The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-16
Grouse Almost Made Disas.
trous Mistake by Letting
kurtz Stay as Long as He
Did.

II
don't fool with EN-" Pob
Fitzsimmons advised Jim JET
mics when Jeff had fooled along
through one round with Jack Muuros
IN the theatre at Butte. Mont III you
10 you'll be sorry"
~ Buck Grouse had been as wise
fStssimmons he'd not have made q
serious mistake at Madison Square
Garden last night.
Suck Grouse was to have tough,
Seck Denn!ng. but Jack felt the no,
wAfher too much. and Young Dave
Aurts OF Paterson was substituted
Aeftx mas a great knockout record
xns ofhcial weighing showed Kuriz
xssA pounds; Grouse lis, strippeJ
Couse was head taller than IN.
husky slugger from Jersey. II looked
2 very poor match. and as soon as the
boys put up their hands the crowd In
the galleries began TO jeer Grouse. "oh
you ox dub yelled the sympat hetic
Soo'ers when Grouse tentatively pok.d
out MS right and sent Kurtz fopping
" .ne moor. And Grouse looked most
eoyectly apologize and turned appeaI.
ineiy to the referee. Kurtz was hack,
into . corner against tho rop-s. douh,.d
- ana drawn into knot apped I'm
= pair OF protecting arms. lie W..
sning no enort to night. In fact. A.
oeHed - IL his hrst two or thre,
teeoie enorts to reach the tali pins.
BURNERS chin had convinced him thai
&c might as well try to knock tho hail
rom the top OF the fagstair on ths
Fuutser Building. '"'
Grouse moving lastly and tapping in
po'oseoc way. went though two
WINE the crowd hooted and
ocs1srousiy appealed to the referee 10
'Stop It," eo W
A. the beginning OF the third a voice
mem ne Pittsburgh corneri advised
loeeay: Go on. Buck! DO /, riuh,
swey' Do II right away" Grouse sud.
oeniy moved Into action and slammed
1urtS back against the ropes. There
kurts bent double and covered I'M
Asain. and Grouse stopped hitting an,
ssrned his head toward the referee.
A. THIS moment Kurtx Strengthened up
Sno slammed over a swing on Mr..
Crouse's chin that sounded like an axe
shaking into a chopplng block. Blam,
THAT vas rrusher Grouse bent over
backward. Before he had even time 10
iook surprised kurtz was on top OF him.
swinging his right furiously, ana no,
miDne punch. Grouse was dazed and
nearly knocked down. nut rallied
David and Gollah." shrieked a gal.
leryite.
Grouse staggered. slam-slam. slam
weet kurtz's hsts. Into the dazed
uNin OF Grouse crept the hazy idea
that he was being knocked out. and /.
seemed 30 foolish and Incredible and
funny that he actually stood stlIl with
nh hands down and laughed II wasn't
2 rake Iaugh-just a Tal grin OF amuse-
nsnt.
SIAm-s1am went Kur,z's fists, some
more. And then some more and more
Ana Grouse set his Jaw against the
punches and punched weakly ba *
with no direction in his blows. lie mus,
have an iron jaw
THROUGH the fourth round and the
NTH Grouse walked IN slowly.
= Kurtx covered for q moment and
then straiehtened M with that heavy
right overland swing that never missed.
and Grouse bent backward as II landed
II didn't seem possible that he could
stand such hammerlng. But he dld.
and gradually grew stronger and stronger
In spite Of Kurtz's frantic efforts in
spite Of the loud coaching In Kurtz's
corner from Willie Lewis. Danny Nor.
gan and 4 score OF eager amateurs.
=,
swuns furiously into Crouses ribs. but
couldn't stop his advance. Grouse was
hitting harder now. and Kurtz was
being "ail bunged up" as Joe Humph-
rsys remarked over my shoulder.
Through the seventh Kurtz swung many
hard ones against the tall fellows chin.
wildly applauded, but took y much in
return that the end OF the FOUND found
him sadly dazej and willing to lean
against the ropes In his OVID corner and
cover and stall.
Grouse came out strong for the eighth.
with Q clear head again and plenty OF
speed. He quickly battered all the
punching power out OF Kurtz and
slammed him into corner There,
whom Kurtz covered up. Grouse punched
him on the back OF the head 10 bring
him up and then ripped in an uppercut
that looked like curtains. And here
Billy job stepped In between and waved
Grouse TO his corner to save the smaller
man from being knocked out. Kurtz
WAS helpless.
The semi-finsl was between Jimmy
Cofsy and Touns Shusiu- COFFEE and
Sugar" was the gallery gag) 1t was
one Of the hottest little fights seen here
In many q day, Coffey was always
dangerous. but Shugrue forced the night
ing with o rush every second OF the
time. and won by a good margin. The
pace he set during the last three rounds
was . sizsler.
- o. BROWN VIII be taken from
n Rockaway TO the Polytechnic
Se~ Hospital in an ambulance to-
day Browns leg. injured In the auto
mobile accident In watch his young
friend Masters was Killed saturday. Is
badly swollen. and the doctors fear that
the thigh bone Is fractured. X-ray pie
lures will be taken. X. O will not be
able TO do any more fighting for two
~ thres months. ct the best.