St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-29
FOR HOURS.
Costello and Greggains Meet
Before the Coney Island
Athletic Club.
Round After Round Went by
With Both Men Fight
ing Hard.
Greggains Got the First
Knock Down in the For
tieth Round.
Declared q Draw at the End
Of the Eightieth
Round.

! COMFY ISLAND. n. Y. Nov. 2S. The
| attendance at the athletic contest of the
| Coney Island Athletic club tonight WAS
remarkably slim. There was not want
| ing any enthusiasm, even though the
crowd was small The entertainment
| opened with ten-round contest be-
tween Danny Mcbride and Con Dono-
van. Mcbride knocked his opponent out
| in the fifth round and won purse Of
| S400. Time, seventeen minutes.
The event Of the evening. the contest
| between Costello, of Buffalo, and Greg
! gains, Of San Francisco, came next.
Early in the day the betting was to
on Costello. but towards the evening
the odds grew less as it became known
that Greggains was in good shape. At
| the ring side the betting was 100
! to 60, and quickly went up to 100 to
| so with lots Of money to place at that.
Then it went to 100 to 90 and then there
were not many takers. This was the
status of affairs when the master of
ceremonies announced that the bout be-
tween .Aleck Greggains, of San Fran
cisco, and Martin Costello, of Buffalo,
n. Y, would be a twenty-rouHd contest
or more.
The Main Contest.
Greggins' seconds we're Martin Muir
| pny, of San Francisco, and Johnny Muir
ply and Howry Hodkins of Boston,
and Mike COoney, OF Boston, timer.
Costello's seconds were Billy Delaney,
COrbett's trainer: Joe ChoynSki and
Jimmy Carroll, Jack Sheehan, time
keeper. Both men were weighed
in at 1853 pounds each. and
when they stepped into the
ring they looked the pictures of manly
perfection, and with not an ounce of
superhuouS flesh on either OF them.
Immediately upon their appearance
there was loud applause from every side
of the house. 1t was 10 o'clock when
they entered the ring.
|. Round One-An apology was offered for
the delay of appearance OF the men i'll the
ring and it was 10 O'clock when the men
stepped into the ring Greggains wore black
and Costello green, with nothing on but
tights and gloves aud stockings. Both man
spared cautiously. Greggains led. landing
lightly on The point of the jaw with light
return. Only two blows were exchanged dur
ing this round.
Round Two-The men again wasted their
time sparring for an opening. Costello made
feint. but failed to and. lie was more
successful, however. on his next attempt,
when he
Landed a Left
on Greggains mouth. and moment later
got first blood with a straight left on the
nose. They were the only two blows struck,
but they were both very effective
Round Three-rhis round was something
like the other two, both men sparring for an
opening. Greggains landed light on the left
Greggains swung his right on Costello's ribs,
and landed with his left on the stomach.
chest.
Round Four-Both men knew each other
well, and were very careful about leaving
themselves open, as their previous sixty one
round drawn battle was still too fresh in
their memories. They spared for fully half
a minute before Costello led, but fell short.
He ofterward landed lightly with the left on
the body but got a stiff right in the stomach
Costello landed lightly twice on the body be-
tore the round closed.
Round Five-Both men led off with clever
and cautious sparring, Greggains still keep
ing the open field. Greggains led his left
landed his left on the point of Greggains'
jaw, and then swung his right oil the stom
ach; both were hard blows. Sparring fol-
lowed. Costello landed his right
On Ezis Opponents Heart.
lie followed this with blow on Greg
gains jaw. and received blow in return on
the stomach Time was then called
Round SiX-The men still cautious Cos
teflo led with the left on the stomach, and
got stiff lett-hand jab in the mouth. This
woke both men up. and they did some good
fighting. Costello tented with the left and
landed Il stiff upper cut with the right. From
this TO the close OF the round both men went
in tor hard hitting, and some very severe
body blows were struck. The round closed
slightly i'll favor of Greggains.
Round Seven-Costellos blows did not
seem to have much effect OH Greggains, who
came up smiling. Costello landed OIL the
stomach. and Greggains countered on the
chin with the right and a hard upper
cut Costello landed with his left on the
stomach lightly and Greggains responded
with his left on Costello's stomach. Both
men were still as fresh as daisies. A straight
left-hand iab on Cosello's nose knocked his
head back. Honors even A lefthand
swing on Costello's jaw and he fell in his
corner. Greggains next swung his right on
CoStelloS heart and countered with an up
per-cut. Both men
Still Fresh.
Round Eight-CosteIlo landed lightly with
the left on his opponents stomach, but got
nicely stopped moment later when he tried
10 land with both hands Costello landed his
left lightly on the mouth as GreggaiDs was
getting away. Costello became the aggressor
and was successful OH two occasions, when
he followed up his lefthand jabs with right
hand swings, landing on face and head at
about the same time.
Round Nine-Feinting was the order for
the ufSt mluutc- GreSgalnS led, not lanQlQS
and no return. Costello led on Greggains'
nose and Greggains countered on nose. Cos
teIo led on the neck and got a heavy return
in the stomach, Costello landed success
fully twice on Greggain's jaw, then led on
the stomach and landed again on the head
Greggains looked rather the worse for the
punishment
Round Teu-After sparring for au opening
Greggains landed terrific lefIhander on
Costelios jaw. and a moment later Costello
got in a stomach blow. Both men led with
the left at the same time, coming together
with a crash. Costello landing on the chest
and GTeggains on the stomach. Several
more good exchanges were made before the
close of the round.
Round Eleven-Greggains landed a left
hand iab i'll the mouth and forced Costello to
the ropes. Men cautious, and sparring fol-
lowed.
Light Exchange
after what seemed all interminable time, and
then Costello landed a left-hand swing on
the stomach, followed by another. Greg
gains swung, and Costello cleverIy ducked to
avoid and came up under Greggaips' arm.
They were still sparrins when the bell
rung and the general Verulct was Inal IL was
pretty fight.
Round Twelve-Costelo led and landed
lightly and was followed IN like manner by
Greggains who rushed and accidentally
pushed Costello over. After light sparring
for an opening Greggains jabbed hard on
Costellos mouth.
Round Thirteen-Greggains led with the
left landing on the stomach. Costello land
ed lightly on the neck and Greggains re-
sponded with a similar blow, and left
handed jab followed on CostelIo's stomach.
but neither man showed any sign of punish
ment, due to their fine training, undoubt-
edly. Costello landed on Greggains' stom
ach aud Greggains got his left in Costello's
stomach lightly and Greggains landed his
left and right and left again on Costello's ]
nose. Costello got his left on Greggains
i Irf-t nlls aTCccI ,1nff
from Greggains' lead.
Round ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS opered the
round by landing lightly on Costello's mouth.
Greggains landed a hard stomach blow. Cos
tello
Forced the Fighting
and landed well with his left on Greggains'
jaw and followed it up with a right handler
on the side of the mead. Both men being
quick OH their feet avoided much punish
ment by their shifty maneuvering.
Round Fifteen-This time the sports were
looking for some game fighting, based on the
wicked exchanges in the previous round, but |