The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-23
STARRING A La FRANCHISE.
A NOVEL CONTEST nv THE NEW york
ATHLET1C CLUE RING.

Ds-rioist s,d vsn NOBLE Use Hands and
Feet In y Ffve-Misu ute Rout-The Cohee
Cooler Defeats George Cannon In . spsr-
Tied Conte-t-Other isterestins Bouts.
New York Athletic Club men had an oppor-
tunity to see lioxing Of the French variety last
last night. and 1t is doubtful u the spectators
Of the unique bout have yet done laughing.
There is no question that the Marquis OF
| Queensberry would have teen Mortified could
he have seen the tactics employed In last
nights exhibition. but It cannot be denied
thnt the French system OF sparring possesses
some exciting features. .
The contestants were i. Darriolat. late OF
rEcole do Joinville 10 Font. where he was q
professor Of fencing aud boxing. and Adolph
| Won Molle. formerly Of Brussels.
The men were dressed In flannel shirts.
| white flannel trousers. wore cloth shoes on
| their feet and six-ounce gloves on their hands.
1t was announced that tho spnrrers would FIRST
| give the grand salute. after which they would
spar one lve-minute round.
The salute was n fantastic affair. The men
stood at opposite sides OF the ring and Hour
ished their gloves In the air. jumped up and
cracked their heels together. kicked like skirt
dancers. and otherwise disported themselves.
Then they sat down for o rect.
When. time was called Tor the first round. the
msrni aGt Monsieu b barrioiat madss deliberate
kick with his right foot at Monsieur Van
1 1pfiitsntl " th sfeul, vas b STsA' w iSna'S'S t. s sss
explained that kickinE was alleged ~, II, in The
which was fast and furious. Darnolnt tried to
kick Van Molle ever, the heart.
and holding him steady, swung on his nose:
s~crapine the skin of the bridge. Then the
kicking; pipnginG: us.ntdo swin Msrn S Soeame ' gen,
HIavorite shot of Van ,Molle's was to feint
iat's neck. In view OF the scores OF vicious
kicks aimed by each; IT Is surprising '"a' !"
Both wsie in evidence at the close Of the
s sooaS.r T Found jpS =; two dis minsss:. aq IN t 8TG' the
T The battle s,tis' Was tdselsreS drawn. N. Var Mole
s sePea'th to a finish hnsi points deciding the contests.
For the regular boxing 4 pTTo ogs nndss the Z on J.
Moore and A. A. Jordan: timers. Bob stoll and
J..H. Abeel: announcer. {. j Harvey. ,.
,. The 1,5s ab Spesn lee and pc gue 81 Reilly ehi at two i Is.
FOUNDERS. both. OF New York, They were
evenly matched. unseientihS: hnt ylG"rttbb gus
start. and clearly had the best OF the SIX
The judges. disagreed. Jordan picking opt
awarded the decision to Reilly. Neither man
~H BiilfyS Ross and Billy McNichol then appeared
for a twelye-round bout ut 11S pounds, Pre-
vious to the bout the referee approached Ross
"Are you going to give us a good fight to-
Ross promised to put on extra steam. Nc
was the quicker, and the most aggressive.
McNichol is Il. slow. tiresome boxer. whose
motto IL tn take no chances. and Ross had
hard work to make him ilcht; tb. ,.tt,s
and in the seventh round an accidental swing
on the head made Ross feel tired. In the
discouraged him so that he Quit ignominiomsly.
Thereupon Bolden agreed to meet Billy
Hamilton. q white boy. weighing l35 pounds.
Hamilton looks some Ike Corbett but the re-
They made a stitr fight in the first round.
and we're ut it hammer and. tongs in the Bee
ond. when Hamilton hurt his right wrist with
PEELED to give up tho battle, t.
George Cannon. the welter weight. who
caused the row at the Donovan tournament by
with Frank CRAIG. the cohee Cooler. ,.,
Honors were easy In the first round. but IN
wind and sent the colored man to the floor.
Cannon then showed bis lack Of head BY per-
hitting tho Cooler to recover his wind.
and got decidedly the worst Of II. There was
no special advantage for either In the nth
round. hut the Cooler had much the best OF
the sixth round. andthe judges agreed on him
Previous to the boxing sntertainmont Vice
Weeks announced that Hugh Leon
n5d; T GIns. Ing i 9snr ct ps Fl the s NsT t4 1or X Athi
over Thomas MesMahon. the Greco-Roman
professor. Of tho Michigan Athletic Association.
: Leonard had won two falls In ~ minutes.
asm. Mcmahon and Leonard had met once
previously. and Mcmahon had been the victor.