Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-01
Hanks Attraction Thurs
day Night Draws Big Crowd
Shea and Bergin Meet in
HaTd-Fought Battle.
Young Stewart Puts Young Cote
Out In Second Round.

Fully 1900 sports from all over Cen
trail Maine and even as far east as
Bangor saw Kid Shea and Tommy
Bergin at City hall last evening in one
OF the hottest fights that Manager
Hanks has yet presided over. 1t was
a fight all the way through and each
boy had the advantage at different
stages of the game. Friends of the
two had their opinions as to whom was
the winner, but had decision beeh
given it is probable that the bout
would have been called draw.
Bergin carried the fight to Shea prac-
tically the whole Of the way and at
the end of the first six rounds had
shade on the Hallowell boy. but In the
second main bout, especially in
the last two or three rounds Shea was
evidently the better Of the two. The
steam seemed to go out of Bergin's
punch and he was plainly tired at the
end of the bout. But it was great
fight and the only thing in connection
with il that was not all right was
when Shea. after the bell rung at the
end of the first six rounds, turned and
struck Bergin. Then there was mix
up on the mat but the boys were sep
arated and sent to their dressing
rooms.
The prelims were in keeping with
the main bout Young Trepanier Of
this city and "Growler Coffee" OF Lew
iston had a lively go and while the
Augusta lad did his best to land his
famous dream producer "Growler" was
too agile for him and had rather the
best of the bout.
The heavyweight scrap between Nc
Carly of Vermont and McClusky of
Bangor proved to be the vaudeville
feature of the evening. Both were
husky boys and would work first rate
together on a stone drag but Nature
never intended them for performers in
the squared circle. Their fight was set
to very slow music and had the ring
been a little larger the chances are
that they never would have come to-
gether at all. There was quite a dis
cussion among some members of the
audience as to whether the number OF
blows landed during the bout was three
or four. Had it lasted longer there
might have been more but in the sec
ond round McCarty either got cast or
threw a shoe and as he had some diff =
Guilty in regaining his recollection as
to what his feet were for the bout was
called Off. 1t was unofficially announc-
ed afterward that he had hurt one foot
in going down.
What promised to be great bout
was meeting of Young Cote of Bid
deford and Young Stewart of Bangor,
and while II started in we'll in the first
round. the boys had hardly come to-
gether in the second before Cote came
In contact with a terrific right from
Stewart that caught him in the stom-
ach and put him so far out that it
took him some little time to get back.
Stewart is one of the swiftest Maine
boys that has yet been seen in Augusta
and the sports hope to see him again
in the near future.
Harry Sears officiated as referee In
his usual able manner and he certainly
earned his money in the main bout.
A pleasing incident In connection
with the evenings entertainment was
the presentation by Manager Hanks
in behalf of the Augusta Social e. Ath-
letic Club, of box of cigars to the re-
firing city marshal. A. L. McFadden
In appreciation Of courtesies extended
to the club during his administration