New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-17
BARRY A BLASTED Hope"
Takes Sound Thrashing at The
Hands of Joe Jeanette.
BOUT FAR FROM LIVELY
Crowd Howls, Take EN- 0utw
When Big Fellows Stall
About the Ring.

Toe Jeanette. the Hoboken negro, admin.
istered a sound thrashng TO Jim Barry. 4
Chicago white hope" In a ten-round boz.
irg bout at the National Sporting Club Of
America last night. There never was
time when Barry gave any indication Of
making cool his boast that he would stop
jeanette before the limit
A good sized crowd of members turned
OFT. but most OF them went away disap-
pointed. In the early stages Of the contes.
there was not enough action 10 suit the
hioodthirsty. but toward the end these had
no cause for complaint. jeanette began
using his left, but in the last half ne scored
Heavily vita the right
Both stripped well Barry looking fully
ten pounds heavier than the Hoboken man.
Throughout the first round Jeanette did
most 81 the work. leading straight lefts
Some NJ these found the mark although
they did not seem 10 hurt the Nesterner.
Little happened in the next round until
touard tho end Jeanette led occasionally,
while Barry appeared to he waiting for a
chance to land. When jeanette missed a
swing Barry let 60 a wicked right tina,
would have ended matters then and there
had IL reached the mark. No damage was
done. however. and the round ended with
honors even.
Jeanette had the better Of the third round
although few blows were landed. There
was not enough action to suit the crowd
and shortly after the fourth began some
one yelled. Take 'em off 80 Others started
whjstling the Merry Widow waltz.
sls. Ooh q, tHA
session. rushing I'm with head down ard
swinging hard rights. Most Of these vera
blocked by the negro. although at the bell
Barry had the better of IT by shade
There was real fzhting in the sixth
round, which began favor1by for Barry
who caught Joe with hard left Ths
negro then whipped over solid right cross
and a few second later shook his man W
with another right. II was the nesros
round by wide margin.
Barry rushed like bull In the seventh,
but Joe nailed him with VOL timed blows
mostly right hand swings. Sometimes
these would twist Barrys head 10 one sds
with jerk More hard lefts and rights
on Jeanette's part had Barry on tn. de.
fensivo in the next round. while in the
ninth session the Chicago heavyweight be.
gan IN bleed freely from the nose.
Throughout the last two rounds jeanette
did all the forcing, and shortly before the
final gong he had Barry beaten 10 stand.
still At the finish jeanette Jumped ninhy
through the ropes as fresh as when he be-
gan.
Tie prelimnaries proved rather one-sided
In the first Young" Preston, the Philade.
mia boy who won two bouts In the same
ring a week ago. had Young Roe. ot this
city. for victim. Besides being out
classed s a boxer. Roe easily developed a
weakness in his logs. dropping 10 the floor
without even being hit. The farce was
stopped in the third round
Following this fasco came pair NJ negro
Iiohtweights. Jeff Davis and We've Bas'
tor. Davis had all the science, ana PFC,
ceeded 70 make a punching bag Of barton
,bout the middle of the fourth round, Whss
n looked as IL Barton was likely TO he
trocl,ed or, the referee called a halt
The semi-6nal contest brought together
"1<id'' Herman. of this city and Buddy
Faul<s. a shifty negro from Newark. TneTs
were no dull moments in TINS bout' 10Y
r.bon Faulks wasn't mailing his opponen.
with straight lefts, Herman raised the
bopes of his admirers by rushing In WIN
u.ld swings When the final gong SOUND
cd AZ the end of the sixth round the POS
we're punching each other for dear We
ro,,,lss had the better of the argument. u
shortly before the main bout hid' NJ
Gov was introduced He began sreecn y
declaring that lie had no idea OF oeins
"yhite hope" hut added that he haa
,ou theory as to training. and eXpee'e'
- rrove it's worth on Monday night "
Philadelphia.