St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-31

the town hall at BurrilvilIe. A special
train left this city at s:15, and was
packed with sporting men. Among the
four hundred present were john l..
Sullivan and Jack Dempsey. The ex-
act place of meeting was kept
secret until the last mo-
ment. The train stopped at Still
water. and the crowd quickly got out.
1t had been announced that carriages
would be in readiness to convey the
party to the scene, but in this respect
the visitors were disappointed. The
ring was located over mile away, and
bountiful supply of swamp, fences
and hills interviewed. There was con-
siderable growing at the prospect of a
long, dreary walk, but the crowd
finally tackled it. The night was calm
overhead, but under foot it was quite
muddy. Several of the party got
LOST IN THE WOODS
and wandered around for some time be-
fore discovering way out. Lannon
was one of these, and was nearly an
hour late. The ring was located about
the m. ddle of the hall, which was
lighted by several lamps. Ashton
reached the ring first and selected his
corner. He was ST conded by Jim Daily
and Steve MeMaugh. Lannon's Sec
Billy Mahoney. Frank Moran was
chosen referee. Ashton was weighed
in at 172 pounds. and Lannon at
1893. and both men were in excellent
form and as pink as rose. The bet
ting was even and the Pawtucket
sports bet against Ashton. In sBostOn
the bets were 10 to 10 that there would
be draw. About $4,000 changed
hands. When time was called Ashton
be an to lead and planted his left on
Lannon's Jaw. This riled up the
Boston boy, who made a rush and
a sge The men mo at then some Closed aam IN
and there was sharp skirmishing,
in which Ashton showed himself to be
a skillful ring tactician. He was after
LannOn in few seconds and planted
two singing blows on the left jaw and
one in his windbag. First blood was
claimed for Ashton, but it was not al
lowed. In the second round Ashton
drove for Lannon's head, but the blow
was blocked and Jack got severe re-
hinder from Lannon that he was in
the ring, for the Boston boy let out his
left and took him under the jaw. Jack
countered handsomely, but
LANNON WAS STILL ON DECK,
and put in his right and left and
thumped Jack in the face and on the
body. This nerved up Ashton, who did
some excellent fighting, and got the best
of the round. In the third round Ash
ton forced the fighting, and scored re-
peatedly on Lannon'S face and jaw,
cleverly avoiding any return blows.
For the fourth, Ashton used his left to
good advantage. LannOn played to
Jacks wind, and resorted to his rush
ing tactics, but Ashton, after two or
thr..o cba,r, faoo hlo,pc rlon.ol
shoulder blow OH Lannon'S left eye,
which at once began to swell and shut
down. The Rostons pug was gritty,
and made some wicked attempts to
knock his man out, but Jack blocked
him at every point, using his left so
effectually that Lannon'S face began to
puff up. In the fifth and sixth rounds
both men evidently fought for wind.
There was mitigating throughout, and
what was done was to the credit of Ash
ton, whose head appeared to be on
swivel, for Lannon could not find it.
In the seventh and eighth rounds Lam
damage was done. 1t looked in the
ninth round as though there was to be
A FINISH OF THE FIGHT.
Both men came to the scratch fresh
and without cut. Lannon led and
was met by Ashton, who landed five
blows in succession with his left on
Lannon'S face, and then staggered Joe
with left-hander on the eye. Here
was golden opportunity for Jack to
win, but he failed to follow up the adj
vantage. In the tenth round Lannon
showed UP grOggy, and his blows fell
short, and he no execution. Ashton
did all the leading, and, securing
an opening. set his left to
work and dropped it on Lannon's left
eye, which began to look like a bay
window. Iu the eleventh Lannon led
off in great style and appeared to have
nerved himself up. His blows, how
ever, were short and did not yield any
punishment. for Ashton blocked him all
the time. The round was purely give
and take and body work. Lannon at
last found use for his tight in the
twelfth round and caught Ashton on
the jaw, and this was the best blow that
Joe struck during the fight. The open
ing was good one and was duly i'm
proved upon. Jack was
QUICK TO RECOVER
and retaliated with volley of left
handlers on Lannon's face and body
five blows in all. Ashton turned to
avoid the counter, and Lannon got in a
solid blow on Jacks neck and sent him
thirteen Ashton worked for an oppor-
tunity Oh Lannon'S face, and used his
left and right beautifully. Lannon re-
turned the compliment with a right
upper cut OH Jacks jaw in response
to a suggestion from John L. Sullivan
that Joe ought to have some use for his
right. Ashton was riled up by this and
he sailed In and used his right and
left until he had got in seven face
blows aud made Lann0n very groggy,
the calling of time alone saving Joe
from being knocked out there and then.
The fourteenth was AshtOn'S from first
to last. LannOn came up somewhat be-
Wildered, and he was beginning to quit.
He had not force enough to hit hard
blow, and Ashton had HIM at his mercy,
pounding him in the face and body,
blocking everything that his opponent
offered, with the exception of one in the
jaw. LannOn again braced up in the
fifteenth, opening with his left On Ash
toms neck,
A NASTY CRACK. TOO.
He followed this up with right
upper cut on Jacks jaw. Ashton re-
turning with vig0r ON Joe's face and
jaw. The sixteenth was a picnic for
Ashton, who played merry tattoo on
Lannon's eyes, face and body. Joe
found time to drive out straight arm
blow and to make Jacks teeth. rattle.
This nettled Ashton, who tried the
upper cut and with good effect. In the
seventeenth round Ashton opened on
Lannon's left eye. He was speed
lily repaid by Lannon, who contrib
uted two face blows and nearly took
Jack off his feet. Lannon might have
made the fight interesting for Jack here,
but he neglected to follow up his oppor-
tunity. In the eighteenth round, which
was to be the closing one, Ashton went
in to win. He rammed Lannon all over
the lot, striking hard and true, and
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