Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-12
A ROUSINC BOUT.
F|emming and Connolly
Keep Spectators on I 0GS,
SCOtchman'S Left Proves Good
Against Old Town SIuggeT.
George Gilbert Just as Clever as
Evsr-.The Whole Story.

Where there's Hanks there's class
and il was a typical Hanks affair
staged, Thursday night, at City hail
All SIX boys Were there at the list
gong, and every minute besides, the
Red Sex Quartet was there and bowed
gracefully. the popular KID Shea was
there as referee-he could hardly keep
frorn mixing it-and. as the all-sutfi-
Gent GROWING glory, the majestic
George Gilbert was there, with both
hands. and 10th fetal at once. No
one ever saw Names white hope more
hghtaing-like=. mere graceful, nor
more dienifed tnan last night
scotch" Connolly is a happy-ap-
pearing. stockx little lad with a lot of
cleVerness. Kid Flemming, Old Towns
earnest two-hauded slugger, has been
seen in Augusta before. Taken by
rounds it was an even thing, with
three credited to Flemming and three
TO Connolly but the last two rounds
saw the old Town boy a bit groggy.
many fans declaring the Kid would
have gone to dreamiand in two more.
That might have been-but Flem-
ming's supporters will never believe
ii. ANYWAY, all guessing aside, we've
got to hand it to the Maine youngster
for agressiVeness. for he carried the
fight all the way. He wouldn't back up
while his legs held He's a born fight
err from start to finsh-1S years of
age and never had a boxing lesson.
The boys of his type are the ones that
make the fans.
FIemming opened up like a cyclone.
whaling away vieieusly with both
hands His gloves spatted like moth
er's slipper, but scotch" held tight
to that grin. In fact. the harder Flem-
ming shot them in. the more apparent
enjoyment shone from the Edinburgh
boys face Once in IA while, he whipped
a left across, and once across it work
ed like piston, bobbing Flemming's
head about until he stepped back to
get over his sea-siekness.
Fleming lowered head above the
Scotehman and his reach told heavily
in the opening rounds. The first two
were unquestionably Trimmings but
in the third the Old Town boy was
painting and content to rest.
The fourth was even, as was the
fifth but the sixth went to Flemming
by wide margin His swings landed
heavily time after time and Connol-
ly's back redeemed under the pumme1-
ing of the clinches But don't forget
that grin--it wasn't shaken for a min
ute.
The second half of the main bout
started with some clever but dis
tinctly unappreciated. footwork by
Connolly. Flemming lost his temper
and said things as swing after swing
went wild-so Scotch grinned-
same grin-and kept on.
The eighth was even and fast, with
Flemming apparently gathering Wild
ness. In the ninth the Old Town boys
grunts, as he missed, were distressing
ly frequent, and Kid Shea stopped two
or three wild lefts. ConnolIys left
showed its good working order and
gave him good lead for the round
The tenth was even and uninteresting
the men clinching frequently and
landing seldom.
The eleventh was easily Connollys.
the Old Town boy showing grogginess
and staggering Imply about, though
recovering and lighting back before
the bell
The 18TH too, was Comollys though
Flemming appeared stronger than in the
previous round. At the finish the Scotch
man was backing his man from corner to
corner. trying desperately for knock
out, but Fleming refused to quit and
was punching when the gong sounded
All in ALL it was about the hest dghting
ever seen in Augusta -Four hundred saw
the bouts and If these two boys come
fHat sss..in L.,
and all their fan friends