The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-03
Two Accidents And
Decision Feature
Conifrey Has Shoulder Knocked Out, While
Steady Steadman Broke His Hand in Third
Round At Arena Bouts-Simler Puts Up a
Poor Exhibition.
(By G. G. Hnwman)

p ~ Two. .dcclOentS ana a poor ueCiSioii
were the outstanding features of the
ail-star show staged by the B. A. A.
Co. at the State Street. Arena. Frankie
yConifrey, the fighting fireman, had his
!, shoulder knocked out of place in the
With round of his bout with Chick
Similar Steady Steadman broke his
hand in the third round of his bout
with Jimmy Kelly. according to an
nouncements made after the bout.
The accident which caused the
awarding of the bout by a tech
meal knockout to Similar in the fifth
after little mix up when Conifrey
fell to the floor. with a look on his
face that told of the suffering that
was caused by the shoulder going out
of joint.
The bout up to that time of the ac-
cident was more hpn the style of
prize fox trot, nather boxer had
landed a blow that would have put
one of the many mosquitoes out of
commission that were there in some
thing more than millions to witness
the all-star card.
For a veteran boxer who is said 70
have met Benny Leonard, Johnny
Dundee and Eddie Fitzsimmons, and
holding I'D more than his end, Similar
put up a. very poor exhibition, show
ing poor defense and an even worse
attack. Conifrey who was leading on
points up to the time of the accident,
by a shade, didn't work along his
us1als-style. and the blows of both
bo4GrsFwefe sliding over the shoulder
or landed on the head Or a part OF
theb ody that serious damage could
not be inflicted upon.
Referee McAuliffe warned sthe box
ers a. number of times about clinch-
! ing and holding and the first round
Similar. ussd his head as a weapon OF
attack forswhfch Mack promptly told
him about.
The star bout was made to look
much slower probably than it really
was by the wonderful bout that pre-
coded it IN which Jimmie Kelly. the
wenerweight from the Bronx, was
robbed of a decision in his engage
ment with Steady Steadman of this
city.
Young McAuliffe in all his bouts
since becoming the third man in the
ring has always shown wonderful
Judgment in rendering decisions and
his previous work put him on par
with any referee in this part of the
supposed to be dry land, but the draw
verdict handed down by him at the
en- of the Kelly-SteamanS affair was
greeted with hooting and bowling. by
nearly every fan in the arena, and
lasted for a number of minutes.
Jack MCGEE announced at the end
of the bout that Steadman broke
his hand in the third round, but to
the fans at the ringside the wdtk OF
the local welter showed no handicap
or anything that a broken hand would
show during seven rounds of hard
lighting that followed. Steadman
should have had a club physician ex-
anime the hand before he left the
ring but as 1t was there was no doc
tor representing the club present, and
when Conifrey suffered the dislocated
shoulder he lay in agony on the
floor while the crowd shouted for a
doctor, and it was some time before
one appeared. According to the box
ing commission a physician is sup
posed to be present during the show.
If Steadman's hand was really
broken he put up a game battle but
was no match for the New Yorker,
who. though three inches shorter,
had long reach and was too fast for
the local welter. HIS work was SO
fast that at times Steadman, who has
an awkward pose, looked like the
rankest amateur trying to land a
hard blow on the shifty Kelly.
Steadman showed To advantages
very seldom, when Kelly was taking
: easy, and then it was a left jab tina,
landed on Kelly's head. When the
two stood up and snapped punches
Steadman was on the wrong end. fol
Kelly was too fast with his punche:
and the formers blows would roll of
Kelly's head.
The bell in the seventh found stead
man in a very weak condltion IRON
being battered around the ring WITT
hard rights and lefts to the jaw and
half a minute more would prooapl!
have been the end of the bout.aTh
same in the tenth when Kelly opene'
another fusilade of heavy punches OF
the local boys jaw that caused him t
cover up. The bout was a corker an
another match between the two woul
draw a goodly crowd of fans. an
Kelly also would put up a much bet
ter battle against Bogash than e1the
Perry or Latzo.
The weights announced were, kell
14S. and Steadman 143.
Joe Weber of Bayonne, n. J., prov
ed to be a human punching bag fo
that clever Irishman, Mike McCab'
who scored two knockdowns in til
first round, and from then on h
Weber at will without taking a req
punch throughout the ten rounds.
Weber must be given credit for h
rameness. which was certainly out
the ordinary. He was knocked dow
18th almost the first punch IN Tn
opening stanza, but came up at Il
count of two very groggy and on
his extreme toughness saved hi
from taking the count.
The minutes rest helped him an
he gradually grew stronger in spl
of the fierce pounding he was sui
tected to for the rest of the bout.
weber never took a step bacl
wards, always boring, taking son
fierce punishment about the face tr
ing to land his right which seemed
be his only punch. The few bloN
Weber did land were rights that Ian
ed somewhere on Mikes shoulder al
a left with the open glove thar cans
McCabe no worry at all. The weigh
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