The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-01
NORFOLK KNOCKS
 OUT WILLIAMS IN THE FIRST
BridgepOrter Flops For Count When Negro Clips Jaw With Heavy Left.

Jersey City, July Before a dis appointingly small crowd at the Arm ory A. A here last night, Kid Nor folk, the Panama negro light heavy weight, knocked out Larry Williams of Bridgeport, in less than a round. The bout was scheduled to go eight rounds, but the colored gent cut mat ters short by going after his opponent immediately after the tap of the bell.
 Shortly after the first minute of scrapping Kid Norfolk tore into his opponent with a volley of lefts and rights to the body and head. For few seconds the Bridgeporter stood this punishment well. He backed up against the ropes and was about to jab with his left when the negro cleverly tucked and rushed with a seavy right hand to the stomach. The blow was too much for the blonde scrapper and he dropped to the floor for the. count of seven.s
 Williams got up, though wobbly and fatigued by the force of the ter rife blow. He rushed back against the ropes and made a feeble effort to defend himself, but the determined negro rushed in and sent him down for the count with a left that landed squarely on the blonde giants chin.
 Norfolk had trained faithfully for this battle and presented a picture of perfect health. The Kid had, prior to entering the ring, announced that he would seek a victory via the knockout route and he spared no eff fort to do so. The two presented a picturesque sight when they came to gether in the centre of the ring anu clasped hands. There was handsome Larry Williams and before him stood black, chunky Norfolk The latter eyed his opponent from head to foot and when the bell separated them and sent them against each other, the ne gro hoped on his opponent with a light left that Williams evened with a right swing to the stomach.
 Contrary to expectations and in spite of the poularity of the two box CTS the attendance was the smallest recorded at Johnny Jennings open air snow In the past three months. Up to last night the houses average box office receipts amounted between s2,5 and $500. Last nights receipts were sl,S0O, of which the colored giant got 90 per cent. or s54O, and Williams re- ceived trif1e over s4OO.
 The fact that a vast majority of the usual patrons of the club were over on the other side Of the river, in New York, atto-lding the wake of MT. Bar leycorn, had considerable to do with the small attendance, for many fa- niliar faces. were conspicuous by their absence. However, the attendance. small 1t was, was a thoroughly en- | thusiastic one in every respect and seemed immensely pleased with the abbreviated bout
 SYRACUSE, July Tn one of the | fastest ten-round outs ever seen ir | this city Johnny Dundee, the speedy | New York Italian lightweight, out
 pointed Ralph Brady, the fast 1oca, [ Italian lightweight. here last night i The fans went wild because of the
 evcidng milling put up by both lads | all the way.
 NORFOLK. Va, July At the Army Base Athletic Club last evening
 Matty Herbert of New York, scored | an easy victory over John FIsse o1 | New Orleans in a star bout of twelve
 rounds Herbert made a great hi with the lccal fans and will be match
 ed here with Pete Herman for the | title at an early date.
 BUFFALO, N. Y., July Billy De roe deIeateo Jake SnaHer In hard- fought ten-round bout at the Superior A c. De Toe dropped the local boy
 wit ha hard right to the ear in the
 eighth and had him holding in the
 final session.
 LONDON, July 1-Walter Ross O.
 Glasgow. defeated Tommy Noble ir
 the tenth round last night at the
 National Sporting club for the ban
 tamweight championship of Grea
 Britain and the Lonsdale belt.