1904-06-06 Dave Holly ND Joe Grim [National Athletic Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA]

1904-06-07 The Evening World (New York, NY) (page 10)

JOE GRIM GETS ANOTHER BEATING
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(Special to The Evening World.)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 7.--Joe Grim, he of the iron jaw and rugged constitution that has withstood more beatings than any five fighters that ever donned the mitts, was the recipient of another severe lacing at the hands of Dave Holly last night at the National A. C. While Grim managed to stay the prescribed six rounds, he was all in at the finish and was holding on to Holly for dear life. Holly was in a rocky condition at the end himself, but it was not the result of Grim's punches, but he tired himself out punching Grim. Joe showed his ability to take punishment, but he was there to stay the limit and he did so.

Young Erne and Johnny Marto, of New York, repeated their fierce go of two weeks ago. The boys went through six terrific rounds and in a couple of rounds science was thrown to the wind and the go resolved itself into an old-time slugging match.


1904-06-07 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 6)

HOLLY MADE GRIM TAKE THE COUNT
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The bout between Joe Grim and Dave Holly last night at the National Athletic Club was a corking affair for action, and it went the limit. Grim stood off another man, although the Italian was forced to take the count in the last round as the result of a stiff punch to the jaw. Joseph was decidedly to the bad at the close of the sixth.

In the semi-wind-up Young Erne and Johnny Marto put up a duplicate to their bout of several weeks ago. It was a splendid affair, and Young Erne had something the better of the going.


1904-06-07 The Philadelphia Record (Philadelphia, PA) (page 9)

HOLLY BESTED JOE GRIM
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Outpointed Italian in Every Round at National Athletic Club.
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COULD NOT PUT HIM TO SLEEP
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Young Erne Outpointed Johnny Marto in Six Exciting Rounds in the Best Contest of the Night.
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Dave Holly bested Joe Grim in the wind-up at the National Athletic Club last night, but, although he had the best of every round and once put the Italian down for the count, the negro could not stop Grim, and at the end of the bout Joe was there just as good as ever. Holly did all of the fighting except in the fifth round, when Grim rushed matters for awhile. The bout was not interesting, for both men did too much clinching and wrestling, and a great deal of time was wasted in this kind of work.

In the preliminary contests George Walker outpointed Johnny Kelly in a rattling six-round bout; Eddie Rocap and Johnny Allen went the limit at a good clip, while Jimmy Devine and Jack Durane boxed six fast rounds, with honors slightly in favor of the latter.

1912-05-15 Packey McFarland ND6 Young Erne [National Athletic Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA]

1912-05-16 The Evening Times (Pawtucket, RI) (page 2)

M'FARLAND SIMPLY TOYS WITH ERNE
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PHILADELPHIA, May 14.--Packey McFarland, Chicago, and Young Erne, Philadelphia, fought six rounds before the National A. C. last night, and the Chicago boy made Erne look like a novice.

From the beginning of the fight until the sixth round the spectators continually shouted, "Take 'em off." It looked as though McFarland was not doing his best, and so it proved, for at the beginning of the closing round Packey jabbed and uppercut Erne so persistently that he almost had him out at the close of the fight.

In the first three rounds Erne did not lay a glove on McFarland.

In the fourth Erne hooked a hard right to the jaw, but McFarland simply smiled and sent Erne's head back with a straight left.

In the fifth round Packey went after his man, but he did not put any force into his blows, nearly all of them being with the open hand.

When he started in with the sixth he made Erne's head rock from side to side and bob up and down until the Philadelphia man did not know which way to duck.


1912-05-16 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 10)

MORE EASY MONEY FOR M'FARLAND
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Chicago Lad Toys With Young Erne in Bout That Is Real Funny
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Local Lad Is Outclassed From the Start Not Even Mussing Packey's Hair in Six Rounds
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The little pink tea party given last evening at the National A. C. by Mr. Packey McFarland, of Chicago, and Young Erne, of this city, which was attended by several thousands of their admirers, the honors were so easily copped by Packey that a large section of the crowd started to get their wraps before the last course had been served. And in making an early departure the unfortunates missed the only bit of realism of the entertainment. At no time was there any danger of the police interfering because of ungentlemanly or brutal conduct on the part of the contestants, but when the final bell sounded Erne was decidedly frapped. Had the bout continued a minute or so longer he might have needed assistance to descend from the ring.

When the curtain went up, the referee in introducing the entertainers announced that they had both complied with the requirements and weighed in at 3 P. M. at 138 pounds. Then the festivities started, and many a good laugh was enjoyed by those who had paid well for the privilege. To start things and just to feel out the humor of his opponent, McFarland playfully tapped Erne on the face with his left. Whereupon Erne covered up, and Packey again striking his glove to the face turned his man around and planted a punch on the back of Yi Yi's head.

It was rather unexpected, pleasantly and it amused the crowd, but when the visitor from Chicago continued his playful tactics and then stood in front of his petrified opponent laughing and refusing to hit him there was a real shout.

It was not until the third round that Erne essayed to make a break for freedom. He launched a right swing with terrific force. Packey ducked and the force of the blow carried Erne off his pins and landed him on his knees. In the next round Erne missed right and left swings and nearly went over the ropes.

There were some among the onlookers who were in favor of Mr. McGuigan taking them off the stage, but the bout continued. At the start of the fifth Erne cut a flash and did a little boring in. His nose was badly handled by McFarland in the melee.

Everyone expected something to break loose in the sixth and they were not disappointed. After the first minute of quiet, Erne started to do things. He rushed in and landed a good punch on Packey's snoot that brought the claret. Then the real thing began. McFarland cut loose and hammered Erne all over the ring, landing rights to body and lefts to head. Three times he put left swings to the head and followed it up with a right swing to the body that opened up Erne's safety valve and he lost all his steam. He was driven to the ropes and pasted good and hard as the bell rang.


1912-05-16 Trenton Evening Times (Trenton, NJ) (page 14)

PACKEY M'FARLAND BEAT YOUNG ERNE
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PHILADELPHIA, May 16.--Packey McFarland again demonstrated his superiority over Young Erne of this city, by outpointing the local youth in a six-round bout at the National A. C. last night.

The scrap was hardly up to what might have been expected of this pair of heavy lightweights. At no time during the entire six rounds did Erne appear to have a chance with the shifty "Stockyards Champion," and he covered in every round to save himself.

McFarland was never forced to extend himself, but kept Erne on the defensive by the almost constant use of a straight left jab. Packey also seemed a trifle merciful toward the local entry, and several times used light slaps when opportunities for heavier wallops presented themselves.

Both men were in excellent condition at the start. They made the required weight of 138 pounds at 3 o'clock and started the bout in careful style.

Toward the end of the fourth round Erne tried to overcome the lead held by his opponent, but his attempts to rush McFarland were useless. The Middle Westerner sent him back each time with jabs, and could have done more serious damage had he so desired.

1905-04-03 Young Corbett II ND6 Young Erne [Washington Sporting Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA]

1905-04-04 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 10)

YOUNG ERNE PUTS UP A GOOD BOUT
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Young Corbett Is Outpointed by the Local Boy in the Early Rounds of the Go
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But Later on, After Being Stung He Held On Often Enough to Have Lost the Decision
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Young Erne just escaped the distinction of having bested Young Corbett in the wind-up at the Washington Sporting Club last night. After having outpointed the former champion in the first two rounds, something went wrong with him, and from the ringside it looked like a case of falling of the heart.

Corbett stung him good and hard in the early part of the third round, and from that on to the finish he devoted the bulk of his energies to holding. Now and then he had lapses, and for brief intervals showed up brilliantly with his left hand jabs. They landed all right, but they had no visible effect upon Corbett.

Taking the bout from end to end there was very little difference in the number of clean blows that were landed, but those that Corbett got in had more steam behind them, and that taken in conjunction with Erne's stalling tactics, entitled Corbett to the verdict, were verdicts permitted here.

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Corbett looked high in flesh and probably had seven or eight pounds the better of Erne, but every pound over was that much excess baggage. Erne looked good and strong, and showed a confidence at the start of the action that was lacking on the occasion of his former meeting with Corbett.

Corbett took the initiative at the start, and kept up his aggressive tactics to the finish. Corbett led off with a solid right to the body, and Erne got back with a left on the chops, he went to a clinch, after which Corbett again got in with a right to the body. Erne jabbed Corbett with straight lefts four times in succession, and then brought his right around on the jaw. Corbett boxed back wildly, and Erne got in another light right as the bell rang.

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Corbett started the second round with a rush, but when into a clinch, during which he hammered Erne about the body. In the breakaway Erne landed three lefts straight, after which there was a lively mix-up, both boys shooting out at random.

The tide began to turn in Corbett's favor in the third. He caught Erne over the eye with a short-swinging left, and there followed a lively mix-up, with the honors in favor of Corbett. Erne was evidently stung good and hard, for he persisted in holding and ignored the advice of his seconds to "keep a hitting."

The fourth round was very like the third, although there was a lively mix-up at the finish. In the fifth round they were locked almost for a minute, Corbett gaining whatever advantage there was in the short-arm punching. When they were finally separated, Corbett again got back with his left while Corbett swung his right hard into the body. There was another lively finish to the round, during which neither seemed to hear the bell.

Erne started the sixth round evidently bent on trying to make up the ground that he had lost in the three preceding rounds. He started out fast enough, and at long range had the better of the exchanging, but his punches lacked the requisite steam. Once he caught Corbett with a full right-hander, but that did not deter Corbett from boring in. There was another bunch of punches exchanged at short range, and again Corbett showed that he had several points on Erne at that style of boxing. Erne was pretty tired at the finish, and Corbett himself was in no condition for a waltz. In making his matches hereafter it would be well for Young Erne to insist on the Philadelphia interpretation of the Queensberry code--to box until ordered to break, and then break clean.


1905-04-04 The Philadelphia Record (Philadelphia, PA) (page 10)

CORBETT TOO FAT TO BOX
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Went Six Rounds to a Draw With Young Erne of This City.
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NOT A KNOCKDOWN SCORED
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Bob Fitzsimmons Wants a Match With Marvin Hart--Jack O'Brien and "Kid" McCoy to Come Together Once More.
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Judging by his exhibition at the Washington Sporting Club last night, Young Corbett's days as a fighter are over. He was hog fat, and had his opponent, Young Erne, had a little more sand he would have beaten the Denver lad. As it was, Erne was entitled to a draw, and many of the spectators thought that he was entitled to a little the best of it. In the number of clean blows landed Erne did much the best work, but he marred this by holding when there was no necessity of it, and when he should have stood off and jabbed Corbett, as he could easily do whenever he tried.

The conditions of the match gave Corbett all the best of it. Erne was to weigh in at 132 pounds at 8 o'clock, but Corbett was to box at catch-weights. When the time arrived none of the Corbett party were on hand and neither man weighed, although Erne was on hand, ready to go on the scales. The men boxed under the rough-and-tumble rules which Corbett insisted on, each man being made to take care of himself in the clinches and at all other times. This gave Corbett a tremendous advantage, and he put his weight on Erne at every opportunity. This rough-and-tumble style of boxing made the bout very tiresome at times, for the men wrestled, pushed and shoved each other around the ring instead of boxing, often for half a minute at a time. In addition to his fat paunch, Corbett's face looked bloated.

Erne opened the first round with a jab to Corbett's nose. Corbett seemed surprised at the speed shown by the local boxer and set himself for a hard punch. He smashed Erne in the stomach and then Yi-Yi stabbed him on the nose for his trouble. Corbett stepped back and set himself to deliver a hard punch, when Erne jabbed him four times on the nose without a return. Corbett seemed to have trouble in breathing and Erne's jabs made it worse. He came to a clinch and while Erne was holding him Corbett pounded Erne's kidneys. Erne jabbed Corbett with his left and then, sending his right over, rocked Corbett with a punch on the jaw.

In the second Erne went to Corbett and planted his left to the latter's nose twice without a return. Corbett got in some hard blows on Erne's kidneys and then Erne jabbed him a couple of times in the nose. Corbett sent a hard right to Erne's body and "Yi-Yi" came to a clinch. When they separated Erne got loose and he jabbed Corbett three times. The blows were light and Corbett laughed. The balance of the round was spent in wrestling. There was considerable wrestling in the third. Erne was holding most of the time. Then he would make a rally and get two or three jabs. In a hard mix-up in the middle of the ring Corbett cut Erne's eye with a punch aimed at his jaw but which went to high. Later he got to Erne's jaw and the downtowner came to a clinch.

Corbett forced the boxing in the fourth round. He got in a couple of left hooks, but the blows lacked steam. Erne jabbed Corbett several times and the Denver lad got wild and swung several times, missing Erne by a foot.

The fifth was the best of the contest. It opened with a rush. Erne got a hard uppercut to Corbett's stomach. Corbett did not like it and crouched back and doubled over to escape punishment. Meantime he was trying his best to get in hard punches to Erne's body. Then Erne broke loose and went at Corbett for keeps. He landed six jabs on Corbett's face and got away without a return. Erne then went to Corbett's body and punched him so hard that Corbett was forced to hold. Corbett tried to make a rally and they were mixing it up hard. The crowd was excited and yelling so loud that the men were unable to hear the bell and they boxed for several seconds after it had rang.

Erne started to force the boxing in the last round, but the men soon came to a clinch. Corbett rushed Erne through the ropes, but he managed to stay on the platform. Then Erne rocked Corbett's head with a right. One of Erne's jabs started the blood from Corbett's mouth. Corbett got a left to Erne's jaw and the men were in a clinch when the bell rang.

In the semi-wind-up Harry Decker defeated Nick Hollywood in a fast contest. At first it looked as if Hollywood would prove too much for the local boxer, but Decker turned the tables in the third round and after doing some good boxing he took the lead and kept it to the end, having Hollywood in pretty bad shape when the bell rang at the end of the bout.

1904-02-27 Abe Attell ND6 Young Erne [National Athletic Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA]

1904-02-28 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 14)

ABE ATTEL GIVEN SLASHING FIGHT
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Young Erne Put Up a Great Bout With the Featherweight Champion
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Monster Crowd Turns Out at the A. C. and Sees Some of the Finest Milling Ever
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Young Erne gave Abe Attel, the champion featherweight of the world, a grand fight in the wind-up of the all-star show last night at the National Athletic Club. It was a corking good bout, as were all the others on the program. Attel displayed the generalship, and while the local boy was always after him the 'Frisco lad had rather the better of the going, landing in the last three rounds both rights and lefts to body and face.

It was a great crowd that gathered to see a great lot of fighters. All who journeyed to the hall could not be accommodated, and about as many persons were turned away as were admitted to the hall.

The festivities began with a bout between Kid McLaughlin, of this city, and Kid Murphy, the 105-pound champion of New York. It was the tamest fight of the night. McLaughlin would have been entitled to the decision.

The bout between Johnny Allen and Kid Henning, of Washington, was a fast and furious one. At the end of the third round Murphy quit, claiming that he was sick.

Phil Logan was outclassed by Chester Goodwin, of Boston, in every way. The visitor had height, weight and reach. In the fourth round Logan's seconds threw up the sponge.

Had Hughey Murphy, who has fought two battles with Young Corbett, been in better condition, there is no telling what he might have done to Billy Willis. As it was, Willis had none the better of the bout that went the limit.

The bout between Jimmy Briggs and Jack O'Neil was a No. 1, viewed from every angle. There was lots of action. If there was any choice it would have been in favor of Briggs, who finished in rather better condition than did O'Neil.


1904-02-28 The Philadelphia Record (Philadelphia, PA) (page 16)

STAR BOUTS AT NATIONAL
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Abe Attel Bested in Contest With Young Erne.
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JIM BRIGGS MEETS A TARTAR
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Jack O'Neill Giving Bostonian All He Could Attend to--Willis Almost Put Out Hughey Murphy. Henning Quits.
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Jimmy Briggs, of Boston, stacked up against a Tartar in Jack O'Neill, and for five rounds the Bostonian had a little more than he could readily attend to. His well known aggressiveness availed him little, as Jack invariably met him with a stiff left-hand jab in the mouth that sent Jimmy's head back. Briggs did his best work in the clinches, getting in short right-hand uppercuts to O'Neill's chin. In the sixth round Briggs kept Jack on the run, and got in several heavy punches that weakened O'Neill, and Briggs was the strongest at the finish.

In a terrific contest Chester Goodman, of Boston, proved to be too much for Phil Logan, and the referee stopped the bout in the fourth round to save the local boy from an almost certain knockout. Logan gave a great display of grit and gameness and took his medicine like a Trojan. Two knock-downs in the first round seemed to take the heart out of Phil. Logan, instead of taking the full count got up each time before the count of six. He had not fully recovered from the effects of the blows and only managed to last the round by hugging. In the second round Logan got Goodwin on the rope and smashed right and left on the face and started the claret running from Chester's nose. Logan had the advantage at the end of the round.

Goodwin gave Logan an awful beating in the third round, knocking the local boy down four times, and had him in an almost helpless condition when the bell rang. In the fourth round, after boxing for about two minutes, the referee, seeing that Phil had no chance to win, stopped the contest.

Billy Willis came within an ace of knocking out Hughey Murphy, of New York shortly before the end of the fifth round, with a short right-hand punch on the point of the jaw. It looked as though it was all up with the New Yorker, as he laid on his back and never moved a muscle. Just as the referee was about to count the final ten he jumped to his feet. Willis was after him right and left, but by hugging the visitor managed to stay the rounds. The milling was very fast in the last round, with the local boy doing the better work. For straight, stand-up and hard hitting the bout would be hard to beat. The boys hardly took a breathing spell while in the ring, being in action all the time, and it was only a question as to who would land the deciding punch. Although Willis had the better of the contest he had bellows to mend at the end of the sixth round.

Kid Murphy, of New York, and Kid McLaughlin were the first pair to try conclusions, and the New Yorker had something on the local boy in every round except the fifth. At the end of the sixth round it was found that McLaughlin injured one of his hands during the bout.

Johnny Allen and Kid Henning, of Washington, were to have boxed six rounds, but after being knocked down and getting a good beating Henning quit at the end of the third round. Henning said that he was sick and could not do himself justice, and did not care to have a knockout registered against him.

1909-02-20 Freddie Welsh W-PTS20 Young Erne [Westside Athletic Club, New Orleans, LA, USA]

1909-02-21 The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) (page 15)

WELSH WINS.
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Erne Stays the Twenty Rounds With English Champion,
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But the Fistic Foreigner Was Cleverest, and Proved Master of the Punch.
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By superior cleverness and endurance, Freddie Welsh, the English lightweight champion, gained the decision over "Young" Erne, after one of the hardest fought ring battles ever pulled off here. More than 2,500 persons witnessed the mill. Welsh was Erne's master throughout the twenty rounds. When Referee Dave Barry declared Welsh the winner, there were few dissenting opinions, for the game little Englishman not only outpointed the American lad, but chopped him to pieces before the end.

Erne gained a slight advantage in the fifth, ninth, twelfth and nineteenth rounds. In the fourth Welsh opened a wide gash in Erne's nose, and in the eighth started the gore flowing freely from the mouth. At the end of the fifteenth round Erne was groggy, and holding on desperately to evade the fatal blow. In the nineteenth Erne came back with remarkable speed, using his right and left with terrific effect on the English boy. Both men appeared to be strong at the end of the twentieth round. Welsh's left eye was slightly discolored, while Erne's face was cut to pieces. His mouth was swollen out of proportion and his left eye entirely closed.

Before the men were introduced Referee Barry read a telegram from Jimmy Clabby, the crack Milwaukee lad, challenging the winner of the fight. Both men accepted the terms. Big Marvin Hart, who fights before the Parkview Club next week, was introduced. He was hailed as the future champion heavy weight.

Erne was the first to enter the ring. He was accompanied by Bert Keyes, his trainer. He wore soft bandages about his wrists, and was attired in green trunks, and an American flag about his belt. Welsh was accompanied to his corner by Gene Lutz, the turfman. Erne examined the bandages worn by Welsh, and then raised a kick. Referee Barry ordered the Englishman to remove part of the bandages. Welsh then raised a howl as to the style of fighting proposed by Erne's second. He declared that the articles barred in-fighting, and provided for a clean break in the clinches. After considerable delay the articles were produced, which provided that the fighters could hit with one arm free in a clinch.

THE PRELIMINARIES.

Jack Collier, a local boy, and Kid Carter, of Denver, hooked up in the preliminary. Both men weighed 116 pounds. Collier jabbed Carter to pieces with his left in the first round, and in the second slipped three wicked right hooks to the jaw, putting Carter down for the count of seven, the gong saving him. Carter was still sleeping when the gong sounded for the third, and his second quit.

In the semifinal, Kid Greaves and Kid Stanley, both of New Orleans, fought at 110 pounds. Stanley forced the fighting, landing with little effect on Greaves. In the second Stanley walked into two or three hard right swings, and took the count after 14 minutes of fighting.

A telegram was received from Jimmy Clabby, of Milwaukee, challenging the winner of the Welsh-Erne mill, at 142 pounds. Phil Brock, of Cleveland, was introduced as an aspirant to divide honors with the winner.

THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.

First Round--Erne led with left jabs to nose. Welsh put straight right to body and left to kidneys. Welsh jabbed his left to chin. Erne shook Welsh with a right to jaw.

Second Round--Welsh put his left to jaw, and Erne came back with right hook on jaw. Welsh placed two wicked jabs to face. Erne clinched. Welsh used his right on kidneys. Welsh swung his left to body, and brought his right across the jaw.

Third Round--Welsh put his right to jaw and followed it with a left to body. Erne shot his right to face, and Welsh put right to ear. Erne jabbed right and left. Welsh mixed it, using his right in clinches. Welsh brought blood with a left swing to nose.

Fourth Round--Erne swung his right to jaw, and missed a left jab. Erne swung a right, was met with a hard left to jaw coming back. Erne got a hard left to the face. Welsh landed his right to body. Erne right to body.

Fifth Round--Welsh ducked a right swing. Erne landed a right hook. Erne left to jaw twice, and left to body. Welsh feinted with left and brought his right across the jaw. Both clinched. Erne used his left on kidney.

Sixth Round--Erne hard left to jaw. Welsh right jab and right hook on jaw. Erne put his left to kidney. Welsh jabbed to mouth, bringing the blood. Welsh ducked into a slow hook. Men mixing when gong sounded.

Seventh Round--Erne led left to the jaw. Welsh brought his left under guard to jaw. Erne put a hard right to jaw. Welsh hooked right to jaw. Erne put left to jaw. Welsh jabbed left to jaw, and put right to body and left to jaw. Erne bleeding at the nose and mouth and seemed weak.

Eighth Round--Welsh put a straight right to jaw, and brought his left across the body. Welsh jabbed left to mouth, and swung hard rights and lefts to jaw. Erne ducked into a right hook to the nose. Erne put a straight jab to jaw, opening a gash in Welsh's nose. The men clinched as the gong rang.

Ninth Round--Erne came up fresh, with a left to the ear. Welsh smilingly put a left hook to neck. Erne countered with his right to jaw. Erne put a terrible left to neck. Both men used rights and lefts to jaw in the clinch. Erne jabbed his right to Welsh's nose, causing the blood to flow again.

Tenth Round--Erne swung right to jaw. Welsh jabbed left to nose. Erne put a hard right to jaw, and Welsh countered with a right hook to nose. Erne used long-range jab to good effect.

Eleventh Round--Welsh crossed Erne with right and left swings to jaw. Erne jabbed his right to mouth. Erne swung right and left, but Welsh was not there. Welsh blocked Erne's left jabs, using his right effectively on Erne's ear. Erne's right eye greatly swollen.

Twelfth Round--Erne put three straight lefts to face. Welsh put an upper-cut to jaw. Welsh staggered Erne with straight lefts to jaw. Welsh hooked his right on jaw. Erne fighting for cover. Gong found Erne bleeding and very weak.

Thirteenth Round--Welsh swung left to jaw; Welsh jabbed left and right to jaw. Erne dropped his guard and got a stiff jab on ear. Erne shot a hard right on jaw. Welsh staggered Erne with a stiff jab on jaw. Erne went to his corner very groggy.

Fourteenth Round--Erne came back in great shape, swinging his left to body. Welsh put a stiff right on jaw. Erne put his left to jaw, and jabbed his right to body. Welsh swung hard to face with his right. Welsh showing first signs of distress.

Fifteenth Round--Erne put a stiff right on nose. Welsh lunged with his right for the body, and met a stiff left swing. Welsh forced Erne to ropes, planting a hard right on jaw. Referee Barry cautioned Welsh not to use his head in clinches.

Sixteenth Round--Welsh swung left to jaw, forcing Erne to ropes. Erne tried for a right swing, and met a hard left on nose. Erne landed hard on body. The men fought at close range, Erne using his right with effect on Welsh's body.

Seventeenth Round--Erne jabbed his right to body. Welsh put a hard one on neck. Erne jabbed left to nose. Welsh put a hard left swing to kidneys. Erne jabbed left to nose, and brought a hard right across body. Both men fighting at long range.

Eighteenth Round--Welsh missed a wicked right hook. Erne countered with lefts and rights, forcing Welsh to ropes. Erne put a hard right to body. Welsh forced Erne to ropes.

Nineteenth Round--The gong found the men fighting furiously, Welsh using his right to jaw. Erne put a hard one to the neck. Welsh put a hard right to body, and followed it up with short right and left jabs.

Twentieth Round--Erne put a hard left to jaw. Welsh put a stiff left to jaw. Erne jabbed with his left, and swung a hard one on jaw. Welsh put a series of hard rights and lefts to jaw. Erne was hanging on, bleeding from nose and mouth.