New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-13
Mysterious Homer Takes
Final Brodie in Seventh
at Broadway
Bv w. 0. MCCLELLAN

Tom Cowler. the Cumberland Man
Mountain, stopped Mysterious Homer
Smith in the seventh round at the
Broadway Sporting Club last night
Smith dove twice in the second
round. taking the full count. In the
seventh Cowler sent him down once.
He did q second Brodie without being
hit and referee Haukop stopped the
bout. c.,
twenty pounds, started like whiri-
wind. But in the third and iourtn
rounds the Kalamazoo mystery showed
signs of fight. He bounced several
from the Man Mountains chin.
After that it was all Cowler: ne
concrete crusher closed one OF smith
ewes completely and he was getting
very little use out of the other when ne
mounted the spring board and took
the final dive. The splash was mishly
one. e
baby hippopotamus. ms Ielt was Il.
action most Of the time but his rlgnt
hand punches came by SLOW lreiehI'
No Chance for Mccoy
Auoio Rather. another of the Boy
2a1d7t,s performers. knocked out New
Al NcCoy-not the fromagenous cham
nion-in the tenth round. Mccoy never
had a chance. Rather had him stand
ing on his ear for nine rounds;
The finishing punch was a right cross
10 the Jaw, which sent Mccoy TO tne
mat for the full count. Mccoy was an
hut out for four rounds. only stun,
born camencss saved him for the nhai
round. Rather, recently graduated
amateur, showed world OF cleVeIhess'
Page William Roche
Has anybody seen William Roche, the
referee? .;.
Workers on his way north. At the rate
of speed he had attained, he should be
racing through Albany to-day.
Mr.. Roche got his running start al
the Olympic Club Monday night during
a near riot which occurred during
the boxing bouts staged there. Mr..
Roche was officiating as referee.
Though he wore MS official shirt and
everything seemed regular, some OF the
spectators objected to his rulings.
Roche, you're hunka cheese, came
a voice from the gallery.
al dare any one 20 step into this ring
and insinuate that / am IN any way re-
lated to the cheese family or any Other
article of dairy product" said Mr.
Roche, Indignantly.
Instantly four or five young gentle
men leaped from the low hanging gal
lery into the ring and recited in quartet
or quintet, "Billy Roche, you're hunka
cheese"
Chairs and things began to fly in the
direction Of the ring. With great pres
ence of mind, somebody turned out the
lights. When they were turned on again
William Roche, referee, was nowhere to
be seen. He was not under the ring
nor had he climbed up TO the rafters.
The mystery was partly solved when
a telephone call reported Mr.. Roche as
having passed Yonkers. He was gain
ing on the Albany Express at the time,
and shouting hoarsely to the engineer:
Get off the track and make way for
a guy who is really in a hurry"
Royalty Is Interested
Chevaler Daniel McKetrick was
abroad last night insisting that he had
all but concluded negotiations to bring
Georges Carpenter 20 this country.
I'm the guy that's going TO get the
match, not Richard said Daniel.
Don't let anybody tell you different.
got lot Of more cablegrams 70
prove IL"
To show good faith the Chevalier
produced a bunch Of the documents
In strictest confidence he permitted
the skeptics to look over this one from
the Crown Prince OF Zamboanga:
"Will agree TO deliver Carpenter
for ten bucks and three Annie Oak
leys to the fight. Where did Wenck
kick Harry?
PRINCE OF ZAMBOANGA."
you will notice" said McKetrick.
that all of the crowned heads every
where are reused over the outrage
committed upon the person Of Harry
, Pollok. one OF the greatest minds in
pugilism. ! have cabled the Prince
that Harry was kicked in the Grand
Central Station. That is as far as
delicacy would permit over the cable"
McKetrick showed another cable from
the Emperor Of Abyssinia. IL read:
"You can have Carpenter for If
teen bucks cash. Am sending a
w.