Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-26
BILL FLEMMINC !
AND FRED KILLER !
FIGHT RAFTING boln
Friday Night at City Hall-Ra
Has a Little the Better Of Il.
Argument but KILLER Prov,
That Punishment Bothcrs r.,
Very Little-Other Bouts

Harry Slosberg staged another b.,
ing card at City hall Friday evs,;..
and in psite of the fact that the Mol,
was anything but desirable for a,
casion that would call people ON :,
doors, the hall was we'll filled, betu.,,
900 and 700 people being present -.
those who went felt amply repals !,
the entertainment which was furnis,.,
them, for the main bout. ba,w...
Wild" Bill F1emming Of Old ro,,
and Fred kibler of Brooklyn, n '
was one of the best exhibitions =.
boxing ever seen in City hall.
These two boys of the wel,erwa,..
class don't need any introduction ),
those people of Augusta and vicini,,
who follow the fighting game and !,
their meeting last night they ear,
demonstrated that they were fgh,s,
of the best quality. Flemming has no
been in Augusta for a number q.
years, but those who saw him az ,h,,
time remember him as the same MS.
ged scrapper that he is TO-DAY onl,
he now has more finish in style and
action than he had in the old day,
Kibler. who was here early in Eeb.
ruary, and made great fight asainS
Dan Mcdonald. won many friends On
that occasion and on his appearams
last night was given a most cordnl
greeting.
In the first six rounds Of their bon
honors were about even, both men biz.
ting hard and the fight going fast fro~
the beginning Of each round until the
gong called a halt. Kibler had sliet,
advantage in the fourth round Will.
the fifth was Bits by a good margin
For some reason. probably by mistake
only five. rounds were fought in til
first set. KILLER took no small amour,
of punishment in this set, but as is his
custom he kept constantly coming back
for more.
In the second set of six rounds L
was a continuation of the same story
told in the first. and while the frs,
two rounds might be called even The
margin. He was the aggressor for The
greater part Of the time and carried
the fight to kibler constantly. and Il
looked as the end of the bout ap-
preached as if F1emming would event
TALLY wear his opponent down and fin.
ish him, but KILLERS recuperatiye
powers are remarkable and sometimes
when it appeared as If he were about
done he would come back with an
amount of energy and strength that
were a source of surprise to all vte
saw him.
For a curtain raiser there was a u
liminary between Young Joe Cans 4
Augusta and Kid Thibodeau of Wal
erville. The argument was billed 70
go six rounds but after it had gone
round and a half Thibodeau got bm
in the neck and went down for ths
count, ostensibly knocked out but
some of those by the ringside were IL
credulous enough to insinuate that th
made careful preparation:
before going to the mat.
The semi final was a six-round eori
between Spin Mcguire of Augusta AM
Kid Sullivan of Topsham. and the two
We're well matched. Th
bout was a fight all the way through
little damage. and could d.
cision have been given it is probaos
that a draw would have proved pop
ular.
The vaudeville feature of the eve
ming was furnished by Young Me-
Gowan of Gardiner and Tom Mardeh
Of Hallowell and was very funny
Kid Shea of Hallowell acted as REL
cree and gave good satisfaction.