The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-28
Observation-Disclosures
Lovers of Fistic Sport Well Entertained
at Tomlinson Hall.
Seven Rounds Fought in Twenty Round Con-
test, but II Was Enough for the Californian
Police Then Stopped the Fight

The twenty-round glove contest between
BILLY" Teller of this city. and Wiley
Evans. of California. at Tomlinson Hall
last night attracted crowd Of about two
hundred lovers of the sport. who paid
dollar head to see the fun. and
were for the most part glad
that they aid. The fight was not
one perhaps that would attract
poople from any great distance. but IL was
better than 10 usually seen in Indianapolis.
and there was no end Of enthusiasm among
those present. The regulation twenty
four foot ring was pitched in the
center of the big floor, and
the seats for tho spectators were
ranged OH the four sides of 1t. They were
filled up long before the prelminaries were
begun, and while waiting for them the
crowd was given over TO n good-natured
guying of each well-known sport as MS
face appeared Ia the doorway.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock Tommy Miller
jumped over the ropes, and was greeted
with howl of applause Tommy was
never given t0 diffidence and he smiled ap.
provingly. He announced that the
big event would be preceded By several
and introduced the first pair. William tiar-
dy and "Dick" Swanigan. The former was
an ebon-black negro, and the latter q
yellow one though his name would indi-
cate almost any thing else than an African.
| Thew spared four light rounds. In which
| Swanigan showed the better. Frank ONell
and William Cook were the next couple
| to appear O'Neil has the making of n
| fhan rlavar IN HIM huG fhrOWa
away oil his chances by o lot of horse
play" that disgusts the oniookers and
| gives all OF their sympathy to his opponent.
The rounds closed in Cooks favor, In
| which he did some very neat work.
William Bamblett and Martin Lynch
| then donned the mits. Bamblett has been
| seen In the ring in Indianapolis many times
| In the last few months, and his work has
| been OF that clean. clever style that has w on
| many friends for him. His opponent. Lynch,
| 10 new to boxing hOnOrs. and is far and away
| too light n man TO spar other than lightly
with o man like Bamblett. He made an
| excellent showing. however. and won the
| applause from the house by his agility and
| clever getting away from his heavy an
| tegonist. He has improved wonderfully
since his go with Bamblett several weeks
! ago.
The principal event was then announced.
| The match was Ostensibly one Of twenty
rounds for points, but there was private
understanding that there was to be q
| kuOChOub IL clguoI uaR COuiQ Ect i9 ~
was purse of 500, and tw0-tbirds of the
net gate receipts to the winner. and one,
| third to the loser. Teller was backed
by ST Esglep. and Evans had a number of
1t was decided that If the police stopped it
the money was TO 60 to the man having the
| best of It, Teller man living in
Indianapolis. and has gained quite
sa,s sparfs sno E :. ans
old hand In the ring. He has fought some
fifty or more battles with varying success.
Indeed the difference of tho mems tactics
was apparent as soon as they appeared IN
point, and let Teller work
away as hard as he chose. When
he got an opening he took il like flash,
and showed no mercy In following 1T up.
!! Teller. to the contrary, acted only
/ clever sparrer. and when he did some Of his
| hardest hitting allowed the other man TO
recover before he was at him again
Sergeant Laporte stopped the fight when
| there was yet twenty-five seconds TO 60 in
the seventh round. The men had been do
| ing some vicious infghting in the center of
the ring. and Evans had forced Teller al
most TO the ropes. Suddenly. with q leap
like flash. the Californian broke through
an opening in the other mans guard,
swung q vicious right that landed square
on his jugular. and Teller fell to the floor
like log. The prostrate man did not
counted the referee, while Evans stood
over his opponent ready to put
on the finishing touch. If necessary. six"
called ont the referee. and Teller got to his
| feet. swaying from side to side. Quicker
than thought Evans dealt him blow In
the face that forced him against the ropes.
| where the referee saved him from fall
| ing by catching him around the waist. Then
in when the police interfered. but Teller
paid no heed to them, and tried to make at
his opponent. He was too weak
to do other than clasp Evans about
the waist. and they fell to
parted them. Teller rose to his feet and
started for his corner. He made an effort
to get into his chair, but fell to the
floor by it's side. The crowd then
began to call loudly for decis-
ION from the referee. He hesitated
and then said that he guessed
Teller was whipped" and the like. bat he
would make no final decision. He was
blamed not q little for it. and it was plainly
| evident that he should have done SO had he
made any decision at all.
An effort was made to get the men TO 90
out IN the woods some place and fight it
| ont, but Teller refused TO 90. Evans was
willing. The men showed up in the ring of
| about the same size. Evans weighed las
| pounds and Teller 49, Jams Vsught was
chosen referee by acclamstion. William
Bamblett and James johnson seconded
Teller and Patsy McMahon held the watch
for him. Ed Greasy and Tommy Miller ap-
peared in Evanss corner and j. Murphy
acted as his timekeeper.
Teller was complImented on the clever
| fight he made, and had he tithe of the other
mans experience might give him q hard
| tuesle. but as IL was he was not in 1t at any
stage of the game.