Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-25
FRANKIE BURNS
DEFEATS TOMMY
HOUCk HANOILY
After Ninth Round jersey CITY
Boy Runs Away from Tough
PHILADELPHIA Boy at New
Haven--Burns's PuncEes slack
Force Near End and Loser
Stays Fifteen Rounds.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Anril IS.

RANKIE BURNS, of Jersey CITY,
easily defeated Tommy Hou-k
OF PHILADELPHIA. in a fit en-ronna
bout before the We hingtoa Glee CT b
last nieht. There were half a do Ell
nearly even rounds hut after the ninth
Houck never had q chance. IT was ths
best fight ever made by Burns here.
T1e kent his famous straight right un-
DER the heart working and had Houck
IN distress the last Eve rounds.
His blows lacked steam the lest of
tho match or he would have put the
Philadelrhia voungster away. They
fought ut 11s pounds.
Australian Charley Griffin easily
tn decision over Bunny Ford, Of New
Haven, the Connecticut lightweiTlft
champion. They boyed 1T cath sc hts
in a ffteen-round mil. Griffin shows1
all the way. and. while Ford was
in no danger of being slowed away,
Griffin easily earned a decision
Honors were even in the holt Of
Young shugrue. of JerSev City, arl
Jimmy Dunn, of New York CITY, in 4
ten-round go at 11S pounds. Most 81
the critics thought that Dnnn had a
shade the better of the argument.
Matty Baldwin, the rugged title
lightweight. of Boston. who two years
ago was looked uron as a prob bic
titleholder. will arrive il New YORK
today to finish. his training for a ten
round contest with Leach Cross a. the
National Sporting Club on Friday
night. Baldwin was sick for nearly a
year. and when he returned to the rig
several months ago he broke his arm
in a contest with Battling Hurley and
received a etback. However, he re-
Gently demonstrated in a nsatch wish
Tommy Carey that he. was back in his
old -time form.
Baldwin is in fine condition at pres
ent and promises to give the East ST lie
dentist the encounter of his career. II
their last meeting, which took place at
the National Club, the referee lost his
head and disqualified Baldwin after he
had f1oored Cross three times.
/ The r. fierce a~pologized later, but Man
ager O'Rourke severed his connection
with the club. With Referee Patsey
Haley In the ring Baldwin and Cross
are expected to furnish n of the
liveliest sessions of boxing the New
York fans have seen in a long time.
Cross has also come back" In g~eet
form, as witness the way he disposed
of Joe Bedell. He has long besn
anxious for a return engagement
against Baldwin.
"Knockout'' Brown, a New York well
terweight, was given the decision over
kid Broad, of Philadelphia, in eight
fast rounds at Memphis. Tenn, last
night. Both men We're badly battered.
Brown ~outclassed the Philadelphia
man, and toward the end hammered
him about the ring almost at will.
Bombardier Wells made a chopping
block OF Ian Hague in a fight last night
before the National Sporting Club, of
London. for the English heavyweight
championship and he Lonsdale belt,
Both contestants for the title are Eng
Iishmen, and Wells. after administer
ing severe punishment to his opponent,
knocked him out in the sixth round.
In the final event of ten rounds
Young Brown, the promising young
protege of the Long Acre Club, Wi
meet Billy Perna, of Newark, at the
Long Acre Club Thursday night. In
the six-round events Joe Ring, another
protege, will meet Young Sailor, Gypsy
Kid will meet Young Rozner, Billy
Burke will meet James Cornbloom, Joe
Degny will meet Young White and
Gypsy Jones will meet Tom Ward, the
Australian. All these events are sched-
uled for six rounds.
Johnny Coulon. of Chicago, and Ed
die O'Keefe. of Philadelphia, bantam
weights, will meet in a ten-round box
ing bout at the Hippodrome in Kansas
City tonight. According to the terms
Of the agreement each man is to weigh
116 pounds two hours before entering
the ring.
Rouse O'Brien, of Boston, and
Young Saylor, of Indianapolis, will box
ten rounds tonight before the Wash
ington Athletic Club, of Indianapolis.
at 1873 pounds.
Dave Deshler, the sturdy and hard
hitting welterweight of Boston, was de-
5 feated by Fighting Dick Nelson, the
Brooklyn fighter, in the main go of ten
rounds at the Olympic A. c. stag last
, night. Nelson was the aggressor all
through the ten rounds, landing lefts
and rights to the face and stomach.