Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-10-05
NO. IL.
The sluge,er,s.

4 The Slugeers. as.
4 NEW YORK, Oct. 2-CharIes MitcbeIh
middle weight Of England, and VIM
eheritf, alias The Prussian, met in prize
ring this afternoon at secluded spot on
shore of Long Island. Each has had sev@
eral rigid contests in most of which they
have been successful. The present match
was made September 18th last between
4 Vim. Madden for Mitchell and Arthur
! Chambers for Sheriff. Conditions being
$1,000 a side, six rounds MARQUIS Of
1 Queensbury rules, points of endurance to
count. Mitchell has been training at
Far Rockaway two weeks and Sheriff un-
der care of Arthur Chambers the same
length of time at Philadelphia. Mitchell
and his trainer, Billy Madden, entered
the ring at $40 and was closely followed
by the Prussian and his seconds Arthur
Chambers and Edwards. Both men
appeared in good condition. Nit
sition and selected the south
western corner of the ring. At $50 the
men advanced to the center of the ring,
shock hands and Immediately put them
selves in position for fight and commenced
the first round. Iii
Tee first part of the three minutes al
lowed for the round was spent in effective
sparring for the opening. Mitchell got
in the first blow upon Sherltf's stomach,
followed with stiff right handler on the
chin. Sheriff countered on Mitchelps
cheek and also landed a heavy right
handler on his face. Michele returned
the compliment with a good one on the
| breast, and time was call ed.
| Second round.-After little sparring
| Sheriff let fly his right at Mitchell's face
but was well stopped. He got IN, how-
ever, two heavy right handlers without
much effort. Mitchell made play with
his left but was short guarding his dis
tance better. Mitchell followed witt,
left handler which reached its destination,
landing In the smeller and tapping the
scarlet. The men now got to close quar-
ters in fighting and were about even IN
delivering and effectiveness. The head
was the objective point of each, when
their arms dropped at call of time.
Third round. = Notwithstanding the
heavy work on the previous rounds the
men came to the scratch in good form
and each looking confident. Sheriff led,
planting his right on Mitchells neck.
Sherlff's stomach again offered attrac-
visited that part Of his opponents anat-
omy and sheriff looked below to mend as
he was badly winded. Mitchell kept at
work and The Prussian, Notwithstanding
Mitchell's visitation, was quick IN
response. A hot battle was now being
wagod, Mitchell doing heavy work with
his left and Sheriff planting some heavy
right handlers on Mltchell's head. Nit
chell drew blood the second time from
Sheriff's nose as time was called
Fourth round.-There was little %.
pearance of fatigue in either men as they
stood up for the fourth time. Mitchell
led off with blow at Sheriff's head
which was neatly stopped and followed
once again with heavy left handler on
the Prussian's stomach just above the
belt. Then followed some quick coun-
ters but without damage and the round
closed by Mitchell driving terrific blow
In the ribs.
Fifth round-No time was lost Begin
ming work, although both men showed
signs of firing. They both came together
and their heads both suffered for some
seconds. Sheriff got in right handler
on Mitchell's throat, the latter countering
with the left on the stomach and his
right on the head. This was the last
fought round and the only one in which
the men showed real fight.
Sixth round-The men came up spryly
and lost no time sparring. Mitchell de.
livered a left handler in Sherlff's stomaeh
while the latter planted hard enc on
Mitchell's head. Another left handler
from Mitchell almost knocked Sheriff
down. he rallied quickly, however, and
put in some telling blows. The fight was
q very eventful round, and wound up
with Mitchell planting left handler On
Sr1, ot1 Oh
Sheriff did some hard hitting while
Mitchell often fell short. The younger
man, however, looked fresher when time
was called.
Seventh round.-There was some delay
getting the men together for this round
as the referee said the agreement pro-
vided that but six rounds should be
fought. The spectators set up loud cries
effect of bringing the men together again
and they quickly began exchanging
heavy blows IN the face. Mitchell got in
a left handler on Sheriff's stomach Winch
was returned with hasty under cut on
the chin. Mitchell getting in similar
blow and left handler again on the stom-
ach. Both spared carefully for time
then Mitchell landed q heavy one on
Sheriff's nose. The latter did some
heavy work on Mitchell's head with both
hands until one of Mitchel's stomach
blows cut his wind short. The round
finished with some sharp hitting on both
sides. The fight occupied about thirty
minutes when the crowd of on-lookers,
who paid $40 each to see the fight, saw
both men preparing to leave the ring de-
clared they should fight it out. Referee,
however, decided the fight over and that
the result was drawn. There were re-
newed yells and the fighters evinced
disposition to go on out but the referee
decided against them. Neither men ap-
peared much punished. Mitchell walked
to his carriage as lightly as he left it be-
fore the fight. A slight swelling of the
face was the only indication of the fight,
about the Prusslan. The fight was very
unsatisfactory to all concerned and at
tempts were made to arrange another
match to be fought in Mexico for @2,5OO
side. A large amount Of money was
put up by friends of both men but the
referee declared all bets off.
Nerth Dakota Csal c..
A. j. Harwood returned few days ago
from ST Paul where he had been tn mar