Donnells
nose with a clout that put O'Donnell on
his knees. Moran began to tire and
both xvarn cvuir oinr ui1d1yr In tha fhird
round Moral, after a minutes fighting,
put O'Donnell out with a terrific upper
cut.
The following bout brought forth
Willie Faust, of Brooklyn, and Kid
Allen. of New York. who fights in the
local clubs. Kid Allen, as usual, did a.
lot of hugging, and made the match
look more like a wrestling bout than a
boxing exhibition. Neither of the boys
did any real fighting. In the last round
Allen let go some vicious swings that
bore the *. o." sign, but they never
met their target. 1t was a showing
match all the way through.
Another exciting bout was the meet
ing of Battling Chester, of Philadelphia,
and Young Kelly, of Newark, a protege
of John O'Rourke, who since his Doug
lass A.. C. collapsed, is taking up the
managerial end of the game. Chester
showed superior knowledge of the
game, also that he has been through
the mill oftener than the local lad.
From the start he set the pace. Kelly
took a couple of slaps at the Philadel-
phian toward the end of the round. In
the second session Chester banged Kelly
the nose and pummeled the Newark
boy, while the latter covered up After
that 1t was Chester all the way, the
Philadelphia landing whenever he felt
like it. Kelly landed a vicious right to
Chester's meat-chopper in the final
round, but the visitor retallated with a
fusilade of blows that resembled a
Dreadnought giving a broadside to a
canalboat. Chester was far too clever
for his opponent. With competent han
dlers, Kelly, who has a wallop, may de-
velop.
A diversion In the way of a burlesque
on a prize fight followed, in which
Cyclone Appel, of New York. kept the
crowd in good humor. His aide was
Jack Snyder, who butted in on the pro-
program, and the result was a
t~hree-round go. 1t was a lively match
and kept the crowd in an uproar while
the pair were in the limelight.
Tommy Nelson, of New York, started
off in a whirlwind fashion in a bantam
bout with Young Salzmann, of Newark,
but the local boy, though he was much
lighter. took the upper hand in the fol-
rounds. and would have been
credited with a knockout but for their
difference in weight. In the second
round Salzmann sent Nelson to the floor
three times in succession with bruising
blows to the jaw and body. The Nelson
boy was hanging on at the bell. The
final round was a slashing session,
Salzmann putting Nelson on his knees,
but they were both on their fet at the
bell. 1t was one of Salzmann's best ex-
and probably the greatest
bout Of the night.