The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26

he rushed In and clinched his antagonist.
When Referee OsBHen endeavored 10 part
the men. who were nGhting at short range
like tigers. he caught bold OF Brennan's
body 1919 and al Slq ,Ss, 70 S,t him S Ksa!,. they y.i ssp;
toward his corner and Brennan whirled
and struck the referee on the neck.
O'Brien, who In q small man. was caught
unawares and he fell 70 the floor, though
he Immediately arose 10 his feet unhurt.
This act was 30 u-nwarrantable that many
Of Brennan's friends blanod him for u.
Brennan claimed that the referee In sep
arating the contestants caught hold Of
him each time instead Of catching both.
Il IL said that in fight
In Tacoma Brennan knocked he
referee down In almost the same n
O'brien arose. put on his cont and said
crowd insisted upon his continuing as
referee and after q long discussion he
consented. Meantime pandemonium
reigned. Hundreds Of excited men and
women, for there were q great many
women present, were shouting themselves
with q surging mass of excited men, who
anxious for q fight themselves.
Kessler had retired To his corner just he
o r O'Brien was knocked down, but
hen he saw Brennan strike the blow he
spranR into the middle OF h ring and
shouted:
"You are a coward, you're no fighter or
you would not have done that"
The two men then rushed for each
other, but were prevented from meeting
by the crowd. Meantime the two time
keepers were shouting at the top OF their
voice that time had been called and the
men must 20 on with the fight. After a
and the pugilists advanced.
Seventh round: Both men were eau
tious at first, evidently feeling that they
were too evenly matched to risk much by
leading. Finally Brennan led and landed
his right on Kcssler's mouth. They
clinched and some fierce short arm work
was done by both, Brennan having the
best Of il.
The eighth round started slow but erfl.
ed lively enough to suit even the most
sanguinary. kessler lead and caught
BrenLan's nose. Then he planted his
vieor that caused the sound to
reverberate through the canyons and
along the mountain tops a mile
away. II was a sledRe hammer blow and
weakened Brennan considerably. Bren-
nan gave his friend n solid n on the
mouth and they clinched. The fighters
would NOT part until Brennan hit Kessler
on the top of the head and Kessler imme-
diately threw Brennan with q terrible
force square on his back. Brennan got
on top, however, before he was pulled of
by some officers.
Ninth round: Kesslcr ran Brennan to
the ropes on the south side and got in n
couple Of good upper right handlers. They
clincaed and time was called before they
separated. -
had a splendid chance to do his oppon-
ent. Kessler led with his right but came
away short and the force of his blow
.,l..n 4...l ..sfsu- sI.-., Ill.,. -. he
hands n knees on the floor. III Bren-
nan could have caught Kessler's neck
then he would have finished the fight, but
he missed his aim, and George recovered
himself to do some heavy body bruisink
before time was called.
Eleventh round: Kessler led for Mikes
wind but fell short, and Brennan put him
on the ropes with several heavy blows.
Twelfth round: For the first time in
the fight Kessler left his corner and went
over to meet Brennan in his. Brennan
soon sent the Montana champion back,
however. with q terrific body blow. Kess-
Ter put in a heavy Highlander on the ribs
that made the giant crcak. Brennan
rushed and caught Kessler around the
neck and threw him with awful force.
Thirteenth round-Kessler came up
smiling n confident. Brennan had a
black eye but seemed fresh. Brennan
received a Highlander in the ribs. They
tiifStl tho "Sht !" WI
top. Then the row was repeated, out
siders rushed i'm and some little scraps
occurred on the side.
Fourteenth round-Brennan was ex-
cited n kessler was as coo rs when he
entered the ring. Brennan rushed and
mouth with his right, then wheel
ing clean around smashed Brennan's
face with his left. 1t was
n good move but would not bear repeat
ing, as he found out. Kessler struck six
hard blows In this round, every n Of
which took effect, while his opponent
seemed ratified and did not do any eifec-
The fifteenth and last round was no
round at all. IL was simply a bloody
scramble. Both men were In for gore.
They fought like tigers, though Brennan's
efforts had no effect. He was dazed APP
p~arently with anger more than with the
FOR Kessler, who caught him fair in the
What followed would be hard 70
describe. The crowd packed the ring and
quarrelled. Shouts, boots, cheers. Rroans
and curses were mingled together; Kess.
time he got near him; two deputy sheriffa
were trying TO stop the fight; pieces OF
the stand gave way and threw some men
violently to the ground; O'Brien was
waving his from the center OF the
mob 10 those In the grand stand; Kessler
was shouting. GO on with the fight OF
give the decision ~ Brennan was being
held In his chair by some friends
the t~imekeepers were hun,ing for their
gold watches, which had been knocked
out of their hands; shouts were raised for
Kessler and counter cheers for Brennan
In fact the scene wal understandable for q
! time. After a while the din subsidized suf
ficient for some OH the stand to heal
O'Brien shout:
II declare this fight q draw"
More kicking, more curses, shrieks and
scufiiing and the crowd began 20 separate
and the great fight was over without Il
being decided in a satisfactory manner
which was the best man, George Kessler
or Mike Brennan.
Neither fighter was injured much,
Brennan was cut ON the head some
what and his right eye was swollen al.
most shut. kessler escaped with scarcely