The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-31
gTOPPED BY POLICE.
AIeck Greggains and Martin
Costello Fight 50 Rounds.
NEITHER ONE A HARD HITTER.
nrexgains Has the Best Of II, but Both
Quit Fighting Early and Spar
for . Draw.

[{ Athletic Clubs glove fight between Alex
Greegains, the San Francisco middle
weight pugtiist. and Martin Costello,
+ sthe Buffalo," who returned to this coun-
inv few weeks ago after FIVE years resi-
"a dence in Australia, attracted large and
enthusiastic crowd to the clubs gym
ussium tonighs. The fight was
viewed with interest, for it was announced
1that the winner would challenge Bob
4 Fitzsimmons to battle for the middle
s. weight championship Of the world De-
epite the good opinion entertained here OF
r Grcegains' ability, he having defeated
8 Billy Mccarthy and George LaBlanche in
Il short order, Costello was the favorite in
{ the pooirooms at odds of 10 tot. The purse
was s., 800 Costeilo's seconds were Young
Mitchell and Sam Fitzpatrick. Greggains'
i seconds were Martin Murphy and Joe
King Thomas Chandler. a veteran boxer,
acted as referee. It was 9:15 when the
men entered the ring. Costello appeared
in good form while Gregg aims tall figure
seemed thinly drawn.
The first three rounds we're fought warily,
Greggains doing some clever feinting and
ducking. Both men scored good left
handlers in the mouth. Costello evinced a
desire to bore in. but had a wholesome re-
spect for Greggains' left. Greggains was
q somewhat nervous, but did better at close
range than his opponent. From the fourth
round the men warmed up, and in the
i fifth Costello nearly dropped the San
| Francisco boy with right-handers
on the head. Greggains did some
hot in-fghting. however. At the
end of the fifth round the Buffalo"
was rather groggy. The sixth to the
ninth were a little slow. Costello made a
number of wild left swings. but his re-
spect for Greggains' left was too great to
allow him to do effective work. In the
ninth and tenth Costello got to closer
quarters, and scored some hard blows on
Greggains' wind and ears, the latter oc-
]. casionally throwing in q left hand lab in
the mouth as caution to the other. He
seemed disposed to save his strength.
Costello forced the pace in the
! eleventh. In the twelfth Greg
j gains played for Costello's kidneys with
telling effect. Costello tried hard to land
q right. but failed. In the thirteenth
Greggains was Kissed for trying to back
heel Costello in a clinch. In the four
tenth and fifteenth the men made the
same cautious fight. Costello tried for
every apparent opening. but Greggans'
u
fuke. he seemed the winner. He stag
gered Costello in the fifteenth with a
straight left in the face. and dropped him
TO a sitting posture with another.
He got the Buffalo on the
J ropes in the sixteenth and tried to
upper-cut him, but failed. Costello then
staggered him with right-hander on the
head. Greggains was frequently Missed
for giving Costello his shoulder in clinches.
From the seventeenth to the twentieth
Costelo's ribs were swollen from Greg
gains left-handers. He had lost some
blood from the ear, and his face was swell
ing. Greggains sent him to his knees with
half swing half push in the Seventeenth,
and pushed him over the ropes in the
nineteenth. The next four rounds were
more noticeable for feinting and leads
falling short than for clean hitting. In
the twenty-third both men landed hard
blows on the head. Costello scored two
stiff lefts on the jaw at the opening of the
twenty-fourth. and got Greggains on the
run, all but sending him through the
ropes with left on the face. He slipped
TO the floor, however. and Greggains
pulled himself together
Except for an occasional rally Costello
Rugged the corners, as he had for a dozen
rounds past Greggains was content TO
let him escape with nothing more serious
than pushing his head back with the heel
OF the glove until the twenty seventh
when he hit him two hard left handlers
and later pushed him to the floor. In the
twenty-eighth Greggains rushed him
and sent him spinning with two-handed
swings. Costello fought desperately,
however, and scored a couple OF good half
arm blows. Costello slipped to the floor
and Went sprawlinG on his back with a
iefthander a little later. Costello appeared
shaky on his legs. hut retaliated about as
often as Greggains led, and the end of the
thirty-second round found the men in ap-
parently about as good condition as when
the battle commenced.
Nothing was done in the next six rounds
Then the spectators urged the men to 60
In and fight. They made show of doing
50, but accomplished little. Ii was re-
ported that Greggains' hands were injured.
The men exchanged several blows in the
forty-seeond and forty-third rounds. Greg
gains Was using his right ham char.
lily. After several rounds more the referee
cautioned the men aud they made another
effort, Greggains sending Costello half way
across the ring with left-hander. Greg
gains stabbed Costello with n left in the
forty-sixth round, and Costello scored
some leit-handers on the chest About a
dozen blows. and none OF them effective
were struck from the forty seventh to the
hitleih round. Costello seemed to
think Greggains was holding his
right hand in reserve, and
was. moreover, apparently willing
10 have the fight declared draw. IN the
hfteedth Greggains landed a straight left
handler on the chin. getting Costellos
night on the ear. Greggains rushed, and
Costello dropped near the ropes. Greg
gains landed two stiff drives and coun-
tered apparently with some force with his
right.
The police interfered at the end of the
round, aud the referee declared the contest
adray
When seen in their dressing rooms Cos
teilo and his seconds seemed satisfied with
: the referees decision, but Greggsins COM
Z planned because the decision was
not given in his favor as he
said he had done most of the work.
HIS hands were uninjured. and he ac-
khos lodged having handled his right
hand - If disabled in order 10 draw Cos
tello ia Many Of those who witnessed
Tie contest expressed the opinion that the
match Was q very even one, and that hile
ereggalns displayed more ability Costello
Sas apparently able 10 withstand all the
punishment Greggains could deliver. Be-
Sond iew bruises the men bore no traces