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Beaten By OpponentsItsHundred and fifty flifrt f1J1* (jUhered Ia Disk! .hall, Seventh *nd : Simcoihft atrreU Wednesday nl«ht - Ad b*w '• rattling good- eight ro*'»d Bqiit between • pair of clover lightweight*. Dave Fambry of Cincinnati and Matty Calliff of Colnmhus. .'/After piling up a big tb*d In the early . zfcinds. Fartbry look things easy frwn the fourth to the closing round when Ka^agalo cut IdoSQ and. handed out slitt puiilshmr.nl to Caitiff, a Ull wiry lad, \Mn alaa carried n punch and wu rccdyto mix matters any lime the compactly built Cincinnatian toed the scratch.• There is. no doubt but what Fambry fed thq edge oh Calliff, who display!• brilliant footwork, hut was unable tD• (jet out of PambrVs pile-driving Jjfl. Fambry rushed his opponent to tlio ropea repeatedly, and it. was while fal-]tff wtt hacked up against lhe ropes he delivered bis most effeclive blows. iFambrrfs a game, rugged lad, and has developed into a local .favorhc. Calliff drew the first blood In the fourth round when he lapped .Fem-biry*B noeb. but this only enraged ihe liitef,-and .calliff paid dearly for this: hlinv. Both boys are very clever and •: Really put up a fast bout, which was r* Scheduled to go ten rounds, but was fortalled because of the mcagerness of '-the audience. . . ./'•‘ Ill Walker of Now Boston diked ou; In f^a smile and a flaming pair of green trunks and Young Nelson of Cleveland ’ . staged Ihe first preliminary which ;. wetit four rounds of the scheduled six,Walker , being healed by his opponent. Walker started out Hko a whirlwind but after Nelson got his bearings ami put a few wallops across Walker slowed down and received ccnsldenible punishment. Jt was a corking session as lung as It lasted. •The aemi-fin.il len round arfairwas a fUwer. Joo Berger of Coluinbm; frilled to put in his appearance and Pote Classman, of Colmnbus. MaUy Caitiff's manager. sub»Gtutcd. Weigh-Ins 15 iHiimds more than Jenkins and having had iiuirh more experience Clansman soon pul Jenkins away. He knocked Ihe Scloloville aoy down twice in the rirsl round. When Lhe bell tap-pipj’fnr lhe second round Referee Ryan would not lei lhe fi=bt continue Jenkins was nnf hurl and was willing to go on. He fought gamely despilo the f.Ai ih«»i lie met a skilled ringsirr. who has a string of knockouts 10 Ids credit II was unfortunate for Jenkins, a slimy lad, Uul ho was overmatched In his first b'otil here.Promoter Barney Furcy, who was in an exceedingly talkative mood-slarled out to ref erne but soon nve wny to that game little fighter Billy Ryan o, Cincinnati, who handled lhe fishier* like a veteran. The crowd wns every hit as good as flic figfils warranted and ir Kurev wants lo continue to stage boxing matches here, will no doubl have In conduct them along radically different lines thin ho did list night's card, which he fllmns* pul on Iho hlink by his own conduct.
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Thu, Dec 14, 1916
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