The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-07

1 finish to a brilliant career. Coulon surrendered his title to Kid Williams the Baltimore Wolfe Boy" | In less than nine minutes of fighting | Tn the historic Vernon Arena, Califor- mia, taking the count of ten without murmur after having gone to the canvas from an overland right hook to the point of the chin
 Coulon was not seriously hurt Neil ther was he out in the sense of be- Ing knocked "cold." The fallen cham llon was up immediately after the count and walked without assistance to his corner. He left the ring with 5000 men mute and stunned with as- tonishment, his outrage under cloud.
 Aged before his time, Coulon knew he was beaten once he felt the bear like strength of Williams and there never was an instant after the first exchange that the issue was in doubt. Manager Sammy Harris handed Uncle Tom McCarey a check for $1,000 as a present for Williams to the champion Tor consenung to enter the ring when the boys came together to the center for instructions. Williams was by far the hushier of the two. From the op- ening gong Williams rushed and Cos1- lon back pedalled in a vain effort to
 
 champion with a hard right and left to the jaw and Coulon went down in { heap, but the bell saved him as Ref cree Charlie Eyton was counting eight CoUlon managed to keep away [ in the second, but was weak when he took his corner at the bell. The third had hardly started when Williams hooked over his right, slamming the champion to the canvas on his face. He tried to get up, but was on his launches when Eyton yelled out the final ten and out.''
 Benny Yanger, the crack Chicago featherweight, was knocked out by AureHo Herrera, the Mexican slugger at Butte, Mont, fifteen years ago to- day, June ', 1904. Yanger's fighting was faster than any former opponent Herrera had met, but notwithstanding his advantage in speed, he was com paratively an easy victim for the Mex ican, who played a waiting game, plodding slowly for the opportunity to land that single blow that had sent so many to the mat Towards the end of the eighth round and while near the ropes, Herrera landed a right swing on Yanger's jaw during a fierce nix-up. Before Benny could recover the Mexican dashed in with another
 
 the Chicago boy to the canvas for the long count. Herrera used his famous crouch only once or twice when the milling became too warm for straight stand up style. The purse was S2, 300; Herrera taking down 75 per cent
 No little surprise was manifested among the patrons of the Broadway Athletic Club, New York city, nine- teen years ago, June l. 1900, when Kid Mccoy failed to administer the coup de grace to Jack Bonner of Sum- nit Hill, Pa, in a punch or two. Con- trary to expectations the big Pennsyl-' vania miner struggled along, round after round, before his seconds threw in the sponge and ended the slaughter.
 Homer Selby, Mike Sullivan and Joe Falvey were in McCoy's corner, while Billy Needham, Jimmy De- Forest and Charley Johnson looked after Bonner.
 Mccoy lightly danced around peck ing al his bigger opponent and cork screwing his left to Bonners face with damaging effect for the greater part of the fight. He had the husky miner hanging on for the most part although the house was in an up roar in the eleventh round, when Bon her caught Mccoy coming in with a wild haymaker. of a right to the jew that had Mccoy all but out Bonner was too far gone to follow up his advantage and Mccoy rallied some what toward the end of the round and had Bonner on the ropes when the bell rang.
 A hurricane of well placed hooks had Bonner in a bad way in the thfr--- teenth and last, and he was prac- tically out on his feet when things were called off for the evening.
 The long pending fistic encounter between Joe Walcott of Boston, the @ colored welterweight champion of America, and Dick O'Brien of Lewis ton. Me, the welterweight champion of New England, took place twenty five years ago today, June ', 1894 Great interest was manifested in the affair and there was considerable bet ting. O'Brien was made thepringside favorite, and two-thirds of the 5000 N spectators present looked upon him as a sure winner.
 WaIcott proved himself one of thas most terrific hitters for a small man that ever entered the ring, as he lit- eralIy chopped the champion of Maine to pieces, and knocked him out after forty-six minutes of fast milling
 O'Brien weighed in at 153 pounds, while Walcott stripped at 140- Billy Hennessey and Mike Sears were be- hind O'Brien, while Walcott had Tom O'Rourke, Jack Havlin and Maurtce Kelly in his corner. Jack McGee waA $ referee. sSs
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