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Show rriaik I'rne. Tho recent battle fur tho lightweight championship of tho world between 1'rank Krno of Huffalo nail Joeans of Ualtlmoro attrnctVd a great amount of Interest through tho whole country. Students of form picked dans M tho winner and as a mult 'the negro -was a fatorlte In tho betting at 10 to 8 A great amount of money was wagered on the match and several of those who looked upon (Inns as a sura thing have had reason to regret tho confidence confi-dence they placed In him. Th colored col-ored man fought a flue battle up to tho twelfth round, when his eyo was so badly cut that he told tho referee ho could proceed no further, tho blood running Into his ers nnd blinding him The referee, of rourie, then gavo tho derlslnh to Krnn dins had tho advnntngo over the Huffalo champion In rcveral rounds, his superb blocking, scientific punching and wonderful footwork foot-work proving too milch for the clever and ahlfty Krne In many quartern the Imprceslon prevailed tbaat (Inns thowed himself a "qulltcr" by throning thron-ing up tho battlo when the tide seemed seem-ed to be running In his favor. Krnnlt Krne, who by his victory over Cans retnlna tho lightweight chata- rrtANic intNi: plonihlp tltlo, Is 3ri yonra of age onl belongs to tho higher class of scrap-pern, scrap-pern, of whom "Kid" McCoy Is the most prominent repressntatlvu He Is a line looking fellow and Is well educated. Ho won the championship from "Kid" iJivlgno In Huffalo July 3, 1899 Ho knocked out Dal Hawkins Haw-kins In San rrnnclsco In seven rounds last year. Ho also scored over (leorge Mcfadden In SB rounds and fought a 2S-round draw with Jack 0 Ilrlen at Coney Island on December 4 Our engraving en-graving Is from a copyrighted plcturo by Itlchard K. Tor. |