Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-24

pounds at s o'clock on the afternoon of
March IA. They will fight that night
at the Paramount Athletic Club for ten
rounds. Mcfarland left for Chicago
at once, but will return to finish his
training here. Moran loft for Saranac
Lake, N. r., where he will stay until a
few days before the battle. He will
finish his training at Lakewood.
Leo Houck last night defeated Harry
Mansfield in six rounds at Lancaster,
Pa. Every round was Houck's and
Mansfield saved himself from a terri
BILE beating and probably a knockout
by continually holding on. Mansfield
evidently planned to make his superior
weight count, repeatedly rushing and
wrestling. He was severely punished
in the inighting, while Houck had all
the better of the open work, time and
again sending Mansfield's head back
with q vicious left jab. Houck showed
up In his old-time form. He was
speedy and accurate. Mansfield land
ed only two blows that had any ap-
preciable effect They came in quick
cussession IN the fifth round, the last
turning Houck completely around.
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The fight "Wednesday night between
One Round" Hogan, of San Fran
cisco, and Knockout Brown. Of New
York, reached the police courts yester-
day. Warrants for the principals and
for h managers of the Madison Ath-
letic Club, before which the fight was
staged. were asked by two detectives,
who showed newspaper clippings In
evidence The reply they got was un-
expected. This has become a farce"
snapped Magistrate Murphy. IF you
officers come to court and apply for
warrants on such evidence again I shall
make a charge Of disorderly conduct
against you and 1t may result In a
workhouse sentence"
Dave Deshler. the New England
lightweight, knocked but kid Burns,
the idol Of the West Side. at the Ma.
tional Sporting Club, New YORK, last
night in the third round OF q slow star
bout. Burns showed best In the second,
when he got OFF to q good start and
sailed into his opponent hard, but
Deshler ann back and eversd matters
before the round was over. In the
third Deshler COPIED Burns on the jaw
with a left that Travelled barely six
inches, but it was a solid smack, and
Burns went down, rolled over two or
three times and took the count. II
looked as though he We're not over
anxious to finish the fight and could
have prolonged the bout longer had he
desired. He quit cold.
The scheduled six-round semi .hnai
between Jack Riley and Walter Hen
Messy was a fiasco also. Riley was
ioored four times In four rounds, and
the bou was finally stopbed.
In a four-round preliminary Joe
Spears, OF England, a bantam protege
OF Abe Attell. was put on cold storage
by Jimmy Dundee in the last round OF
the fight. Spears was game, and kept
coming back for more, and was :oored
several times before he was finally
counted out. Even then he wanted to
fight when he came out Of HE dazed
condition.
Johnny Waltz, of Jersey City, and
Fighting Dick Nelson have been re-
matched to box ten rounds In the star
bout at Browns Gymnasium Tuesday
night. These boys met in the wind
up at Browns a few weeks ago and
put up one Of the most terrific battles
ever seer at the club, Nelson being
knocked out in the fifth round. Nell
son maintains thai it was a chance
blow that put him out. He asked for
a return match and Waltz readily con-
scented. Both men are in splendid shape
and their meeting promises TO be sem
sational. The semi! windup between
Young Alberts and Willie Donnelly
should also provide an exciting contest.
Kid Fisher and Young Rowe will be
the ~contenders in the other six-round
bout. Frank Mccarthy and Kid Good
man will clash for four rounds. There
will be a good preliminary bout and a
wrestling match between Gus Thames,
a Greek heavyweight, and John Perelli,
Italian heavyweight.
At the request of many athletic clubs
Of Michigan, Senator Cartier last night
introduced a bill permitting six.r lnd
~no-decision boxing contests With five
ounce gloves, providing no prizes are
awarded. AS Governor Osborne and
many of the legislators have gone en-
record as favoring such contests. the
bill has an excellent chance OF becom-
ing law.
Kid Ashe was given a decision
last night at Dayton, o.. over
Thunderboit Smith, after eight
rounds of fast fighting. At the
close of the fight the police srrested
Smith on a warrant from Cj'unlbus,
where he Is wanted for assault ana
battery committed about a year ago.
The Wray bill. legalizing ten-rourld
boxing bouts In Washington when the
contestants wear eix-ounce gloves and
no decisions given, passed the House
of Representatives yesterday.
Young Sammy Smith and Pal Moore,
the Philadelphia fighters, Will meet III
a ten-round bout at the stag of the
National Sporting Club on Friday eve-
ming. March 10.
The boxing game will be revived
again at Rochester on March 10. On
that night Tony Ross, the italian
heavyweight, will meet Morris Harris,
the co1ored fghter Of Philadelphia. In
a ~six-round bout at the Armory A. A.
The winner will probably be matched
to fight the winner Of the jim Barry
Con O'Kelly battle, which takes place
at Syracuse. N. Y, on next Tuesday