St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-25
IN TWENTY ROUNDS.
Charlie Johnson Does Up
Billy Manning at the Twin
City Club
The Mill Is Well Contested
From the First to the
Last Round.
Manning Opens Up in a Series
Of Fast and Furious
Rushes,
But Gives Way Under Many
Well-Placed Blows in the
Wind.

VINO.
The glove contest between Charles
Johnson. of st. Paul, and Billy Man
ming, of Streator, H., welterweights,
before the Twin City Athletic club at
Minneapolis, proved to be one of the
most satisfactory matches that has
taken place before the club, and result =
cd in a victory for johnson in the twen-
tieth round. A preliminary set-to was
given By Charles Kemmic and Johnnie
Van IleeSt. the Buffalo teatherweight
The disparity of their size and KEN
mes antics made the go" quite com
lcal. The club had not seen Ke mmic
before in the ring, and he created a
very favorable impression. Johnson
and Manning appeared shortly after .
O'Clock. Both men were in fine con
ditiOn, as their subsequent work
attested, for they fought twenty rounds
give and take. without faltering, until
The finale came. The men had weighed
i'll AT s O'Clock, Johnson tipping the
beam at 1885, and Manning at 1897.
Hank Seelye otficiated as referee, Dan
ME Neednam as timekeeper for Man
ming and Frank McAvoy for johnson.
Manning was seconded by Billy Smith
and Charlie kemmic; johnson by Patsy
Conroy and Tommy Hogan. Four
ounce gloves were used. The men had
barely faced each other when
Manning Rushed.
and the men tumbled over each other.
johnson going to the floor Manning
continued to rush, clinch, and had the
of l,nf II,
very clever. In the second round Man
ming continued TO be aggressive, aud
had slight advantage. The third
round was very lively. Manning back
heeled johnson in this round. and was
cautioned by the referee against wreSt-
ling. In the fourth round Johnson
made some hard attempts to land his
right, but Manning got away handiIy.
In the fifth honorS were nearly even,
Manning escaped most of JohnSon'S
swings, and had the best of it at close
quarters At the close of the round
he rushed johnson against post.
In the sixth rOunG Manning did most Of
the leading and got in one hard blow on
JohnsOn's left ear. The seventh round
was fairly lively. and Manning just at
the close made a hot rush, and had a
slight advantage. In the eighth round
Manning again rushed johnson against
the post. and got called down sharply
for wrestling and hugglng. The ninth
started off by Manning getting in hot
1acer. AT the close the men came to-
gether, and johnson got another hard
fall. but 1T was clear that Manning was
not at fault. In the tenth both men
took matters easier; neither apparently
had any advantage up to this point. The
eleventh round was characterized by
wrestling, and again Manning was eau
toned. In the thirteenth round the men
SPARED for wind: johnson got in q good
riSht-hand body blow. In the fourteenth
johnson landed repeatedly with both
hands, and got in left oh Manuing's
jaw, which sent the latter
Through tI.e Ropes.
The fifteenth round was give and
take. johnson worked for the body,
but got some warm counters on the face
In exchange. 1t was any ones battle up
to this point. The sixteenth round was
not effective. There were several
rusheS by both, but no clean
or hard hits. The seventeenth
round was contested in Manning's cor
ner, Johnson reaching for the body and
Manning returning With facers. John
SOL began to loom up as the winner in
this round. and was clearly the stronger
down in this round, and had Manning
somewhat ratified. The fighting in the
nineteenth round was all in Manning'S
corner, with Johnson on the aggressive.
He delivered number of telling
blows on Manning's body, which
plainly had effect upon the latter's wind.
When johnson walked to the center in
the twentieth and last round he said to
Manning, III have you out i'll this
round. and he was right. He followed
Manning to his corner and repeatedly
sent his right against the iatter's stom-
acil. Manning was game and got back
at short range as best he could. but
,J0hnSOn was too much for him, and be-
fore the round was half over he was
Winded. He went to the ropes under
The impetus Of hard right-hander in
the Jaw. and as he arose got one in the
face which sent him to the floor.
The blow was not powerful
one, but Johuson's body blows
had begun TO tell and the
wind had been fairly pumped out of
Manning. He failed to get up within
the specified ten seconds, and Johnson
was declared the winner. The contest
was youth and strength pitted against
science. johnson had the advantage in
reach and height, although Manning
was much quicker ana cleverer. The
only unsatisfactory feature was the
cllnching by Manning, and he was not
altogether 10 blame for this. as he had
10 get close to his man to deliver blow.
his Il JohnsOn'S third victory before
tie club, and he is a likely youngster.
His victory last night gives him reputa-
ton, as Manning has good record and
was fairly defeated at his best. The
purse contested for was $3.50.