The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-10
4 FIERCE MIL.
Walter Campbell Knocks Out Bili Nally-
Senator Fnirfar Ill.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. April Especial. The
much talked-of fight between Bill Nally, Of
Washington. and Walter Campbell, of Phila-
delphia. took place here last night. Contrary
To- expectations II was glove fight OK tex
rounds for a purse Of 800 10 the victor and
$50 To the yanQuished. 10 took place on the
stage os the Opera House in the presence of
about five hundred spectators and was I'M
doubtodly the most brutal and dlsgraceiul
affair that has ever taken place here.
Two hundred aud fifty or more Washington
admirers of the fstic art CAME over and all
cot here by half-past e. Though the toughest
of the tough. these people behaved IN very
ORDERLY manner and were generally recognized
as gentlemen. Campbell weighs about 100
pounds and is best known e. trainer and
amateur oarsman around Philadelphia and
Camden while Nally weighs about I'VE pounds
less. but Is quite as active ms the Philadelphia
man. and the Washingtonians ponied NJ on
him bravclv. Mayor DOnhnm Who II Is said
was sent fifty tickets for himself and friends
was present. as was Captain Webster and
several of the police. whose disgust was such
IS - overcome good reason M times.
Jus' before O'Clock the curtain. went NJ
and the house was pretty full. and most Of
thos@ I'm il were full also. More were Jet in
for two dollars each. the tickets having been
put ~ five and ten dollars each, which was
readily given.
The match was 10 be according 10 MARQUIS
of Ouecn~bury rules and with twO-ounce
gloves Mr.. William Ferguson was chosen rs
referee and Tom Harris and Billy Sanderson
time-keepcrs and the first round started
tame and the fight warmed up. Naliy
getting licks in the face quite frequently: and
they were hard ones. though the Philadelphia
man said to his second: Il am weak | can
hardly hit"
The fourth round was burly and the audi
ence cheered IN gangs and by turns. while
Campbell punched Nally in the face and Nally
iaDbcd Campbell in the ribs. and when time
WAS called Nally could hardly stand alone.
and his left ear looked like "a blind and cruel
motheY-in-lnw had pulled II. For sometime
after thi, the men fought and bled, and the
Philadelphia man got one blow that knocked
him clear of his feet. and he Went 10 the
floor with thump that could be heard above
the din of some fussy mOney-changers.
The last round was characterized by the
fearful lunges of the Washington man and the
Philadelphia mans blows, that brought blood.
and the Philadelphia man began 10 blow like a
standing locomotive The crowd wanted
more but the night was over. So said the refe-
rec. and Campbell. the victor. Nally then
came up and said he'd try anotherten rounds
but the Philadelphia man said he would wait
until he got entirely well from an attack of
fever. and then challenge any Washington
conner.
The crowd then filed ont Of the Opera
House some were cross. others were not
They went 20 the adjacent bar-ro0ms mostly.
and three. arm in arm, then in a string about
two squares long. marched up King street to-
wards the HOS train.
Statc-Scnator Fairfax. Of Loudoun. is re-
ported pretty SICK with the grippe. which is
prevailing all through tins section Of the
State. several deaths having been due TO it
before 1t turned into pneumonia
DR.. William Il. h. Price. OF King George, is
dead. He died in Texas.