The evening world., 1912-10-08
DennIng Quits Cold In tho Filth
: Round Of His Bout With Nc.
0oorty.

Copyr.zLt. iaI. By Tho prrys PUBLISHING %.
/. The Ns~ YosA worldl.
PACK DENNlNG quit cold last night
. In the nfth round Of his bout with
Mcl,oorty. The reluctance Of Mr..
bsnning to continue followed the dsnv-
ory Of = beautiful iittio left hook that
landed fairly In the pit Of his stomach.
He didn'; drop. but backed away to-
wand his corner. shaking his hcad and
locking for the chair. lie bent over q
little az no motonsd 10 Referee BILLY
Job that he had been "fouled." lie sat
dowa for . few seconds. Mcooorty.
with . pushed frown, looked At Dem
mag. then turned his back and walked
~ Q neutral corner. whore he smiled
out over the crowd and shook his head
a. II 20 indicate that ne didn't know
exactiy what was the matter with his
friend Jack. A moment later he went
10 his corner and sat down. ana Dem
ming. Jumping up. walked quickly across
the ring and shook hands. trying to
explain In pantomime (for the benefit
u the spectatorS how he had been
"fouisd." McGoorty merely smiled.
lie knew. - ell the spectators knew.
That he had caught Denning with a
Perfectly fair and we'll planned hook In
the midrin. depriving him Of his breath
fer Q moment o. 20.
DcnninG was very much In awe OF
Me0oor,y whom the first round STARTED
~ shook hands before the bell with
~ iASratiating air. and a. soon ~ the
tening began backed away In lively
Sashion. covering W and leaning ~ ia,
beck from McGoorty's asts a. he could
ae0ssrty sviasatly wasn't ~ anxioul
Ter Q quick nnish ~ In the ayhts viii
~ Australian and the English cham
essns. He yigsed about q little. ant
When ~ dSa lead landed his bio ",
p1ghtly or missed entirely.
4. Ia The second round Denning had re
Vosersd confidence enough to push Oh
q few jabs and TO duck under Nc
Qoorty's punches and stay In . iitll
ossr. In the third round no jabs %,
esre. and had the best OF the ex
eAangss. McGoorty missed n great dcs
~ boxed In careless fashion. Dennin
Hobed through the fourth and bega
hbiag AGAIN In the NTH, rsce,yin
1uch applause whenever he landed. Du
h the nth McGoerty suddenly put o
easam. He frightened up. moved quickl,
oesmsd to be looking for q good chanc
" slip In . real punch. All OF his hi,
fbr q minute or so were directed at IN
hoaA. Dsnning was tricked into hold
lag high guard. Then Mc0oort
orSpped his right into the body. an
nllppins aside 10 get the range on
GOD expanse OF ribs. nipped his lei
~ very neatly. McGoorty had the clAs
II was evident that he could via wher
ever he wished to.
THE sem!-final was between Lou
dc Ponthieu. Frank Erne's clevs
= French champion. and Edo
Kelly OF New York. Kelly weighed 1,
- Ponthieu three pounds less. II
yrenchman was constantly on the al
grsssive. forcing Kelly around a.
around the ring and isaping In VII
lightning fast little hooks and jAl
whenever he could ind an opsnin
Kelly covered up with forsarms ~
eooowa, leaving very little to HIT
The last two rounds Kelly rallied
couple " tines. and catching q
frsnchman rushing In wide open len
"a several heavy smashes. Each
these only brought do Ponthieu rushi
IN faster and harder than before. a
~ the end the Frenchman was an ca
winner. He scored clean knockdowns
eks seventh and the eighth rounds. 7
ART time he caught Kelly as he back
qway. clipped him on the chin q
dropped him nat on his hack. ke
WAs UP again In four seconds. Tho D
enc khockdown WAS administered W
. right on the chin at close quartz
end Kelly Topped down Oh the ropes.
rise akaih without waiting for 4 cour
DO Ponthier 10 the clcverest lig
wslgN now boxing In New York. a
eoortsmanilke little fellow. In one rou
Kelly uMssed a swing and Topped
tn knees. The FrenchmAn leaped
werd and helped him 10 his feet ir