The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-29
FOUGHT EIGHTY ROUNDS.
And Then the Match Was Declared q
Draw by the Ref
cree.
GreRRains and Costello for the
Second Time Quit With
Honors Even.
Tho Men We're Evenly Matched In Every
Respect, and Neither Would Take
ANY Chances.

the atpletic contest before the COney
| Island Athletic club Tonight was remark
ably slim. The entertainment opened with
ten-round contest between Danny Nc
Bride and Con Donovan. Mcbride knocked
his opponent out IN the fifth round and
won a purse of $500. Time, II minutes
The event of the evening, contest be-
tween Costello, of Buffalo, and Greggaips,
OF San francisco. came next. Gregpains
seconds were Martin Murphy, Of San Fran
cisco, Johnny Murphy, Of Boston, Harry
Hodgkins, OF Boston, and Mike Cooney. of
Boston, was timer. Costello's seconds
were Billy Delaney, Joe Choynski and
Jimmy Carroll, Jack Sheehau being Tins
keeper. The men weighed in at 155 pounds
and looked pictures of manly perfection.
In the first round both men spared
cautiously, GreRgains landing lightly on
the point of the jaw, with light return.
In the second Costello landed left on
Greggains' mouth and moment later got
first blood with a straight left on the nose.
The third and fourth saw some light ex-
changes. In the fifth Costello landed a
hard right and left on Gregaains' jaw and
stomach and moment later hit him again
over the heart and on the jaw, receiving in
return blow on the stomach.
In the sixth Costello led with left on
the stomach and got stiff left hand iab in
the mouth. Some severe body blows were
struck before the round closed. In the sew
enth there were numerous blows exchanged
and left hand swing on Costello's jaw
caused him to fall in his corner. The round
finished with both men still fresh. In this
eighth not much was done. In the ninth
there was considerable hard fighting, Co.'S
tello landing on the neck and getting a
heavy one on the stomach. He landed sue
cessfully twice on Greegains' jaw, then led
on the stomach and landed again on the
head. G;eQgains looked rather the worse
for punishment
In the tsnth Greggains landed terrific
left-hander on Costello's jaw, and a mo-
mont later Costello got in a stomach blow.
Both then led with the left, coming to-
chest and Greggains on the stomach. The
eleventh was about the same. In the
tWelfaa Gre2gains rushed and accidentally
pushed Costello over. In the thi teenth and
fourteenth n number of hard blows were
exchanged. but nothing serious. In the
fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth both
men showed great generalship. and while
many blows were exchanged there was no
apparent result
In the eighteenth Costello got a left
handler in the mouth that sent him against
the ropes and before the close of the round
Greggains hit him blow in the stomach
that made him grant, In the nineteenth,
after sharp interchanges, in one of which
Costello's ear was cut Greggains landed
left in the jaw and drove Costello against
the ropes. Costello landed heavily on
Greggains' stomach. In the twentieth,
after light exchanges. GregRans hit Cos
telio as the latter was running backward
and knocked him on his back. Up to the
twsnty-fourth not much was done by
either
In the twenty-fourth both men fought
hard. GregGains was the aggressor and
had decidedly the best of the round, land
ing blows that would have finished an or
dinary man. In the twenty-tifth. twenty
sixth and twenty seventh, little was DONE
In the twenty eighth Costello brought
blood from Greggains' nose. Greggalns
led and Costello slipped and fell heavily,
GregGans falling over him. In the twenty
ninth Costello started blood from Greg
case of caution ard at the end of the thirty
seventh 1t was anyone's fight. The next
three rounds were tame. but in round forty
Costello forced the fighting and hammered
Greggains' nose till the blood covered his
face. ] he round ended by Graggains scor-
ing the first knock-down of the fight. There
was some hard fighting in the next five
rounds, but honos were even and both
mon st ong at tho close of each.
From this time to the close of the
eightieth round the fighting WAS tame. and
the crowd soon began yelling for more
work, but they did not get it. Neither
man would expose himself to chance
blow. They put in most of the time walk
ing around and cycling each other eau
tiously. AT the close of the eightieth the
refe4ee called it draw.