The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-27
JOHNNY COULON
 WINS DECISION ConleN outclassed in a 2o- CQfJLON VERY FAST Little Fellow Firmly Establishes His Title to Bantamweight Cham
 pionship of the World in
 New Orleans

New Orleans February 26.-Johnny Cou- Ions title to the bantam weight cham pionship of the world was firmly estab- lished today when he won a clear de- cision over Frankie Conley, claimant at the end of the 20-round bout at the West Side Athetic club Conley was out olassed and only in two rounds did he have shade the best of the contest.
 The men weighed in at 116 pounds three and a half hours before the fight. Six thousand people witnessed the contest. Tommy Walsh of New Orleans was ref cree.
 The men were in frequent clinches. Here Couon showed his superior and his short body blows told on the Kenosha lad. Conley's right and left swings went wild except in a few instances. In the fifteenth round Conley sprained his left wrist and after that the Chicago boy had little trouble in landing telling blows on Conley's face and body.
 Conley the Aggressor
 The fight opened with Conley the az gressor, but Coulons legs saved him from punishment. The first two rounds were even with no damage done. In the third Coulon shot a right swing to the chin and in quick succession a jab to the face and right punch to the stomach, giving him a shade the best of the round. The fourth closed with both men fighting fercely at close range with honors about even.
 In the fifth Conley put three rights to the ribs in quick order and took right to the face in return. Conley's round.
 In the sixth Coulon was staggered by left to the stomach, but he came back with series of short, hard body blows and the round was even. In the seventh Coulon had a shade the best in the final seconds before the bell, but he took some punishment in the early part of the Iound.
 The eighth was fast. Conley opened with right to the jaw Coulon shot a left hook to the stomach, followed by hard left swing to the stomach. Coulon tucked a right swing and accepted a clinch. Just as they broke away Coulon staggered Conley with a hard right to the jaw. He followed this quickly with series of short lefts and rights to the face and body and had Conley against the ropes when the bell sounded.
 Pelts His Face
 Conley was aggressive, but Coulon pelt- ed his face almost at will in the ninth round. Conley ducked several hard blows in the tenth, but his right to the face and glancing body blows were repaid by two uppercuits to the chin and hard stomach punch. The eleventh was even.
 In clinches in the twelfth Coulon shot In several short iabs to the ribs and stomach In a breakaway Coulon put a hard fright to the face Coulon in ished the round by placing several mild right and left swings to the face, fol- lowed by a rain of short body punches in a clinch.
 Coulon did some brilliant work In the thirteenth. After taking several snort body blows, Coulon rushed his opponent and put rights and lefts to the face with lightning rapidity. Conley sent a light right to the face and took left and right to the jaw In return. Coulon then sent a right to the wind, lodged a right swing, clinched.-zs-
 The fourteenth was tame. The flf- teenth was Conley's. He rained rights to Coulon's face and the Chicago lad sought clinches for protectior. The round closed with both men fighting fercely.
 Conley opened the sixteenth with aj right swing to the body followed by right to the kidneys. Coulon shot in four right and left punches to the face and in a clinch sent a telling right to the stomach. Coulon's round.
 Plays With Conley
 Coulon played with Conley In the opening of the seventeenth and the Kenosha lad hit the wind with rights and left swings. After a little sparring Coulon put four hard rights to the face Conley got in two light body blows and Coulon finished the round with repeated right and left swings to the face and body.
 In the eighteenth Conley placed sew eral good rights, one to the kidneys. another hard one to the face and one to the body. A moment later he stag gered rain of rights and lefts to the head and body. Conley got in another right to the kidneys and right body jab. but Coulon came back with short lefts and rights to the head and body,
 A hard right to the stomach in the nineteenth brought a frown to Con- leys face, but he was soon chasing Cou lon around the ring. He put hard left to the body, received and right and left to the wind and ther quickly shot two left stabs to the ribs. He missed two right swings, but divided honors in the short iabs interchanged before the bell.
 The final round opened with stiff right to Coulon's face. Couion came back with several short body blows. Conley sent a right to the face and took a hard jab to the jaw in return. On breakaway Conley placed light left to the face. Coulon sent half dozen good blows to the face and body and tucked three swings. Another more blows to the jaw. Conley sent s right to the stomach and two light right jabs to the face. Coulon put more hard rights to the face and just as the bell sounded, placed a third on Con- ley'S jaw.