New-York tribune., 1912-08-27
WILLIAMS EARNS HON0RS
Baltimore BantamWeight Too
Fast for ''Kid" Kelley.
BOUT LASTS NINE ROUNDS
Referee Steps In and Stops
Fight to Save New
Orleans Boxer.

That remarkable bantamweight fighter,
kid" Williams. of Baltimore. hammered
Kid Kelly Of New Orleans. into sub
mission In nine rounds OF a whirlwind
bout at Madison Square Garden last
night Williams. weighing 1872 pounds.
had the advantage of ~ pounds over
Kelly.
At the outset Kelly displayed rare clev-
erness, his footwork being especially ad-
mired Before such a fighting machine as
Williams, however, the New Orleans ban
tam was soon placed on the defensive.
Williams rained blow after blow from all
sorts of angles. and although Kelly kept
dancing away he could not keep out of
harms way.
With each succeeding round Kelly lost
a little snap, but there could be no ques-
tion as to his gameness. Bleeding and be
wildered, Kelly reached the end OF his
rope in the ninth round and covered up.
refusing 10 take a chance. 1t was then
that Billy job stepped in between them
and stopped further punishment Kelly,
who lost several teeth during the en-
counter received a great ovation from the
crowd for his gameness.
Because OF sudden illness. caused by the
heat. Jimmy Coffee could not meet
Young" Shugrue, and Harry stone was
substituted. Although taking on Shugrue
at such short notice. Stone had the ad-
vantage OF seven pounds in the weights.
He scaled l25 pounds TO l2s for the Jersey
CITY boy. This told in Stones favor as
the bout progressed.
Little time was wasted in clinching. and
when they did come to close quarters
thev generally fought their way out. In
the rallies which brought the crowd to It's
feet. stone invariably had the better oi
the mixing.
In the last three rounds Shugrue fough'
like a demon and managed TO overcome
the others early lead Both boys were
aphtlng like a couple OF wildcats at the
final bell. 1t was a good draw.
One OF the poorest heavyweight con-
,ests seen at the Madison Square
Garden A. c. I'm a long while resulted III
the meeting OF Arthur Pelkey. Of Chico-
nee. Mass. and Sailor White OF BROOK
lyn. Although big and muscular feihe!
showed little class and White cohsIo-
arable less. Slow and awkward. the
sailor never had chance 10 hurt feiheS
at any stage. on the other hahd' Tue
Chicopee fighter, when he did jar the
husky tar. either would not or cou'u
not follow up his advantage.
The crowd, which has been keen on
heavyweight contests Of late, showed lts
disapproval early in the contests. feikey
tried to finish his man In the last round,
and although White was unsteady anu
bleeding freely from various WOUNDS III
the head. he had no trouble III staying
until the end. Pelkey won all the way.
After II was over Humphrios faceuousS
announced that the men had been re-
matched TO fight twenty ROUNDS next
Tuesday before the phonograph at Barren
Island.
An inside shower put the holdeIS VI
rinQside seats TO rout early in the even
ing The sliding windows In the ROOF Ill
r.ctlv above the ring had been thrown
open after the first rain of the evening
had ceased and a second sho"@r i caiile
nm before they could be closed asdi','
The ring looked IKE a snia,l ponu poa,id,,st
corps Of men with brooms ana sa~dusI
,0an cot the canvas back TO normal con-
ditlon. -, e.t,o ,,re-
IinSinary' when Larry Mccoy. OF Mas
peth. stopped Jack Dillon, Of this ciiy; IA IN
he irst round. 4 right to the jaw felled
Dillon, who managed to regain MS Ieet
hefnre the count Of ten. But as ne was
Loraiv able TO stand, the referee inter
fered and stopped the bout, very properly
When Heine Thiel and Irish Malone
crswIod through the ropes in the sec
ond preliminary, Joe ilumphries an
no,,nced IL as a case OF the Dutch vs.
tbe irish IL proved a stormy session
FOR the Dutch. for Malone landed hard
nd often with lefts and rights. Heine
looked relieved when the bell SOUNDED
tho end OF the sixth round