The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-02
JOE LYNCH TOO CLEVER
 FOR CHAMP ION PETE HERMAN
New Orleans Boxer Covered Up During Greater Part of Exhibition in Waterbury and
 Failed to Impress Crowd

producer, landing right and lefts to the jaw Herman opened up for the first time and sent fn a few rights to the Jaw but the New Yorker put on more speed and won the round.
 The first bout on the program be- ween Mickey Travers of New Haven and sammy Waltz, the pride Of Hart ford ended In a knockout of the Elm City lad in the sixth. Travers started out strong landing repeatedly to the jaw and stomach taking every round but the fourth. but his heavy hitting powers seemed to have no ef- feet on the Capitol City lad who was the stronger of the two Waltz, in spite of the heavy bOmbardment he was subjected to, kep. right after Travers and in the fifth the New Haven lad showed signs of weaken ing under the fast pace In the sixth Waltz landed a right and left to the chin and Travers went into a clinch After the break Waltz caught Mickey flush on the pOnt os the chin with stiff right hook and he went down for the count.
 Johuney Shugrue of Waterbury won easily from Marty Miller of the same town. Shugrue won all of the rounds but the sixth and had Miller on the verge of a knockout many times dur ing the battle, and it was only Mil ler's ability to stand punishment that
 carried him through. Miller out weiged his opponent by five pounds and had a bigger reach, but Shugrue's s
 fighting ability overbalanced these obstacles. If Johnny keeps going at the rate he Is going now it is certain that he will eclipse his brother Joe's record in the ring. He is a hard two handed fighter willing to mix at all times and a good knowledge of the boxing game
 Taking in all the show was big success both pugiHstically and finan-
 ctaly although the crowd wasn't t there that Joe Nulvihill had expected due 10 the uncertainty of t1e weather. IL was said that Ehe arena was built to hold 15,OO0 but 1250O would a little closer. it. is estima ed that there
 was about 10000 in the big enclo- sure.
 Nulvihirs widely advertised arena was a part of Barnum and Iai1ey's circus, the nOly thng missing were the animals, The outside of the arena
 was covered with canvass from the l big tent and at the entrance to the arena were the words in ten foo i letters, This Way to The Big Show . l The GentIemen's Driving Park turned out to be a duplicate of the wes End Circus lot, with the mud hole! and marshy ground.
 The peopSe of Bridgeport should no i kick on the railway and trolley servic, they have here After waiting fo trolley to take you to what tn, | Brass City people call a railroad sta l ton, fin order to get the only trail out of their pleasent city. you vii | think you have reached the pinnacl, ] in trolley service. The Conecticu ! Company had two troIleys waiting fol 1 the thousands after the bouts were | voer, the rest had to foot 1t ove1 some of the worst roads in New Eng ] land, or wait for nearly a half ar hour and miss the local" for more l trOlleys The reason is easily knowr I for the lack of conventions and other | big affairs from coming to that town ] the city offers no accomOdations ir l the way of travelling and the train ! service in and out of the town is | the poorest in any city that has Q l line of railroad tracks running i through it. The only Waterbury peo. pie that witnessed the exhibition
 were those who had slept on Sunday
 and followed the visitors to the Gen. | tlc-- an's Driving Park to find ou ] what was going on