The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-08
BATTLING HURLEY
DEFEATS CY SMITH
Packy Mcfarland Puts
Away Morris Bloom In
Eight Rounds - Sullivan
Demoralizes Alton - Nc
Cormick Knocks Out Can
adian Champ.

New York, April Sin a whirlwind
bout of ten rounds Battling Hurley
and Cy Smith at the Whirlwind A. c.
| last night, Hurley won the popular
decision on points. His blows We're
more effective, being clean cut. Il
was the sixth meeting between these
battling boxers and like the preceding
bouts was a wild affair of smuggling
Neither attempted to box in the full
sense of the term, but stood in the
ring and just showered blows at each
other. Smiths headlong rushes. with
head down, served as an open target
for Hurley.
rounds on points except the third
This was Cy's.
Racine, Wiss., April S-Packy Nc
Farland defeated Morris Bloom, the
Chicago lightweight in the eighth
round of ten-round fight last night
Mcfarland from the first had it, on
his opponent and proved to be toe
shifty and clever for him. Packey
added $1,000 to his bank roll. this sum
being received for his battle with
Bloom. Bloom did not class in with
Mcfarland and although a fairly good
man was forced to leave the ring in
the eighth round, it was practically
knockout. He was clearly out
pOlul6Q from the 1lrSC.
Bob Moha, the Western welterweight
is the latest to come out with q chal-
lenge to Cyclone Johnny Thompson
who seems to be more in demand now
than any other man in the game
Moha says ne is willing to concede ten
or fifteen pounds to the Sycamore boy
if the latter will agree to take him
on,
Joe Jeanette did not accompany
Dan McKetrick and Willie Lewis to
Paris when they sailed g few days
ago. Jeanette says that nothing ex-
cept a forty-five round bout or fight
to a finish with Langford. or lMcVey
will tempt him to cross the sea. JEAN
nette gained decision over McVey
later fought thirty-round draw with
| him.
Jim Barry is more than anxious for
bout with Carl Morris of Sapulpa
but Carl's hackers refuse to let him &c
against a man of Barry's calibre until
he has had more experience. Barry
has posted a forfeit of $1,000 with a
bank in Tusia, Okla, and offers to
give that amount to Morris if he cannot
put him away in fifteen rounds.
New York, April S--All the Olympic
champions will compete in the Inter
| national Amateur Boxing Champion
ship matches which will be held IL
Madison Square Garden, May and
| There is already large entry list o.
| foreign aspirants.
| New York, April S-Announcemen
was made, today, that Jem Driscol
| is about to retire unless he finds TIL
1,io nf tyya1i
Jem still holds the featherweight it'll
of England and many authorize
claim he is without peer as a boxer.
| New Haven. April S--James J. Cor
bett, former heavyweight champion
prize fighter, minstrel man AM
searcher for the white hope" enter
tanned reporters, today, with a mono
| logue on fighting and Jeffries. "Thi
White hope business is serious will
me-" said the ex-champion. "In ev
cry town there are a few bugs VIII
! believe that some one with a BULL
| like a grand piano can get back tn
| of these looked good to me I'd go tn
| limit to help him." ''Who put TIL
hop in Jeffries' tea?'' he was asked
| There was no hop said Gentleman
| Jim.
Buffalo, April S-SallOr Jack Alton
hope of becoming a figure in the mid
dleweight class was shattered by Jacl
| CTwin) Sullivan here, last night. Sui
| Ivan pounded the jack tar until TIL
latter stopped at the end of the 9tl
round.
| New York, April S-At last the win
ming streak Of frankie Benhann, ban
tam champion of Canada, has beer
| broken The dominion lad met Jacl
Mccormick, last night in what wa
| to have been a 10 round mill but Jacl
slipped the dream punch across in tn
| 3rd session.