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Show I, FATAL RESULT OF I FIGHT WITH FISTS i, James Smith, 16 Years Old, a New f Tork Lad, Killed by Frank Burke, His Opponent. NEW YORK, Juno 11. A bare fist box-1 box-1 lng bout today between two 16-year-old boys of the upper west side, following an j argument over their respective ability at ; a children s street game, ended with tho ' death of James Smith, one of the particl- pants, and the arrest of his opponent, i Frank Burko. on a charge of homicide. The bout, which took place on a vacant lot, was a deliberately arranged affair, 1 presided over by a reforco. After the ox-' ox-' change of several blows Burke Is declared I to have 'knocked out his opponent with a heavy blow on tho jaw. I When tho boy spectators found that ' Smith showed no Bigns of recovering and that his eyes were glazing, they hurriedly I carried him to a drug store, whore an ambulance surgeon pronounced him dead. |