Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-27
COULON DEFEATS
FRANKIE CONLEY
IN 20 ROUNDS
Only in Two Sessions Does
KenOsha Lad Have Lead on
Claimant TO
Title-6,OOO Sabbath Fans
Witness Bout at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. q.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. q.
TOMMY COULON was awarded the
decision over frankie Conley at the
end of a twenty-round bout at the
West Side Athletic Club here yester-
day.
Confey was outclassed, and only IN
two rounds did he have a the
better Of the contest.
The men weighed in at 116 pounds
three and a half hours before the fight
six thousand people witnessed the con-
test. Tommy Walsh, of New Orleans,
vas the referee.
The men were in frequent clinches.
Here Coulon was superior n his snort
body blows told on the Kenosha LAD.
Conley's left and right swings went
wild, except in a few instances. In the
fifteenth round Conley s%prained his left
wrist, and after that the Chicago boy
had little trouble in landing telling
blows on Conley's face and body.
The fight opened with Conley the az
gressor, but Coulon's legs saved him
from punishment. The two first rounds
we've even, with no damage done.
In the sixth Coulon was staggered by
a lett to the stomach. but he came back
with a series of short, hard body blows
and the round was even.
In the seventh Coulon had a shade
the better in the NAL seconds before
the bell, but he took soms punishment
IN the early part of the round.
The eighth was fast. Conley opened
with a right to the jaw. Coulon shot
a left hook to the stomach. Coulon
ducked a right swing and accepted a
clinca. just as they broke away, Cou-
Ion staggered Conley with a hard right
to the jaw. He followed this quickly
with a series of short lefts and rights
to the face and body, and had Conley
against the ropes when the bell
sounded.
Conley was aggressive, but Coulon
pelted his face almost at win In the
ninth round. Conley ducked several
hard blows in the ten,h, but his right
TO the face and glancing body blows
were repaid by two uppercuts to the
chin and q hard stomach punch.
Coulon Wicked.
In clinches in the twelfth Cou1on shot
in several short jabs to the ribs and
stomach. In the ~breakaway Conley put
a hard right to the face, Coulon fin
ishea the round by placing several milo
right and left swings to the face, fol-
lowed by a rain of short body punches
in a clinch.
Coulon did some brilliant work in the
thirteenth. After taking several short
body blows he rushed his opponent and
put rights and lefts to the face with
great rapidity. Conley sent a light
right to the face and took a left and a
right to the jaw in return. Coulon then
sent a right to the wind, lodged a
right swing AMI clinched.
The fifteenth was Conley's. lie
rained rights to Couion's face and the
Chicago lad sought clinches for protec-
ton. The round closed with both men
lighting fiercely.
Conley opened the sixteenth with a
right swing to the body, followed by a
right to the kidneys. Coulon shot in
four right and left punches to the face,
and in a cliTich sent a telling right to
the stomach. Coulon's roun
The final round opened with a stiff
right to Coulon's face. Couion came
back with several short body blows.
Conley sent a short blow to the face
aud took a sharp jab to the jaw in re-
TURN. On a breakaway, Conley placed
a light left to the face. Coulon sent a
half-dozen b1ows to the face and body
and ducked three swings. Another
clinch and then Coulon shot oVer two
more blows to the Jaw. Conley sent a
right to the stomach and two light
right labs to the face. Coulon put more
hard rights to the face, and just as the
hell sounded placed a third on Conley's
Jaw.