Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-18
BY EDWARD P. DUFFY.

in the klaus-1hompson bout at Inc
National Sporting Club last night,
Frank Klaus, of Pittsburg. did, and
Cyclone Johnny Thompson did not. All
the good punches of the bout We're
landed by the P%ittsburg man. Klaus
was trained to the minute and II he
had several more rounds to go no doubt
Thompson would have taken tho count,
because the beating he was taking was
certainly telling on him in that tenth
round.
Thompson was anything but a ey-
clone. lie looked more like a wet sail
elinging to a mast in a cyclone. lie
did some fair work IN close quarters,
but to my way. of thinking he's any
thing but d champion.
Klaus earned the right to meet Billy
Papkc in a title match because he de-
cisively beat Thompson, who was a
contender among others whom Klaus
has met and beaten.
Klaus landed the first blow of the
fight. a left to the face. Thompson ala
not care about fighting at long range
and soon made his opponent qult IT,
and both were in close. Thompson
landed a left to Klaus's jaw during one
of these close rallies, and Klaus WAS
trying to get over a right uppereut.
There was so little work done by botn
men that they were Kissed.
Thompson jumped out like a Hash
and started the second round With a
right to the body and then settled
down to that inhghting again. klaus
realized that this style of fighting
was anything but to his liking because
of T~hompson's peculiar fighting posi-
ton. which gives him the advantage
when he is in close. Klaus slipped in
a hard right uppercut and a left jolt
TO the jaw, but the blows seemed
only to make Thompson go faster, for
Johnny put down his head and bored
in until the men were inighting again.
He landed a stiff left to Klaus's jaw,
which seemed to upset Frank, because
he missed several wicked right upper
cuts after that, which spelled
Thompson's method of ducking, of
course. must be duly credited for the
misses at that. Thompson, when he
found Klaus missing. thought ned get
on the offensive himself. but after
missing a few himself, he quit long
range work and bored in again for his
favorite work. Klaus, however, man
aged to get through Thompson's guard
for two ripping uppercuts, but Thomp-
VI itIoi llih w G. L -
jaw.
Thus far Klaus had no advantage
and Johnny's style was battling him.
At the start of the third round he let
loose and all settled back with the idea
he was going to finish his friend
Johnny. He covered him with lefts and
rights to the jaw and body. and was
successful in holding his man away
from him. Johnny came back for more,
in fact he came back so Willingly ana
fast that he soon had Klaus abandon
long range work for %infghting. Thomp-
son profted by that. for he walloped
Frank two on the jaw and he made the
Pittsburg boy look foolish missing a
wicked right. They were head and
head, with Thompson shooting them In
fast and Klaus using his right, upper
cutting all the time.
Klaus was stronger and at times
pushed Thompson away. At these
times Cyclone would just lean his head
to one side, lower the upper half Of
his body and bore in, taking a punch
until he had Klaus just where he
wanted hi~m-ighting close. Klaus had
landed the clean blows, however, this
round and was entitled to the honors.
Before fifteen seconds OF the fourth
round had elapsed the mel were at 1t
like Two bulldogs again, ripping and
tearing in close all the time. Klaus, as
usual, tried to keep Johnny away at
the start of the round.
1t seemed so easy for Thompson to
fall into that style of fighting, not
spectacular, it's true, but worth while
that everybody agreed at this point
Klaus would have to beat him that
way, as Johnny was strong enough 10
trim Klaus sufficiently so that he'd have
to give in to 1T. Frank, therefore. as
usual, in this round resigned himself
to i~nfighting and began to use his right
uppercuts with more han their usual
effect. Thompson seemed to go faster
this round and Klaus tired after
awhile. Though he LANDED "a couple of
these uppercuts, Thompson was shoot
ing so many to his opponents body
thai one could see hin going ahead.
He was getting inside most OF Klaus's
wicked punches and Frank looked des-
perate. for Thompson was certainly
showing himself to be the tough GUS
toner he is. Just as the bell sounded
klaus, turning half way around, let so
his right with a *. o.. punch attae I'd.
Johnny eluded the blow and l..aus
slipped, going half way to the floor.
This was ~Thompsoh's round. q
Johnny did not hold this advantage,
for the best he could get in the fifth
round was an even break, Johnny's
showing in the previous round made
him a little too confident as he walked
to the centre of the ring in this ses-
sion. Like a thunderbolt out of a clear
sky Klaus shot out his right and
clipped Thompson clearly in the jaw.
Another man would have taken a
snooze then and there, but Johnny
didn't bulge much and was soon at his
old t~actics-getting in close. Klaus
still found it hard TO get to Thompson
with any degree of success, getting in
a good blow only every now and then
\ Generally when he did land a good one
he left himself in such a position that
Thompson returned fairly well. though
never with half the force Klaus has at
his command. The Smoky City" boy
missed a blow and so did Thompson
who tried to take advantage of klaus's
position. When Frank misses he half
turns and runs away : johnny, how
ever, Goes not run away. so he recov-
cred himself in time to wallop Klaus
on the Jaw. This surprise party for
Klaus upset him and he missed some
IL iuet coltldpft oaap, ~ got eat