El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-03
Eddie Kelly Wins From Gage;
Easily Outpoints Californian
Is Given Decision at End of goth Round and the Crowd
Cheers; young Ad Wolgast" Is Beaten to Fraz
zle by "Kid" Curley; Lefty" Floyd Is
Easily Whipped by Cordova

the fighting and sent hard LEFT to the face
and a right uppercut to the Jaw In a clinch.
Kelly Lands and Gets Away.
Kelly sent two lefts TO the face and landed
a clean right upper in the fourth without be-
ing touched by Gage They exchanged let's
at distance, and Kelly got IN a haru right
11nnercut to the face Gage missed a one-two
ana then missed right swing. the speedy
fastener dancing away from MS left and
right wind tanners Kelly had q Dig margin
in the fourth. using his right handily.
Kelly All to the Good.
Kelly got in a hard LEFT TO the eye and a
left TO the nose IN the IlIlh- cage put q LETT
10 the face and got in a left body rip Gage
exhibited a good defence The California n
missed a wild left swing on the breakaway.
Kelly got in a right uppercut at the bell.
The sixth. seventh and eighth were replicas
OF the fifth. all going TO Kelly by margin.
while thefe was some rapid mixing IN the
ninth Kelly appeared 10 De stating and
weathering his stamina contenttng himself
with OutbOXing Gage
Gage Gets Round.
Gage strengthened percepubly in the 10th
and held the fastener 10 an even round The
18th went TO Gage. the 18th was even. while
Eddie came in handily from behind and cap
tured the 18th. The 18th belonged TO the
Harlem boxer Kelly tnaugurated the 18th
with a left TO the stomach Gage carried of
the honors in this round. however. which
was one Of the fastest Of the contest. The
18th and 18th were pronounced even while
the remaining three went 10 Kelly The east
ern boxer gave an exhibition Of lightning
fast work in the 18th and Goth when he
outpolnted Gage by a big margin The hard
est blow OF the fight. right to the region
Of the heart. was landed BY Kelly in the 18th
Kelly Victory Cheered.
During the 18th an impromptu fist push
ing match was staged by ringside spectators
but the Hariemite, while interested in the
fight outside Of the ropes outboxed his ad-
versary. The decision was handed to Kelly
amid great cheering by the large crowd
Negro Badly Whipped.
A series Of rights 10 the Jaw resulting II
five knOckdowns in three rounds defined de-
weight at the hands Of Benny Cordova, the
crack little Mexican, who has come up rap
idly in the past few months In the initll
round, Cordova got in a hard one-twO 10 IN
Jaw that fOOred Floyd. who apparently WIS
not in the best OF physical condition an
other straight right TO the point Of the law
staggered the negro before he could get lack
CoIdova Fouls Negro.
Cordova came out with shining eyes in
the second and sent Floyd TO the floor with
a series Of rights 10 his unprotected jaw.
and came came up, only 20 be knocked down
in a neutral corner for the count Of seven
As Floyd was on his hands Cordova sent a
right and left 10 the face as the bell rang
fouling his opponent. The little Mexican and
the referee did not hear the bell and Cor
doEa then sent his opponent down again with
q left and right. committing another foul
Referee Didn't See Foul
jedi English. manager Of Floyd and Scotty
Monteith claimed foul for Floyd. which
was easily percepuble- Referee G. o. Hodge
claimed that he did not hear the bell ring
and did not see Cordova hit the negro while
on his knees There is no doubt but that
Floyd was a beaten man. but the fact re-
mains that the blow was foul George Car
pentier on the floor at London was appar-
emily beaten. and was struck a light blow
On the head by ''GunbOat' Smith and the
contest was given TO the Frenchman.
Whipped 10 a EraLzle.
Young Ad Wolgast' was defeated by
kid" Curley in the curtain raiser Of six
rounds. in a disappointing battle. Wolgast
was hit at will by the Mexican CarousinE
which the defeat OF Wolgast is attributed.
Curley beat him all over the ring and in the
sixth, the referee gave the decision 10 Curley
TO save Wolgast from further punishment
c T Farrell won from four other yellow
negroes in a battle royal which was a give
and take affair while 1t lasted.