The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-28
GILMOUR,NHHDHANEI flight
A Scientific Match Near Mlnue-
apoIis at an Early Hour,
BoTHMEN ARE BADLYUSED UP
Twenty Rounds Fought With Skin
Gloves Between the Two Cham.
pions-Gllmour Knocked Out,
Fight Given to Necdham,

MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, March 97,-The
Gilmour-Needham fight came off this
morning, Needham winning in the
twentieth round, There was a yexatious
delay in arranging the preliminaries,
There wa a wrangliug over the amount
Of the purse and the referee, Shortly
after midnight the tip was given and a
start was made for a point about eight
miles up the Mississippi river, in Anoka
county, The objective point was u barn
and the shivering sports were glad OF
even its slight protection, At3;Os a, IN,
tho men had stripped and ready for bust
meas.
From the start II was plain that while
Gilm0ur was easily the most scientific
man, he lacked IN the hard hitting quail
tiles that finally gave Needham the fight,
In the twentieth round Gilmour receive
ed a terrific humping In the neck and
went down like a log. He was plucky
aud managed to again face the victor,
Bid, down he went again from a vicious
lefthAnder In the throat, this time not to
rise until II was too late and Needham
had won the battle. 1t was agoOd fight,
hard fought, and the spectators gener'
ously raised q purse OF $40 for Gilmour,
Gilmour wore drab tights and was sec
onded by John MCGill, the feather
| weight, and a st, Paul sporting man.
Needham was encased in maroon tights
and was handled by John II. Clark and
Dick Moore. A well-known local sport
ing man was referee. Objection was
made to the way Mechanic hands were
strapped, but Gilmour said briefly, "Let
'er CO., Time was called at $3.50, For
two minutes the men were engaged In
ieinting and sizing each otherup. Then
Needham reached for Gilmoul's breast
and landed but lightly. lie repeated
the blow and Gilmour Countered lightly
on the same spot,
Needham also opened the second
round, landing right and left on Gil.
mour's breast, Gilmour smiled, A sec.
ond later he placed a heavy blow on
Dannie's neck and got away in time 10
avoid a swinging right handler. Gilmour
followed this up with a Singer on Need.
hams left eye and Dannie neatly coun-
tered on Giimour's right optic.
Third round-Needham led as usual,
with a hard one on the shoulder and fol-
lowed it up with u savage lunge, which
was vented on the mir.
FouIth-This was q scientific round
and ended Ia a clinCh, with honors easy.
Fifth-Needham was the first TO lead
in the fifth round, but his blow aimed
at the stomach, fell short. He then
rushed Gilmour and got in two ones. A
clinch followed and q neck exchange
succeeded the cIinch. The stomach was
the favorite place OF both men in this
round. Needham again reached for Gill
mour's stomach, but that useful organ
was out OF reach. He followed 1t up
with q heavy left handler on Gilmour's
cheek, and the latter COuntered twice on
Dannie's face and head.
The men were very careful In the
sixth round. Needham scored six
first with a thump on his opponents
head, getting u heavy one on the breast
In return. Needham countered on Gill
mour's neck. 1t was evident that the
fight would be q long ne. The seventh
round was simply an exhibition OF
scientific sparring, in which Needham
showed up the best. Gilmour did all
the leading in the eighth round and had
the best ofit.
Needham led for the face in tue ninth
and was Countered on the neck. He re-
sponded with q cross counter. A rush
and a clinch were stopped by the call Of
time.
Tho tenth round showed clever work
by both men, Gilmour landing on Dan
MES stomach aud forcing him TO the
ropes. Gilmour's round.
Gilmour led for the first time in the
beginning Of q round in the eleventh,
but fell short. He got a rib rooster In
return. Gilmour then got in q good ono
on Needham's mouth. The men went
to their corners fresh and confident.
The twelfth and thirteenth rounds
call for no special mention, and in the
fourteenth only two blows were ex-
changed before the call Of time. The
fifteenth was like its immediate prede-
ceSsor.
Gilmour led in the sixteenth and was
promptly stopped. Needham led for the
face and got an upper cut, which knock
ed him to the ropes.
Gilmour led again in the seventeenth
on the neck aud Needham pushed him
to the ropes, landing heavily on Gill
mour's neck. A clinCh followed with
short arm work which made Harry
grunt.
One hundred to seventy. five was
offered OH NeedhHm aud taken.
The eighteenth round was an exchange
Of light blows aud much feinting,
Dannie opened the nineteenth round
with a rush, landing u good one on Gil
mour's face. Gilmour responded right
left on Needham's breast and shoulder.
The latter Countered OH his opponents
temple and neck.
Gilmour acted on the defensive in the
twentieth round. He had two eyes In
mourning and was nearly wlndGd. Dan
MES right Cyo was badly swollen, but
that was about all. He was In good con-
dition, NeCdham forced the fighting
from the start aud. rushed his man all
around the ring. Finally his opportu-
nifty came. Hc landed on Gitnour's
neck and the latter went to the floor.
Just before time was called Gilmour
staggered to his feet, but he was groggy
and almost done for. Needham rushed
him lively, knocking him flat in his own
corner. GilmOur lay there. fifteen Sec
onds and the fight was awarded to Need
N There were about 200 we'll behaved
spectators present aud the fight was con-
Quoted In q very orderly manner:
Neither man essayed 'ring tricks" and
each faced the music manfnlly. The
fight was for d purse OF $500. Skin
gloves were used.
4. ,n,.I,,. F.rt