The evening world., 1911-05-01
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Seldom Has a More Exciting
Ring Battle Taken Place Than
|. That Which Was Held at the
New York A. C. Between Jim
Smith and Dummy Maxson.

cspynEnt, 1911. by IN. Pres. prsssn,ns On.
THE New York world.
AVE Of the queerest things that
~ ever happened IN a ring came or
at the boxing show OF the Ne,
YORK Athletic Gu on Saturday n,sh..
The main bout. scheduled for ten
rooDoss Wa bstwesn two heavywsights
feeboos Tor their punching ability and
wnngnsss % miDCJim Smith ana Dunn.
~ 4Axsea- According 70 The dope
IL ooont 10 have bssn one Of the hot.
tees 0ghD % rsoord-nd Il wa, a.
len0 q n lasted.
snseA and Ma1sn barely waited 70
shahs hands AFTER the bell ana step
. ~ distance before they plunged to-
gstosr again with . crash. Gloves Jew
Do fast that no one could count the
punchss. and the souiai of lists landing
was like the beating OF the bass drum
In the brass band At . bull tight. Both
were uyfns their best for a sudden
nnish. Jim Smith wanted to catch a
train up to westohester. and Maxson
was thinking Of getting tho il.sO West
bound. II was all bin bang Smith wen,
At 4Axson with q rush and sent a
swinging right into his ribs that sounded
like . bomb explosion. Maxson walloped
smith on h Jaw and nearly lifted his
head on. Before Jim could recover the
dummy sent In two more. Then Smith
rallied and rushed Maxson to the ropes.
They fought all over the ring.
While everything was going along
msrrNy AAxson rushed at the West
chester wild man like . football player
ana bumped him clear on his feet with
the Impact OF his body. Smith fell on
his left arm. wrenohins Il badly. lie
rolled over and sitting up tried to
his ben TO help. Time was called and
Smith went to his corner. while two doc
tors OF the NJ Jumped up and examined
the arm. II wa pulled into shape and
Smith signined his willingness to 20
right along with the enter tainmsnt
THE bell rans for the second round.
There wa . wa rush and .
mix-up. Thor. the old God OF
was. never hit harder blows with his
famous hammer. They sounded like the
Crack Of Doom! Both boxers were hit
ting hard enough TO knock down .
hippopotamus. Smith got one on the
chin ana went down to listen to the
nine count He jumped up full Of nigh,
and caught Manson coming in. II wa
hSht-ASht-nght. al around the ring.
in clinchss and out. Smith rushed 4,
Maxson. who stumbled and fell. Smith
didn't stop. He tool a dive over the
Dummy and landed or his head with
q loud thump. Up and at II. MaxSon
rushed Smith half through tho ropes
Then Smith rushed Maxson through the
ropes and tool a header right over him
landing on his head OF the floor beyond
the ring platform. He ran around &c
his corner n climbed back.
But In the mean time Maxson. in fall,
Ing. had been tangled in the ropes. with
his LETT foot caught under the edge o.
the ne canvas. and sm,th's weight or
TOP. aAA had wrenched his knee badly
Again time was taken out, and Alta
q couple Of minutes Maxson concluded
that he hadn't lost . leg and ~sisnalleC
for the bell. Right into q mixup. nrs
one and then the other having tho hes,
Of II. Smith dropped Maxscn for tn,
count of six. Up IA into q mix, ant
Maxson went down again. his knee Civ
Ing under him. Here the bout wa
stopped. a. Maxson indicated by sign
that he was too badly handicapped b.
the twisted knee. Smith was the win
neg.
OF the other bouts, that betwsel
wfliis Jones n HAIRY Thomas Of Ems
land. ok rounds. was . hard Tough
draw. Thomas had an advantage /
weight and vas more clever. but h
found Jones right there In every mix
w. ]. was nip and tuck al the way.