The Washington herald., 1918-06-02
KID WILLIAMS
BESTS CHANEY
The Former Bantam-weight
Champion Easily Disposes
Of Opponent.
Nv JOHN A. DUGAy.


Baltimore, June 1.-The game little
tiger williams proved once more to the
bantam-weight class that he should
rule as king Of them all as title holder.
as this afternoon at Oriole Park he
battered Young Clancy. the scientific
boxer. around at a mIle-a-minute clip.
This big battle in the Oriole City at
tracted 5000 fans and IL was a tough
blow to these monumentaf-Eooters
when their ideal, Young Clancy. went
down to roost. Pop o'Brien lifted Kid
Williams's hand at the end OF twelve
Of the most gruelling rounds that have
ever been witnessed in the Monu-
mental City. The same consensus Of
opinion. was with him all the way
how. when and wherefore.
II was a great battle and a real bat
tie at that, as these boys were fight
ing for the supremacy in a realm where
voting powers go a long ways. aud
Young CLANCY must be given in these
foresaid articles all that's coming 10
him for being game il nothing else. IS
he battled this Tiger Boy all the way
under trying conditions.
CLANCY in trying conditions had an
open eye. and an eve which Is al
most laid fat on his cheek. showing
that the little Wolf bov had n.t
forgotten the way 10 battle. Before
the bout started many Of the semi
wind up dancers showed the wsv but
when they announced KID Williams
against Young Clancy the fans were
with this Wolf boy.
Old and gray and yoAns wers
awake. The fandom had reckcned
him but their guess WAS wFor- as
Johnny gave every OUuc. in him to-
Gay and fought Of an an;r -oaisr ss-no
should ne recKoned in the net Istiile
Of the feathcr-Weight championship.
. This battle this afternoon Mas fr
claimant for the op9oncn; To meet i.,-
present title holder. Pete Herman.
the bantam champion in New Ofi..rr-
on July 1 and siuoe Williams b. rp..
winner lookout for = sensational sf-
fair in the land OF cotton blossDfs-
II was Williams all the W. .-
this game little Tiger got o. f.s
knees in the first round aud ,.4g.
from behind with d well worth VIC
tory. There H. no telling in the
vocabulary Of puEelistic description
/ how this Tiger boy came barK. d.
was the Wolf hoy against the out
{ landers and this diminutive fs.-
finger proved the way by ia fight
ing.
Any one sitting about tho ring
side or even in this baIlwI,K for
merly OF the Federal League must
give concessions 10 the Httle WolT
boy as Johnny beat Andy from every
round on after the first.
1t was a great shock for the
/ boys who had waged on WuTrns
when they seen him take the count
Of two in the first round. but the
faithful stayed behind him and
brought him back to life with 10
result that he slaughtered across
( ten counts out OF the twelve rounds
as all his own not even once giving
Young Clancy an even break.
Both boys clashed IN the center
! Of the ring with an exchange of
! blows. They were willing to stay
! away After a short race CGauey
{ shot owe" OF mis- famous iabs
I when the Il boy was not on his
( guard -. "A took the Tiger "a
the canvas for a count OF three
| This was the only knockdown ~
the affair. and considering it as a
{ factor. and that Pop O'Rrien raised
! his hand at the end of tbs ulI
! proves that ;ro l-tle woif , 90 b..
the best under lee pounds in thi,
1 vicinity
Williams was knocked OF his
feet by a right jab in the opening
session. but after this frame ho
went in and piled up such an .-or-
nous lead that there was no gu.S s.
| tion on the outcome. In the ssa-
ond round Williams took 10 Cha
! ney like the Junglecr OF old, and
soon outSamed and outpointed
the Monumental Phenomenal
In the third a terrific right hook
made a bad cut over Chaney's left
eye. and the member bled profusely
throughout The Tiger boy kept ur
an intensive bombardment Of body
( blows. and several times had Chsncv
4 in a bad way. From the third sos
sion he three times opened NJ This
cut on Chaney's eye and insisted
| throughout the milling in shooting his
: left hook in this direction. The Xii
: opened up Chaney's eye every otheI
round from the third, and II was
! only a matter OF time as TO how lon-
! the champion would stay. In tn
tenth rounr a straightaway left hook
to the jaw had the phenom Chaner
rocking from head TO foot. and he
was forced to hold for protection
II was all the Wolf boys. as h
left the arena practically without
a scratch. although he showed a few
sicns along the neck from the iierco
| jahs of this game East BaltiElor.-, (,
Since Williams lost the title he hrs
never shown to better adNanta -,
I CLANCY was game all the way ard his
wonderful record within the past SIX
A., months gave him extreme coniiderce
but better man with more gameness
was in the ring before him and the
best argument in favor of this erea'
little Tiger boy is Clancy short af-
termath in which he says: "Aite-
having recently met and defeated
Herman / feel tonight safe TO declare
| thai Williams Is the Orlea ns saiInr