Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-12

The weekly card Of fights was ex-
hibited to the boxing fans OF TINS
city in the Auditorium last night,
and all Of the bouts went the u |
route with the exception Of one of
the four round affairs, and this ter
minated in the opening stanza.
The eight round bout brought to-
gether Silent Martin. of New York,
formerly of these diggin's, and Ed
Kinley, of Jersey City, substituting
for jeff Smith, who is said to be In
q hospital being cured of q minor
defect in preparation for a bout in
Atlantic City tomorrow night. Smiths
manager SEM a telegram to the local
promoter, and tho name of Commits
sioner Smith was mentioned for evil
dence of the truth. The substitute
fight was quite even throughout and
was q good draw.
The first round found Martin and
Kinley exchanging numerous blows,
and both seemed to be preparing for
future rounds by feeling out his OPP
! ponent. Both lead at intervals n
the fighting was divided enough to
call this round even.
The second round found Martin
landing many body punches and tho
| fans could tell hat this was Kinley's
weak spot. Kinley's long reach en-
| abled him to 1ab Martin considerably
and this jabbing bothered Martin and
prevented his rushing. Martin rush
ed his opponent to the ropes and
served considerable punishment on
his opponent. Kinley was quite weak
when the bell sounded. Martins
round.
! The third round found Martin try
ing to bring Kinley into the fight.
The dummy held his head out for
the Jersey City boy to swing at, but
kinley's punches did not have any
telling effect. Once again Martin
took up rushing tactics, and he soon
had his opponent in a bad way The
body punches were telling on Kinley,
who could not hold his head up
From the middle OF the round Kin
ley's second gave orders to hang on,
and this is what saved the substitute,
Martins round.
In the fourth round Martin allow
ed Kinley to jab away at head and
body, and he also allowed his oppo-
nent to send home several hard
blows, but they did not have then
effect. Martin seemed to be looking
for a final blow but Kinley was be-
coming better as the fight progressed
and kept well covered. Kinley'!
round.
The fifth round similar to the
fourth found Martin holding himself
open for punches from his opponent
but Kinley's punches did not seem
to contain enough steam to bother
the silent one. Martin eemed to be
taking things easy and allowed Kin.
ley to work away Kinley's round.
The sixth round was started by
Kinley jabbing away at his opponent
The jabs bothered Martin considera.
bly,, but only enough to force thu
fighting. The early lead accumulated
by Kinley was soon overcome wher
Martin returned to rushing tactics
This round was even.
Kinley was on the offensive to star
tie seventh and landed considerable
punches on Martins head and body
Martin would attempt to return bio
for blow, but his swings were wild
and would afford an opening for a re.
turn from Kinley. Kinley's round.
At the beginning of the eight
round, the fight favored Kinley by {
slight margin. He had three rounds
Martin had two, and two were even
In order to even matters, Martin haC
to secur a slight advantage in thi:
round, and to secure the fight, woul(
have had to show considerable PROV
ess over Kinley. Martin started off OF
the offensive and landed quite Otter
on Kinley's head and body. Kinley
returned quite often, but his punche
did not have the same effect on Mar
tin, IS Martins blow had on him
Martin was leading the fighting wheI
the bell sounded. Martins round.
Brifron Wins on Points.
In the six round semi-final Charlie!
Britton of New Brunswick ~outpointeC
Tommy Murphy, a new boy from
Staten Island. Both of these boys pu
The first round of this bout con
sisted mostly of close fighting. Boil
boys got together and landed bod.
blows with no apparent results. II
the pen fighting Britton could jal
and punch his opponent at will. Brit
toms round.
The second round found Murph
fighting ard and summed the lea
at the start of the round. Britto-
l knew he had quite a task on hi