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i'fc*. WtmMum -Ckf*-0 * . v *r-v■a. r.fcs •*,«-.-i ai. aa Xm*dTHE HONORS WEREBOXING CONTEST WAS DECLAR DRAW BY REFEREEGood Hatch was Seen at Island Park Between Biz Mackey and WillHcNamara Tuesday.The boxing contest at Island Park Tuesday evening between Biz Mackey of Findlay and Will McNamara, of Chicago, was declared a draw by the referee which decision was heartily favored byone hundred spectators.The go was quite fast and furious for ten rounds and the scientific training displayed by the two principals pleased those present. There was no slaughter or knock-downs, yet it was clearly evident that each man was boxing with a determination to gain a decision over the other. Both were clever with the gloves. In the art of boxing it would be difficult to state which one was superior, jIMcNamara tipped the scales at a few■#\imore pounds than his adversary, yet inappearance he looked much the smalleran. His guarding was superb and the swift punches of Mackey which in many instances would have meant a decision 1cleverly ducked by the Chicago lad. JMcNamara seemed to lack the force that ,Mackey possessed and landed oftenerthan his opponent. !Mackey had more the appearance of a ! prize fighter. He, too, was clever, es- t pecially in his foot work. His feints ,were puzzling to McNamara and he j would follow these with blows that in many instances were quite damaging. \ Truthfully speaking, Mackey is not as , clean a boxer as McNamara. He fouled his man several times in clinches andwas warned by the referee that if it occurred again the decision would be given i to McNamara. jSumming up the contest from a scientific boxing point of view the decision , of a draw was the best which could have ! been given.
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 09, 1904
Page 9
Full Page
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