Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-05
ANOTHER PRIZE FIGHT
To Take Place Tn West Yirginia-The
18th Of June the Date.

/ 1t might be fair to presume that after the
| experience of Paddy Ryan and Joe GoSS
| the impression would have gone abroad
! that West Virginia had became an I'M
/ healthy place for prize fights. But the
sacred soil of this State seems still to be
/ held lightly by the outside world, as an
! other prize fight has been arranged To come
! off in West Virginia on June IS. The
! short-haired gentlemen who will partici-
| pate are Owen Maloney and James Weeden,
| both noted Pittsburgh plug uglicS. On
| Monday night their friends drew up and
they signed the following agreement:
ARTICLE OF AGREEMENT,
Entered into this, third day of April, 1892
between Owen Maloney and James
Weeden. both OF the city OF Pittsburgh
The said Owen MalOney and James
Weeden agree to fight fair stand-up fight
according to the new rules of the London
prize ring, by which said owen MalOney and
James Weedcn hereby agree to be bound.
The fight to be for the sum OF $500 side,
to take place in the State Of West Virginia,
and the choice OF gHound to be tossed for
IA DAYS before the Nay OF fighting. The
fight is to take place June Is. 1852, and the
men are required to he in the ring between
the hours OF five and six o'clock \. NJ, UNI
less otherwise mutually agreed upon by the
principals. In case of magiSterial inter
ference the referee or principals will
agree to the next time of meeting and fix
it on the same day, if possible. Each prin-
cipal is to select nan and these two are
to choose a referee the day before the fight.
The decision of the referee is to be final,
and no appeal shall be made from said de-
CisiOn. The principal absent from the ring
on the day and time fixed for the fight for
feits all the money deposited in the hands
OF Richard X. Fox, OF the New York Police
Gazette. On Monday. April 10th, the sec
ond deposit of 500 is to be put in the hands
of the stakeholder, and 500 is to be added
on each succeeding Monday until the full
amount is deposited. The principal who
fails 10 put up his deposit at the time spec
flied forfeits all the money up. The rope
and stakes are TO be paid for share and
share alike. JAS. WEEpEN,
OWEN MALONEY.
Maloney, says Pittsburg paper, has the
better record of the two He has engaged
in various encounters and came out viCto-
rious in all but two, which resulted in
draw. He is apparently 80 years of age
and weighs l53 pounds. His fighting
weight is 125 pounds His first fight was
with Harry Hurley, September L., 1850, on
Line Island, West Virginia. Twenty.cight
rounds were fought. during which Hurley
was severely punished. His next fight was
with Edward White, at New Haven, Conn,
whom he knocked out Of time in Is rounds.
subsequently Maloney came 10 this city,
and his first battle here was with Dick
Listen, which resulted in draw. His
next and hardest fought battle was with
John Lailerty, at Turtle Creek 1t took Il
rounds to decide this contest, and both
men were severely punished, Laierty sus-
tanning injuries which. it was feared ut the
time, would result fatally.
Wecden, although hr has been engaged
in several severe encounters IN which he
has been generally successful, has no pub
lie record. lie has been spelling for 4
fight with MalOncy for some time, and his
friends claim that he will toe the scratch
at the proper time, notwithstanding the
jccrS of Maloney'> friends, who say he will
forfeit his money rather than stand up
against their man. Weeden is said to be
related TO Wcedcn the puglist who killed.
his antagonist in desperate cncOuntCr in
the ring at Philadelphia several gears ago,
and who subsequently died in the pcniten-