Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
FAULKES BEATS
JOHNNY DAILY IN
BRILLIANT B0UT
Men Fought at Waterbury Last
Night--Smitl Meets Reyes
Tonight.

III LIDs AK iONHt IVY
n and Johnny DAILY, OF New York.
furnished the best bout Of the
biggest boxing show held in years at
Waterbury, Conn, last night before five
thousand spectators. Faulkes excelled
at every Stage of the game, and beat
his mar to the punch repeatedly. hav-
ing a decisive lead at the finish of the
sixth round. The pair weighed in at
ZIG pounds. The local negro is looked
upon as a wonder in Waterbury.
In what was advertised as the star
bout of the night Joe Shea, bantam
champion of New England. was OUT
pointed by Tommy Houck, of Phiiadel-
phia. Houck did all the fighting and
was entitled to the decision.
Young Sammy Smith, the clever
Quaker City lightweight, who Is one
Of the most popular boys that ever ap-
peared In New York, will meet Bert
Reyes in a ten-round contest tonight al
the National Sporting Club. Both Smith
and Keyes are in the process of com
ing back" and Manager Tom O'Rourke
has offered an additional incentive n
the shape of a series of good matches
to the winner. The fact that Smith
depends on skill, speed and c~leverness,
and that Keyes's chief stock in trade "a
rugged strength and ability to land d
singing punch, assures a contest of tbs
most exciting order, filled with fistic
fireworks from beginning to end.
Manager O'Rourke has arranged a
high-class preliminary in which Reddy
Moore, a brother of Pal Moore. will
meet Young Brown. The latter is /
product of the Long Acre Club and
makes his first bow in big company.
jeff Smith and Johnny Carroll. two
of the hardest hitters in the welt.r-
weight class, nave been matched to
box the star bout at Browns Gym
nasium. New York, on Tuesday night.
Kid Lewis, of Newark, and Joe
Burns, of Trenton, will meet in the
semi-windup. Dave Barry and Joe
Baker, two clever Jersey feather
weights, will also meet In a six-round
session.
There will be two good preliminar'es
of foul rounds Zach between Ca Q
johnson and Kid Lippe, and Young
Waltz and Clarence Burns.
The card arranged by tn, match
maker of the Long Acre Club for tne
Saturday night entertainment will
show the winners of the two last Sat
urday night entertainments. The VIM
ners will be paired off. and those gain
ing the popular verdict will then lie In
line for Thursday nights entertain
ment. It was at these entertainments
that K. o. Brown, frankie Burns.
FRANKIE Conley, Lattling Jack Johnson
and others started on b road to
pugilistic fame.
Altogether there will be fifteen three
round contests. These entertainer. )
afford more real enjoyment m amuse-
ment for the members than many Of
the star contests between n~ear-chani-
pions.
Young Wagner, the italian bantam
weight, and ALT Lynch, OF Canada.
have been matched to meet in a i5-
round bout at the Manhattan Casino, of
New Haven, Conn, on the night of
March %. Lynch recent y gave frankie
Burns a terrific battle for fifteen rounds
In the same city, and his followers
seem to think he will beat Wagner.
Young Ahearn, OF Brooklyn. easily
won on points over Grover Hayes in a
ten-round boxing bout at the Whirl-
wind A. c., Brooklyn, last night. In
eight out of the ten rounds Ahearn
showed his superiority. but his blows,
principally jabs to the face, lacked
force to hurt Hayes.
Magistrate Gavin, of Denver, Colo,
dismissed the charge against Jimmy
Gardner, of Massachusetts, and Johnny
O'Keefe, of Denver, who were arrested
as the resu I of their pugilistic contest
Tuesday night. A charge was brought
by request of the Christian Citizenship
Union, charging violation of the prize
fight laws.
Magistrate Appleton, in Essex Mar
ket Court, yesterday. discharged the
complaints against ten men. compris-
ing the officers and several members
Of the Postman A. c., who were
brought into court on summonses pro-
cured by Police Captain Day. who
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