The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-07
THE wooDs-coNLEY FIGHT.
~ Ended In - Big Row In the Third
Round.


The Denver Ners gives the following
account es tts s,sSs contest in tina, city.
last Thursday: Last night a crowd that
completely filed East Turner hall turned
out to see the five round glove contest be-
tween Billy Woods OF this city aud Mike
Conley, who Is known "a the Ithaca giant.
The contest was to be of five rounds. but
owing To the interference of the police il
only lasted three short rounds, but in that
time the crowd saw enough good fighting
10 satisfy il, but of course would have pre-
ferred TO have seen the contestants finish.
Both men were as fresh at the called fin
ish as when they began.
There has been considerable enmity be
tween the two ever since Conley came to
this city with Professor John Clark and
hogan an engagement at the Central the
ater, where il was announced nightly that
preceding the appearance OF the two Con-
ley was ready To stop anybody i'm the
house in four rounds, or forfeit SOD.
Woods upon learning Of this offer put i'm
an appearance one evening and accepted
the offer, but he was refused a chance To
try conclusions with the giant As a re-
suit contest was arranged for the $50
side and the gate receipts, and the con-
test came OH last night.
"Just before the curtain was pulled up
and the two introduced To the audience, a
squad OF police under the charge of Lieu
tenant Phillips walked onto the stage and
| had "a talk with the hackers OF the two.
| When the referee was decided upon they
| told him that they would not allow any
| flo hting that bortlered on prize-fighting
tactics. and il such was indulged in they
| would stop the contest. Col. John Muir
ply was chosen referee after much per.
| suasion, and assured the police that
everything would be strictly on the square
and that II the contestants did not adhere
| to the rules that he would stop the light
himself, and i'm the third round, when the
| fighting bor,lered on the rough-and-tun-
bile order and the two refused To listen TO
| him, he called upon the police To stop the
| fight. which they did in quick order.
| The affair was TO have been "a glove
| contest, but instead il terminated IN n
| hugging, go-as-you-please hight. which
one Of the two is To blame is a question of
opinion. Conley did the most cluching.
and ON the call to break Woods was al.
ways ready To let go. hut in the third
| round the two clinched tightly
and were fighting like Trojans,
both doing some telling infghting
and refusing to break. After they
were separated both wanted To finish the
contest, but the police were firm and
would not listen 10 the seconds and back
| ers, and il was therefore necessary Tor
Colonel Murphy To announce the contest
a draw and disperse the crowd.
| Which of the two is the better man Is
doubtful. and while Conley was doing the
most fighting Woods was working under
| orders and was holding back for the hu-
ish, when il is claimed 10y his friends that
he could have done his man. The unsat-
isfactory ending of the go Is likely to bring
the two together again ON the turf to n
finish fight.
Conley was seconded by Prof. John
| Clark and Jack Ryan. the Omaha heavy
weight, and Billy Woods was looked after
by Jack Flood and George Mccoy, while
Johnny Glow acted as his coacher. bat
Masterson and Lew Schramer held the
time-pieces. Proceeding the contest were
two rattling four round goes between
Young Dempsey and Purtell, the Saganaw
kid, aud Tommy Barnes and the Montana
kid, which were hot enough to get the
crowds blood warmed up for the ~ be-
tween the big ones.