The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-29
A DRAWN BATTLE
Gssggaias and 0sssella Fight All Hight
Without Result.

NEW YORK. Nov. % .-Tha atfenasncs q
the pugilistic contest at the Coney Island
Athletic club tonight Was remarkably
| slim. Enthusiasm, however. was not
wantiag The event of ths evening Waa
the contest between Martin Costello OF
BHGA.o aad Alsck Greggains OF San Fran
cisco. At the ringside the betting ran
mp from 100 70 65 to 100 to so and then 100
70 50 CostsllO being the favorite. Greg
gains seconds weru Martin Murphy of
San Francisco aud Johnny Murphy Of
Boston and Harvey Hodgkius of Boston.
(Corbett's trainexl Joe Choynski and
the ringside at 156 pounds. and when they
stepped into the ring they looked to be in
perfect condition.
The first twenty rounds Of the fight were
comparatively tame. The men seemed to
be evenly Rlatched, and neither apparent
~ could gain any advantage over the other.
Both were very shifty on their feet, aud
they spent more time in dancing around
the ring and avoiding punishment than in
good stiff fighting. In some of the rounds
no blows were struck and iu others only
single pass was na~de Costello got nrst
blood In the second round, when he landed
\ straight left en Greggains' nose. At the
end Of The twentieth roaad both meu were
fresh As daisies, and il looked to be any
body's fight Neither men showed signs of
any punishment, due principally to their
perfect copdition.
In she twenty first round not blow was
gains started in to force the fighting, and
drove Costello TO the ropes. landing y left
on his jaw and . right on bis ear. Co.'S
telio went down TO avoid punishment, aud
not auotAer blow WAS struck during the
round.
In the twenty third round it became ap-
parent that IL was II question OF eudur-
ance. A jab from Gre2gains' left joggled
Costello's head. and a few light blows
were exchanged. Twice Costello essayed
to knock out his opponent, but each time
Gresgains cleyerly ducked and saved him-
self.
la the tweaty-fourth round, after sparr-
ing for AN openinx, Greggains planted =
wicked left on Costelfo's fxce, getting away
without return. Both men fought like
wildcats, and it was only their superb cou-
dition that enabled them TO hold out un-
der the punishment they received Greg
gains was aggressive, aud be had decidedly
the best OF the round. landing several
blows that would have flushed AN ordln-
ary man.
In the next four rounds there was little
fighting. In the twenty-ninth rouud
Costello started the blood from Greggains'
nose again. Gregyains got in u good re-
turn, bat the round ended in Costello's
favor.
Up to and including the thirty-third
round there was no punishiug, and up to
the thirty-seventh round the fight still
looked to be anybody's. The next three
rounds were tame, but in the forIieth
round Costello forced the fighting and
hammered Greggains' nose till ihe blood
covered his face The round ended by
Greggains scoring the first knock-down OF
the light.
There was some hard fighting in the
next five rounds, Dut honors were even aud
both men appeared strong at the close OF
each.
Rounds IS to 81 were exceedingly weari-
some, and The spectators called for more
fighting. In round 81, spurred by tine
yells of the crowd, the two men came to.
Rethsr for a few exchanges, and Costello
went down. Greggains did not follow up
his advantage. The round ended with
both spArring. 1t was rumored that
Costello had broken his right hand and
could aoE force the Fighting. The TWO
rounds following were Very tame.
1he fighters CId little work In rounds 5l
to 69, but 1T was taue sport at best, alsd
tle crowd began to Thin out. Once, how
ever, GreSgaius in II mtx-up showed abiii-
ty. ahd there Was every Indication that
the round would be the wihd-up, but the
bell prevented il.
At the end Of the eightieth round the
battle was declared draw.