New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-23
BROWN BESTS BEECHER
Has the Better Of FierCely
Fought Ten-Round Bout.
MOORE CATCHES A TARTAR
Gets a Draw IN Fast Eight with
Smith at Madison Square
Garden.

Young" Brown, the rapidly improving
lightweight boxer, had the better OF
ten-round bout with Willie Beecher at
Madison Square Garden last night Both
fought like tigers from gong to gong, and
frequently when they got into a clinch
they often fought their way free.
Although both slugged continuously
neither boy gained a knockdown. Brown
delivered the cleaner punches and landed
oftener, although Beecher never broke
ground. always boxing In with vicious
body blows. Frequently Brown. with
rights that landed trtie too far back 10
be effective, turned his opponent halfway
around, but no matter how fast the blows
came Willie was ready and willing to mix
up.
II anything he appeared the stronger OF
the two at the end. though Browns lead
could not be overcome.
Another good sized crowd attended. and
the moment Bombardier Wells put In an
appearance the noise began. II did not
subside until the blonde Briton crawled
through the ropes and tried to-make
speech which Joe HUMPHREYS, the an
nouncer had TO finish es the foreigner
could not make himself heard, Wells
said he was coming back to this country
in two months when he would be prepared
10 fight and three heavyweights that
might be selected.
pal" Moore, the popular Philadelphia
lightweight, caught O tartar In Eddie
Smith, Of this city. From the opening
round Smith went at his man Ike a
demon, and for q time had pal" cover
ing I'D. In the second round Moore sized
I'D his man and foored him with right
TO the Jaw. Smith was up in an instant,
however, and was fighting back hard at
the end OF the round. At the end Moore
was the aggressor. but Smith was ighting
hard, though apparently firing fast. IT
was good draw.
In the first preliminary Billy FitZ-
simmons Of Yonkers, stopped BOBBY
Dunn, OF The Bronx, In tho second
round Both boys were featherweights,
though Fitzslmmons looked several
pounds heavier. He soon proved the
stronger and by far the heavier hitter.
He Jared Dunn with q hard right 70 the
Jaw in the second round. and when the
Bronx boy covered up "Fitz" brought
him to his knees with a thump on the
body. After he had knocked his oppo-
nent down twice more Billy job, the ref
cree, stopped the fight
The second preliminary was also cut
short because of q foul blow. Harry
Philips, OF this city, was opposed 10
Willie Moore, OF Philadelphia, and the
last named handed Philips n fierce
lacing for the best part OF four rounds,
when Philips landed foul blow tina,
brought Moore TO tho canvas, writhing
in pain. He appeared to be in great
agony, and the referee stopped further
proceedings by ordering Philips from
the ring.
frankie Flemming, champion feather
weight OF Canada, gave Tommy Buck,
Of Philadelphia, a fierce beating and
knocked the local boy out In the tenth
round The weights announced We're:
Flemming, 1924 pounds; Buck, l24A
pounds. From the outset Flemming
showed the more cleverness, though his
blows lacked force, and Bucks best
round was the sixth, when he fioored the
Canadian with hard right. From that
time on Flemming got his man with
snappy lefts and q series OF right
crosses, and in the ninth Buck had dis
tress signals flying. Flemming cut loose
In the tenth, soon flooring the local boy
He soon got UP, but moment later the
Canuck caught Buck with another hook
to the Jaw, and this time Buck went
down for good. He was struggling to
regain his feet when his seconds tossed
up the sponge.