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Athletic Carnival Was Great SuccessPart of the Program Was Dispensed With—250 People Saw Contests—All Were Good With the Exception of One, Which Was a One Sided Affair.The athletic carnival given in this city Wednesday night was a grea* success. On account of the late hour the exhibitions commenced and on account of the sickness of Jack Dougherty, the promoter, about half of the program was dispensed with. Th o heavy lifting contest, bag punching contest, battle royal and two sparring contests were declared off. About 250 people witnessed the contests which were all very good with the exception of the second sparring contest, which was rotten—very rotten. Quito a number from Dayton. Middletown. Trenton, Symmc* Corner and. Cincinnati were present. There was noihing brutal connoted with the bouts and all present expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the exhibition. Gene Lutz, of Cincinnati, acted as referee.First Bout.Andy Renezah, of Covington, and Joe Gannon, of Cincinnati, were the first to prance into the ring. This bout was of a tamo nature. Renezah clearly outclassed his opponent, although Gannon did land g few on the Covington lad’s face. Renezah directed a great part of his blows on Gannon’s body, which weakened him very much. Three or four times the Covington lad made Gannon grunt. Renezah bettered himself ever round, while Gannon weakened. Benozah was the aggressor, but Gannon mixed up matters as long as his opponent did not jiso the dreadful body blows. At the end of the fourth round both fighters were loudly applauded.Second Bout.The bout between Barney Furey, of Cincinnati, and Young Murphy, of Slabtown. O , was the warmest of all. Young Murphy, aged 54, a red headed giant supposed to be from Hamilton, came to the exhibition and soon learned that a man was needed to go on with Furey. Murphy signified his willingness to go on with the Cincinnati man. To tell the plain truthMurphy acted as thought he never had a pair of boxing gloves on in his lif\ Furey made a dub out of him. lie hit him at will and gave the would-be pugilist many an excellent chance to land, but Murphy was not there with the goods. He rushed at Furey with both hands. The Cincinnati boy ducked and Murphy almost fell over the ropes. He made some of the most awkward drives ever seen. If Murphy had been in i city where* rlt; al boxing was allowed ho would have been mobbed. Furey gave a good exhibition of foot work. The Unit reminded one of a fight between a bearand a rabbit. Murphy hit Furey about throe times during the entire contest.Third Bout.Gus Benozah. of Covington, and Jimmie Widmever, the caampion newsboy of Cincinnati, put up the best exhibition of the entire evening. Ben** zah, who meets Clan nee Forbesshortly, in a match, the winner lt;f which will be entitled to a fight with Frankie Neil, the champion bantam weight of the world, was in a superb physical condition. He gave an excellent exhibition of clean sparring, but Widmever kept up with the pace. Renezah was the aggressor in this bom, but the newsboy champion willingly mixed up matters. However, he was short of wind and the bout was called at the end of the third round. The referee saved Widmever from a great deal of punishment by making the two break quickly during clinches.Fourth Bout.The fourth bout was between GeneLutz, of Cincinnati, and Kid Fay, alsoof the Queen City. Although Lutz wag heavier in weight and larger in build, lie had a hard proposition to solve when he met Fay. The kid mixed up matters in grand style and in the first round secured a bloody nose. Lutz did a large amount of unnec?s-aary clinching and as hitting was allowed during a clinch, the kid took a great deal of punishment, yin the second round he was hit on the noseagain and was completely bespattered with blood. In the thir I round he was bleeding badly, but still kept on. At the end of this round the referee announced that the show was ended.Women Present.Among those present were several women from Cincinnati. This is something very unusual as women hardly ever attend a pugilistic encounter.
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Hamilton Evening Sun
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Thu, May 05, 1904
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