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Show COM RECEIVES SEVERE BEATING NETV ORLEANS. May 2 Jt Coater of Brooklyn dealt a aevera beating to Frankla Conrey Of Kenosha Wl.. In a twenty-round bout here yeeterday-Thre yeeterday-Thre Judge. wr unantmou In awarding award-ing the Brooklyn boy th honor and he la now elated to meet Aba AtteU for the featherweight championship. Conley waa g 7 to 2 favorit with th crowd, which fairly went wild In the big arena and waltered In the exceaeive heat. Both boya appeared in excellent condition. Ttaey weighed 123 - pound apiece. Coeter led off With a left to the chin, a ahort. virloua Jab. which he uaed al moat at will after (he eighth round, cutting cut-ting the Knoh hoy' llpa until they were raw The continued hammering developed de-veloped a ewel'lng on Conley'a light cheek, almnat aa large aa a baseball, and hug welts over both eyes. Only In the seventh round did Conler make much of a showing. He forced the fighting end. In. clinches, landed on Coster'a mouth and noee. In the first, fifth, sixth, fifteenth and nineteenth rounde the honor were about even, but with the exception of the seventh, sev-enth, Coater had the fighting all hla own way beating Conley at hla own game of In-flghtlng. It was the nrst time Coster had enraged In a twenty-round bout. The bout was refereed by Or. Wellsf Woods- The Judges were T. 8. Andrews of Milwsukee. W. R. Hamilton, a sport-1 sport-1 tng wrltsr, and Fredarlck BudkowlU of , this city. |