Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-03
LAWRENCE GETS
DECISION OVER
BEN DOUGLASS
If Local Boy Had Start Earlier
Honors Would Have Been
His at Olympic Stag-Law-
renee Hanging on at End.
Ellie and Schwartz Are Other
Winners.
THREE ten-round bouts represent

THREE %ten-round bouts represent
ing as many different styles Of
boxing was the New Years Day
offering at the Olympic A. C. yesterday.
Taking into consideration the unfavor-
able weather conditions an excellent
crowd turned out and was well salts
fled with the performance. The star
bout, between Ben Douglass, of this
city, and Charley Lawrence, of New
York, furnished some exciting moments
on the part of Lawrence, who worked
pretty hard, but Douglass, who is a
late starter, did not get going until late
in the game. If any decision were to be
given it might be said that there was
a shade in favor of the Manhattan lad,
u a draw would be fairer for both
men, for Ben, when he did start, came
like a whirlwind and made a belated
rally hat came pretty close to evening
matters, though his opponent had the
better of the early rounds and outboxed
Ben.
Lawrence did his best work in the
first three rounds, when he got in the
most damaging blows and had Ben
worried once or twice. Coming out of a
clinch in the second, Lawrence slammed
over a left uppercut to Douglass's jaw
hat shivered the Newark boys tim
bers. The New York boys shifty foot
work got him put of the range of Doug
lass's swings. Ben did not lead at all
in the early sessions, but he let loose in
the tenth with a couple. Of right upper
cuts to the jaw that made Lawrence
groggy. Lawrence was holding on at
the bell.
In the third Douglass woke up and
swung a right to the Jaw, which made
Lawrence snort with pain. but the New
York boy was game and outboxed Ben
during the remainder of the round. A
right swing planted on Douglass's Jaw
in the fourth counted for Lawrence,
but he couldn't follow up. At he start
of the fifth they mixed 1t, Lawrence
slamming right and left to h jaw and
stomach, and having slightly the better
of the milling. Near the end of the
round Lawrence put over O right upper
cut to the jaw.
Douglass began to get warmed up In
the sixth and let loose q right TO the
Jaw, which he showed under Lawrence's
guard and landed with crushing force.
He got a receipt in exchange, stopping
a left with his jaw and both men got
in some gruelling punches, each taking
punishment. The seventh was one of
the best rounds of the fight. Douglass
at last hardened to the advice of his
seconds long enough to use his left for
an uppercut, and 1t met it's target with
a ~resounding smack. Lawrence got in
a left swing to the jaw, and both boys
x,.ro hroa4htn1 Ja ri M fha hall
Lawrence plunked over a right and
crossed a left to the stomach at the
start OF the eighth. Douglass used a
right uppercut and both were swung
freely. 1t was give and take.
Lawrence set the pace In the final
round with a left to the stomach. They
swapped rights and then Ben left loose
and landed two right uppercuts behind
which he had every ounce of his
strength. 1t took the fight out of Law
renee and he was holding IN and STALL
ing at the finish.
Wells Given a Beating.
The first bout was between Kid Ellie,
of Paterson, and Jumbo Wells. of Aus
tralia. Kid Ellie handed his man an
awful beating. but the Australian was
game and took his medicine. Ellie
worked hard and had his man down for
nine early in the fight, but the Austria
liam held on and stalled through the
remaining rounds.
Neither used any science, but con-
fined their efforts to straightaway
smuggling. Every round 1t seemed would
be Wells's last, but he managed to stay
to the limit, through sheer luck. He
was not in the best of condition, while
Ellie tired himself out with the wallop-
ing he handed to the lad from the
Antipodes.
Battling Kitty. who wal scheduled to
meet Young Andreach, failed to put in
an appearance because he claimed that
his hand had been hurt and a bout be-
tween Young Schwartz, of New York,
and Kid Stanzo, of Newark, was SUBJ
stituted. Schwartz was> lighter and
more clever than the local boy, and had
the better Of it. He has everything, In
Guiding a right hook and a left upper
cut, while he crosses a right with tell
ing effect.