The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-29
DRAW AFTER 50 ROUNDS.
COSTELLO AND GREGGAINs FAIL
TO GET IN KNOCKOUT BLOW.

~ Gb Il an \ hNOCh-OUT BLOW
GreRRsins All Shoulders, Chest and
Arms and Comparatively Without
Legs-He Had Much the Best of His
Antagonist in Eight and Reach-He
Scored the Most Knook-Outs and
Was Oftener on the Offensive.
CoNEY ISLAND, N. Y, Nov. 2S.-Despite
the heavy rain the Coney Island Athletic
Club was comfortably filed tonight by ad-
mirers OF the manly art to witness the COM
test between Martin Costello OF Buffalo and
Alexander Greggains OF San Francisco.
They both weighed in at 1856 pounds.
Greggains, who is 26 years old and sew
eral years the junior Of Costello, is built
largely on the Fitzsimmons plan-all
shoulders, chest and arms, and compare
lively without legs. He had much the best
OF his antagonist In hight and reach.
A PRELIMINARY BOUT.
There was a preliminary bout, as is usual
In this club.
In this case the contestants were young
sters ITO pounds, Danny Mcbride and
Connie Donovan. Mcbride showed that he
is good one, for he whipped Donovan, a
clever lad. In five rounds, aud without
much trouble 1t was a clean Knockout
by a right-hander on the jaw.
When the big bout came on there were
many sports in the building who are re-
nowned the world over by name.
Greggains and Costello fought for purse
OF 81, 500, the loser receiving $500.
johnnie Eckhardt refereed the fight.
Billy Delaney and Brooklyn Jimmie Car
roll were Costello's principal seconds, and
two Murphys, Tom and John, did most of
the work in Greggains' corner. At IL
O'Clock Joe Choynsh came In and assumed
command in Costello's province.
SLOW FOR TWENTY ROUNDS.
1t was an awfully slow fight for twenty
rounds. True, Costello won first blood In
the fifth round, by left hand lab on the
nose. and in the fourteenth Greggaius
knocked Costello down by cross counter
on the neck. But apart from these cracks
no damage was done. Each seemed afraid
of tha other and stood away. From the
twentieth to the tWenty-sixth round Greg
gains did some 1abbing with his left on Co.'S
tello's neck, and the 'Buffalo's" returns
with left and right were cleverly lodged.
The twenty round was the liveliest
so far in that Costello undertook to force
matters and rushed, only to meet three
stiff left-hand labs, under one of which he
twisted his legs and fell to the floor. Cos
tello landed one good left handler on the
breast in this round. Greg0ains landed his
right on the neck in hard style in the
twenty-eighth round and Costello had to
run away TO avoid repetition.
COSTELLO AGAIN FLooRED.
In the thirty-seventh round Grsggains
again knocked Costello down by a right
handler on the neck. Costello took his time
getting up and then sailed into the Cal
ifornlan. He got In five stiff punches, two
on the body, two on the face and one on
the neck before he stopped.
The next interesting round was the forti-
eth, when Costello opened the proceedings by
a couple of solid rushes and half dozen
beautiful cracks on Greggains' mouth Two
lively rallies followed, in one of which
Buffalo" found himself on the floor from
left handler on the jaw. Greggains fol-
lowed it up with two crushers on the breast
and Costello returned a right smash on
the mouth. Greggains was now bleeding
freely about the face, but was still on his feet
and had determined look in his eyes. His
determination died out in the forty-firsC
round, all the same, for he did not strike a
blow. Costello got in one more on the
nose in this round and the crowd advised
the Buffalo" to keep straight and at that
nose and you are all rlght.n
THE CROWD WEARY.
A hundred OF more men left the hall at the
end of the forty eighth round. "Greggains
can't hit hard enough to put that fellow
out" they said. showing that, In their
opinion the Californian had done most of
the leading, but was without sufficient force
to make first-class fighter. The young man
from San Francisco had done
four-fifths Of the work that had been done
on the offensive, but he was the worst
marked Of the two, his nose and lips show
ing it.
Greggains scored his fourth knock down
in the fifty-first round, when he caught Cos
tello with left-hander on the jaw and a
Highlander on the neck. The Buffalo"
rose leisurely to his kness before he stood
up, and made no play before the gong
sounded.
TEDIOUS WORK TO THE sIXTY-NINTH.
Fiddliug was the rule up to the sixty-1rst
round, when a wave of enthusiasm swept
over the house on Greggains' making a
swift rush aud catching Costello full on the
jaw with bis left. Costello was groggy
after the blow, and clung to his antagonist.
Then Costello let his left go into Greggains'
face and there was another cheer. The
Californian let the succeeding rounds go by
without daring TO run up against Costello's
and then sports became fatigued aud went
out doors en- masse Those who remained
demanded draw, but Referee Eckhardt
would not listen TO them.
Nothing more occurred up to the sixty
ninth round, when Greggains landed hard
left on Costello's stomach and made a rush.
but was stood off.
AT the end of the eightieth round the
referee declared the fight no contest and the
men divided the purse. The time was five
hours aud twenty niuutes