Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-15
GETS THE
DECISION OVER
FAST LEO ROUCK
Johnny Kilbane Defeats Jack
: White, Ahearn Gets Away
With Tommy Maloney-Jeff
Smith Has Hard Time With
Kid Henry
TIE terrific sledge-hammer body

THE terrific sledge-hammer body
punches of Frank Klaus of
Pittsburg, weakened his OPP
ponent. Leo Houck. Of Lancas-
ter. Pa, at the Armory Athletic
Association, of Boston, last night, and.
after twelve rounds of hard, fast fight
ing, the decision was given to Klaus.
The Pittsburg fighter allowed Houck
an even break in but two of the
rounds, and during the rest of the bout
administered severe punishment, pum-
melting Houck with body punches,
varied occasionally with stiff swings on
the face.
Johnny Kilbane, of Cleveland, last
night at Columbus won the decision
over Jack White, of Chicago, in a
twelve-round boxing bout.
Young Ahearn took another step to-
ward the lightweight championship last
night when he outpointed Tommy Ma
loney. of the West Side. in a ten-round
bout at the weekly stag of the Fair
mount Club.
1t might be said that Maloney gave
Ahearn the toughest battle he has had
in the past, but at that the Brooklyn
boy was never In danger of losing the
verdict.
Tom O'Rourke's new welterweight
star, JEFF Smith, of Bayonne, N. j.,
failed to stop Kid Henry, the clever,
hard hitting Troy colored man, In the
main bout of ten rounds at the Knick-
erbocker A. c. at Albany last night.
When Henry knocked u Sailor
Burke In five rounds two weeks
ago O'Rourke secured this match for
Smith and stood ready to bet $500 that
his man would knock out the negro In
side the ten rounds. But Smith was
lucky to stay the ten rounds himself,
although he finished strong and was
no more tired than Henry when the
final gong sounded. 1t was a draw.
The Pal Moore-Bert Reyes ten-round
bout at the National Sporting Club in
New York Friday night has excited
more than ordinary interest among
boxing fans. And there's a reason.
The winner gets Knockout Brown.
Without such an incentive, Reyes and
Moore would likely put up a slashing
bout, but the chance to grab some OF
the glory Brown annexed by his VIC
tory over Wolgast will have the effect
of extending both boys. to the limit
of their ability.
"Philadelphia jack o'Brien has
nothing on Joe HUMPHREYS as an ar
ranger of all-star cards. Loquacious
Joe, in his capacity of manag ne
director of the Madison A. c. up at
Suffers, has arranged a Washington's
Birthday card that comes close to
equaling O'Brien's recent offering in
showdown. Like O'Brien. HUMPHREYS
has "a large, commodious, most spa
cious, w~ell-ventilated and electric
lighted arena, with accommodations
for thousands" And likewise. Hum
phries has the sterling Knockout
Brown as an attraction. There won't
be any sneering. conceited Wolgast in
the ring with Brown this time. but in
stead, as HUMPHREYS says. a better
man, the sensation of the coast-One-
round Hogan. In addition to this,
HUMPHREYS Is making strenuous efforts
to get that well-matched pair, Kid
Burns and Young Donohue, together.
They fought at the Madison A. c. re-
CcHlly. anu " iilcn6u SuNH d SSilod tlOiloi
bout that everybody wants to see them
at 1t again. Another bout, a star num-
Der in itself, Is a ten-round go oe-
tween Jimmy Carroll. the bantam
champion of the coast, and Sammy
Kellar, the English bantamS Another
ten-round session between pro;nis' ng
youngsters is yet to be agreed on.
Biz" Mackey and AL belmont fought
q fast ten-round draw at Browns
Gymnasium in New York last night.
In the first round belmont scored a
Touchdown, but Mackey was up i'm
mediately and forced the lighting.
and Forest Hill team, to see which has
the better team. This has been talked
of all winter aiming the fang. AS the