Omaha daily bee., 1890-11-19
HICHTOWER BLACK PEARLIzED
A Game But Very Brief Fight at South
Omaha Last Night.
IT WAS THREE ROUNDS AND OUT
Gcrmania Hall the Scene of the Battle
"A Large and Representative
Crowd Of the Short
Haired.

Germania hall, South Omaha, was the
theatre of n very exciting and highly scien-
tific Knockout last night AS early as $3.50
the classic walls of this erstwhile thespian
temple was sweating, fuming join OF the
sportve genus homo, who had congregated
thither at 81 per head for the express pur-
pose of seeing Josephus Hghtower, colored
gentleman of pugilistio ambition, and Hi
Mortins, the famous Black Pearl OF Mime
apolis, do battle for shekels and glory. Con-
sidering the texture and complexion OF the
concourse, it was one Of the most orderly
and well managed seen within this neck
of woods for many moons. After the
iostlng throng had filled the hall
with cheap tobacco smoke thick enough
to paste up show b lis, the two gadiators
made their appearance in the ring. High
tower, the local man, Is a coffee colOred
youth, about five feet eleven, and tipping the
scales at 100, while the Black Pearl was at
least two inches shorter, black as pitch with
torso like gorilla and ahead like an ebony
cocoanut. He tilted the beam at l5i. Jim
mey Lindsay was behind Hightower, while
Ed Roans performed a like service for the
Minneapolis ourang outang
After the inevitable half hours wrangle
Johnny Carlow was agreed upon as referee,
and Charlie Sabins and Ed Rothery as
timers, and exactly at 0:10 the men were
ordered to shake hands.
Hightower looked determined but pale,
while the Pearl was grim and lowering as a
thunder cloud. After little preliminary
| maneuvering the Pearl led and landed lightly
on the saddle colored mans chest, the latter
getting back with seemingly good effect
upon the Pearls barrel like neck.
Hightower followed up with celebrity
and landed two or three light blows in quick
succession, receiving in return, just as time
was called, received smash in the neck, just
below the ponum Adami, that would have
made a less plucty man lie down..
The second round was hammer and tongs
from the outset, Hightown getting in a semi
knock down and otherwise familiarzing him.
self with the Minneapoltan's glistening an
atomy that led his friends to hope that he
might emerge from the battle first best.
But the fates and the Pearl willed differ
| emily.
Early in the third round, subsequent to a
| title harmless slugging, the Pearl handed
| MIR. Hightower a clean knock down.
| He steadied himself upon his hands and
| knees a moment, gulping in great gobs of re-
| freshing tobacco smoke, and gazing into
| space with that vacant, far-of look supposed
| to be assumed by a man who has just been
| kicked by mule, and then, just as the
| refere had counted nine was up like a flash
and frantic ally essaying to convince the
Pearl that he was yet in it.
| Delusive effort
| him up to the ropes, his black eyes corrus-
| eating like cobra's, and watching for a
| chance to get in his honey mon tgomery.
| Ker-plug!
| 1t was the Pearls knotty fist colliding with
Mr. Hightower's jugular, and Mr.. Hightower
| knew no more of the things tranSpiring upon
this mundane sphere. He went back pros.
trate like log, lying outstretched without
| the quiver of q muscle.
| He ont