The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-04-24
TWO GOOD FIGHTS
IN new A|ROOME
SUDENBERG GETS DECISION
OVER KID ROSS

OVER KID ROSS
A crowd which filled the new air.
dome at Tonopan to its capacity,
including 200 Goldfelders, the ma
jority making the journey in the spe-
cial train, saw Jack Bratton of st.
Paul beat Johnny Connolly of Los
Angeles into such q state of helpless
ness that the referee stopped the fight
in the sixth round to save the Los
Angeles boy from taking further
punishment after he had been knock.
ed down twice for the count of six
and nine respectively. 1t also watch
ed Johnnie Sudenberg hand a most
artistic lacing to Kid Ross of Great
Falls. Mont, in ten rounds.
In the fight between Connolly and
only { matter of how long Connolly
could stay, for in that session Brat
ton slowed the fast Irish lad up per-
ceptibly with a series of well-timed
punches to the body. The only
round in which Connolly was not out
classed was the first which he won
by a shade. Bratton followed Con-
nelly around the ring like a bulldog,
awakening in memories of the Gold
tielders an occasion almost nine
years ago when Battling Nelson took
everything that Joe Cans sent his
way and still relentlessly followed
his dusky opponent around the ring
watching for an opportunity to get
in his favorite punch, a half-scissor
hook to the liver. That he succeeded
is a matter of ring history, but
whether he struck too low or not is
still a question.
When Connolly went to his corner
he showed unmistakable signs Of
grogginess and as he answered the
bell in the sixth it vas apparent to all
that it was his last round. Forcing
him into a. neutral corner Bratton
cut loose and sen him to the can
vas with a straight right to the jaw
for the count of six. Connolly,
dead on his feet, couldn't ever lift
his hands to protect his jaw and
Bratton sem the game Irishman to
the mat again for the count of nine.
AS Connolly staggered to his feet at
the count of ten Bratton himself
asked Referee Jack Minnick to
stop the fight.
Previous to the second battle many
celebrities were introduced to the
crowd by Announcer Harry Grier.
Walter Drabnick, introduced as pres
ident of the Goldfield Athletic club,
was loudly cheerel and received
further applause when he announced
the Klrk-McCarthy battle for May II
in Goldfeld.
In his ten-round mill with Kid
Ross of Great Falls, Johnnie SUDDEN
berg again demonstrated his ability
to take a good solid kick on the jaw
and come back like a whirlwind for
more. Not once but many times did
Ross land flush on the Omaha boys
chin and not for an instant did he
(Sudenberg) falter. After every ex-
change of blows ~Sudenberg looked
stronger and moved around the ring
more easily, while With Ross it was
PLAIN to those who watched closely
that whereas during the first few
rounds he was making %Sudenberg
miss easily, from the fifth on he
seemingly could not dodge the Oma-
ha hcy's straight left which kept his
nose bleeding %prOfusely. When a
man of Ross cleverness begins to be
hit by those solid smashes on the
face it is plain that he is firing fast,
and this can describe the last five
rounds of the fight. Ross, it is true,
made a good finish, but he had been
rescrving his waning strength for
Just such an effort, and it was of no
avail, for Sudenberg gave him punch
for punch. The decision of the ref
cree was we'll received with the ex-
ception of a few whose experience
was evidently limited in such matters
to pillow fighting in their youthful
days and whose prejudices carried
them to the point OF unreasonable
ness.
BE Inspector Appointed