Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-18
TWO RATTLING FIGHTS.
Patrons of the COney Island Athle'l0
Clubs Entertainments Get Their money
Worth of Brutality.

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Clubs Entertainment Get Their Moneys
Worth of Brutality.
CoNEY ISLAND, April IA large
and enthusiastic crowd OF people TOOK
advantage of the fine weather to-
night aud visited Coney Island to see
the two fights scheduled TO take place
before the Conney Island Athletic CLUB.
Promptly az $3.50 D. m, Johnny Van
Heest, of Chicago, came on the stage
Danny Russell was but moment later.
Round One-Van HeeSt led and sent
Russell to the floor with clean left
hand lab. Russell got up, landed his
right, sending Van to the floor, where
be stayed until the allotted ten SECONDS
were up.
Round Second-Van sent Russell to
the floor with hard right-hand swing.
Russell was tired. Van Heest landed
at will, planting his blows Squarely on
the law every time he tried. Russell
could not stand the onslaught and was
sent to the floor repeatedly. The boys
clinched and both did some grand in
fighting.
Round Three-Russell came up weak,
Van landed a hard left, which he fol-
lowed up with his right ou the Jaw ana
Russell went down. He got up stag,
gering like a drunken man. RusSell
came at Van, and again was sent TO the
floor. He was so weak he could hardly
stand, and the referee stopped the bout
and gave the fight to Van Heest.
By nine the crackerjacks OF the
evening were in their respective cor
ners-Tom Williams, of Australia, and
"Mysterious" Billy Smith, OF Boston.
Both looked the picture OF health ana
strength.
Round THE men spared cautious
" for an opening, each seeming to try
and size the other up. Smith led with
his left, which landed lightly. Will
Jams rushed him in an awkward way,
which Is characteristic of Australians.
Suddenly they went at IL ham
mer and tongs. Smith pounded
Williams hard, and it was give
and take, with some OF the
hardest fighting ever seen at the Island.
The blows struck were something awful,
Williams being sent to the floor repeat
edly. He was game and took his terri
BILE punishment while intiicting almost
as hard himself. Smith went down
from a clean left and right He rose
and went at Williams like a mad
bull. Williams was unable TO
stand the rush and was forced to the
floor. When he arose Smith again sent
him down with right hand swing on
the ear. The referee had no breaking
TO do. as they were both too anxious to
keep at work. When the gong sounded
Williams was almost out and his sec
onds tried hard 10 get him in Tx.
Round Two-The moment the gong
sounded, the men went At each other
like two wild beasts and slugged away
with left and right like two crazy men.
Not one second OF time was lost, and 1t
was easily to be seen that it was on
question of endurance. Neither
man paid the slightest at
tention TO science, but made the
bout one OF brute force. Smith was
the better Of the two and had slight
advantage in reach. He was also as
strong as a bull and landed on many ac-
casions when Williams fell short. The
fighting was exceptionally fast and fu-
rlOuS. bOLu men SlODu up ilhp obphp
walls aud gave and took without
the slightest pretenSions OF
irving to avoid single blow. 1t was
the style Of fighting that could not
possibly last long, as both men were
rapidly showing signs Of fatigue. They
were both badly marked and bruised
from the terrific punishment they re-
ceived. Williams was knocked down
several times in this round before he re-
ceived the knockout blow. Each time
he came up gamely but showed greater
signs of fatigue. Smith, too, was quite
unsteady on his feet even when he
planted the finishing blow with his
right on the point of Williams jaw.
Time, 2 minutes and 80 seconds.
Williams was a much used up man
while Smith was little better, but sue
less kept him smiling. He forgot his
aches and pains. because now he has
the opportunity he has sought for dur
ing his entire career-to fight Jack
Dempsey 10 finish.