The morning call., 1893-06-13
NEW FISTIC CLUB
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GODDARD A FOUL FIGHTER.
Had His Man at His Mercy and Yet
Could Not Treat Him
Fairly.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

ROXY. Ind, June 10. - The circum-
stances leading up to the formation oil the
| Columbian Athletic Club on the heals OF
the surrepttiously enacted law legallzng
glove-fighting in Indiana are already
known, and tonight saw the inauguration
of the new fstic arena. II is incomplete
as yet. but when finished the arena will
seat over 49, 900 people. The contests to-
night we're the first of a series embracing
Hugh Napier OF Australia and Bobby
Burns, the conqueror of Cal Mccarthy,
who will meet two weeks from tonight;
Sollv Smith, the Pacific Coast feather
weight champion, and John T. Griffin,
who will have it out on July 10; Dan
Creedon and Aleck Greggains, billed for
the latter part of July. and George Daw-
son and Tommy Ryan, who will decide the
welter-we eight championship of the world
| in August.
There are other matches on the taps,
and when the Corbett- Mitchell fight comes
up the club will assert its full financial
strength. The Illinois Central road ran five
special trains from Chicago to the club
grounds, each of which was crowded to
OVERLOOKING. Joe Goddard and Willis
Kennedy furnished the curtain-raiser to
to-night's performance, and the other go
was between Billy Woods and Buffalo"
Costello.
Before the contest began Dominick
O'Malley, the manager of the club, deliy-
cred short address. He declared that it
was not the intention of the club to vio-
late any laws of Indiana, nor to hold prize
fights in the common acceptation of the
term, but simply to give exhibitions of
pugilistic science and skill,
Goddardi and Kennedy fought for a
purse of $1,000, and Costello and Billy
| Woods for $500.
1t was 9:15 p. NJ. when Goddard, followed
by his seconds, entered the ring. In a
second Kennedy came in with his crowd
and time was called at 9:35 P. NJ. In the
first round the men opened vigorously and
Kennedy was knocked down in the center.
then in his corner. again in the center and
then three times more in quick succession.
He managed each time, however. to come
up, and was lettering against the ropes
| when time was called, which was all that
| saved him.
| In the second round Kennedy came
| quickly to the center and was at once
knocked down. he rose only to be knocked
down again and again. Goddard hit him
when he was rising and was greeted with
storm OF Kisses and cries of foul" Then
he knocked Kennedy down W it'll a savage
right in the face and before the colored
man could come around he was out. Ken
nedy was cheered on leaving the ring.
Within twenty minutes after Goddard
and Kennedy left that ring the gong was
rung for the main event of the evening.
Costello first climbed through the ropes,
at 10:05. and Woods. two minutes later,
seated himself in the corner which Ken
needy occupied. Time was called at 1O:10,
and on the first round Costello landed
lightly on the neck. Woods led and fell
short, and then made vicious right swing
which Costello ducked. In the second
Woods led with his right and left and
Costello ducked. Then Woods got In two
hot ones and the men clinched.
In the third both men clinched and Co.'S
tello landed heavily on the chin.
In the fourth Woods landed on the ear
and caught soaker on the chin. Costello
got in a good left on the stomach and
| Woods clinched.
In the fifth Woods got in a hot right on
the head and Costello got in on the left
side and followed it with another on the
chest. when Woods staggered Costello
| Win rlgnb on the Jaw.
Costello got in four hot swings in the
sixth when the men clinched and fell, and
then they spent the seventh sparring for
wind.
In the eighth Woods landed heavy
right and Costello got in savage right
upper cut. aud in the ninth Costello landed
left on the face. Woods got in q right
on the neck. receiving heavy left In the
stomach.
In round ten Costello landed on the
mouth and Woods on the neck, and in the
eleventh Woods got in savage upper cut
on the jaw, staggering Costello.
In round twelve Woods was doing all
the fighting. He landed a left on the head
and right on the stomach, but Costello
drew first blood. In the thirteenth and
fourteenth there were hot exchanges which
ended in Costello's favor.
The next five rounds were made up of
pretty fighting, with the honors evenly
divided. There was furious fighting in
some of the rounds. but apparently little
damage was done.
In the twenty-frst walking match was
begun and in the next eight rounds moth
ing worth chronicling took place.
In the thirty-frst the crowd grew weary
and guyed the men, who were still walk
ing and doing nothing. The next ten
rounds were repetition of this, the crowd
yelling to Woods to get bicycle and chase
Costello. and when leads were made they
were met with derisive bowls.
Up to the ffty-frst round the situation
was unchanged, the men doing practically
nothing. The referee announced that they
would fight to a finish if it took week
The same tactics were continued till the
fifty-seventh round. at the close of which
the referee declared the fight draw.
TRAIN-ROBBERS FOILED,
The Opportune Arrival of a Switch