New York, June 10.
In spite of an advantage of 28 'a longer reach, Harry Witte, the negro heavyweight boxer who has been clamouring to fight Dempsey, was unable to do more than beat Bartley Madden on points in a 16-round contest last night.
Wills battered the white man all over the' ring, but had not a sufficient punch' to knock: him out. Madden fought back pluckily and in several rounds gave the negro as good as he got. The spectators wildly cheered Madden at the end of the bout—Reuter.
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