St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-26
Billy Wilson Knocks Out His Big An
tagonist in LESS Than a
Minute.
A Stranger Shoots Himself in the Head
on Rosabel Street, and Dies
Instantly.
The Usual Round of Monday Meet
ings--A Talk with Trueman--
The Police Court.
A Grtst of Supreme Court Decisions
AN Unusually. Quiet Day
Among the Police.
IN HALF A MINUTE
Wilson Knocks ONT Mervine Thomp-
son Easily.

the long talked of match between MerVme
Thompson and Billy Wilson. SO long nave
the negotiations been pending that when
the final announcement was made that artl-
cles had been signed there were number
who predicted that the affair would prove
ahippodrome.
This opinion was partly justified by
Thompson's previous connection with Ross
and his ilk, though scarcely fair toward
the Wilson party. AS the record OF Thomp-
sons present trainer, Mcdonald, was little
known in this section it was feared
that a pre-arranged set-to would follow.
The public has been so often relieved OF
their dollars by ''hippo" matches that they
have become exceedingly suspicious.
As the time for the match drew near,
however, it was evident that the chief thing
to be feared was police interference. Capt.
Bresette assured GLOBE reporter that the
affair would not be interrupted upon the
first appearance of blood, but only when IL
was absolutely necessary.
THE RESULT OF THE MATCH
was somewhat of a surprise to the most
sanguine of Wilson's friends, who, While
never doubling that he would win, supposed
that the fight would be stubbornly contested
and last much longer than it did. Those
have felt that the only doubtful point about
Wilson was his judgment. He is young
and has scarcely had experience enough to
develop his generalship and is OF DISPOSE
ton which is suddenly sangulne and as
quickly becomes depressed at an untoward
event Thompson was known to be
powerful man, but his skill as boxer has
always been questioned, and there were
even those who doubted his staying quail
ties. These points were hardly decided by
last nights fight, except that Thompson is
undeniably poor boxer. So quickly was
the end reached that Wilson's Judgment
was not fully tested, though his superior
science and agility were fully demonstrated.
At $50 o'clock the bali was put in
motion by set-to between two local
sparrers, Tug Wilson and O'Brien, followed
by Gilbert of Dakota and the Black Dia-
mond, and some fighting talk on the part OF
several gentlemen. An unnecessary and
tedious delay followed on the part of the
management, who kept the audience wait
lug while they stopped to balance up ac-
counts, to the disgust of the crowd, which
howled its just disapproval of the unWar-
ranted delay in the proceedings. The event
of the evening was announced by the
shieing of Wilson's castor upon the
stage, that individual following with
seconds, Profs Hadley and Barnes. This
was at sharp 10 o'clock, and shortly after
Thompson appeared with his trainer, Nc
Donald, and Prof. Donaldson. Andy
Hughes acted as time-keeper for Thompson
and Patsey Mellen acted in a like capacity
for Wilson. Patrick COnley was chosen
referee. The police examined the mittens
and the men were rubbed by their seconds
and
TIME WAS CALLED
at 1907. Thompson wore white tights,
brown hose, and his biceps and triceps and
muscles of the back showed finely as he
stood up for the final rundown.
He was a trifie too fat,
however, tipping the beam at 900, though
he expressed himself as feeling in excellent
trim. Wilson wore fesh-colored tights,
blue hose, and showed up the more neatly
and compactly built of the two. His
weight was $50 pounds, and he was very
confident.
At the call the men and their seconds adj
vanced and shook hands in the regulation
manner. The principals squared Off, Will
son keeping his guard well forward and
quickly moving his hands, with a
disposition to act upon the defensive.
Thompson stood squarely up. his right
hand held stationary across the mark and
occasionally giving little shake of the left.
Thompson made a play to lead off, Wilson
skipping back toward his own side and the
back part of the stage. Thompson fol-
lowed, and when almost in the entrance
doorway, Wilson led landing with his left
on the mark. Thompson struck awkwardly,
getting in on the forehead, but before he
could follow with another; which he es-
sayed with his right, Wilson's left shot
out straight from the shoulder and landed
squarely on the point of Thompson's chin.
The latter's head went back and before he
could rally Wilson fired out his right and
got in terrific smash on Thompson's neck
and jaw. Thompson dropped his hands,
reeled like a drunken man several PAGES
toward the front of the stage, and fell like
an OK in Wilson's corner, dropping limp
and insensible prone upon the floor, striking
ON his forehead At once there was
THE Widest CONFUSION.
the police swarming upon the stage from all
directions and endeayoring to keep back the
yelling mob, which was frantically pushing
Tor the stage over the reporters table. By
this time Wilson, who remained stationary
after his thunderbolt had counted. was
rushed up by his seconds and placed beside
the PROSTATE man, who showed signs of
returning life. When he regained his
feet Wilson gave his dazed opponent
round blow with his right, again getting
in ON the neck, and Thompson dropped
helplessly upon the floor again. His sec
onds raised him and partly carried him to
rear room and began the work of resusci-
tation. Wilson pranced nimbly to the
front of the stage, smilingly bowed and
waving his hands in response to the vocif-
erous yells, was hustled away by his
Tl,a
and Thompson's fall was ffty-fOur sec
onds; he was ten seconds regaining con-
Sciousness, and upon being raised stood
just two seconds before the final fall.
A KICK LIKE A STEER.
Thompson was seen directly after the
fight, and was still somewhat dazed. He
said he hadn't clear conception of the
bout but he knew that lit was like steer
kicking" when he was hit. His forehead
was skinned, nose scratched. and his upper
lip cut, doubtless caused by the fall upon
his face. His trainer said he was satisfied.
though it ended more quickly than he ex-
pected. He wants to go again in two weeks,
as does Thompson. Wilson visited the
GLOBE Office and said he 'felt like a fight
ing cock" His friends are very enthusiast
tic and say he can go against anybody. The
net receipts of the house amounted to $40.
NOTES.
Jack Burke will arrive at D. m.
Wednesday for his match with Barnes on
Thursday. Burke will go against Charles
Mitchell on June s, and Sullivan on the
18th.
Wilson was excellently trained and
coached by Hadley. Mcdonald allowed
Thompson too much liberty, for it
was noticed that the latter smoked con-
tinuously, and it is a pretty well es-
tablished fact that excessive smoking when
undergoing training for a trial of endurance
will cause a short windedness, which is