The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-20
He'll s DOG THE WINNER.
Tho fight comes OF OF Atnaville
after several Failures
AND IKE SMITHS CUR LOSES QUICK
Only Small Crowd Present in the
Hall to Watch tho Event, and Many
Sports were Disguised because they
got no Tip..only three Fittings
Necessary for the Smaller Dog to
Lick. FS VI

A dog fight in which Wheeling dogs
were tho participants took place at Ait-
navllle yesterday morning. The fight,
said to have been for u purse Of $500,
was witnessed by from sixty to seventy
five persons. u .'.ns
Wheeling sports have been taking
considerable interest in tho fight for
tho past week, and it was announced to
take place ut the Baltimore & Ohio tun-
mel east OF the city on Monday night or
yesterday morning, but for some reason
it did not como of there. Some OF tho
boys say tho weather was too cold to
have it Mt tho tunnel and thoy unex-
pectcdly decided to 20 to IEtnaville,
willie others assert that it was original
ly intended to have the fight ut Etna-
vile and the tunnel story was merely
blind. Those who wont, to the tunnel
were fooled. a number were seen go
ing in that direction Monday night.
The Wheeling crowd met Mt several
places OH this side at'an early hour yes
terday morning and left for Etnaville,
going by way OF the new bridges and
making the trip in cabs and other ve-
hiclcs. E4a1aS a.r3 -'
The party arrived in the town with
tho big mills about Il. m, and spent
some time hunting for well known
sport, intending to have the fight in his
house, but they failed to find him and
went to John Peltz and made arsangc-
ments to have the fight come of in his
hall, in 4 large threc-story. brick build
ing, the largest in Etnaville. Peltz has
asaloon and pool room on tho first floor.
The second floor is occupied as dwell
ing and the entire third floor by the
hall, which will accommodate several
hundred persons. With Patsy Gavina as
timokeepcr, the fight commenced about
$3.50, and lasted for nearly two hours.
The dogs were owned by cx-Policeman
Martin He'll, and Ike Smith, colored
sport. The former won in the third
pitting.
The dog OF the ex-policeman had the
best OF it from tho start, and carried off
the honors in the first, second and third
pittings. The first was Il long one and
holly contested throughout. The Sec
ond lasted nearly as long and was Il
fierce one, the dog owned by the colored
man doing bctterwork than in the first.
In the third and last scratch the loser
turned and walked back to his pitter,
and this ended the fight. The referee
declared the dog owned by the ex-cop-
per the winner. Much kicking was
done. but this did not count with the
referee.
Both dogs were badly used up, but
no bones were broken. The winner is
almost white in color and the loser
black spotted animal, weighing about
one-half pound moro than the victor.
The dogs were carefully wrapped in
blankets and the party returned to
Wheeling soon afterward.
1t is said that the major part" OF tile
spectators were from Wheeling. Only
Wheeling sports were supposed to be
in it, but large number OF the en-
ployes OF tho lEtna and Standard mills
caught on and portion OF these were
admitted. That the fight had taken
place was generally known: in the city
us well as over in Martins Ferry,
Etnaville and Bridgeport yesterday,
and the authorities kicked all day be-
cause they did not catch ON until after
the fight had occurred.
This was the fight which was to have
taken place ut Elm Grove last week,
but did not, and after the failure to,
meet there the owners tried to pit
them on the South Side, in this city,
but though they caused some commo-
ton the fight was postponed. 4 good
deal OF money changed hands.