New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-26
Gameness OF DAILY
Counts for Naught
Cherry Street Fighter Bad
~ Beaten in Bout with
Kid Williams.
BATTLE ONE OF THE
TRAGEDIES OF RING
Cunning of Age Forced to Bow
to Iron Will and Strength
Of Young Champion.

II grim, Spartan courage we're the
sole requisite 10 greatness Johnny
DAILY, the game little freshman from
Cherry St. would be the und.sruted
champion Of the world to-day. For ten
rounds. ten long, hard rounds. DAILY
stood up under the slcdgchammcr
punches OF Kid Williams. the ban
tamweight champion Of the world. at
the Pioneer 4. G. yesterday afternoon,
and at the end. although badly beaten.
lost not a iot of his popularity.
There was never q minute bon all the
bout, not a second. in which DAILY ever
had more than a remote, dimly remote.
fighting chance 10 accomplish any
thing. In fact, Daily served only as a
punching bag for the Baltimore Dane.
and were he not one of the gamcst.
toughest little men IN the ring he
would have had the long count tolled
over his inert figure.
That battle was ono Of the tragedies
Of the ring. DAILY, q man bordering
closely on the thirty-ycar mark. who
has answered the cali 10 more than
200 battles. who finds himself slowly
rctrogradiug, was called on 10 meet a
superintendent. He tried, tried, with
all his waning might, to make fight
Of II, but, as must ever be the case. the
cunning Of age, past its fighting prime.
bowed TO the iron will and strength of a
champion on whose shoulders twen.,,-
one years sit with easy grace. Battered
from pillar TO post. driven from corner
10 corner before a storm Of terrific
punches that crashed through his guard
til IacC fFf-fr Il.Irr efaoI 20 10
guns and took his medicine like a game
man.
From the second round on the match
resolved itself into a mere question of
whether or not Daily could assimilate
the punishment and last ten rounds.
Williams. boxing prettily, but fighting
mad, tore into his opponent and
slammed home strength sapplng
punches into his body and knocked him
groggy with hooks on the jaw. johnny
fought back. heaving his blows at his
man. but the smiling Williams threw
off his leads and countered heavily.
Days powers Of recuperation are little
short OF superhuman. That alone eX-
plains the fact that he was not pol
ished of
Williams is one of the greatest fight
ers who ever entered the ring. lie is
quite as aggressive as McGovern, fights
with the same speed and fire, hits hard
but he has a skill that the Brooklyn
terror" never knew. lie is sturdicr
than McGovern ever was. even In his
prime lie has never been knocked out
10 is said, and 10 rs we'll known how
Oscar Gardner. Dave Sullivan and
Aurelia Herrera, the great Mexican
treated McGoyern before Terry finally
got them.
Boxing is a business with Williams
lie goes about his work with an idea
Of accomplishing his task with the
least outlay Of energy. When he retIres
from the ring he may be an efficiency
engineer. At the start of the contest
he went az Daily. feeling him out. but
never losing a chance TO rip in hard
punches. His leads were short, bu;
every time they landed and he seldom
missed Daily was driven back.
The second round foretold the end
Williams tore in, and. switching his
attack from the head 20 the body
scored repeatedly. DAILY went back
driven before a storm OF blows which
he could not combat. For the first time
m his life Johnny was just trifs
cowed. but his courage came 20 hi.
aid, and saw him through TO the end
when his skill could not.
In the fifth round Williams showed a
new variety Of attack; a sort Of throw.
back from the old straight rules days
Standing clear. he led a straight left
TO the head, and, avoiding the counter
swung his right 20 Days lumbar re-
gion. Under those smashing punches