St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-25
TWO BATTLING MILLS.
White Bear Ring Events Tha
Were on Their Merits.

White Bear Ring Events That
Were on Their Merits.
The two fights out beyond White
Bear lake Friday night are worth more
than passing notice from news point
OF view. Both contests were on their
merits. and there wasn't the slightest
disposition Oh the part of either of the
four contestants TO shirk. Nook Rich
ards certainly demonstrated that he is
more than an ordinary amateur. He is
not only clever, but he is hard hitter
and a rusher. From the moment time
was called to the giving of the decision
it was a fast and furious scrimmage.
form as Brown did. The latter stripped
possibly a few pounds the light
est, but he was the very beau
ideal of an athlete. The muscles
stood out in bold relief on his arms,
neck, shoulders and body. He is a
shifty and handy sparer, but he seemed
to be greatly handicapped by the ring.
1t was pitched in a sandy spot in the
woods, and he was unable to handle
himself in this sand with the same agil-
ity that Richards did. The men are
welterweights and stripped at lao and
LA pounds respectively. The lights
WclS uOG VIC UtSt, although lOut large
lanterns were used, one at each OF the
four corner posts.
Brown was the first to lead, but he
fell short and Nook countered fercely
in the neck. Soon they came together
again in sharp exchange of blows in
which Richards demonstrated that he
was the best at fast work. Sharp fight
ing characterized the round, and Rich
ards had altogether the best of it.
The second round showed to neither's
advantage. Brown was the cleverest
with the mits and he landed several
singing body blows, but was staggered
by croSs-counter on the neck just as
time was called.
A clinch opened the third round and
Brown slipped to the ground. He arose
in four seconds, but was knocked down
with right-hand swing in the neck.
Again Brown came to his feet without
taking advantage of the ten-secOnd rule,
and was a second time knocked off his
pins. The round ended in a clinch.
The fourth round was hot one and
first blood belonged to Richards. Three
times he knocked his dusky adversary
off his feet and Brown was very groggy
at the call of time.
The fifth round was arepetition of the
fourth, although Brown came to the
scratch tolerably fresh. He landed
blow on Richards short ribs that sent
him Keeling to the ropes, but he failed
to follow up the advantage. and Rich
ards rallied and sent his man to gras s
with straight left-hander on the nose.
Now the claret flowed freely, and it
looked as though Brown would have to
succomt, but he was game. He sprang
to his feet and raised blows at Richards,
but they fell short, and he was met with
al upper-cut that sent HIM down again.
This time he accepted his ten seconds,
and once more he was staggered, but
he saved himself by clinch.
Richards came up for the sixth round
as fresh as daisy, and he went to work
with both hands, knocking his man
down four times. Then Brown began
to fall down at every feint and would
not tight at all. In vain the referee
cautioned him, and after he had gone
down twice without blow the fight
was awarded to Richards. At most it
could have been a question of only one
to defend himself.
The other scrap was between Ben
Walters and jim Smith. The latter
was ten pounds the heavier and clearly
outciassed Walters. although the latter
made a gamey aud stubborn fight.
Smith became vicious, and was twice
cautioned against foullng, and in the
sixth round, when he had the contest
about his own way, he threw Walters
upon his knees and began punching
him in the face. The referee then
awarded the fight to Walters on foul.