Show t r- r Scarce Ringers y in the Prize RinE NEW XE YORK Nov 10 26 RingerS mn Ringers in Dotin boxing bouts cem to bo o a thing of the tho past Years n ago o it was a n great rent practice to brin bring in somo some good g man from another city eity get g-ct him a 1 job in a stable factory fac Ice tor tory or foundry in tho town where the tho quarry was m tho the thoi big i noise and at nt the then n Tight right bt timo time pick a ro row with tho the champion of of the burg Friends would interfere of nf course and then a match would fol follow fol- fol low ow for a stake and ami pur purse pur-O. Those days ays and tho the boxer of ot have have- gone by however today ha hae nothing to relieve the monotony mo mO- mO of training n and Gardner a a. a Winner The last bi big rin ringing n that w was s done I in this vicinity occurred in Lowell about roven toven years 3 ago 0 At that time timo Geor George Georgo o Gardner was whipping the t c best that the local Jeca aJ sports could produce Bob I Montgomery John E. E Butler Rn and a host of others at that time timo regarded as fast I Imen men could do nothing with the raw Manchester lad for far George Gcorge hailed from I that town in those days Owen Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy Dedy the well known and promoter promoter pro pro- moter meter started Gardner in tho the game and d he fulfilled all of Owen Owens Owen's 8 Hons At that time Con Desmond was promoting pro pro- boxing in ll Lowell Lowe and he had ba baven given ven Geor George e a couple couple- of chances and tie the man made good Some Lynn sports ports were at one of tho the meetings that Co Con Can pulled off and the they ther heard so much about the tho championship prowess of I Gardner that they became disgusted J ted and declared that he be CO couldn't couldn t fi fight bt a little bit This brought on a storm and a few I punches were exchanged but matters did lid not proceed very crr far as tho the warring parties arties were placated Bad Peeling Feeling Existed The resentment was still left on both sides and they were eager cager to settle their thair quarrel Words were passe passed between Lowell Lowe and Lyon Lynn rind tho the Lynn people finally sent word back ack that tIle they had a bum bum down there that could whip all allI i the Gardners in ill Manchester and Lowell I That was wa the last straw The Lowe Lowell I I fellows immediately lv put up a forfeit for their man and the Lynn bunch hunch had bad to make good or get gt into th the tho yellow Th They produced and covered the money po posted postel tl l l by h tilL the Lowell adherents of ot Gard Gardner Gard- Gard ner ncr for Dick Simms of Lynn un to meet tho the Lowell man IDan The stakes tak s were a aide as aside I s side ide and RUll the we were to bo box fifteen rounds round for a decision BiB Billy Leclair Lcclair tho the well 11 known timekeeper was selected to I referee I Men in Good shape I Both men inca were in fine fiu condition the ni night ht of tho the battle nattIe and it turned turied out ont to to tobe tobo be bo on one of the most ferocious in in the tho hl history history his his- tory of t tho o sport in New England England- It looked looke for a time as if Simms would ma make good but hut it turned out ant to be bo a U s seo i saw battle and it finally terminated tero nate inthe in m inthe the th round when the police inter r A tremendous crowd saw the bout and thousands of dollars doUar were wa wagered on thA outcome Lynn sports took all the money monc in sight an and had rolls that they could not place It was the big biggest est b betting match that was ever pulled off around horo lu The interference ence of the police loTt m matters in in a p pe pt peculiar culiar position and th the referee had a howling mob to face fac Lynn was shouting shout shout- ing lag for Simms while the Lowell Lowe contingent contin contingent con con- tin ent wa was as just as boisterous for Gard Gard- nor nero Lcclair Leclair ended matters in the only proper way aj however h by d declaring arin tho the bout a draw Soars Tipped Identity Yot Kot for days ats after could the 1 wise o ones get any it information as to who Dick Simms was and it was we weeks ks after before be be- foro fore the secret was divulged cd Then someone hypnotized h Mike Mike- Sears and the boy let the tho cat ou out of ef If the bag Dick Simms who fon fought ht Gardner and the late lato Bill BUI Hanrahan who had startled startled start start- led lcd New York by winning the national championship easily and knocking knockin out all his opponents were were identical The Lynn sports had bad sent for Hanrahan after af after af- af ter some somo Boston parties had bad recommended recommend recommend- ed him Jimmy Dc De Forest who is now handling nv Jim Stewart brought him on and trained him for tho the match Canole Rung In la Martin artin Canole CanDle in in his first bout in this cit city was as run rung in as a high school boy against Allio Allie Alberts at the Criterion club Alberts was told by one of Canole's Canoles Canoles Canole's Can Cnn oles ole's friends mends that Martin l who fought fough under the name of Frank Fank Cannon was wasa a a. millionaires millionaire's son sou and ho lived but a short way from Boston All Allio c was also I told that the boys boy's father would greatly I appreciate it if Alberts would give ei him hima a sound trouncing that would make him forget his prize ring bug bUIr I Alberts said and he meant it too for forin forin forin in in those days ho bo was boxing in good shape I will fix that guy uy in about two rounds and he will shortly bo ho back han hanging ng onto his mothers mother's apron strings if she ho wears aprons Then tho the matter of tho prize was taken up and Allio thundered out It I It must be winner take all nothing also will do me My liniment costs me something and md Ive I've got to pay my handlers and buy each a planked steak after tho show is over I Im I'm m no o gingerbread n guy Y you know so that is is S good tood enough seeing as the millionaire mil mu- s kid won wont won't t need any He lIes He's s 's got plenty anyway and it wo would ld not lOt look right for him to to take homo home a J short end That's the tho best Ill I'll do Alberts Alberta Yelled for fol Half Hail But what a change change- came over o Alberts I before the first round was as over o lie got ol all sorts of left hooks books in the stomach and nud he be finally doubled up from ono one of the tho blows and howled with pain and and an anger cr He was completely put out of business and he he- never hit the thc called so-called millionaire a s kid He mentioned the thelin lin liniment t a again ain and he also shouted that bo ho would need more marc after that beating bentin The Tho prize was d dividend to console him but hut he lie never got t over tho trick and ho ha often laughs hs when he thinks of tho the gullible gui gul 1 lible talc that he be swallowed Myers a Plant Just after Henry Myers the Charles Charles- Charlestown town tow bantam w won u tho New En England land championship more than a year a ago o. o beWIS be he was WIS taken down own to 3 Island bland club and staged ell as Powel of Woonsocket Ho lIo faced Bob Bobby Ih The latter had been een defeating l cf atin oven ever c lad InrI his hi weight t in the state and his Ins s were wei-o on hand haut to bet t their pile Myers W was sent in to stop most of the tho blows with his face in in inthe I tim the first round and he lw did lid as ns instructed He even went 5 0 o far fal as to take tho the count a n few fC times Encouraged by this thi state I of ot f affairs the tho Dr ou contingent het bet all they had haLl In tho thu second thin things s shifted Myers walked into him with that straight ht left that won WaD o many battles for him in hi tho the amateur ranks and aud h he lie battered D Dyson all over O tho the ring rin The fans were wise then and some t-omo of thorn them wished they had their money back hack To 10 tho the pUll oud Myers beat bent him bim as lie he liked lilted but hut the referee declared that the knockdown knockdowns knock knock- I down downs in the tho first round earned camell a n draw for Myers the tho following weel eI j v won on t the he national amateur championship |