The herald., 1893-06-13
LOCALIZED GLOVE FIGHTS.
Opening of a New Fistic
Arena in Indiana.
Inauguration of the Columbian
Athletic Club.
Initial Bouts of q Series of Brilliant
Singing Matches.
Goddard KNOCKS Willis Kennedy
Out in Two Rounds-Coste1lo and
Woods Fight Fifty-sevcn
Rounds to Draw.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROXY, Ind, June 12.- The circum-
stances leading up to the formation OF
the Columbian Athletic club, on the
heels of the surreptitiously enacted law
legalizlng glove fights in Indiana, are
already known, and tonight saw the
Inauguration of the new fistic arena, in
complete aa yet. When finished the
arena will seat over 5000 people.
The contests tonight were the fret OF
series, embracing Hugh Napier, Of
Australia, and Bobby Burns, the con-
queror Cal of Mccarthy, who will meet
two weeks from tonight; Solly Smith,
the Pacific coast feather weight cham
pion, and John T. Griffin, the Braintree
lad, who will have it out July 10th !;
Dan Creedon and Aleck Greggains,
billed for the latter part of July, and
George Dawson and Tommy Ryan, who
will decide the weltsr-weight champion
ship Of the world in August. Other
matches are on the tapis and. when the
Corbett- Mitchell fight comes up, the
club will assert its full financial strength.
The Illinois Central road tonight ran
five special trains from Chicago to the
club grounds, each of which was
crowded to overdowing.
Joe Goddard and Willis Kennedy fur
nished the curtain-raiser to tonight's
performance. Another go was between
Billy Woods and Buffalo Costello.
Goddard and Kennedy contested for a
purse of $1,000. Costello and Billy
Woods fought for purse OF $250O.
EXHIBITIONS OF SCIENCE.
Before the 6rst contest began, DOM
mick o. Malley, manager of the club,
delivered short address. He declared
it not the intention of the club to violste
any OF the laws of Indiana nor to hold
prizs fights in the common acceptation
OF the term, but simply exhibitions ol
PugIl1Stlc science end skill. A.s-&
GODDARD AND KENNEDY.
1t was 9:10 p. M. when Goddard, fol-
lowed by his seconds, entered. In sec
ond, Kennedy came with his crowd.
Time was called at 8 .35.
First round-The men opened vigor-
ously. Kennedy was knocked down in
the center; then in his corner; then in
the center, and then three times more
IN quick succession. He managed each
time, however, to come up, and was tot
tering against the ropes when time was
called, which was all that saved him.
Second round--Kennedy came quickly
to the center and was ct once knocked
down. He rose only to be knockeddown
again and again. Goddard hit him
when he was rising and was greeted
with a storm Of hisses and cries of
foul" He knocked Kennedy down
with savage right in the face and be-
fore the colored man could come around
he was out. Kennedy was cheered on
leaving the ring.
WOODS AND COSTELLO.
Within 20 minutes after Goddard and
Kennedy left the ring the gong sounded
for the main event of the evening. Cos
tello first climbed thro ugh the ropes at
10 :05. Woods two minutes later seated
himaelf in the corner which Kennedy
had occupied. Time was called at
10:10.
First round-Costello landed lightly
on the neck. Woods led and fell short,
and then made vicious right swing,
which Costello ducked.
Second round-W led right and
left. Costello ducked. Woods got in
two hot ones and the men clinched.
Third round-Both men clinched and
Costello landed heavily on the chin.
Fourth round--Woods landed on the
ear and caught soaker on the chin.
Costello got in good left on the stom-
sch and Woods clinched.
Fifth round-Woods got in hot right
on the head. Costello got in left on
the side and followed it with another
on the chest. Woods staggered Costello
with right on the jaw.
Sixth round-Costello got in four hot
awnings, when the men clinched and fell.
Seventh round-Sparring for wind.
Eighth Woods landed heavy right.
Costello got in savage right upper-cut.
Ninth Costello landed left on the
face. Woods got in right on the neck,
receiving heavy left in the stomach.
Tenth-Costello landed on the mouth,
Woods on the neck.
Eleventh Woods got in savage up
per-cut an the jaw, staggering Costello.
Twelfth--W Woods, doing all the fight
ing, landed left on the head and q
right on the jaw. Costello drew first
blood.
Thirteenth and fourteenth-Hot ex-
changes, which ended in Costello's fa-
vor.
The next five rounds were made up of
pretty steady fighting, with honors
evenly divided. There was furious fight
ing in some rounds, but apparently little
damage was done.
In the twenty-irst a walking match
was begun, and in the next eight rounds
nothing worth chronicling took place.
In the thirty-first the crowd grew
weary and guyed the men who were
still walking, doing nothing.
The next 10 rounds were repetition.
the crowds yelling to Woods to get a
bicycle and chase Costello, and when
leads were made they were met with
derisive howls.
Up to the 51st round the situation
was unchanged, the men doing practic
ally nothing. The referee announced