St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23
referee was called

row enSued. Ihe referee was called
upon for his decision, and finally yelled
'Cardiff," as indicating in whose favor
it was given. Hardly was the word out
OF his mouth when King struck him in
the face. At this the police interfered,
and Detective Doyle gave King a
couple of punches i'll the head by way OF
quieting him. The merry wrangle kept
up until word was sent to police head
quarters, and three patrol wagons filled
with officers were sent to the scene.
Then the crowd dispersed. The referee,
as soon as he gave his decision, left the
ring, and no one knew whether it was
on foul or not. Presumably it was,
although he made no explanation any
more than to say he'd be fool if he
gave any other decision after the way
King had acted. AS between the men,
the fight was
FAIRLY A DRAW.
On points it was in favor OF Fell. AS
an exhibition Of good boxing it was a
rank failure. The row which character
lied the wind-up was disgrace, and
without Justification. Mayor Babb had
previously announced that he would
permit boxing matches as long as they
were orderly, but after this
exhibition of pugilism and bar
room scrapping, it is presumed,
he will forbid pugilistic events here
after. The disorder which attended
the fight started in early. When N. w.
King mounted the platform and asked
that smoking should be stopped, a man
in front of him kept on smoking, where
upon King called him "big darky." I"
and threatened to come down
from the stage and do him. A few
minutes before the fight began couple
of well dressed men got to quarreling
in the audience. They finally took off
their coats and were going at one an
other when separated. A gang near
Fell's corner kept up continuous call
ing that confused the referee at times,
and on the whole there was little at
tempt made to keep order. A referee
was decided upon with an ease that
was astonishing considering the
SHOW OF HOSTILITY
between the factions. King named
Henry Cushing, man who was un-
known to the audience, and Donaldson
agreed to him without hesitation. At
10 o'clock Cardiff and Fell appeared
and were greeted with applause that
was not especially enthusiastic. Pat
Killen was named as time
keeper for Fell and John Quirk
for Cardiff. John donaldson and
Pat CarSin went behind Cardiff and
Dick Moore and Mike Qualey behind
Fell, and when the men faced each
other, Cardiff, who weighed 1S0 pounds,
looked as though he might have the ad-
vantage of about fifteen or twenty
pounds. He was taller and heavier
about. the shoulders and had
the longest reach. Both were appar-
emily in good condition. the change
in Fell's appearance since he fought
Foley being especially noticeable. The
fight is hardly worth a description by
rounds. Fell made the first essay, but
was short. Both made several awkward
attempts with their lefts. but were un-
successful. The second, third and
fourth rounds were decidedly Fells, al
though he did not infiict much punish
ment.
HE OUT-BoXED CARDIFF
and received only light exchanges. All
the work was for the face. The fifth
and sixth rounds were lively, but were
about even, although Fell perhaps had
trifie the best of it. In the seventh
and eighth rounds both were wild, and
little effectual work was done, the men
doing considerable butting. The ninth
round was characterized by some hot
fighting at short range toward the close.
In the tenth both showed up fresh,
Cardiff, however. having dfscolored
optic. The eleventh round was
at long range, and neither
was punished much. The twelfth
was poorly fought and uninterestlng.
In the thirteenth they butted away at
each other in lively manner, and there
was sume infighting on Fell's part that
was clever. The fourteenth started off
slowly, but Fell made rush and sur