The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-15
|THEMARINE WHIPPED
Greggains Gets the Decision in
the Eighteenth Round.
FIGHT STOPPED BY POLICE,
Wss the Clever La Blanche Fakfn~
Again7-ke"rganization of the East
ern Baseball Associations.

sls FRANCISCO. Dec. 14-George lie Blanche.
.abs Marine" and Alex Greggains. of sau Fan.
ESQ, met in finish fight at the Occidental
Cub tonight for purse OF 5000 The men
: had trained faithfully Tor the contest and were
within a few pounds OF the weight. which had
teen fixed ut I5s pounds Danny Needham
riereed the hght. La Blanche was seconded
" Al Butter and Billy smith. and GFeggains by
HArtin Murphy and Patsy Hogan. Greggaius
oEtciassed La Blanche in height and reach. but
- latter possessed greater ring experience.
ne betting was - TO II On La Blanche shortly
bstore the men entered tie ring
First round-After some fcinting GreggaIns
| opened with short lett Tor the ribs. The sec
ond iriaI resulted in La Blanche trying "A swing,
bni bgeggains parrleo. Gregggins got ia two
good cues in the wind
seeond--ia Blanche rushed and caught a
Sight one IN the wind. but got in hard lett
and right on Greggains' Jaw The Marines
stomach was red from Greggains' LETT vista
lions,
Third-An exchange of hard let's on the law
and 20 king left on La Blanche's jaw led To a
bot rally, in which 6reggains punished the Ma
4 sine badly in the wind
From the fourth to the eighth round Greg
gains elu1ed the Marines rushes and ire
caenty jsbDed him in the wind or stoppcd him
Elth straight left on the chin, n little short
| however, Tor a Knockout
In the seventh the Marine fell 10 the floor
rom the force Of punches on the ear.
II In the eighth ssreggains nearly sent the Marine
eyer backward twice with left labs on the chin
rs long reach worried the Marine, and he made
4 little return TOT the punishment received.
th0ugh in the ninth hs reached Greggain's law
Win nard right, and Ia the tenth with a right
body punch.
The eleventh closed with a hot rally, the
t5nors even.
From the twelfth TO the seventeenth the men
fsaght at closer quarters. Greggains had a
khsnty over both eyes and n lump in the center
q tae forehead, while La Blanche was bleeding
1.-THE mouth.
In the fourteenth Greggains cleverly stopped
slA blanche SWING by Il left jab on the nose,
sad IN the hiteenth sent the Marine reeling
With lett on the Jaw.
in the seventeenth the Marine rushed with
hs night. Greggains eluded him. and as the
Asrfne rushed on he topped him over, falling
through the ropes over him. hen La Blanche
rose he limped badly aud walked toward his
corner, claiming that his right leg injured
A large number of spectators seemed 10 think
Greggains foued Ia Blanche, while others
Aelsined the Marine was taking" Pandemon-
ium ensued when GTeggains rushed on the
Marine, who hung to the ropes while Greggains
punched him right and lett, the referee endeay-
cf1ng 10 separate them.
The round closed, and when they came up for
the eighteenth Ia Blanche apparently I'M
able to defend himself aud oreggains nearly
Knocked him out
Sergeant Of Police Cole stepped into the ring aud
ordered the fight stopped. President Robbins
Of the club announced that the decision would
be postponed, but Needham announced that he
would give the fight TO Greggains. In an inter
view later Needham said that La Blanche first
had Greggains by the neck, and that when they
| backed against the ropes the Marine stumbled
6feggains tired 10 hold him, and they went
though the ropes. lie thought there was no
foal, and AS Greggains had been doing most of
The fighting he gave tho decision TO the latter
The club abides by the referees decision.
III has been understood for several DAYS in
gan Francisco that La Blanche was 10 be paid to
iose and that the battle would pe fake. Greg-
EaIis Will now probably be matched against Bob
tfitzsiminons. The next battle is between Joe
ChoyDski and Billy Woods, the undeieaied
heavy weight. at the Pacific Club, San Fran
yeasco, Thursday night.l