The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-24
Johnson Arrest May Keep
POOR BOUTS
 MAKE FANS
 H0OT. BOXERS
6By w agnero


 The dear, old public is certainly a glutton for punishment. No matter how often they are frisked by the smooth boxing promoters the fans al ways come back for more. This was evidenced at the Casino last night when the spectators waltzed up to the box office. handed out their one or two bones and were rewarded with the finest collection of disapp point- nents ever seen in these parts.
 The so-called star bout between Chick West and Gene Moriarty would have pleased Vernon Castle or some other dancing expert The boys showed some new steps and their fox trot which ended in a loving embrace was repealed so often that the fans began to whistle slows music.
 Then to add to the evenings gloom, Al Ketchel was fou1ed by Jim my Fasane in the third round. As Matchmaker Billy Hogan, who dou- b1ed in the role of announcer, said, .sDr. Lockhart has examined Ketchel and pronounced him a foul" It's hard to call a. man out of his name but Ketchel didn't seem to mind.
 The only thing that prevented the fans from storrning the box office was the first bout in which Young g MeAuiffe and Teddy Hubps bela- bored each other Justify. This was a rattling engagement and kept the boys cheering.
 7 McAuliffe gave Hubbs the~@lacing of his life. Ha went right after the Acorn A. c. favorite from the tap of the gong and Teddy was never in the running. A cIout on the chin dazed Hubbs in the first round and he was not able to recover. Many in the crowd thought he wouldn't be able to stay two more rounds. But he displayed wonderful gameness and by using superior ring tactics managed to. stick for fen rounds. He didn't \ get the honors in a single round but did better in the last session than in any other. At the finish both lips were cut and he was bleeding from a cut under one eye.
 McAuliffe was in superb condi- ton but plainly showed the effects of I his long absence from the ring. He was inclined to be wild although when he did land the blows had plenty of force. It was a night of triumph l for McAuliffe even if he did let Hubbs get his goat at the end of the last round. McAuEffe was so angry when Hubbs slapped him after the final bell that he rushed in to con tfnue the fight.
 Ketche1 started well against Jimmy Fasane, who went from darkest Wa terbury to New York Fasane who 1 has 8 face like a moving picture ban dit, has a unique style. He winds l up like an eight day clock before de i Ivering a blow and he made so much noise with his feet that the crowd feared the ring would cave in. KeteheI was going right after Fa- sane and if the latter hadn't used his I knee on AL the local boy might have l won. Ketchel sank to the floor after getting the blow from Fasane,s knee and appeared to. be in great pain.
 The less said about the West-Mod- arty bout the better. It was said that they received only $500 between them for the bout. Perhaps that's why they didn't try any harder. McAu- life divided $275 for their bout and Ketchel and Fasana didn't get as
 much. So you see it was a very I cheap card. The crowd was of fair size with plenty of vacant seats 1n
 the $2 section.