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‘ Placed More Blows, But Nel-
'¥son' was the Stronger, and
"Manhood to Dltsct These
Handicaps
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.loe ‘R‘urker, the "\‘i'hite l-lope.“- of
South Norwulk, and Tommy Nolnou,
the tl‘luttling Dene, of ‘Port - Chester.
slammed, bunged,-pounded and jubbed
each other unmercll‘utly for eight
rounds last night-mt the smoker given
by the Neru‘ulk Boat. Club, at‘its quur~
tors in Wall street, and yet”, at the end
ol‘ the nrgun'iettt, it- was hurd to tell
which mun hud‘the better-of 'it, the
points were‘iuo evenly divided. A .well<
earned druw,‘therci‘ore, would be the
only just decision to render, for
where llucker was the quicker and fre-
quently put over two or three blown to
iNt‘ison’s'one,"tltht one hull enough
strength batik of it to Just nboui, offset
this; hnndicap, leaving the fighters on
up even footing us before; Nelson
norhcd a shift punch with either hand
with grout, effort. and hud it landed on
the jaw. where it \vut: intended to go,
the light probably would hnve ended
then and there in his favor.
however, removed his jaw in time by
clot-or ducking. but there were times
:when the slum lunded on other parts
«it hm lure and body, pininly blinking
hint up considerably. The White Hope,
on the other hand, did wonderful exe;
cution with n t\vo«handed punch,
which he delivered simultaneously lull
in the face of his opponent. cunning
that turn to snap back quickly 111% it
felt the import of the blob": dud on-
other ncor uloop producer won a li-l‘tL
hundod"uppercut. which be. employed
at number of times. l-lod either or
those blows had more strength in
them. it is likely in this case, too. the
ilght might have ended abruptly, on
this occasion, of course. in favor of the
White Hope.
The earlier routuln were more 0r
loss overtly divided, with perhaps a
anode going to Rocker on points: but
the Dane cvonod thui up along around
the fifth and sixth rounds, when he
Innnuged to get his Hltii't working in
grout shop. causing Ruoker’u nose to
blood profusely on both (lecthiOlltilllld
jtll'l‘lllg hiin pcrccptibly.
ltuckcr, llOWt‘Vt‘l‘, gradually redeem
oil illlllk't‘il' in the seventh, so that.
when the round Iwus over he had it by
a good nitride, and in the final and
oighth round, he more than redeemed
ltimxoli‘, for he fought like a demon.
oping everything he know and plainly
dintrennlng, hip . opponent before the
gong was hounded. Hud ituokcr duo
played thin same strength hnd eucriry
earlier in the bout, the decision muht
time been giron him at least on
points; but no he didn’t, and as the
Hill? had already tndde a line show-
int: and was still strong on bin-teat at
. the gang, the tight; as said before, won ,
it draw. and a weltearned draw at that,
for both boyn.
Despite the inclement weather. the
. but slam-tent provided by the Nor~
walk Bout ’(liubhat its smoker. last
night, was ununnnlly well attended.
'the crowd being no great, in foot; that:
not only were all the booth taken, but
every uvnlluble toot of standing room
along the walls and? at the doorway
was occupied as well. The attain
which Was attended by some of the
most reputable men in‘tbb First "and
Second diatricte. was conducted in. a
most orderly monitor, null nelthe ilghb
em all taught cleanly tutu with the
utmost energy. ‘the “onlookera’ unmet!
themaelve’h immeneely.‘ and tort. the
1' ‘ hall at the more undoubtedly reeilmt
‘ they ”had daughters hum their" manure
I ‘ Young Yin’hopo‘f _
Qifflédihd'demlongl" (
" Vwitowuc mum unwrap" “tilt ‘
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worth during "the ~ little . motivations
tuht had tllken blade; ‘ ‘ . ‘
The prelimlhhhes; were hit hood; and
planned the films. “confidbrn‘biy. ‘
”rue i‘irht Whirwhiiihwor
‘ pound ditch, elitist ‘
between random" of ‘,
:gpnndwoofl. hm
hutch a “bottom
“ . wily ititbrelltthdl
1,3 t «lithe time Ill
The second “prelim" was also tt‘IourJ
on well.
l‘tuckcr,
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‘momnhroi one
If!
his
r- u'Izamu' mu;-
round nquubble, this taking place be-
tween (Jueey' dlonneuny, of Norwalk.
otherwise hummus the “Pride Of the
'Kimldylte," mid Kid Yunger, or Darlen.
the men lighting at 128 pounds. Both
mintput up u rattling good perform—
unco, but it was; won eventually by the
llurien mun, :who kept his opponent
cornered almost continually and dum-
aged him considerably over the ltid~‘
new tuld elsewhere while the ecrup
was thus confined to close quarters;
Yanger was the taller of the two, and,
moreover. seemed to b the heavier.
These facts seemed to tell
somewhat on 'chnessy'e nerve, cope:
chilly in the final round, when he buck-
od away repeatedly, but 'even at that,
he gave it good account of himself un-
der the circumstmtces.
The next session «you to have been.
a ulxrround'cotto, nt 130 pounds, heal
tween Young Silk. of Norwulk. and:
Young Virgil, of Bridgeport, but us’
the former was outclassed, the bout;
come to an end uhruptlyere the firut‘
round was over, by 'Silk being knock-
cd down twice, the wound time for
keep». ‘ ' ‘ s
‘ The ilnul sconce who between Ruck-i
or und Nelhon, and ileum us. it was
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some hummer, und‘fio misluke.
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rem tttltstr
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linnny Morgan it: of the opinion?
that (umbmu Smith hart; lluttllngi
Lovlnnky. ch unnounoee this fact in
a letter. This is the letter: 7
“Battling Levlnsky, the white honvyo
weight Champion, is going all over1
the country hunting white hopes and
in whipping them on fast no he can
not the hopes into n ring with him.
it don't make any difference to the
humor what weight theyg‘pre or who
they iil‘C‘. ho is taking them on three.
tour and sometimes five a week, and
convincing the sporting public that he
in a real fighter and don't pick his!
men, or want $15,000 for a bout, like
.lunhout «Smith. who is at present
claiming everything in eight in the
heavyweight division utter quitting to
Curl Morris in six rounds. Gunboat
rhuitlt took 15 rounds to knock out
l’olkey-~- Jim Coffey knocked him one
in two. Levinsky whipped (lottey3
twice twithout exerting himself. Al
lKubink bout (furl, MtTrris easily. Le-
vinsky wullopod Kubiak around the
ring and won easily. That is it little
done on what right Gunbout Smith
has to claim the \vliiteiheavyweight.
championship, Smith promised in»!
vinoky a hunch before he went West
and now he has run out, showing the
lwhite feather the name as hmdid
when he quit". to Carl Morris in six
rounds. The nportlng public demands
it match between Battling; Levinnky
dud Gunbont Smith. llevinnky in with
ink to meet Smith under any condi-l
item and will box him tor a song or‘
for $5,000. Meanwhile Bottling Le-
vinnky will keep right on whipping
every white hope that he can not into
a ring with him, and the public really
incite upon Levtnsky on the best lwhito
heavyweight in the world, hr the ohm
pie reason that he is wh'ippingrallthe
heavyweights and will not quit under
fire as (lunboat 'Smith did with Carl
Morrleat Madison Munro Gordon."
m KElLLYB. Ante AT IT AGAIN.
NEW YORIK, ili‘eb. 7.~Eddlo Kelly
outpoin‘ted Walter Thompson in the
main“ bout 0‘! tan roundn’ at then New
Polo A. A. taut night: Kelly entered,
the ring with thnutttor‘dfm’butfinooye‘,
his right who having»! been closed
while howls be 'i 3 ohm»: _ WK
ago. meme tit
aged to 011th
lmotilttitt’ out“ 09%?
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month; anus SEEK
to thrive manna
”as BBB" ng Longe‘y‘t‘lhan *‘lt'watu twentycightyenrs ago that
E. P. Weston nrrivedln Chicago, the
““1“"? 1" a great twelve-lionra'por-
. dn' walk in which it
That the one is mightier than either mi] o‘Llaat-y, long ltihsritfill’olfimt‘lttomtf:
the pen or the sword is the opinion or deatrlun game. The contest stat-ten
Alfredo . do 0m, the world's famous at Newark, NpJL, on llecfl, 1886, and
pool and billiard player. Do on) ,3 when Weston reached Chicago, it (Hg.
lthdficha-mpiou of all champions, us he tance of 3509 miles We“ ”“3 mum
huu‘hcbn the king oi'hls i‘nvorite sport selected, 0-hour)! Md covered “93%
limiter than anybody in any other line. miles. 1“ “1‘0““ days. WM“ 11ml! dis-
?Over‘u‘g‘eneratlon ago De Oro was “mm “a “I’m” “Mk“ were “'8le
known the length and breadth of the popular, WWW“ and 0'14““? View the
oeuntry ah the foremost pool pluyer, principal ””99 [0“ “WOW. which they
and he husbeen going along trimming altered. about equally in the Vltrlous
allcomers up to the preeent time. at events in MM] ”my participated.
tho‘nge of 50 years. 'De GM has won BM" (Vi/wry and Weston iii-emu liv.
ovarticilpoo in purses and side bets “"8 and “1‘“ “‘6" Imt “immunod-
all=1i00l‘(n0w styled pocket billion-d5) too, which gone in prove the eiflcacy
nnd threeoushion billia’rds. he in tho 0‘ l’m‘vsll‘ifinlm as km aid to. long-
Dosmnuor oi“ all the emblems ever ot- 33‘1”" Th“ walking ghme “'08 in vomte
fared in competition at pool except the mm the ”NY‘M’M“ ‘0 ”18 lute eigh-
one Bonny Allen recently eupturmi’.”all and “ surprisingly “mm number
from him, but before long he hopes m“of the men who were walking atom
roonnex that. _ . during the! lteriod are still alive and
De Oro never plays unless he hon xtf‘mfl“ ‘0 “‘9' (”1‘ ”l6 ““108 lit a lively
bet on himueif. He has ouch greet .guit. (”J-‘3’)", ”k0 Weston, is able to
commence in his ability to outplny till “1"”- l‘” “4‘91“ '0 most of the young
comers that he is willing to back blur MID“- although PM“ seventy,und be
self for any reasonable amount. but ”“3"”? “"8803in 0 walking conical.
never for the big sumo homugered on‘ for “G“- Aprillln MIMI he Would com-
himeelf years ago when hie. eyesightwi’m“ “'“h WWW“ and 41 number of
was keener and his arm steedlci'. ~ other oltl‘tlmers “'110 made ‘good too;
De Oro hold the pool title; for alpha 0m?“ The browsed match is to be a.
teen years at n stretch, the longest “William miles Blrfiifihfnwnv. and
period that anybody cvorhold nchunr 01er “link“ 116 can cover that die-
pionahip in any» division of sport. ,tanco in less than thirteen days. In
De Oro was once worth a itortuna, “1‘ interview a month OF two ago the
and he really was obliged toiollow the veteran “98d” declared that he had
gutnmot’ pool. whichhe nt first took up ”WNW walking at the age 0! nine
as u pastime. because he. needed the month: “GM“ been M it ever since,
money. At the little ol‘tho Smnigh. and that he intended to wall: to. his
Amerlcun War, in 1898, he Willie Km“ and SIM funeral expenses. in
wealthy, but the ravages oi conflict Nil 1131‘ O’Leary Matt the greatest and
and stock market upsets conned him ”1080 graceful or the heel and too
to lose every cent he had in the world. walkers, and he Won the victor ‘iu
lie Oro was born at Munznnllln. mnny' contents vh'lth Weston and oth-
Cubn, two score and ten years ago. lie ere. Hi5 flmt mulch with Weldon was
came to thin country when only .10 9‘1qu Off in England in 187i;x It was
Anybody in Any emetic}?
years old and went to n 'h‘ronchnt-ad‘ 70" 35-000 Mid (Theory was the victor,.
emy in New York. About. it your inter GOVENHX 520 miles and finishing With
he went to the llenuinutou -Acnde‘ttiy Weston ten times in the rent“. ’lle won
in Trenton, N. .l.. and from there to “lathe?" great amnion“ "the next your,
l’nrkurd‘n Academy in New'l‘orh. beating 50”th bribe best‘walkers
it was during vacation time when he 01’ Great Britain abil’Amerim at Agri-
returned toi‘ubn that he become no. Cliitural thfiomlon. For this vic—
quulutcd with the some oi" pool. Ono tory he wufiiven the championship
Sunday when be mad his brother were belt donated by Sir John Aotlcy. The
supposed to go to church they visited following your Wooten .won the Astley
a. pool parlor and there his brother belt in a content. at «Landon. in 1879
showed him how to handle the cue. the O‘Izcnry's belt oixwduy walking can-
When he returned to mpg country tests were lnntituted. and the first in-
lneomome {0‘ New York and attend ternational {comment for this trophy
ed l.l’ucknrd's Bug‘nea” College. It who held in Chicago. Contests tor this
wan while attending this institution belt were held in New York tor new
that. be beromo adept at the game or and years thereattor. «nonmemb-
poolfund night after night he whiten lieboti'a record, for tli‘ehnndrodJmiIo
the hours away playing some of his walk at Chicago..in 1.875,..thntbun to
(911W students. mottled unbeaten fro nearly forty
Between mat and 1904 De Oro re- yahro, covering the distance lumen-10.
turned to Cuba every year tor vhu'h
105 mm ~
veryingtr‘bm a wool! toaix months. the
hatha lot of money at this time, out
be frequently Bunnies much ‘aa'ttflw , ,
or $1300 tushto vialt name city termite . WW“ '0'
part In a pootnhompiobphip tor which . .
.‘he utter-er got more than 0250 or a
i medal.
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Young Maurine; the Bridgeport
.. ‘l boxer who meet: doe Boater, 0?wa
i - D“ ’0'" ”Wm ”mm“ “0?“ ‘° 1’ ” vol-u. baton ‘ltho Millet hinted» club,
:pool only byr constant pmctice,‘ lite hit the Cofltiofltn Now We“. Monday
mm” ”mywy‘ who “”3"! "m mitt. humor 16, out” have; his»
some better than health and learned that“ full. 2 “a" it» gmfiww but
how to moire thoyorleuo showman what: this-will 1b” Wfliflé’olterdeat
even wonrtofiudolphe, on old French bent and} will "give the tattle 1t Md
‘teaoltcrot' New York. to 187th and took. “MW-wag“ blow much he'hM im-
znhout‘rmnw lemons; torhvtiioh he prom hinde‘his 1m New: "evened-
“pu‘ui'wioouor on‘honrlu‘riuetttwtlob. . «tourism m what his was
In Januem 1888,‘De moltoo part" » ~ .
{in his that professional pool‘tourne
ment ,eudhetprod so well that he no
stuck to .ltoybr lattice. - ‘
In" l‘iltiil. "mm a we ,
the timaco jthuouh pool 39qu
east-m tryout,
in???”
Wire {Service
titty- rambles the ism;
ya u
2- ItulimtnmJll nut-1:.
he Will-GIST ”to
Hilton llltltD‘EE
:llllW YlOlRiK, Feb. 'I.—-—Ad Wolgust,
the former lightweight champion of
the world, who for the lust several
months has shown unmistakable signs
of "coming back" and who still chor-
ishea the idea of regaining tho “pith
weight championship, will soon be
soon in action in thin titty: He has
been matched to meet Johnny Dun-
dee, the west ride tootherweight, in
a- hen round bout bolero the Empire
”Athletic Club on February 17.
According to the agreement as on-
nottnced" by Jesse McMahon last
night, Watson! will receive it. guaran—
tee of $3,500, White Dundee will re-
ceivo-vilo per cent. of the remainder
of ‘tlio gate receipts.
The match was brought
through the persisteucy oi Scotty
Moutiotb, manager oi Illundoe. For
the lust your, ever since Dundee won
his place in the front rank of the
American boxers. Montiotit hint
camped close on the troll ot' the
“Cadillac Wildcat," hurling challenge
after challenge, but to no purpose.
nbout
BOXERS NEE‘D NOT GET .
\CAULtFLOWER EARS
Jack Root Says Cause Ll» in Lack of
Proper Science.
.lnck Root. who was once of'the
notnbleo oi‘ the boxing ring, but Who
now in in the theatrical business. bc~
lioves there will be a now bePiOG'WMC'V rounds
will develop a better close of boxers
than there is today. hoot. who in
without a. blemish on his face, believes
that cauliflower ears and mushroom
notice are only badges of boxing inel-
ilclency.
“A boxer-who knows how to box
need not go around with a battered
tnce utter he leavers the ring. Go to
meet any boxing show those days and:
you will rmdily understand why the
cauliflower and mushroom crops are
so nbundnut on the [neon of the peril.
cipanth," he boys.
“The average tighter of today pays
absolutely no attention lie the scienti-
ltlc end of boxing. All be known is to
get in close and Whales away. With two
ouch men opponedl'to each other-some-
boars nose to bound to get annulled."
The veteran told how little George
‘Dhton used to catch the punches or
an opponent in his open glove and
divert them into the air. He remarked
about how Tommy Ryan avoided
knockout puuéhoa by a more nwist at
his bond. And he divolt on the clever:
none of Kid Mwa in side-stopping a
rush follow and stabbing him as he
went by. .
"But tltone renown- wcro all great
boxers," he slid. “The"y studied this
game from its sciontlntlo standpoint.
Any of them-could time I blow to the
[motion of on inch.
i "V”Thut is what our present boxersl
inchw—ublllty to time blows. How
many of them"are at I“ certain where
their glove will lend When they let it
I
try? And how merry or them can avoid ,
arbiclw by a alight movement 0! the
handler body?
"Butt-n out all come with de-~
(tiered Root. 'Wellt have “MOW
‘rlod’ot meat mm» All we need to 3
time to develop them. Wo-muntdm.
overcome the tiled that blown: in:
boxing. mm on, min-rand tum
boyn mitt-mom one While under!“
no proper technetium W will «new
thingowheu qoience m armors volu-
”fo
outpatient imputed Whittier. brunt
' in: (-2- all: i'.l.l:l I
M’MAHUN PRflVES I“ V H ‘ '10:5o;,1l1:26. éugda;;'.
Pittsburger, Skilhd in Art t-t soum noawmt T0 bathe
Making Own Blows Miss, is
ninth Bliiilll
Easy ‘lor Levlnslty
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NldW‘ YORK. Feb. 7.-Battliug Lo-
vineky,‘ the overworked light heavy-
\x eight, was not very hard put to it to
outpoiot ’l‘om McMahon, of Pittsburgh.
before
round
nit: ht.
fighter expected that the
a big crowd in the main ten
bout at the Empire A. C.‘ Ides
, Admirers of the Smoky City
uncalled
bcurcat's boring in style and heavy
\tuilop formed Just the thing to stop
the. lit:
victories»
hting llebrew‘s long string . oi.“
The Rattler had; not pro.
grossed very far, however, before he
vin sh y
,nhowed that his speed und
cleverness discounted McMahon’s dur-
ubility
I
and utrength. _ ‘
Following the example of all the best
known lighters. the pair shortened the
bout, to nine rounds by using the first;
to feel one another out. From
,aturt otthe second round McMahon
s wung
the
hard lofts and rights spamuodi.
orally throughout the light. They were
aimed
at Levineky‘s jaw. and it one‘
of them had landed It would have well-
r-d curtains for Levittsky. ,But none
of them did. '
Dining the second, fourth and sixth
MdMahon'B aggreeslveness
showed to good advantage and he had
a shade the better at these sessions.
The iltth was thofasteet round of the
tight and honors were even, but Le-
vlnshy gained a good loud in all the
others. McMahon weighed in at 179%.
while
171.
Lovinaky tipped the beam at
Johnnie Dundee had the slightest
sort of lead over Johnny Lore at the
end or their ton round bottle; Lore
went into the ring at 137 pounds. two
more pounde than he agreed to weigh
in at, and lost his forfeit money there
by. .Dundee made 127 pounds. 1’
The
new
little haunt: showed plenty or
in the early roundo audited the
Otid‘vantuge of the am (our rounds. He
found
it hard to keep away from Lore’s
strong body punches, hov‘rever, and
gradually ‘blowed up.
The West Side boy led in‘ the fifth.
sixth
and seventh sessions, but Dunv
(lee came back’and had a small shade
in the, last three by versatile and
steady attach. Dundee hurt his hand
in the third round and was careful of
it thereafter.
foul in the fifth round, but
Wont ,
led much by anything that
handed out.
w~.. .
New Yo it, New
A.
Bill.
A99
10:122., Willi
once it ram“ about: but order or ‘
lioravnlitmt, , .
Pm’ He‘maonzmx, .rsmwa:
cflflflv 7:13,,‘7zfi’ln,
,iaiinw
The Italian claimed a
dd not.
153mb-
. udee
iiaven
and. Hartford.
to stop. Lore never w
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