St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25

once caused his upper lip to puff up.
But even from this he recovered
sufficiently to get in another
knock-down blow. This made a
total of three knock-dOwnS in one
round, which, with the severe hammer
ing that was kept up during the three
minutes, made it as lively as one would
care to see. Both men felt the effects
of such hard fighting and began the
second round little more cautiously.
In this round Needham felled Griffin
once with a swinging left, handed blow.
In the third round both men were eau
tious and contented themselves with
allowing their cheeks and lips to puff
out from the effects of previous
blows: The only blow struck was one
that Needham landed on Griffin'S ribs.
Only one or two Orther body blows were
struck during the fight; nothing went
below the neck. The fourth round and
the fifth and sixth were not marked by
any special features, and honorS were
easy. In the seventh Dan began to get
the best of it, though but slightly. 1t
was Ill this round that he landed
heavy blow from his right sQuarely on
Griffin. S mouth, splitting the latter's lip
ana bringing Stream of blood. The
eighth
WAS A FIERCE ROUND.
Needham got in another left-handed
blow on Gritlin's ear that sent him to
grass. Griffin was game, however.
and was up and, with bleeding mouth
ana closing eye, hammered two solid
blows straight into Dams face. Both
men were fairly covered with blood at
TINS stage of the game. Id the ninth
and tenth rounds, honors were
easy, ami blows came thick and
fast. Griffin was evidently getting the
worst of it. His eye was not bright and
his face was swelling out of proportion.
He. bled freely but still he fought.
Needham was in something the same
condition, but was not SO bad. His
cheek was cut from torn glove and one
eye was getting black.
The eleventh round settled it. Need
ham struck Griffin terrible blow in the
lett eye that staggered HIM. When he
had recovered bit the men rushed at
cal other. Needham landed with his left
on Gritfin's neck, and Griffin came back,
hrSt with his right and then his left,
each landing heavily on Needham'S
face. Then Needham with rush gave
his opponent the blow
THAT KNOCKED HIM OUT.
1T was terrible left-hand, swinging
blow. 1t caught Griffin on the jaw and
1elled INN to the floor as if he had been
struck with club. 1t was twelve sec
ondS before Griffin could get to his feet
and the referee gave the fight to Need
ham.
Everybody was satisfied with the
fight. Everybody said that Griffin had
made an unexpectedly gamey stand and
that Needham had Won by reason of his
superior generalship and better hand
ling. Griffin was punished much the
most severely of the two, and while hen
made strong fight he was not
match for Needham, who now
claims the lightweight championship.
After the fight Needham took up a
collection, Which netted about $50.
This he turned over to Griffin. The
whole population of the little town
knew of the fight, and it was the only
topic OF conversation in all the resorts.
The people were still talking of it when
the crowd started to come back, and
they pointed out the swollen heads of
the principals as they would some Won
dertul curiosity.