The evening world., 1888-08-02
"a WORLD. THURSDAY EvENlNG AUGUST Q, 1888.

in hand az tue end Of the seventh round, when .
m ne SsS q s%s y 5qd Es,i aS'l we're ' nc ' sisssS = a. art NE
showing he made against Williams that they OF.
tered 70 back him against Ike Weir. the "Belfas.
.'The hackers Of Hsylin we're inclined to believe
mat ne would best the ''spider, /" from the fact that
Mniams, with two-ounce gloves, was able to stay
Weir for th,rty-six rounds. and haylin mad bested
Williams In seven rounds with four-ouncc gloves.
Chsriesiowh. offered a pulse Of $500 10 be given
to the winner IN = skin glove light 10 a fnish. =.
scceptes the proposi,ion. the ~ battle took place
July 20, 1887, In the pine woods At Wexford. Il !.
h ..sIis, tipped y ss, inc beam az ,1s a. an liI SSn g1u 2 aSa a ,W.n inc
one pounds. This nght was one OF the longest and
most desperate ever fougnt in this country. Tue
%. 200 Was bet on him, Havlin show d hts game.
ness For over four hours the mn %pummeied
Of either man getting whipped the night was de-
clared q draw, after sixtJ-one rounds had been
Although badly punished, Havlin wanted to con-
tinue ngn,ina. AS he told his hackers he "had
Dec. IS, 1857. when he met Jacx Milliains q. tue
Athtn an Clu,. leh d twice defeated Williams,
thu English lighter bested niin in seven rounds
Johnny Farrell, me feather.weitht OF Harlem,
room ~ss n near New Yor ,,'' Thur. a@y' n nV sas, @atoS S"i |,
1858, with ekin-tight gloves for u $50 purse. Hav-
I'm weighed i2o sud Farrell weighed lga pounds.
During the first four rounds Havlin was badly pun
ishrd about the head AND face, Blu, he mad = strong
heart, and when Farrell fell OF weak In his WORK
Havlin went In aud Knocked Farrell out in tn.
seventh round. The light lasted u minutes IS
seconds.
Havlin was given q benent In Boston, March
%, and II was the most successful one OF the sea
son, the event OF the evening being u six-roun nd
glove contest between Havlin and the ''splder."
This wa, the nrst hostile meeting between ihesc
men since their preat battle Of sixty-one rounds at
WEXFORD. X. i.
The contest resulted as most people expected,
Weir made the better showing. Tne hackers OF
hAvlIn then offered to maton him against any lis
TO 100 pound man In Aluerca. A eight wa finally
arranged between Havl.n and Tommy Dauforth, Of
New York.
me battle, which was for q $500 purse, was
fou. ut with two-ounce gloves at Goldman Hall,
Boston, May s. md at the end OF eighteen
rounds was d. clared a draw, The Eight was a
pretty and scientific one, but II did not decide
wuich was the letter mau. Danforth weighed
121L, and he had done considerable training TO
at MINIS II. Havlin weighed l2ob and mad done no
training to speak Of.
The hackers of Havlin again challenged Ike Wen
madesFrank Murphy, the champion leather wet hi
OF Great Britain, reached these shores The
hackers OF ii win and Weir then agreed TO have
one OF the men light Murphy ard the other to 1ghI
the winner. The hacker OF Havlln won the toss Ia
see which would 1gnt Murphy first. The backerI
Of Murphy al drst did not want to ave their man
fight under any rules except London prize-rins
rules. They afterw srds cha ged their minds, aut
on May a articles W re signed ~ both sides for
finish fight with skin-gloves, according to Queens
berry rules.