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A BIG FAKEWorst Exhibition of the Pugilis* tic Art Ever Given Here.McConnell winsA Fast Preliminary Bout From Baker of Titusville.boxing contest held in the , Aimory last Wednesday night was , well attended by about lour him- ( cl red. A special train was run from , Titusville and eighty-two of the , sporting minded came up from the , Queen City Social and Athletic club , to see tho contest. The crowd was a ( good natured one and waited 1 patiently until after 10 o'clock when . tiie first of the preliminaries was ) pulled off.The first bout of the evening quite (‘ eclipsed the main g-o and was one of . t)ie kind that puts the sports in a t good frame of mind to excuse any , fa key performance that may follow. T A six round go was arranged between [ Baker, of Titusville, and MacConnell | of the East Side. It was MacCon- \ nell’s first appearance in the ring, \ while Baker lias tried to box here \ bofore. It will be remembered that j Bak6l' is the man who tried to crawl j out under the ropes to get away from j Denny Murry last winter. * Last j Wednesday he showed more nerve ] and put up a stiff battle, iThe fighting between these men f was fast and hard from the begin- j ning and in the first round both men , were showing the ejjects of tho fast i pace and were taking all the time . they could. Blows were showered on each other and scienco waB thrown j to the winds and give and take tho method. In the second the fast work continued with Mac having the best of it. The third was the same, but In the fourth the crowd went crazy when MacConnell put Baker down eight times. The last I knock down MacConnell slipped and fell, both men being on the floor when the gong sounded. Baker threw up the sponge and the battle was awarded to MacConnell.The main go of the evening was next called and Leonard appeared ; lirst and then after much waiting • Flynn entered the ring. Leonard was in good condition but Flynn was flabby looking and seemed to be 1 rather under the influence of King | Booze. A referee was chosen by acclamation and after some prelimi- 1 tovy^hewirg the bout wa called, ‘ About three blows wore struck and i thou Flynn wen.t down and was counted out. The crowd was a most disappointed one and amid the cries of afake” the main go was oyer after 40 seconds of fighting.Tho Warren sports were a little . afraid of a frost but were not looking tor such a bum article as they witnessed. That the fight was a fake . can hardly be denied as the men are brothers-in-law and all circumstances point in that direction,Flynn was in no condition and his work in the ring, what there was of it was Yory rank.Boxing has always been a favorite sport in this ciby but contests like that of Wednesday evening will xut all future matches for some time in the clear. The local sports felt that the light was fixed and will be unwilling to attend any more matches of a liko character.Manager Mahron, of tho Queen City Social and Athletic club, in behalf of Kid Gibbs, of Titusville, challenged any 115 pound fighter in Warren. Eddie Dailey, of Baltimore, was present and challenged the winner of the main bont.
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Warren Evening Democrat
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Aug 31, 1900
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John H.
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