The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-04
SEE REAL SCRAP
T. A. A. Members Watch Eight
Rounds of Good Boxing.
Willie Wolff and Borden in No
Decision Go.

ROUNDS or savage DO4lIS at the SiIlOh01
held last night in the clubs rooms at
42O Kansas avenue. Willie Wolff and
Cecil Borden put on the niftiest scrap
seen here since the days of the old T.
A. A 1t was no decision affair
with Wolff having slightly the better
of the go. Before this bout Les Ken
nedy, a law student at Washburn and
Spike Sullivan, real scrapper, put
on a three round go in which the fea-
ture was Sullivan's ability to land al
most at will and Kennedy'S gameness
in taking all the punishment offered
and going back for more.
Borden and Wolff put on anything
but a ladylike exhibition. They swung
and jabbed at each other in a true
pugilistic manner and each man drew
blood. Wolff drew it first and more
often. He also scored the only knock
down, and a knockout seemed immi-
nent. Borden showed stronger in the
seventh round when he really carried
the fight to his opponent. He had
shade in the last round although Wolff
landed the most blows. Wolff then
did most of the clinching and seemed
to be working for a rest. Borden had
a chance to even the bout in this
round by continuing his work begun ir
the seventh when he carried the fight
to Wolff. But instead he waited for
Wolff to bore in. Then he waited for
him to be pushed away by the referee,
Bob Kerns.
Hard Left Opens Fight.
They shook hands in the first rounC
and Wolff opened hostilities by landing
a hard left on Borden's jaw. There
was plenty of fighting from that mo-
ment. The men exchanged body and
head blows in rapid succession. The
round ended with Borden apparently
suffering for wind and Wolff agrees
sive. 1t was Wolffs round.
In the second Borden uncovered more
stuff, forcing some of the fighting. He
opened the round by walIop to VOLTS
wind which he followed by rights and
lefts to the face. They mixed it and
at the end of the round the going
seemed even. Borden's round by
shade.
In the third round Wolff scored the
only knockdown of the fight with a
hard left swing to the temple. Bor-
den went all the way down but was
up to his knees in three seconds. He
took the count of eight. Wolff rush
ed in and staggered him again with a
couple of punches on the chin as the
bell rang.
Wolff slipped as he encountered a jab
in the wind, and went to his knee, but
was up before the referee started to
count. Wolff drew blood from Borden's
nose, the latter working for his OPP
ponent's wind. Borden cut wolff's
SnouIuer Will d Bldhclng dow. WOlH s
round.
In the fifth round Wolff showed to
good advantage. Time after time he
rocked Borden's head with lefts and
rights to the face. He again started
the blood from Borden's nose. In re-
turn, he got a number of hard jabs in
the wind and face. All Wolff's.
In the sixth, Wolff made the best
showing during the fight. His first
blow started blood from 8orden's nose.
He hammered Borden's nose at will,
apparently having solved the peculiar
style of defense of the Novelty theater
scrapper. His blows rained in on
Borden in a perfect stream, but as the
round ended, they seemed to lack the
steam which was behind them earlier
in the fight. 1t was easily Wolff's
round
Borden Starts in Seventh.
Borden started the seventh round
with a rush. He landed a hard swing
to the face on the first try, and a sec
ond later, sent in an uppercut that
drew a stream of blood from Wolff
nose He carried the fight all the way
in this round, missing many uppercuts
and landing enough to keep Wolff
bleeding. Borden's round by a large
margin.
In the eighth round, Borden seemed
to be tired from previous efforts, while
Wolff was plainly weakened. Wolff
landed the most blows, but went into a
clinch after every one of them. Borden
waited for the fight to be brought to
him. Wolff was still pounding at
Borden's face, then hanging weakly on
his shoulder when the gong sounded.
The Sullivan Kennedy go was en-
tertaining. Kennedy was outclassed
from the beginning. He took lot
of savage punishment, although sui
Ivan fought only enough to show the
crowd that he knew how. Kennedy
kept it up gamely, knowing that he
was no match for his opponent. He
followed every opening and not once
did he stop after having been rocked
from head to feet by Sullivan smash.
Sullivan, on the other hand, did not
try to take advantage of his out
classed opponent. The crowd cheered
both men several times during the
three rounds.
Two negroes, Kid Stearns and Her
man Bryan, put on what was to have
been three rounds. Stearns got a
hard one in the nose and the bout
ended in the second round with
Stearns declaration that Dat otha
niggah was too heavy
Taylor and Gregg, two white boys,
did a three round stunt early in the
evening.
At the election of officers Charles
Pope was elected president. w. f.
Lake treasurer and William Lindsay
secretary.
Deputies from the sheriffs office
sat at the ringside to see that the
law was not violated. Only two sug-
gestions were made and they were
quickly complied with. One was that
the gloves be weighed so that there
be no doubt about their being eight
ounce pillows. This was done. After
Borden's knockdown Deputy Joe Ross
suggested that no xnockouts be put on
and the boxers were cautioned by the
referee
Arrangements for a match between
Jack Woods and Spike Sullivan after
December 10 are being made