Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-19
Young-Kelley Bout
On Thursday Night
Proves a Hummer .

Before an audience of fully 1000
sports Eden Hanks pulled off one OF
the best boxing exhibitions Thursday
evening that have been held in City
hall since he became a boxing promot
er. The program for the evening was
a card of four bouts with two six
round arguments between Tiger Young
Of Hot Springs and New York and
Young Hugo Kelley of Portland as a
head liner, and 1t was in every detail
worthy of the prominence accorded 1t.
Tho fight was a fast one from the
minute the boys shook hands in the
ring, and while at certain stages OF
the boxing each boy had a temporary
advantage it was, as whole, about an
even thing. In the first six rounds
Young started things at a lively pace,
and kept Kelley guessing for the first
two rounds Then the Portland boy
seemed to catch on to Tige's style, and
the third round was his by slight
margin. Again in the sixth Kelley
seemed to have a little better Of the
argument and some of those present
thought that he had Tige going when
the bell rang, but the way that young
ster skipped out through the ropes
and to his dressing room a moment
later did not warrant any such belief.
Again, in the fourth round of the Sec
ond six, Kelley got in some work that
entitled him to a slight lead, but the
last two rounds were Young's If any
thing.
Kelley had the advantage of long
er reach than Young, and was one of
the cleverest boxers that has been
seen in Augusta, but he was up against
some proposition, and could not seem
tG make Roadway sufficient to give
him the decision, had one been allow
able.
Previous to this bout Soldier Adams
of Fort Mckinley entered the ring and
challenged the winner.
The curtain raiser of the evening was
p six-round bout between Kid Denis OF
Waterville and Pat Rocco, In which
the Kid made a punching bag of Roc
co for four rounds and finally put him
out in the fifth with an upper cut to
the jaw.
When the smoke from this encounter
had cleared away Mr.. Hanks intro
duced two light heavyweights-B
Lefayor of Boston and One-Man Nc
Closky of Bangor and New York, and
said that they would go six rounds
They went the limit, all right, and il
proved one of the best natured fights
that ever happened. McClosky chewed
gum all through the argument, and
Bob, who had no gus, just smiled, and
the smile didn't come off, The bou
VAS slow, as heavyweight bouts ar
apt to be, and the two cuffed each 9th
er tn their hearts content, with Me
Closky showing himself to be a littl
tho better cuffer
The fourth bout in the list was a
six-round go between Kid Pantz OF
I1allowell and Paul Trepanier of Au-
glista- The two had met a week ago al
. the skating rink. on which occasion
the bout was stopped, and when they
entered the ring last night Hanks an
nounced that the first man who fouled
the other would be disqualified and
the money which he was to have re.
ceiyed would be given to an Augusts
institution. The bout went along to the
last round in good shape. although
slow, but while Pantz had no Diff
Guilty in hitting his man his blows
seemed to lack the steam which was
behind them in the old days when he
used to fight Arthur Cote of Biddeford
IN the fifth round Trepanier tripped
and threw Pantz to the mat, but Pantz