The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-24
But Elkin Finally Had to
Concede Bout to Bert
Jones in 9Th Round
400 PEOPLE SAW BOX
ING AT MONTPELIER
Jones Seemed to Have the
Better of His OPP
ponent

About 400 fans saw some good box
ing in Montpelier last evening under
the supervision of DAILY & Meigs
through the work of Matchmaker
Charles Roncoe of Boston, with John
Pendergas of Boston as referee, The
crowd as a whole was well satisfied
with the sport and there will be more
! sparring in the armory in Montpelier
two weeks from last evening.
The main bout, which went into the
eighth round, was between Bert Jones,
champion fe%atherweight Of the navy,
who wore the belt to show he was en-
titled to the honor, and X. O. Elkin of
Boston. II was a good match on the
whole, but Elkin broke his thumb in
the eighth round and the bout had to
be called off. They were very evenly
matched. Edward Walsh of Barre was
timekeeper.
The match opened in the first round
'with Jones taking the aggressive for
the first minute. Then Elkin seemed
TO get into the game and an exchange
of blows occurred throughout the
round, which ended about even.
In the second round the men seemed
to be trying each other out again. but
Jones had the best Of it, giving Elkin
several stiff blows. one OF which went
to the face in hard shape.
The third round was a free exchange
of blows and was about even. Neither
mar seemed tired at all but at the end
Of the round, for the first time, Jones
was famed.
In the fourth round Elkin forced
Jones to the ropes several times with
stiff punches, some of which landed
hard against Jones face. Jones came
back strong in the latter part of the
round.
In the fifth round Jones hit Elkin a
stiff one that threw him against the
ropes but Elkin came back with a
smile. He seemed to be getting winded
but recovered quickly and whipped say
eral blows to Jones' face, apparently
having the best Of the round.
In the sixth round the men were get
ting down to real sparring and dis
PLAYED more science in lodging than
they had to that time. Jones got to
Elkin's body and face several times
but was not able to land a good one.
1t was Jones' round.
In the seventh the men mixed II up
considerably. There was a good deal
of cheering by the audience and Elkin
was advised TO get" the sailor but
could not reach him hard, while Jones
gave Elkin several bad blows. The
round was about even,
When the eighth round started of
Elkin explained his thumb was broken
and the match went to Jones. DR..
Hardness found the bone splintered,
Elkin had fought three rounds with 1t
broken.
The six-round bout only went into
the second round. Little Bonnie OF
Newport, r. T.. knocked ont Young
Max of East Boston. The first round
was good sparring for youngsters, but
in the second round Bonnie caught Max
on the chin and Max went to the floor.
The eight round bout did not 90 any
longer than the first bout, for Young
Fisher OF Revere, Mass, landed on
Harry Lewis Of Boston so he went out
in the second round. Lewis had the
best of ii during the first round and
looked like a winner but early in the
second round Fisher, who had been
striking Lewis wind, caught him with
his wind unguarded and gave him a So
lar plexus blow, which he followed rap
idly with one to the chin when Lewis
was coming in, knocking him down
Lewis was not fully recovered from the
blow when taken to the dressing room.
He tried to get up on the ninth count
but did not have the vitality. Both OF
these were pretty bouts but the science
Of the major bout was not shown in
these.
During the major bout Mr.. Roncoe
announced that Sergeant Swanson,
champion Of Camp Devens, and John
HAYS Of Fort Ethan Allen viii be the
main attraction two weeks hence. Ed
die Ford. who was to have boxed the
major bout last evening, did not come.
Mr.. Roncoe found that the man boxed
a bout in New Britain, Conn. Saturday
evening and would not bring him here
because he had been beat up.