| Show FLAHERTY BESTS ERNE in a twenty round bout which was very rapid several other fights before the new york athletic club erne Is battered all around the ring by the lowell man but not knocked out new york feb 20 martin flaherty of lowell mass defeated frank erne ina twenty bout at the new york athletic club tonight erne put up a game battle under tremendous difficulties as bis left eye was cut open in the fourth round and bled in manner all through the fight after the first few rounds flaherty was the aggressor and bad not a mark to show at the finish in the lowell man erne met a harder game than he had even with dixon the spacious gymnasium of the club was crowded to the very boora when the opening bout set for ten gounde at pounds between bobby wilson and jersey city and frank smith california Calif orria was put on the judeen were 0 arster and E W kearney of the new york athletic club and the referee was arthur moore new york athletic club had his man practically out in the eleventh rund the referee stopped the bout after two minutes and fifty seconds giving wilson the decision smith sprained his ankle badly in glinc down under a right swing and bad to be carried from the ring the second pair were joe younge of buffalo and johnny hannigan of pitta bur who were box ten rounds at pounds and the beet of the bout throughout but han put up a game fight youngs bad him for the lait three rounds but too tired to put the Pitt soure boyo elef the litter kept on his feet to the finish the judges agreed on youngs as the winner erne and flaherty got into the ring at 1020 they had weighed in at pounds erne had the best of the open ion round but the blows were liht erne put a stiff left on the body abid crossed to the jaw in the third lie met Flah erys rushes with both hands and had the best of the round erne ran into a hard on the eje cutting it and they had a fierce mix up in the next erne put bard swings on the body and got away cleverly cle flaherty bad a trifle the best of he fifth at a couple of hard swings that shook erne up flaherty chased bis man to the ropes in the sixth and plan teda left on the nose that drew blood lie put a hard right on the mouth drawing blood and just as the bell rang ahot n left on the eye cutting it afresh erne opened the eighth ith a great rush and landed richt and aft flaherty sent a terrible left book to the bad eye but the buffalo boy came back with a couple of hard swings and boners were fairly even flaherty made a mark of the bad eye in the ninth and erne was covered with I 1 kore A couple of heavy swings to ernes left ear in the eleve made that mem her add to the supply of blood lie countered on flaberty twice erne in with a storm of blows on the body and bead in the but the lowell lad led in and then forced frank to the in the sixteenth flaherty landed with terrible force several times on the damaged eye and on the jaw and frank was very near queer street when the bell rang flaherty put an awful left on the good rye in the and bad frank badly punished but just as the bell rang frank bent in a right and left that floored flaherity Fla heity who was caught unprepared the nineteenth was all in favor in the last round erne stayed on the defensive until the bell rang without any further the judges agreed on flaherty as the winner an the decision was received with ap A twenty round draw new york the principal attraction at the folo athletic club this evening was a twenty round bout at pounds between paddy of kan cae city and con doyle of chicado Chi caio the men put up so good a fight ahat referee paddy madden declared the bout a draw the preliminary bout between joe odonnell of yonkers and billy bobbins of new york waa stopped in the first round and odonnell wae declared the second preliminary go was between billy boch fort of chicado and jimmy roxe of new york pounds koch fort wag awarded the decision des ision at the ichird round of the bout smith ana to fleat pa feb 20 denver ed saw that a fight hie been arranged between himself and joe to take place at careon nev on march the date of the corbett fitzsimmons fight smith is to go to pittsburg on monday where the final details of the matter will be arranged |
