Show ST. ST CLAIRE AND WHITE BA BATTLE TILE TO FAST DRAW Colored Boy Wins ins Early Rounds but Coast Scrapper Scrap Scrap- per Puts on Finish GILBERT DECISIONS GILLIS IN TAME TAl GO Heinie Schuman Furnishes Surprise by Showing Some Unexpected Class I A NOTHER full hon house e saw a goo gooI good bill of bouts at Hardy Downing's Downings Downings Downing's Downings Downing's Down Down- I ings ing's Manhattan club in the tile Grand Giand theatre atre last lat night I The stellar go of the evening e was the six-round six to set-to between Eddie Iddle White and Willie Willio llio St. St t. t Claire Eddie I seemed to b bo bc in fair shape and started right out for gore but Willie had the happy faculty of meeting him as ho hia came In landing binding toiling telling bod body blows which he varied with attacks to the head Lead and which told on the tho white bo boy boyto to such Kiich an ass extent that he ho was gro groggy ln lna a couple of oC times but Willie always alwa's failed to hit up tho the pace when ho he had things 8 coming his wa way ray Willie used a left lead to great t ad advantage advantage ad- ad anta vantage e catching c Eddie at will on his sore Bore proboscis It was in the fifth canto that the dusk dusky battler had his reas rea chance with his left leet lead working fine and driving in bod body blows as well l was In a bad wa way n couple of times but like Uke most colored boys ant and thinking ho had a lead St StClaire StClaire Claire slowed down White came up with a Frisco finish In the final lap and forced the going from bell to bell belland belland and atul piled up such an advantage that taking Into consideration that he really forced the going a draw decision was fair fair and and popular as well The Gilbert Gulls-Gilbert go was more or orless orless less of or a fiasco GIllIs GUlls showed showell his abilIty abilIty ability abil abil- ity to punish in tho the first round rounO b by clipping Pat a couple to tho the Jaw that jarred the local pride to his boots Then lut Int got in a couple of oC his famous body hody blows and from then on GUlls GIlUs played horse He lie pulled a fako fake groggy grogg stunt which Pat failed to fall for tor ho tried fancy tancy stunts of ot various natures and andIn In fact did ever everything but get Ret in and do business Jack Jacle ma may be bo O. O K Kf but buthe buthe buthe he must remember that tho the crowds here want to see real scraps not parlor entertainments Pat of course won the decision hands down Tho The real surprise party was Heine Home Schuman a newcomer who went on with Soldier Suter Heine Helne was rather surprised when at the tho bell tap the Sammie rushed In with a bunch o of punches and forced him to the tho ropes But after the breakaway he ho showed what he le had and It Is a real fanc fancy dish too With a perfect left Jab and a aright aright aright right with ith a mule kick In It ho forced the soldier about the thc ring and with a perfect hurricane of oC well-placed well rights and lefts sent the khaki wearer down for tor ten In his own corner Schuman has all nIl tho the earmarks of a classy bo boy and unless ho he boxed over his head last nl night ht he should mal make timings things Interesting for some Borne of or the local 1 6 pound champions Kid Sand Sandy and Battling Corbett two feathers of or unknown prowess furnished fur fur- the comedy of the evening For four rounds they thoy pummeled each other at will win They were vere all over the ring wildly swinging Ing In the fourth canto in one of his wild misses Sand Sandy lost his balance and his mits rested on the floor While In this position one of or 3 Corbett blows blos reached him Just where mama used to place the slipper to such sucha a 0 good anta ad advantage e In his youthful days However both were well spanked ere It wa was over o and tho the draw decision brou brought ht a cheer Home Run Baker Daker lived up to his name h by putting away Soldier Bob nob Martin In the second round However Bob had all the best of the going until he got a hard wallop to the breadbasket breadbasket bread bread- basket which left him out on on his feet Seeing how things stood Baker aker clipped him on the Jaw and It was all over but the shouting Young Applegate and Young Bad- Bad put on the raiser curtain and nd since neither knew enough h to clinch there thero was something doing all tho the time until the bell tapped for the end of the third round when hen Downing hoisted both In tho the air to show It was even Stephen |