East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-12

Was it frankie conley or Joe Con-
ley?
When the lightweight fighter. who
came here as the advertised ex-cham-
pion hantamweight, had been dispos-
ed of in five rounds last evening by
Billy Farrell, local lightweight, the
answer was pretty plain to the fans.
No man fighting as Farren's opponent
fought last night could ever stay A
rounds with the clRer Monte Attel
and emerge from the bout a champion
of the world. If no other proof were
present the majority Of spectators
were willing to admit that the Conley
who made such a miserable showing
before them never was champion
and never will be. "Stung" was their
verdict.
Mr., Conley was not exactly knock
ed oSt. He was spared measuring his
length on the floor by the mercy of
his chief second who threw up the
sponge in the fifth rather than let his
man he pounded to death. Far from
appreciating this little act of mercy,
Conley showed his resentment by
rushing upon his second and smash.
ing him in the face, He only had
time to hit him once before Chief OF !
Police Kearney and Mayor Dyer had |
arrested him. And this morning in |
police court he paid $50 for the privil- |
ege Of landing his only clean blow OF
the evening.
Conley never had a chance with the
clever hard-hitting Farrell. The re-
suit was apparent from the first
round though Farrell did not open up
his bombardment until he had felt
him out pretty well. From the sec
ond round on, Farrell continually tan
taiized his dark-skinned foe by beat
ing a ratatat on his nose very playful
ly but, in order to break the monot-
ony of the play he varied things a
bit by rocking his head with rights
and lefts. Seemingly he could lan1
almost at will, though he did miss sew
eral haymakers.
About all that can be said in IA
vor of Conley is that he kept contin.
ually boring in. He never stopped so
many blows that he didn't seem will
ing to accept more. In the fourth
round, crouching, he crowded in to
Farrell and repeatedly struck low,
Two or three times he fouled Farrell
IN spite of Referee Duffs warnings
and once that official seized him and
hurled him across the ring, so obnox-
Gus became his methods
In the fifth, Farrell, apparently sat
sfied that he had nothing to fear,
tarted for his man in slambang style.
lie fairly rained blows upon the self
tyled ex-champion and had him reel
ng all over the ring. The end was
pproaehing fast and it was humane
CT of the second to toss in the towel
Referee Duff at once stopped the mill
nd held up Farrell's hand in token Of
ictory. Then it was that Conley
ushed his second and was in turn
ushed by the police.
Young Farrell Scores Knockout.
1t was a great night for the Far
ellis. Young Joe Farrell, the kid
rother of Billie, scored a knockout
gainst Kid Curley in less than half
round. 1t was scheduled a six
1und preliminary but hadn't fairly
.arted until the younger Farrell land
an uppercut to the chin and
retched the imitator Of Charlie
haplin prone on his back. Moreover.
e wasn't revived until some minutes
ter
The other preliminary was between
abbit Dupuis and Young Douglas
le Geissel-Dozier go having been
illed off on account Of the illness Of
ne Of the flyweights. Dupuis and
ouglas. however, mixed things live
and gave the crowd some excite
.ent Referee Jockey Bennett called
le bout a draw
The largest crowd that ever saw
atch here in recent years was pres