The evening world., 1914-05-08
Fritts Beats Kennedy at the
fTh. Ns. Yori fvsnins worid1. y"
Stadium Athletic Club.

- Kennedy at the Stadium last
night. Just at the end Of the
nrst minute Of fighting In the first
round he jabbed Thomas so hard
that the latter's heels few up and he
took a flying back somersaul, through
the ropes and landed on n derby hat
that a spectator had trustfully de-
posted UPON the edge Of the plat
form. Kennedy jumped right UP and
renewed hostilities. but Fritts cap
tured eight Of the ten rounds.
Kennedy weighed 20l pounds and
looked pretty At. He stili carried a
little fat, but 1t didn't seem to bother
him. Fritts weighed 1871. Through
ten rounds he carried the fight TO
Kennedy. jumping al him like Ia
gamecock.
The first knockdown. with an &C.
casional terrific drive into the lower
RIBS. made Kennedy cautious. lie
Fought a very cool fight and recovered
Two or three times when 1t looked as
II ne might be In serious trouble. The
SAILOR held him even at Jabbing. ana
AL through looked the more danger
Gus Of the two.
In the ninth round Kennedy aban-
ooned his caution and went in TO win
WIN right hook on the chin. Ho
cAusht fritts several times, once
making his knees bend. But each
ume t'rits fought back furiously.
Nennedys squirt came too late. and in
tne tenth tritts came back stronger
and Offset big Toms best efforts nv
hard slugginY.
rritts knows little about boxing
out iE still awkward at times and I'M
certain In his movements. He ia nj.
most as muscular as Soldier Kearn.
out isn't muscle bound. lie IL yery
active and aggressive. and he doesn;t
need . Aedse hammer In his hands
wnen no hits. With a little more OK.
best OF them TO tackle.
n LII sorts OF excuses are being
"A made for the Indifferent show
Ing Of the Giants.
1t isn't hard to tell lust what,
wrong with McGraw's team. A hard
season last summer. then q long trip
around the world. followed BY i'm.
mediate retirement to the spring
training camp upon getting home.
would make any baseball team stale.
The rainy weather has been the lucki-
est thing In the world for the Giants.
IL has given them . chance to rest up
. bit. But for that. they'd probably be
In much worse shape. As Il ~. they
should be rounding into shape again
before long.
THE French Boxing Federation
has reversed itself and 10 now
quite sure that Jack Johson IL
still champion Of the world. A little
while ago the Federation declared
johnson out Of It entirely and lot
Landlord and jeanette nEht for the
title"
II IL announced In Paris that the
Noran.Johnson fight will surely bs
held June q at the Velodrome liver
M. Vienne OF the Boxing Fsn kUon
II 10 handle II. The VelodrOmo d Hiyer
seats rs 900 people and there's stand
Ing room for 1000 more. The gate re-
ceapts at this fight will probably far
exceed any amount ever taken In be-
fore At European night.
KHATT McGRATH weighs 81
M pounds. He's quite a fgure Of
man for a weight thrower.
But for two things Matt would be
the biggest athlete In America. The
hrst II that Pat Ryan. the present
worlds record holder with the ham
mer. Weighs sos pounds. The other
70 that Pat Mcdonald. the big shot
putter. weighs Si7.
Pat Mcdonald. At 2l1 pounds. puts
the 16-pound shot q little over nifty
feet, q championship performance.
Elliott. weighing $50 pounds, has
beaten forty-h i've feet.
Will some of the scientific dope
sters figure out where little Elliott
gets his drive?
GAM FITZPATRICK phoned In to
y tell mo that Jack Davies Ia to
have another chance. but this
time against Al Benedict. who'll be
better trial horse" than Al Reich.
"Reaoh caught him with an awful
punch before Davies had . chance 10
show anything. and he couldn't re-
cover from It," explained Sam. Hes