Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-01
NOT THERE
AS A COMEBACK
Still Boxes Pretty Fair, but He's
No Match for Jack
Palmer.
BLOWS LACK THE STEAM

BLOWS LACK THE STEAM
Jack Palmer, the local boxer, out
classed Billy Leary, of Bloomfield, in
the main bout of four rounds at the
Central Institute last night Leary
was Palmer's equal as a boxer, but
Billy's blows lacked steam and APP
parentlY had little effect on the New
ark boy Palmer used left jab at
the right time, and this with his ag
gressiveness earned him the honors.
Kid Boonton had the advantage of
weight and reach over Young Frenchy
and the kid won a lively fonr-round
bout. Boonton did most of the lead.
ing and was in no danger of being
overhauled at any time during the
four rounds.
Kid Tray. with hard right to the
jaw, knocked out Elmer Leighton in
the second round. Tray took the lead
from the very start and came out
practically unscratehed.
Battling Stevens was victor over
Carl Wherle in four fast rounds.
Wherle started off in whirlwind
fashion and it looked as though he
would dispose of his opponent in short
order, but he soon tired and then
Stevens got busy
Young White made Young Denner
quit in the third round, after the lat
ter had taken good lacing. Jack
Trautwetter and George Gillon went
four lively rounds. with the result in
favor of the former by a safe margin.
Young Dundee had the better of Bob
Russell in the first bout of the eve
ming. Dundee did all the leading and
earned the decision by his aggressive
ness
The Morris-Geyer heavyweight
bout, originally scheduled at Denver.
Col, for July a. has been advanced
to the night of July 3.
Johnny Coulon, bantamweight
champion, was taken to a hospital in
Chicago yesterday suffering severe
attacks of stomach trouble. The exact
nature of Coulon's illness has not
been ascertained. 1t is said he will
not be able to train for two or three
months.
Charles Ledoux has been substi-
tuted for Johnny Coulon at Los An
geles on July Is, and Eddie Campi,
who recently defeated Ledoux, will be
matched against the winner.
In the re-opening show of the
Olympic A. c., New York, last night
Walter Hennessey, of New Orleans.
defeated Teddy Hubbs, of Pittsburgh
1t was an even mill until the sew
enth. when Hennessey dropped his
man with left and right to the jaw
Kid Goodman knocked out Artie
Franklin in the sixth round of the
semi-final.
Jimmy Gardner, of Lowell, Mass,
will appear in the ring for the first
time in two years when he will meet
Frank Klaus at Boston tonight
Johnny Willetts will make his re-
turn to the ring tonight at the Fair
mount A. c., Philadelphia, when he
meets Swat Anderson, the Pittsburgh
welterweight, in the wind-up. In the
semi-final Joe Murphy meets Johnny
Shea
Leach Cross is putting in a lot of
hard work at Los Angeles, Cal, with
the best trio of sparring partners
that a fighter has ever asked to swap
punches with him on such a day be-
fore tapering off for his crucial test
on July 4. Betting along the Rialto
has switched to Anderson, and he is
the favorite. 10 to 8. The reason for
| this is the fact that the inside fight
| ing tactics of Anderson are figured
to beat Cross, and they are expecting
a repetition of the Anderson Mandot
| bout. 1t Is figured that at 1873 pounds
at noon Anderson will be a bearcat
and that he will prove too strong and
| hard hitter for the fast, hard hit
| ting Cross.
| All professional boxing bouts have
| been forbidden in the Province of
| Calgary, Alberta. by the government
| authorities. This action was the
direct result of the fatal fight between
Arthur Pelky and Luther McCarty,
| in which the white heavyweight
champion of the world fell dead on
| the floor of the ring. The match be-
tween Broillard of Windsor, and
| Campbell, of Seattle, at Edmonton
next month has been cancelled.
The second process of elimination
of the contending featherweights
which the Mcmahon boys are stag
ing at the st. Nicholas Rink Is sched-
uled to take place tomorrow night in
the arena in West Sixty-sixth street.