Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-20
LOO HING CATCHEE PLENTY.
The First Chinese PFIAe- Fight on Record
Hi Sing FOOn Whips Loo Hing.
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The Times tomorrow win publish an
account of the first Chinese priZe-fight
that ever occurred In this or any other
country so far as the records Of the ring
show. The tight took place in a second
story back room ON Ridge avenue, and
was witnessed by forty members of the
sporting fraternity who paid 81 apiece for
the privilege. The fight was between Loo
Hing and Hi Sing FoOn, and eleven rounds
were fought, when Loo deliberately sat
down and in q tired Way said: EsMe
catchee plenty" Loo is washer
in YOt Furig's laundry in SprIn5
Garden street, near Eighth, and
Hi is an irOner in the laundry of Sam Chy,
in Ridge avenue. Hi came from San
Francisco with the reputation of bad
man, and before he had been here month
he. branded Loo with red hot fiat iron.
Hi was arrested, but got off on the trial
because witnesses testified that Loo got
his injuries by tboughtIessly setting down
on hot iron. Loo tbirsCed for revenge.
While at Clarke's boxing establishment
! some time ago delivering laundried work,
/ he proposed to ''Red" Mooney to do his
washing in return for boxing lessons,
Though Mr.. MONEYS washing was not
extensive, bargain was struck. and
twice a week Loo received an instructive
pounding from his teacher. Loo declared
his purpose to thrash Hi Sing as soon as
his pugilistic education should be COM
pleted.
''Dah'i Reiley and another pugilistic
friend of Mr., Moneys, called upon Hi
Sing, and, telling him of LoO's prepara-
tiens for battle, offered to instruct him if
he would agree to fight Loo. Hiiaccepted
the proposition. Mooney seconded Loo,
and Reiley performed like office for Hi.
Among the spectators were seven China
men. Ihere were no ropes, but two short
haired gentlemen armed with barrel
slaves kept the crowd back. Hard gloves
We're used, The combatants wore only
their blue linen trousers. Loo weighs
about 14O, and Hi 8 or 10 pounds more.
''Me ready" said Loo as he advanced
into the middle of the ring, and Iii came
forward at once. Pointing to his pig-tail,
Loo said: ''No can glab tall" In the
first round Loo planted left-hander on
HIS chin that nearly took him off his
feet, and quickly followed it up with two
blows on his neck. Then HI rushed at
his antagonist like bull, Loo ducked,
but Hi shOwered blows on the back of his
head: The round ended with clinch and
a fall, with Iii on top. At the end of the
fifth round both men were bleeding from
the nose and mouth when they were
taken to their corner. In the seventh
round Hi got in at the end and stamped
his antagonist in the eye. A foul was
claimed, but the referee decided that a
blow with bare foot was not a foul, and
ordered hostilities to PROCEED. The eighth.
ninth and tenth rounds took up about ten
minutes and were wildly fought, neither
of the cOmbatants receiving severe pun-
ishment, although both were generously
bruised. ~
In the eleventh round Hi Went al Loo
savagely, and dazed him with the. rapidity
Of his blows. AS Leo was reeling about
iil made one treIhend0ls effort, raised his
hand high above his head, and brought it |
down ike a PIE driver on top of his oppo. |
nents head Loo went down In heap.
When time was called for the twelfth
round Mooney pushed the broken-sy,irited |
Loo toward the centre of the room. He |
had had enough of it, however, and sal
lpon tne noor, saying, tMe cas,p. %
pienty." E-itogetherlh fogsS1 oLd',t 1,lee
lalI ap hour. The seconds say ~. a. aPoue Soth
per wanted to. quit half Ana ena' +i1'ooa DOon
1uring the fight, but We so;9 d1Zen III tunes
10 account Of the sIe afraid TO 40 SO SO
M dlo = see th~ affair, Loo was taken
W. ~ ,s.,s " rs friends, and Hi went away
he ." grinning companions as soon as
: eceived his money.