Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-30
KELLY FAVORED BY CROWD
Claimant of Middleweight Honors Has
Better of Thompson.
SUPERIOR BOXING SKILL SHOWN
Chicago Mans Most Effective Blow
is Right Hand Uppercut, which
He Lands Repeatedly with
out Return.

RACINE, Wis, April 29.-Hugo Kelly OF
Chicago claimant OF the middleweight
championship, "uppercutted" Johnny
Thompson Of Sycamore, ILL.,, through ten
rounds Of savage fighting here last night
and gained popular decision.
superior boxing skill allowed Kelly to
land two blows to Thompson's one al
though the Sycamore fighter forced the
milling.
While in Wisconsin no decisions are al
lowed in boxing contests the popular ver-
dict seemed that Kelly had decidedly the
better of the contest The Chicago mans
most effective blow was a rlght-hand up
percut which he landed repeatedly, with
out return from Thompson. In the
c'inches he rocked Thompson's head with
short uppercuts and in the open fighting
also punished his opponent severely
Thompson fought smuggling, rushing
battle and was always willing TO take the
hardest blows to land on his opponents
body.
Fight by Rounds.
Round 1.-The men spared and Hugo
landed left swing. They clinehed and
ooth fought for the body until the break.
directed blows to the body Kelly re-
peatedly landed rights and lefts to the
race without a return.
Round S-They spared cautiously again
Thompson landed left and right to the
Jaw and they clinohed. Thompson again
landed two rights to the Jaw and then
Hugo sent in another right uppercut. They
locked heads and fought at close
quarters dnn5 as nth the bell rang - 80
own corner and forced the fighting He
landed a right to Kelly's jaw and fol-
lowed with right to the head Kelly
ripped In several savage uppercuts and
then landed a good right swing. Thomp-
son drew first blood with straight right
to kelly's nose.
Round 4-Thompson pecked Hugo's
bleeding nose with left and Kelly sent
two hard rights TO the wind Thompson
was aggressive and landed hard rights
vicious uppercut and planted hard left
Round 6-Thompson rushed Kelly to the
drove a right uppercut and followed II
with hard left to the Jaw. Thompson
ripped IN a short left punch to the jaw
uppercut, which rocked Thompson.
Round 6-Thompson landed a hard right
TO Kelly's Jaw and Hugo covered up
rocked Thompson. He repeated It and
then sent a hard left TO the jaw. Thomp-
son landed hard right to the wind and
Round 7-Thompson rushed Kelly 10 the
ropes and landed left and right to the
head. Kelly again sent in a right up
percut and Thompson bled profusely from
the nose. Thompson fought back vieiously
and rocked Kelly with a hard right and
left to the head. Thompson was In some
distress.
Round s-Thompson landed two lefts to
the jaw and got two hard right upper
cuts In return. Both were bleeding and
fighting hard at close range. Thompson
continued TO rush and rocked Kelly with
a left to the Jaw Kelly was the aggressor
during the latter part OF the round.
Round 9-Kelly again landed a hard
right uppercut and Thompson returned
one of the same kind which drew the
blood. Kelly drove in a shower of up
percuts TO Thompson's face and Thompson
came back with an equal number OF the
same kind. Both men bled freely.
Round l0-They fought savagely at
close range and both exchanged upper
cuts freely. Thompson forced Kelly ali
over the ring with a rain OF blows 70 the
body Hugo protected himself however
and drew more blood from Thompson's
nose
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