The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-02
STILL STRONG At The FINISH.
Kenosha Boy Suffered Strained Wrist
in the Fifteenth but Coulon Out
pointed Him in Fast StruggIe-To
Challenge the Winner.

Kenosha lost the honor of having
bantam weight pugilistie champion at
New Orleans on Sunday afternoon
when frankie Conley the local cham
pion was bested by Johnny Coulon of
Chicago in twenty rounds of the fastest
fighting ever put up by bantams in this
country. Conley was fairly beaten on
points but he was strong at the finish
and Notwithstanding the fact that he
suffered badly strained wrist in the
fifteenth round he was till carrying the
fight to Coulon when the gong rang
for the finish of the battle. Conley
was game to the finish and the six
Thousand people about the ringside all
were willing to concede that had the
battle been over the Marathon route
of forty five rounds that Conley would
have been returned victor. As it
was the victory Of Coulon was simply
a technical victory. Not once did he
have the Kenosha fighter in danger of
a knockout and his victory was wholly
a victory on points. It was conceded
that Coulon was the better boxer of the
two and it was on his ability to box
that he got the decision. Conley at
once challenged the winner for re-
turn fight over the long route and it is
possible that the two boys will be
matched for another engagement with
in a short time. The fight was the
most important battle Of the year in
pugilistic circles and it was watched
with greatest interest. Coulon has
been a claimant of the bantam weight
honors and his victory over Conley
gives him pretty clean slate in claim
ing the honors Of his class.
The fight opened with Conley the
aggressor, but Coulon s legs saved him
from punishment. The two first rounds
were even with no damage done. In
the third, Coulon shot 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 bet
ter of the round. The fourth closed
with both men fighting iercely at close
range, with honors about even.
In the fifth Conley put three rights
to the ribs in quick succession and
took right to the face in return. It
was Conley's round. In the sixth Cou-
lon was staggered by a left to the
stomach, but he came back with a SER
les of short hard blows and the round
was even. In the seventh Coulon had
shade the better in the final seconds
before the bell, but he took some pun
ishment in the early part of the round.
The eighth was fast. Con1ey opened
with a right to the jaw. Coulon shot
a left hook to the stomach, followed
by hard left swing to the stomach.
Johnny ducked right swing and &C
cepted clinch. Just as they broke
away Coulon staggered Conley with
hard right 70 the jaw. He followed
this quickly with q series Of short lefts
and rights to the face and body and
had Conley against the ropes when the
bell sounded.
Conley was aggressive but Coulon
pelted his face almost at will in the
ninth round. frankie ducked several
hard blows in the tenth, but his right
to the face and glancing body blows
were repaid by two uppercuts to the
chin and hard stomach punch. The
eleventh round was even.
In clinches in the twelfth Coulon
shot in several short jabs to the ribs
and stomach. In brakeaway Conley
put a hard right to the face. Johnny
finished the round by placing several
mild right and left swings to the face,