Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-26
Bayonne Boys Cleverness
Helps Him Hold Lead
Over Local Lad.
LATTER MISSES A LOT


of this city. in their ten-round bout
at the Hillside Athletic Club last
night 1t was Towards cleverness
against Kurtzs wild swinging tactics,
and the clever boxer came out win
ner.
The largest crowd that ever at
tended a bout at the Hillside club
turned out. fully $500 persons being
present. and they were repaid for
their visit by ten of the fastest
rounds ever fought in this city. How
ard won because right from the very
opening of the battle he commenced
to pile up a lead that kurtz could
not overcome. Kurtz once in while
would show a flash and regain some
of the lost ground, but never enough
to have a chance of getting the de-
oision. His best rounds were the
seventh and ninth. The second and
fourth were practically even, and the
rest were Howard's.
Howard Careful.
Howard fought a careful heady
fight all through. and when kurtz
would occasionally land one of his
wild swings Howard would turn right
in jab and uppercut until he would
force Kurtz to cover up or back away.
Both men were willing at all times
and there was hardly an idle moment
In the bout.
Kurtz was Kissed several times by
the crowd for foul tactics, he having
habit of hitting in the breaks, the
men having been instructed by
Referee George Monroe to break
clean. The hardest blow landed by
Kurtz in the fight was foul blow
in the fifth round, when he stepped
into Howard as they were breaking
and smashed him on the jaw, How
ard was hurt but covered up Tor a
couple of seconds and then uppercut
himself out of danger.
Both men got a big reception as
they entered the ring. Howard being
the first to appear. 1t was announced
that Howard had weighed loohs
pounds in ring toys. while kurt2
weighed Isl fully clothed.
Lose No Time.
lost no time in getting together
Kurtz landing the first blow, SLOW
right high on Towards head. How
ard came back with two light letts
to the law and caught Kurtz with a
Jeff in the wind. Howard was fore
ing the lighting, but got left swing
on the Jaw for his pains. Howard
landed hard on Kurtzs jaw as thu
latter started to rush in and coppee
him again on the jaw when Kurt
missed swing. 1t was Howard
round.
In the second round Howard start
ed by shooting a left jab to the CHR
and kept on jabbins lightly as Kurt
was swinging wildly. Kurtz FINAL,
landed a left swing flush on Howard
Jaw and the Bayonne lad shook M
head but came right back with lei
labs that always connected. hurt
planted long swinging left on How
ards law and got a right and lei
lab I'm return. This round was fas
with honors even.
Howard took a big lead in the thirt
round when after Kurt2 had started
out by slapping right and left q
his face and made Howard miss
couple of iabs. Howard crashed
through Kurtzs guard with left q
the Jaw The Newark boy came bacl
with a right swingeto the neck, A
they were stepping out of elincl
Kurtz stepped quickly into Howard
with a right flush on the jaw. TIL
blow was foul and made Howard
angry. He went after Kurtz with
rush and opened his upper lip with
lab. following it with a hard RICH
10 Kurtz's stomach and winding VI
the round with half a dozen 1ab
without return. Kurtz was bleeding
freely from the lips as he went L
his corner. 1t was Towards rount
by a good margin.
The fourth was slower, both mel
working for an opening. Rurtz KEEP
trying to land one of his viciou
swings, while Howard contented him
self with jabbing and getting ava,
without a return. The round wa
even.
Kurtz's Head Bombing.
In the fifth period Howard KEEP
Knrtzs head bobbing by shooting
labs and uppercuts. As the men wen
into a clinch the Bayonne boy land
ed hard right on the stomach
Kurtz again hit Howard on the jay
in the breakaway, and in the mex
mix-up landed right on stomach am
left on Jaw. Howard got busy an
sent Kurtz's head back with lef
lab and then planted hard RICH
uppercut on the jaw, shaking Kurt
up. Howard had this round by
shade. The seventh was PRACTICAL
o repetition of the sixth round, wit
Howard landing the majority of tn
blows, neither boxer doing nue.
damage.
Kurtz regained a little of the pres
tige he was losing in the seventh
when, after Howard had started on
fast with two left jabs Kurtz land
ed n clean left swing on the Jaw
shaking Howard UP and forcing hlr
into a clinch. After an exchange Q
rights I<urtz again planted left t
the jaw, getting hard right unde
the heart in return. Kurtz slamme
a full right swing into Towards mid
riff and rocked him with left to tn
| Jaw as the pel rang. II was N"i %
round
In the eighth Howard started on
fast and landed three jabs in rapi
i succession Kurtz put hard right
the ribs, but got two stiff uppercut
on his sore lip in exchange Kurt
shot a right to the jaw and tried
get in close to Howard. The latte
fought his way out by shooting !
uppercuts and then landed hard o