Bernstein Bests Fairburn

BERNSTEIN BESTS FAIRBURN The New Yorker Wins in a Rattling Six Round Go The windup at the Nonparell Athletic Club last night was between Joe Bernstein, of New York, and Joe Fairburn, of this city. It was a rattling six-round set-to in which the New Yorker clearly proved his superiority as a boxer. The men weighed 125 pounds, and the Quaker lad had slightly the best of height and reach. The whole six rounds were purely scientific, but Bernstein showed his superiority at the game by landing much more frequently than Fairburn. The latter landed a hard left-hander in the second round and followed it with a stiff uppercut which staggered the visitor, but that was about the only damage the local boy did, as in the next four rounds Bernstein laid all over him. Dan McConnell, of Camden, and "Kid" Murphy, of Camden, were the principals in the semi-windup and they made a good showing, but McConnell failed to take advantage of Murphy's very open guard and while he might have gained the decision if one had been given he disappointed his friends by his poor showing. In the preliminary bouts "Spike" Clifford stopped Paddy Burke in the second round; Young Golden stood off John Henry, of Wilmington, at 112 pounds, and Paddy McLaughlin, of Wilmington, stopped John McVey, of Boston, in the second round.