Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-13
GOOD FIGHT CARD.
At KEYSTONE CLUB
Members and Friends Entertained
at Smoker and Fine Program
Put On.

Members and friends of the Keystone
Athletic Club were entertained at a
smoker and several boxing bouts at
Pythian Castle, last night, staged by
members Of the association. The first
bout of the evening was between Joe
Martin and Joe Diana, and was filled with
plenty Of pep from start to finish. Next
on the program was solo by Ollie Hazel
ton
Kid Harris and Jamaica Kid, two of the
oldest members OF the association, al
|, though colored put up good stiff fight
and brought much laughter from the
spectators by their feints and passes. \
good fast scrap was then staged by Tom
my kctchel and Heavy Sylvester, Sy-
vestor gave n good fight, but was little
short of wind kctchcll did some excellent
| work, but got little weak during the last
round After this bout the spectators
were treated to several selections by the
keystone String Trio.
Next on the program was an excellent
match between Mike Burns and Battling
Dundee. refereed bv Buck Twin Miller,
professional New York boxer. The first
| round WAS good, but there was quite a
little clinching The second round WAS
| more snappy and the participants seemed
time" was called Round three was a
stifl fight and a number Of hits were scored.
| Plenty of wallops were handed during the
| fourth round and more action was seen
after thine" was called than during the
round.
In short address Father Grant spoke
| of the good work Of the keystone Club,
especially in boxing, telling the members
! how this influence came to light on the
! firing lines lover there" Father Grant al
so urgently requested that the men pres
ent give all that they could toward the
new building fund, which rs TO be used for
the purpose of purchasing or building a
now home for the association Hats
were passed around the audience and
about 5000 or more was contributed.
A wrestling match between Young
Dcluca and Young Wilson WAS refereed
by Johnny Cooper, Of the local y. NJ
c. A. After several minutes Of good
work "timc" was called and during that
time Dcluca had nearly succeeded in
downing Wilson, although the latter made
good resistance. 4 three-round bout
between Kid Mccoy and Kid Sunny was
refereed by Miller, and was a good, fast
fight.
Willie" Springer addressed the au-
dicnCp, asking anv members or friends who
desired to contribute further 10 tho cam
paign fund to do so, and in that way al
most 500 additional was collected.
What was declared to be the best bout
Of the evening was four two-minutc rounds
between Kid Chadwick and Ralph Ray
mond Quick and heavy hitting WAS
noticeable from the beginning, but during
the second round Raymond became a
little winded, vet put up q good scrap
which Chadwick retahated, blow for
blow Raymond opened the second round
strong and ST the call tim" placed Chad
wick in his chair with several keen hits.
Excellent. qmck work was the feature OF
| the next round and the bout was finished
President Oln Hackett, Of the aSsocIa-
ton. declared this the best bout lie had
seen for the paSt three years. In short
speech he described the start Of the club,
| July "A, 1916, by three members, and
| told some humorous events connected
! with its history.
A three two-rnlnute-ruund bout Wa
| the next number on the program, Mike
| Bennett and kid Richards, refereed by
| Miller, being the participants. During
| the second round body blows, quickly
retaliated, rained thick and fast and botf
/ men held their speed until the end of tht
bout This was the last bout OF thC
evening
William Springer acted as master o.
| ceremonies. Buckmaster was olGcia
| timekeeper during the fights.