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FOUR BOUTSdemeyer lacked wind and ring ex-PULLED OFFperience. Ife kept Bezenah very busy for three fast rounds but was clearly tired in the last round and wouldLAST NIGHThave got the worst of it eventually.1 LAST BOUT.At The BbxioiJ Carnival in Lind-ley’s Hall—Barney FureyAppearedMADE A MONKEYThe last bout, a four round go between Gene Lutz and Kid Fay of Cincinnati was a pretty good contest all the way. The men mixed it up from the start but the long experience of the professor told and lie landed repeatedly on Fay’s im*o, tapping the claret in every round. In the lastround, Barney Furev. who refereed,/ , , was busy keeping the Kid’s nose in jsbape. Howevof, the Kid was gameand staved wifn the older man to theOf a Stranger And Furnished Thelast and pave him many a hard punch,especially body blows, of which he got in a number of good ones.This bout ended the program.DArflllKHTY VERY SICK.Crowd Much AmusementI dark Daugherty is a very sick manTwo Good Bouts.Four sparring contests pulled offlast night in Lindlev’s hall.Cincinnati Pugs Put On Four BoutsHere.Although Jack Daugherty was too'ill to be there himself, the boxing carnival which he arranged for last night was pulled off and about two hundred men saw four good mills.The contests started at about M:4. o’clock. A good sixteen foot ring had been made on a platform in the.••enter of the hall and seats arranged | about it conveniently. I’rof. Kngene Lutz of Cincinnati refereed all the bouts except the last one, in which he took part himself and left the referee's job to Barney Furey. Thebouts were all for three and fourrounds and no decision was rendered in any, all bring friendly sparring contests with soft gloves.FIRST BOUT.The first contest was between Andrew Bt zenah, of Covington, Ky., and Joe Gannon of Cincinnati. In this host there was no pretty work at all. The two boys went at it hanuner-and-tongs fashion from the start and buffeted one another about the ring for four rounds, furnishing lots of l'un for the crowd. It was hard to tell who got the best of it for it was give and take from start to finiiAi and a stamkotT all the wav.BARNEY FUREY.The second bout was a disappointment. Barney Furev was to havegone on for four rounds with JackDauglu My. but Jack was t«»o n k toappear, being eon lined to his bad, and Furey went on w ith an a mat* ni. oneYoung Murphy, I n lt;ineinna i When Tnit*y apjpeared in the ring he was greeted with eheers. !{« tereeI ait a ittitioiiiin i that lie was mated !to fight Jack O’Keefe, the championwelter-weight of the world, the tightto take place in I’iiieinnati duringthe I-itonia rare* meeting.As soon m If ur|4iy, v. ho I he way, had a very ml head, whielt was a shining mark for Furev, -!*-pp*d tothe center of the ring and put up his mitts it was plain that he was Furey’s victim and from the start to the time tin* bell upped for thelast time, Murphy was at the mercy of Furey.Although Furey wa* sparring witha very poor amateur it was plain that he had improved wonderfully of late and is undoubtedly a finished lighter.His foot work and clever lt;1 ueking, lo-r with fast work with boths, not only bewildered the gent with the sorrel mane but brought lib era I applause frout the ringside. It was too bad (hat Ktire\ could nothave had a foe man more worthy ofbis eleicntess. Mtirph\ was all in at the tap of the gong iy the fourth.THIRD MILL.The third bout, a three round go, lietweet (ius Be * * dt and Jimmie VViddemeyer of Cittetnnaii was thebest of the cxening.Bezeuuh is matched to tight llarrvForbes on the l!»th ot the month, the winner to he taken on for the championship of the worhl in the bantam class.Jimmie Widdeiueyer i* the champion amateur bantam ol‘ Cincinnati. Both hnvs were clever ami about cv-cnly matched a?- to science, but \Yidtoday. He has a fever and is unable to leave his bed.
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Hamilton Evening Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Thu, May 05, 1904
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