Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-14
MATT WELLS GETS
The VERDICT over
MOORE IN BOSTON
Englishman Shows No Wonder
full Superiority, but Enough
to Entitle Him to Decision.

ATT WELLS, the champion light
IVl weight boxer of England, was
given the decision over Pal
Moore, of Philadelphia. at the end of
twelve rounds, at the Armory A. A, of
Boston, last night, The Englishman
showed no decided superiority at any
time, but forced the fighting through
out and kept up a constant jabbing,
which earned him the decision. Moore
did effective work in several of the
rounds, his left swings landing repeat
eddy on the Englishman's face n
head. Charlie White, of New York,
was referee.
The Twentieth Century A. C. will
stage a heavyweight fistic carnival on
Friday night at the st. Nicholas Rink.
Sixty-sixth street and Columbus ave-
nue., in which the n~ewly-arrived Irish
champion, Jim Maher, will have the
opportunity to prove his ability against
Sailor" Burke, of Brooklyn. Maher
was at the ringside of the Olympic
Club when the Sailor fought Ted
Nelson, the Australian champion, and
openly declared that he could defeat
h hard-hitting man-o'-warsman in
ten rounds. Ted Nelson will appear
against Sailor" White, who recently
disposed of AL Benedict in two rounds
at the National Sporting Club. AL
though White has the advantage over
Nelson In height, weight and reach,
Nelson's cleverness and stamina may
offset the Sailors vicious onslaught.
Joe West, the hard-hitting local well
terWeight, will meet Dick Howell, the
champion of Canada in hat class, in
the semi-wind-up for six rounds. Bobby
Lindsay, of Belfast, the featherweight
champion of Ireland, will also NEE.
Jimmy Coffey, of Harlem. in a return
match. The boys furnished a rafting
go" at the clubs last show. "Porky'
Flynn, of Boston, whose match with
Joe Jeanette was declared off, owing
to a felon which developed on the lat
ter's finger, will be at the ringside pre-
pared to meet the winner of the tour
ney.
Both Jim Smith and Morris Harris,
the heavyweights, who are to furnish
the sport in the second of the three
heavyweight encounters being staged
here this week, wound up their rain
ing stunts early today and are in SPLEEN
did condition for their bout tomor-
row night at the National Sporting
Club, which will, for the rest of the
summer, give its entertainments on
Thursday nights. AS the winner of
this bout is to be taken on by Sam
Langford at the National later, each
has trained faithfully. When Smith
and Harris met before the battle was
fast and furious from start to finish,
and few local fight JAMS ever saw a
Each man was several times only about
one jump ahead of a knockout, and to-
morrow night each is confident that he
will put over the necessary punch. A
lot of fine pr~eliminaries will precede the
main bout, and Tom O'Rourke has in
stalled a special set of electric fans
and other cooling things in his big
arena.
Jimmy Reagan, of San Francisco, and
Danny Webster, of Los Angeles, fought
a twenty-round draw at Ogden, Utah,
last night before a crowd Of 1900.
Reagan, though badly beaten In the
early part Of the fight, came back in
the last five rounds and finished strong.
Webster was practically unmarked.
Tom Andrews, the sporting writer. of
Milwaukee, who brought the four
American fighters. Billy Papke, ICY
clone Johnny" Thompson, Ray Bronson
and Jimmy Clabby to Australia, where
they fought SO well. efforts are being
made to arrange a ten-round bout be-
tween Packey Mcfarland and Knock
out Brown, to be fought in Milwaukee
on the night of June 26.
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Harry Thomas, the English feather
weight, is confined at present In the
j. Hood Wright Hospital, in Harlem,
suffering from a broken right ankle re-
ceived in the third round of his bout
with Young Dyson, at the Olympic A.
c.. by his leg turning under him when
he was dropped by Dyson. Thomas
will be In the hospital for at least Ave
weeks.
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