El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-17
NEWTON DEFEATS SIMPSON INA
FAST AND SENSATIONAL BATTLE
Veteran Welterweight Loses Grown to Ohio Youngster
Bout Goes Limit and Both Men Display Speed and
Science Gets Decision Over Cullen
Tommy O'Toole Shows Some Real Glass.

the seventh round Then he caught
Z simpson with a stiff right swing 10 the
/ side Of the Jaw. followed with a LETT
J hook 10 the head Thereafter there was
, little doubt as To the winner. Time and
again. Newton beat simpson TO the
punch in the eighth and ninth In the
tenth. Newton started off strong with
the evident intention OF scoring 4
knockout but Simpson was too clever to
{ be caught mapping Newton had a good
margin in the round
Newton Faneies Left Hook.
Simpson relied largely on his LEFT
lab while Newton showed variety OF
both punches and STYLES. He tried all
the tricks in the game TO solve Simp-
sons defence. but after a few wallops
would 90 through the veterans guard
he too. would change his style and TINS
would necesSitate another change by
Newton The latter has a dandy LETT
hook and a good left uppercut With
his right. his most dangerous punch
vas com biuarIou of a swing and "a
hook II carried lots of power In the
first two rounds he also used a riSnt
choppine swing
The whole card was up TO the high
standard of the main bout The prelim-
iI.aries were classy and fun OF action
while the semi final saw lots OF speed
Potts Wins Decision.
Joe Potts. OF the signal corps. faced
Battling Cullen. of the 23rd infantry.
i'm the semifinal- Joe won the decision
by his aggressiveness for he was al
ways on top of Cullen. but the winners
work was not clean and he has failed to
demonstrate his right 10 claim the army
rniddlewei=ht title Potts hit Cullen
low a couple Of times and also used his
head and elbows frequently At that
Potts showed up lot better than ne
cid against Terrence Cullen rs game
10 the core. has q fair knowledge of
l.oNin- and a better wallop than Potts
Potts weighed $50 and Cullen 15S- II
was Cullen's first ring appearance and
he looks good
The first preliminary brought Walter
Kelly. of the 18th cavalry against La
Roe. Of the first AIsssa chusetts artil-
lery- LaROe was fat but a good boxer
with a stiff punch ana he had The ad-
vantage all through LaRoe was a bit
tired in the last round and the fans
thought Lieut. Flaherty. Of the ninth
sachusetts. should have given a
draw but LaRoe had earned the vic
tory
O-TooIe stops Morley.
Tommy O'Toole. OF Wilkes-B Barre Pa
who is here with the third Pennsyl-
vania artillery. made his local debut in
the next four-round bout facing Kid
Morley. of the ninth ssachusetts-
O'TOOle was Morley's master at all
times and demonstrated that he packs
punch in each glove. Morley was
saved by the bell in the second round
and after he went down twice in the
third. the referee stopped the bout and
gave the decision to O'TOole- The fans
then began TO talk about a battle be
tween O-Toole and Tommy Livingston
and il may be made O'TOOle weighed !
126 pounds and Morley 125
The third preliminary furnished the :
comedy. Terry Murphy. 133. of the Z
18th Pennsylvania. faced Red Lynch. ]
l3S Of the 18th cavalry. Lynch had I
the reach and a rushing style, which
kept Terry backing away. though the 9,
bow with the irish name landed the I
cleaner blows. In the fourth round. /
Terry went after Lynch and apparently I
had the victory but there was consid- /
cradle surprise when Flaherty raised !
Lvnch's glove 4 draw was the worst I
Murphy deserved
The saith infantry band was on hand
TO maxi a noise for Simpson while the
second Ohio band - strong. led the (
Newton cheering The 23rd infantry
uaHd also contributed 10 the musical /
entertainment and the bands furnished {
the crowd with real treat The from !
bone soloist Of the second Ohio also :
something OF vocalist and ne made a
big hit with his song. Dixie Doodle
The next bout viii take place on 4
Monday evening Of next week. Johnny
of the ninth Massachusetts. meet !
ing Johnny Newton