Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-28
SOLDIER FREEDMAN
KNOCKS OUT finch
Beverly Boys Star In Bouts AT Mount
Holly. Boylan Scores Quick KO.

Soldier (MaX1e) freeman, camp
Dix siege gun, scored another bulls
eye with South Jersey boxing fans
on Monday.
Playing away with both fists la
Stanley Ketchel, the Camp Dix "man-
killer" registered a clean knockout
over Watson Finch, Camden welter-
weight in the semi-windup of the
outdoor show at Fairview.
Freeman provided the big thrill"
of a bloody, .'knockout" show for
the biggest crowd of the season when
he put Finch to Sleep in one minute
and "A seconds of the opening stan
"a. After taking count of eight,
Finch gamely scrambled to his feet
only to go down for the full count
when Freeman put over@a crushing
right to the point of the@jaw.
The finish was dramatic as Finch,
making good his promise that he
would trade punches with the Camp
Dix mauler, made no effort to clinch
at any timeAand looked to be hold
ing his own until he dropped his
guard and pushed out his jaw as if
inviting Freeman to hit it.
Crash! Went Freeman's right to
Finch's jaw, and Watson went down
in heap like feather before the
rush of cyclone.
The. referee could have counted 100
as far as Finch was concerned as
\ he never stirred as Robinson was
tolling off the fatal ten. Finch was
carried to his corner and it. was sew
eral minutes before he was himself
again. Freeman weighed LAG pounds,
six more than Finch.
AS was predicted by Pete O'Garek.
who is handling Freeman, the soldier
boy looked to be greatly improved
: fighter over his other fight at Cam
den. Freeman looked to be much
faster and was in fine physical con-
dition, thanks to the untiring efforts
of William Elliott, of this city who
was in training with him at the
Henry training camp here. 1t is be-
lieved that the soldier boy will pc
future champion.
A 'sockem and rockem" program
was developed at the boxing show
held at the RIP Park at Mount
Holly on Monday night, there having
been two knockouts, one quit be-
cause licked, stop on account of a
foul and lively mixup in the only
bout that went the limit.
The first to. figure in the sleeping
sickness was Jimmy Fitzpatrick, of
Gray's Ferry, who lasted only fifty
seconds when he faced Tommy Boy
len, of this city. Fitz weighed Ill
and Boylen l13. Boylen easily had
better than two pounds more of
steam and action and he showed it
to good advantage in producing a
definite decision in less than min
ute.
The next fall number came in the
semi-windup when John Okey, of
Trenton, $50 pounds sent Shifty
Swartz, of Camp Dix 155 pounds to
the boards in two minutes and thir-
ty-fve seconds of the second round.
The bout between the superheavies
Fred McDougal, of this city 1876
pounds and Al Rogers, of Chester
200 pounds was fizzle, Rogers
absolutely lying down after two and
one-half minutes of the first. round
had passed. McDougal caught Rog-
ers a good one on the top of the
head and much to the surprise of
the spectators Rogers showed in
dications that he felt it. He laid
down on his bout so noticeably that
Referee Ferguson said there would
be no pay for him. These two fell
lows are colored.
ne Wlnu-up p0tWcSH caSh ilFOiAlP-
son, of Bridgeton 1870 pounds and Ed
die Hayes, of Philadelphiar1S5 pounds
was stopped in the third round when
Hayes fouIed Thompson.
The only number that completed
its schedule was the opener between
Johnny Burns, of Philadelphia 139
pounds and Young Ward, OF this city
1875 pounds. Burns had only one eye
but he knows how to use it to adj
vantage. The first three rounds
seemed to be even but the next three
belonged to Burns. There was some
wild smuggling in the fourth and
Ward got one ON the end of the