The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
PRIZEFIGHT NEAR wALLA wALLA.
Would-Be Sports Stay Up All Night to
See Amateurs Hit Each Other.

WALLA WALLA. Sept 15.-[Speclal. THE prize
hight OF this morning is the sensation of the
hour 1t came off not exactly according to the
programme in this mornings paper, but with
all the brutal accomplishments of the prize ring.
The night was declared a draw at the end of the
nineteenth round, and the stake money was
divided, but Pool was clearly the better man,
and Gallagher was badly punished. His
friends say 1t will be a week or two before he
can be out on the street Gallagher, though
whipped from the start, was game to the last,
and fought several rounds with a broken arm.
HIS wrist was broken in the fouth round.
Gailaghers face was soft and Poole nearly
skinned him. Gallagher's head was terribly
swollen when he reached town, and his face was
black with bruises, while POOLS only injuries
are slight disccoration under one
eye and a few scratches on the hands
To all appearances Gallagher is the stronger
man. He weighs 143 pounds, while Pool tips
the scales at III. Pool is short and well built.
He had been in training all summer and was
in good condition, while Gallagher had been
in training but a short time. Both men are
rallroaders, and came from Seattle here. Gal
iagher has been here month, and Pool came
last spring. Pools friends are jubilant to-
night, and say they will back their champion
against any one of his weight that comes along.
IL was 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning when the
crowd assembled at the cemetery. The place of
rendezvous had been kept secret, but it was
understood the fight would come off in Oregon
The night was dark and cold and the road very
dusty. Two men ON horseback guided the
party. There were about 100 In the crowd on
horseback and in carriages. Sheriff Furnish
and Deputies Haley, Jones and Hickey,
OF Pendleton, were also among the
party, and Sheriff Mcfarland and deputies, of
Walla Walla, were also along. The presence OF
the officers was unexpected, and necessitated
change in the programme. 1t also came very
near producing a battle with guns. Sheriff
Furnish once drew his revolver and leveled il ut
the head of one of the leaders. Many expected
TO see bloodshed, and had a shot been fired the
sheriff and party would hardly have
escaped. The sheriff acted with GOODNESS
and stood much haunting. Both sheriffs
were along to prevent fight in the state but
the officers were outwitted and the fight came
of. Nothing occurred until the party arrived at
Jim McFoots ranch, ten miles from town,
across the Oregon line. Here tickets were
taken at the gate, and Sheriff Furnish forced an
entrance. Day was just breaking. The sheriff
parleyed for about an hour. Furnish told
them he was there to prevent
fight. He was much exasperated by the words
OF the men and drew his gun. Finally the word
was given to return to town. This was blind
to mislead the officers, but more than half the
crowd did not understand, and all were misled
Many returned home, along with the officers
while few went back and staked the ring.
Those who were there said il was the best
fight they had seen. Considerable kicking was
made against the referees decision, and he be-
came angry in the nineteenth round and called
the fight draw. The stake money was only
500 1t is expected that arrests will follow
No one can be found who was at the fight, and
it was given out that Gallagher was hurt by
falling out of wagon.