The record-union., 1892-11-29
Special to the Reconnaissance

| ANA~NS%AA'
| CoNEY ISLAND, Nov. 2e-The attend
ance at the athletic contest &c the Coney
Island Athletic Club to night was re-
markably slim. The entertainment opened
with ten-round contest between Danny
Mcbride and Con. Donovan. Mcbride
knocked his opponent out in the fifth
round, and won purse of S4Oo. The
| time was seventeen minutes.
The event of the evening, the contest
between Costello, the Buffalo" and
| Greggains of San Francisco. came next.
! Greggains' seconds were Martin Murphy
Of San Francisco, Johnny Murphy of
| Boston, Howry Hodgl1ins of Boston, and
Mike Cooney Of Boston as timer. Cos
tello was seconded by Billy Delaney, Joe
ChOynski and Jimmy Carroll, with Jack
Sheehan as time-keeper. The men
weighed in at l5S pounds, and looked the
pictures Of manly perfection.
In the first round both men spared
cautiously, Greggains landing lightly on
the point of the jaw, with a light return.
In the second Costello landed his len
on Greggains' mouth, and a moment
later got first blood with a straight LEFT on
the nose.
The third and fourth saw some light
exchanges.
In the fifth Costello landed hard right
and left on Greggains' jaw and stomach,
and moment later hit him again over
| the heart and on the jaw, receiving in re-
turn blow on the stomach.
In the sixth Costello led with his left
on the stomach, and got a stiff, left-hand
iab in the mouth. Some severe body
blows were struck before the round
closed.
In the seventh there were numerous
blows exchanged, and lelt-hand swing
On Costello's jaw caused him to tall in
his corner. The round finished with
both men still fresh.
In the eighth not much was done.
In the ninth there was considerable
| hard fighting, Costello landing Oh the
neck, and getting heavy one on the
stomach. lie landed successfully twice
on Greggains' jaw, then led on the stom-
ach, and landed again on the head.
Greggains looked rather the worse for
the punishment.
In the tenth Greggains landed a ter
| rife left-hsnder on Costelo's jaw, and
a moment later Costello got in a stomach
blow. Both then led with the LETT, coL.-
ing together with a crash, Costello land
ing on the chest, and Greggains on the
stomach.
The eleventh was about the same.
In the twelfth Greggains rushed and
accidentally pushed Costello over.
In the thirteenth and fourteenth
a number Of hard blows were
exchanged, but nothing serious.
In the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven
teenth both men We're showing great
generalship, and, while many blows were
exchanged, there was no apparent re-
suit.
In the eighteenth Costello got left
handler on 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 grunt.
In the nineteenth, alter sharp inter-
changes, in one OF which Costello's ear
was cut, Greggains landed his LETT on the
! jaw, and drove Costello against the ropes
| Costello landed heavily on Greggains'
| stomach.
In the twentieth, after light exchanges.
| Greggains hit Costello as the latter was
| running backward and knocked him on
| his back.
| Up to the twenty-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 several blows that would have fin
! ished an ordinary man.
In the twenty fifth, twenty-siXth and
| twenty-seventh little was done.
In the twenty-eighth Costello brought
blood from Greggains' nose. Greggains
| led and Costello, slipping, fell heavily.
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In the twenty ninth Costello started
| blood from Greggains' nose again.
From this it was again case OF caution.
and at the end of the thirty-seventh it
was anybody's fight
The next two rounds were tame. but in
| round forty Costello forced the lighting
and hammered Greggains' nose till blood
covered his face. The round ended by
| Greggains scoring the first knock down
OF the fight.
There was some hard fighting in the
next five rounds, but bonors were even
and both men appeared strong at the close
of each.
Up to round ffty-one the fight was
wearisome to the spectators, who at in
tervals yelled for more fighting. In the
| tifty-hrst the two men got together for
few exchanges and Costello went down.
but Greggains did not follow up his ad-
vantage. 1t was rumored here that Cos
! tello had broken his right hand and
| could not force the fighting.
| The fi1ty-first and fftv-second were
| tame.
Jeered by the crowd, the fighters did n
! little work in rounds lifty-fOur to fifty
nine, but it was tame sport at the best
There was no life to the fight from this
on. Blows occasionally were exchanged,
but they lacked steam. The time was de-
voted largely to walking about the ring
| in a very uninteresting manner. The
spectators continued to leave until third
had gone.
When the eightieth round had ended
without incident, the referee called the
fight draw.