The record-union., 1891-12-15
EIGHTEEN ROUNDS.
Fight Between Alex Greggains and
George La Blanche.

Fight Between Alex Greggains and
George La Blanche.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-George La
Blanche, the Marine, and Alex Greg
gains of San Francisco, met in finish
fight at the Occidental Club tonight for
purse of $1,000. The men had trained
faithfully for the contest, and were with
in a few pounds of the weight which had
been fixed-15S pounds. Danny Need
ham refereed the fight. La Blanche was
seconded by E. ButIer and Billy Smith.
and Greggains by Martin Murphy and
Patsy Hogan. Greggains outclassed La
Blanche in hight and reach, but the latter
possessed the greater ring experience.
The betting was $40 to SI1 on La Blanche
shortly before the men entered the ring.
After some feinting, Greggains opened
with a short left for the ribs. The second
trial resulted in La Blanche trying to
swing, but Greggains parried. Greg
gains got in two good ones in the wind
In the second round La Blanche rushed.
and caught light one in the wind, but
got in hard left and right on Greggains'
Jaw. The Marines stomach was red from
Greggains' left visitation
In the third round an exchange of hard
let's on the jaws, and corlxing left on
La Blanche's jaw led to hot rally, in
which Greggains punished the Marine
badly in the wind.
From the fourth to the eighth round
Greggains eluded the Marines rushes,
and frequently labbed him in the wind
OF stopped him with straight lefts on the
chin, a little too short, however, for a
knock out.
In the seventh the Marine fell to the
floor from the force of a left punch on
Greggains' ear.
In the eighth Greggains nearly sent the
Marine ha, orJ
jabs on the chin. His long reach worried
the Marine, and he made little return for
the punishment received, though in the
ninth he reached Greggains' Jaw with
hard right, and in the tenth with right
body punch.
The eleventh closed with q hot rally.
Honors were even.
From the twelfth to the seventeenth the
men fought at closer quarters. Greg
gains had a shanty over both eyes and q
lump in the center of the forehead, while
La Blanche was bleeding at the mouth.
In the fourteenth Greggains cleverly
stopped La Blanche's swing by left lab
on the nose, and in the fifteenth sent the
Marine reeling with a left on the jaw.
In the seventeenth the Marine rushed
with his right. Greggains eluded him, and,
as the Marine rushed on him, toppled over
falling through the ropes over him.
When La Blanche rose he limped badly.
anu Walheu toward MS corner, claiming
that his right leg was injured A large
number OF spectators seemed to think
that Greggains had fouled La Blanche.
while others claimed that the Marine was
taking" Pandemonium ensued, when
Greggains rushed on the Marine. who
hung to the ropes, while Greggains
punched him right and left, the referee
endeavoring to separate them.
The round closed, and when they came
up for the eighteenth La Blanche was ap-
parently unable to defend himself and
Greggains nearly knocked him out.
when Sergeant of Police Cole stepped into
the ring and ordered the fight stopped.
President Robbins of the club an
nounced that the decision would be post
poned and Needham announced that he
would give the fight to Greggains.
q In an interview latter Needham said
that La Blanche first had Greggains by
the neck, and that when they backed
against the ropes the Marine stumbled.
Greggains tried to hold him, and they
went through the ropes. He thought
there was no foul, and as Greggains had
been doing most of the fighting, he gave
the decision to the latter.
The club abides by the referees de-
ciSiOn