The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-15

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 PugiIistically and financially the bouts last night were successful and today Promoters Ben Fischer and Phil Capeweu were dividing their profit. which runs well into the hun dreds of dollars inasmuch as the gate receipts were unoffCiaIly reported to be in the neighborhood of $2,900. The attendance was estimated at about 2.70O. of which about 2.650 were paid admissions.
 From an attendance standpoint the show was @ record breaker, for every seat in the spacious auditorium was filled with enthu- siastic and well satisfied fans. The bouts were staged in g. man ner that brings credit to the pro- motors, who gave the public every | consideration. The attendants were extremely courteous and there was moi amming or rough handling either before or after the show. The bouts were put on 1 promptly Briefly, Promoters F1s- cher and Capeweu set a splendid example that others who antrcl- l pate holding shows will do well to | follow.
 l Realistically, the show was inter IAs+fne There were disappOintments. l A majority of the fans were dlsaP- tpointed that Larry Williams dld not | stop his opponent, but this feeAns I5ava1oped into a, surprise and gradual l 1v the crowd, which had refused to l ha1ieve Soldier KinIey to be real Icontender. passing their belief solely lon the fact that he was a stranger began to take the Long Branchlte se- Irfously. And Harry Williams, too' l furnished a disappointment ana surprise, for. there were but three or 1 four in that tremendous crowd last night who would have dared predlct l a. knockout victory for Allen. ct IL was a technical knockout that Fed lscored over his opponent. Eheh 1HeI s : was a plain surprise in the Nlcto-y oL Louis Rogash over his rival Johnny Clinton who five weeks ago defeated the local boy in a 12-rounder III 6os- Iton.
 | "Sapper'' Conan and Mickey Tray CTS lived LID to expectations. As the fans expected, they furnished the best ibattIe of the evening. It was a splen- did starter for such a. show as that 10 (which Bridgeporters were treated last might Conan seen by the writer for the first time in action in the flhs' turned out to be as good as his tflends said he was. He fought and with d Ipersistency that made him many friends, too.
 1 Conan was in perfect physical con dition for this fight, despite the fact I+aat he was compelled to take off iconsiderable weight for the New fta- wener. The ''Sapper,'' however showed signs of weakness from the effects or such an ordeal He was as cheertuI and as fit looking as any battier the
 writer has seen enter a ring. he | showed 2, lot of speed and gives prom
 ise of developing into a boy who should be heard from if kept Wofkl1ls regularly and against opponents Tn his class.
 As a boxer Conan was the better o1 the two and it was his clever boxing tactics that baffIed the New Ha- Ivener AS a matter of fact the Sap Iper'' landed many clean punches oul these lacked the speed and steam Jhal backed. the blows extended by the lad
 from inc Elm City. His hopping in
 and-out tactics several times forced Travers into hot water, but soon the latter ''found'' himself with the result that Conan had to use straight box
 ing methods to hold off his rushlne
 opponent.
 It's been many a day since the
 writer saw a more energetic and
 willing lad than the Brldgeporter.
 However he is too anxious and
 this anxiety last night many times
 threw him into ditches- lie
 wieIds his gloves in veteran fash
 ion, but they lack the force to stop
 Q ready opponent Perhaps 1T
 they were landed when an oppo-
 nent is off his guard they might
 produce the dreamland ticket.
 Travers is everything that he was in New Haven. However, he was better prepared for last nights en-
 gagement and in addition to landing
 the harder and cleanest punches o- the bout he kept Conan continually busy. The Rridgeporter, however was equal to the task and kept his op- iponent back where he could do the least harm There were few really clean blows landed. Both for some
 reason unexplained by either one, in
 sisted on hitting with the open glove in the last three rounds
 Travers was going well until the sixth when the 'iSapper'' let go of z ) hard right that landed squarely on th' jaw and sent him through the ropes
 The New Havener with some diff
 culty managed to jump back into th' ring with the result that from tha 7 point to the finish the two slugged 1 ! hammer and tongs. Everything con :. sidered, however, it was a good draw land the two earned a return matcl
 over a longer distance.
 Larry Williams outpointed his op
 ponent, Soldier Eddie Kinley. HI
 took four of the eight rounds. Twt [ others went to the soldier and stil
 the remaining two rounds were con . sidered even by the writer. William
 showed a vast improvement over hi r previous appearance in a local ring
 He, uncovered two heavy punches H
 had been expected to stop his oppo t nent. But this belief was formulate' ? by some fans simply because yer, : few in this city had heard of tn 8 Long Branch man.
 - Even these. however, must