Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-20

SEVENTH ROUND.
hohne came into the ring with very
determined look on his face, After fight
ing few minutes he succeeded in catch
ing ONeal under the chin and fioored
nm. Betting then commenced. the Phil
adelphla sports betting two to one that
tlelr man would win, which was promptly
covered by the Pittsburgers and several
Altoona sports.
EIGHTH ROUND.
The men displayed the finest work that
mad been done during the whole fight.
They struck at each other right and left.
and tried all the lodges that were ever
used in the prize ring, but it was no use
they could not hit each other, After
lighting ten minutes the men went to their
corners, Where they were handled by their
seconds,
NINTH ROUND.
kohne was knocked down.
TENTH ROUND.
O'Neal came into the ring and said !:
"BOys, am going to hit him hard this
time But he got left, as he received a
blow in the side of the head which knock
ed him off his props.
The eleventh round was draw.
The twelfth round was Touchdown for
k0hne, as were also the thirteenth and
fourteenth rounds.
THREE OF A KIND.
In the fifteenth round O'Neal came into
the ring, and he then got down to fine
work. 1t could be plainly seen that he
was determined to down his man, and he
succeeded in knocking him down in this
round, and also in the sixteenth, seven
teenth and eighteenth rounds.
In the nineteenth both men fought hard,
but they could not hit each other, 1t was
q draw:
TWENTIETH ROUND.
O'Neal succeeded in knocking Kohne
down and he split his jaw, Betting was
two to one on 0'Neal.
TWENTY-FIRsT.
O'Neal again knocked his man down.
TwENTY-sECOND.
KOhne did some very fine work. and he
finally succeeded in flooring his man.
In the twenty-third Kohne again
dropped his man, and in doing so he gave
him quite a cut under the right eve.
The twenty-fOurth was draw, as was
also the twenty-fifth.
In the twenty-siXth the men commenced
to display considerable science. O'Neal
led off with right handler, but it Warded
OIL, and hohne hit him back of the left ear
and dropped him.
The twenty-seyenth was declared a
draw, but the Philadelphia sports claimed
a foul. They said O'Neal tried to give
kOhne the foot, and the round and fight
should be given to KOhne, but the referee
put stop to that. He said there was
nothing of the kind attempted, and that
the round was draw,
The tWenty-eighth was a knock down
for OiNeal.
The twenty-ninth and thirtieth were
hard fought ones, but 0'Neal appeared to
have caught up to his second wind, and
he succeeded i'll knocking his opponent
completely out,
In the thirty-lrst Kohne rallied and
tlOOred his man,
In the thirty-second O'NeaI dropped
kohne.
In the thirty-third Kohne knocked his
man down and split his left ear. This
was the last round that KOhne won, MS he
appeared to be completely done out; but
he stuck to it for three more rounds, but
finally threw up the sponge.
THE LAUREIs.
The referee then decided O'Neal the
winner. Both men were very badly
bruised, but neither seriously hurt. KOhne
appeared to have received the worst of the
fight, hut ONeal had more cuts on his
face than his opponent. After the fight
was over, the stakes were turned over to
" Neal.
Then Col. ROhme, the referee, came up
and shook hands with the fighters and
said; "Boys, | think you are excellent
men, and that some day YOU can hold
YOUR own With the best of them.p He
gave the winner the $40 in gold which lie
promised lie would do. Not less than
$4,000 changed hands ON the fight, and the
Philadelphia boys went home tieeced,
4, The hight was arranged by two Phila.
delphians named Crum and Charles, and
two Pittsburgers named Fisher and Nc
Cree. At first the men We're to have
fought for $500, but when they arrived at
Altoona they decided to fight for 81 900 a
side. The balance of the purse was put
up then and there, and John Coyne was
chosen stakeholder.
NOT ON THE PROGRAMME.
During the twenty-seventh round a
quarrel started among the Pittsburg and
Philadelphia sports about some money
which had been bet on that round. and
also about some Philadelphia sports try
ing to call foul. man named Rush.
who, the men claimed, resided in Pitts
burg, struck one Of the Eastern men in
the mouth; Then general row occurred,
and the result of it was that Rush and his
brother, who was with him, were badly
cut, Where the men were taken TO could
not be learned.
During the melee the Colonel became
excited and said: gentlemen, want no
lighting In this house outside of the prin-
cipals, and | want it distinctly UNDER
stood it must be stopped" The sports
did not seem to pay much attention to
what the Colonel said, but they did pay
attention TO him in the course Of time. for
he hit one of the Philadelphia sports and
knocked him out of time.
Snow, gentlemen, | must have order"
said the Colonel, and then the fight came
to an end. After the combat was over
and the men were getting ready TO leave.
the Colonel observed to the party: ''Gentle-
men, | am much obliged for yourevenihg's
entertainment" @
HISTORICAL,
The fight was brought about in this
wayl In 1876 O'Neal went to Philadel-
phia to visit the centennial. He remained
in the city for about one month. While
there he became acquainted with young
lady, and the two fell desperately in love
with each other. O'Neal made several
trips to Philadelphia after this, and when
on his last trip there he married the young
lady and brought her home to Pittsburg,
where they are now living. 1t appears
that kOhne was also greatly in love with
the young lady, and that he proposed to
her several times, but she refused to have
anything to do with him after she met
O'Neal. This made Kohne very angry, so
about a couple of months after they were
married 0'Neal received a challenge from
KOhne to fight him. O'Neal did not pay
any attention to it at first, but about every
year he would receive a challenge. FL
nally he became so angry that he decided
to accept the challenge, which he did.
The money was put up about three
months ago, and the men have been in
training up to the time the fight took place,
This was no doubt one of the Iaost bitter
and hOtly-cOpteste fights hot to have ma
tiOnal notoriety that was ever known to
have taken place in this vicinity.
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