Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-05-29
LIVELY WHILE IT LASTED.
Two Dakota EXpOnents Of the
Art Sullivanistic Fight Four
Savage Rounds.
A Good Deal Of Ugly, Tricky
Fighting INDUCED in by
Sill(lOnS.
Devine Claimed Il Foul and
Left the Ring at the Fifth
Round.
Fought -Four Rounds.

ANosN1ANNs
Fought -Four Rounds.
Down in the basement OF Front
street store, as Monday was resolving
itself into this morning, few Of "the
people''-about 50 in number-peered
over the ropes and saw one of the pref
tiest and most unsatisfactory short fights
that ever delighted, or disgusted, an ad-
mirer of the fstic art The facilities for
a scrap were not the best. The rudely
lmprovised arrangement by courtesy
ycleped 'the ring," was about as danger
GUS as the blows of an antagonist. Ropes,
at distance of l6 feet apart,were strung
across the "a foot room, the ends of the
so-called ring being the stone walls of
the foundation.
The principals in this "battle of the
dukes" were Geo. Siddons, young
lightweight who is said to belong at Ft.
Yates, and who has gained considerable
celebrity by reason Of being the last man
to leave the ring in all the fights in
which he has been engaged, and Thos.
Devlne, lightweight of promise who IS
at present resident of jamestown,
being in the employ of J. R. Winslow.
Tom Gleason seconded Devine and"Red"
Gleason, Siddons. Jack Brennan was
chosen referee and two young buslnes s
men acted as time.keepers. Red"
Gleason was master of ceremonies. De-
vine weighed l34 pounds. Siddons
claimed to weigh about the same but
was clearly 10 or II pounds heavier.
Devine says he was not in good condition,
not having done any training, and that
his fighting weight is 124. The fight
was for $50 and the door receipts, Mar
quis of Queensbury rules and skin gloves.
At few minutes before II o'clock the
men appeared in the ring. Both were
stripped to the waist. They shook hands
and then retired to their corners, each to
glare at the other and take an inventory
of his points. At word from the referee
the men stepped briskly into the center
and four round cannonade with fists
began. There was the usual sparring for
an opening when Devine led, landing
some heavy face blows. Siddons was a
little slow in returning, but moment
later placed swinging right.hander on
Devine's chin, sending the latter to the
floor. Devine opened up cut on Sid
dons' ye,and extended the black semi-cir-
Gle that partly encompassed it before the
fight commenced. The men were in a
clinch over against the stone wall on
Siddons' side when time was called. De-
vine had the best of the round.
The second round was nearly a con-
tinuation Of clinches yet some savage
fighting was done. Both men came up
an equal amount of punishment. AS in
the first round, Devine forced the fight
ing over into Slddons corner.
In the third round both men
came up blowing and Siddon
did some ugly fighting, some
of which Devine and the crowd called
foul, but the referee would not allow the
claim. Siddons got gentle love tap on
Devine's nose, drawing claret, and win
nlng first blood, also. In this round,
Devine struck over Siddons and went
down himself, without being hit, but re-
covered and continued the round. Sid
dons had the best of 1t this round.
Siddons came up spryly, and Devine
rather reluctantly in the fourth round.
Both we're considerably winded and
cllnched to avoid close fighting. Sid
dons got his arms around Devines neck
in position which no one seems able to
accurately describe, and choked him
until he cried out and his tongue pro-
truded. The referee had cried "break
away,"and for half minute had been at
tempting to separate the men when time
was called. amid cries of "foul' from the
spectators.
At the end of the one minute rest, the
men were ordered into the ring for the
fifth round, but Devlne, with the eXcla-
nation that the fight was not on the
square, slid under the rope and left the
room. The referee then awarded the
tight to Siddons.
Devine gives as his reason for leaving
the ring, that Siddons was fouling him
every opportunity. He said: Il fight a
way. Siddons did not fight on the square
and I should have had the fight on a
foul. When saw that could not get a
square deal quit. [ was gooo for a
dozen more rounds, but what was the
use.'
The general opinion of the crowd was
that Siddons frequently fouled and that
Devine should have had the fight. De-
vine is lighter, shorter and has less
reach, but is more scenced and cooler
than Siddons, and many believe that he
can whip him in a good square fight
where the trickery of his opponent will
not be permitted. Devine looks we'll and
is working as usual this morning. The
only signs of fight he presents are a
few scratches. Siddons' face showed