New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-16
REFEREE SAVES KURTz
Grouse Almost Scores Knock
out in WhirIWind Bout.

Another largo crowd was treated 10 a
varied assortment OF boxing at Madison
Square Garden last night. The wind up
between Buck Grouse, the Pittsburgh
middleweight. and Young Dave Kurtz. OF
Newark, was one Of the most sensational
seen here I'm long while. Grouse won
I'm the eighth round. the referee stopping
the affair 10 prevent useless punishment
Originally IL had been planned to have
Grouse and Jack Denning meet. but Kurtz
was substituted several days ago. when
Dennlng was taken sick. The weights
were: Grouse l5s. and Kurtz. li4f4. So
unevenly did the men seem TO be matched
that the crowd began 70 move toward the
door before the first round was half over.
Grouse Aoored his man with a right, and
when Kurtz got up he hung on for dear
NE
After Weatherlng out the round Kurtz
came back with surprising strength In
the next. and Jared the Pttsbursher
with heavy rights at close quarters.
Grouse went TO his corner tired and the
crowd was I'm an uproar. From that point
on nearly every one rooted for the smaller
man. but Grouse gradually knocked The
fight out Of Kurt. who backed into his
corner In the eighth round. covered up
and refused to fight Billy job, the
referee. then stopped the bout.
Walter Galley. OF Australia, and Bat
tling" Gates Of Scranton. a pair OF light
weights. went through a hard six rounds
IN the first preliminary. draw would
aave been a fair verdict
An unusually clean and clever bout FOR
preliminary resulted from the meeting
OF Frank Ilufnagle. the former amateur
v5-pound champion. and Mickey Melon
ough.
In the early rounds McDonough's clever
defensive tactics had llufnagle at n dis
advantage. but al the end Hufnagle
forced his man and was the stronger
when they took their corners. 1t was a
good draw.
Young" Reilly and Boyo Drscoll. in
troduced as the Irish champion. travelled
at a fast pace in the first Of the ten
round bouts Driscoll weighed l26 and the
West side boy l2Si2 pounds. Tie Irish
fighter started to outpoln, his opponent
with snappy rights and lcfts and had the
better Of tho first three rounds. Stamina
then began Ia tell In favor Of Reilly.
In the ninth round Reilly started the
blood from a blow over Driscolls left
eye and the Irish lighter began to hold
and butt They fought desperately
through the last round. with Driscoll
landing tho cleaner blows. IL was his
fight by a shade.
Young Shugrue. the pride Of Jersey
| City. caught a tartar In Jimmy Coffee
! The weights announced were Coffee rs
pounds. and Shugrue. 1874. pounds This
is n trlhe more weight than Shugrue
needs and he failed TO fight with his
usual speed Coffee. I'm addition 10 being
clever and shlfty, fought on the defensive
throughout, rarely making a clean lead
Shugrue had all the better OF the
eighth and ninth rounds. carrying the
| fight TO his opponent from bell to bell
| The Jersey city boy kept up the sam'
| great pace I'm the last session reaching
Coffee with lefts and rights. He had us
man bleeding and tired at the end and
| the homo were easily I'm Shugrue's favor
Young" Smith, the English light
weight. will make his debut when he
meets Young Rudolph in a ten-round
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