New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-08-19
old MIR. BARNUM
SURE Was RIGHT
Much Touted Fight in New Haven
A "BlO0mer"


thing about the boxing carnival at the
Arena last night was the place in
! which the entertainment took place
The big rink was handsome setting
for fistic combats but in order to have
a satisfactory show of this kind fight
| ers are needed. Colin Bell could not
| even fake the proper distress signals
necessary for such an occasion. His
! attempt to show that he was on the
| verge Of a knockout was the f1imsiest
thing ever seen in ring. The Dave
Mills and Bill Tate match was stopped
after the seventh round as neither man
! attempted much other than certain
tango step when they were ordered to
break. There was some real fighting
| in the Harry Williams and Reddy
Daw bout and both boys did their level
! best but it could not be called a good
! match for Williams outweighed his
! opponent by too many pounds and the
| extra weight was not offset by DAVIS
| superior skill.
| The referee did his part all right,
| the timekeeper was efficient and there
was nothing the matter with the
| mechanical bandolin, which grinds
| out the organ music, but outside Of
| those features there was little else
| deserving of praise. Promoter Jim
!
advertised, but his announcements
| were injudicious and it was unneces-
sary for him to say that he was UNI
| familiar with the fighting game. He
| said it was up to the spectators to see
| that the fighters did their part. Moth
/ ing is further from the truth. 1t is
up to the management to see that the
| spectators get what they pay for.
! There is no doubt but that Mr.. Clancy
was sincere in his undertaking and
there is no doubt that he was i'm
! posed upon. If he gives another
| show, he should engage a competent
| manager as there was nothing about
the show last night that showed
! good management. There were long
and dreary waits before, between and
| after each bout.
The invitation to holders of low
priced seats to fill up the higher
priced seats did not seem to be a wise
move, although it was applauded by
many who were in the lOw-priced
| seats. If this system is to be followed
| there will be no advantage in secur-
ing high-priced seats in advance.
The original seating arrangements
| were good and there was SUFFICIENT
| number of ushers present. The rink
was we'll lighted and the temperature
| was comfortable. These arrange
! ments were first class and the fans
had comfortable seats and looked
forward with much pleasure to the
program. There was hitch at the
start and it was o'clock instead of
S:15 when the first pair was ready
to so on.
Reddy DAVIS weight was said to be
1875 pounds and Williams was said to
weigh 1873, but there did not seem to
be such a difference in their Welsn''
williams had much the better Oh 'iie
first round and slammed DaW afouhu
the ring about as he pleased IN the
next round Daw picked up ana VIII
liams was wild in many of his swings.
There was some rapid-f1re work IN
the third round, with Daw giving as
good as he took For brief period
both boys exchanged hard slams and
their work was literally applauded.
They slowed up some in the fourth
round. and in the fifth Daw had
slight advantage. Williams rushed
| Daw at the beginning Of the sixth
| round nd landed some telling blows
! and Daw picked up toward the end
| and handed few back. DaW was
| the favorite with the crowd. Inc de-
| cision was given to Williams, who did
! a large share of the real fighting and
| had the advantage LII ZIG SAoH'So'
| part of the last round.
i After this bout, several boxers were
! introduced and L. D. Carney present.
ed Bunny Ford, who looked to be in
! fine condition. Chick Brown, Walter
Mohr and a few other boxers were
! presented.
! Bill Tate, the big negro from Far
Rockaway, looked in good shape
when he appeared in the ring. He
is tall enough to fight and has got
long reach that will be useful to him
| when he learns more about hght1ng.
He is considerably larger than Dave
| Mills, his opponent from California;
| Mills was cared for by Sam McVea,
| who was the biggest, as we'll as the
blacklist man in the building. McVea
wore q white shirt with an Australian
flag and Colin Bells name worked
in silk on the front. He wore white
flannel trousers and patent leather
shoes with plaid tops. McVea would
have won first prize at the recent
fashion parade and Congo prance.
Mills and Tate boxed seven rounds
and then Referee Fitzgerald waved
the men out of the ring and called
the match no contest. He said he
was tired of trying to get them to
fight. Neither man did any damage
to the other and as the ROUNDS were
. about alike there is no occasion to
describe them. The men killed con-
siderable time when they separated
after clnch, performing a sort of
walk-around as distinguished from
! that Dixie step known cutting a
pigeon wing Mills and Tate seemed
! to be glad whom the match was over.
Tate is a fine built young chap and
will be a big man when he brOadens
out.