The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-18
SMITH AND WILLIAMS.

liam in Two Rounds--Very Little Science
shown.
COMFY ISLAND, April IA large and
enthusiastic crowd Of people took ad-
vantage OF the fine weather to'nightand
visited Coney Island to see the two
fights scheduled to take place before the
Coney Island Athletic Club. Promptly
Mt $3.50 p, IN. Johnny Van Heest, oI
Chicago came on the stage. Danny
Russell was but moment later
Round l. Van Heest led and sent
Russell to the floor with clean left
hand jab, Russell got up and landed
his right, sending Van to the floor,
where he stayed until the allotted ten
seconds were up,
Round 9. Van sent Russell to the
floor with hard right and was himself
sent down by right hand swing RUS
sell was tired. Van Heest landed at
will. planting his blows squarely on
the Jaw every time he tried. Rassell
could not stand the onslaught and was
sont to the floor repeatedly. The boys
cIinched, and both did some grand in
| fighting,
Round g. Russell came up weak.
Van landed hard left and followed it
up with his right on the jaw and Rus
sell went down. lie got up staggering
like q drunken man. Russell came at
Van again and 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.
THE WILL AMs-SMITEI FIGHT.
There was no time lost in putting the
final bout OF the evening on, and by ten
minutes atter nine tho Cracker jacks"
OF tho evening were in their respective
corners. Tom Williams, OF Australia,
was looked after by Warren Lewis,
Tom Burrows and Arthur Walker, OF
Australia "Mysterious" Billy Smith,
OF Boston. was seconded by Alex Greg
gains, Billy Hennessey and Jimmy
Kelly. Both men looked the very pict-
ure Of health and strength.
for an opening, each seeming to try and
size the other up. Smith led with his
left, which landed lightly, Williams
rushed him in and awkward way, which
is Characteristic OF Australians. Sud
denly they went at it hammer and
tongs. Smith pounded Williams hard
and it was givc and take, with some OF
the hardest fighting ever seen at the
Island. Tho blows struck were some
thing awful, Williams being sent to the
floor repeatedly. He was game and
took his terrible punishment, while in
tiicting almost as hard himself. Smith
went down from clean left and right.
He rose and went at Williams like
mad bull. Williams was unable to
stand tho rush and was forced to the
floor. When he arose Smith again sent
him down with right hand swing on
the ear.
Tho referee had no breaking to do,
at work. When the gong sounded
Williams was almost out, and his Soc
onds tried hard to got him in fix.
| NO SCIENCE.
Round 2. The moment the gong
sounded tho 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 wGs lost, and 1t
was easily to be seen that 1t was only a
question OF endurance. Neither man
paid tho slightest attention to science,
but mado tho bout ono OF brute force.
Smith was the better of the two
and had a slight advantage in roach:
IIo was also as strong as u bull and
landed on many occasions when Will
Jams fell short. The fighting was OK
ceptionully fast and furious. Both mon
stood up like stone walls and gave and
took without the slightest pretensions
OF trying to avoid single blow. 1t was
the style OF fighting that could not pos
sibly last long as both men wero rapid
ly showing signs Of fatigue. They were
both badly marked and bruised from
the terrific punishment they received.
Williams was knocked down several
times in this round before he received
tho knockou: blow. Each time he
came up gamely but showed greater
signs of fatigue Saith, too, was quite
unsteady, on his feet even when he
planted the finishing blow with his
right OIL the point OF Williams jaw.
Time, minutes 80 seconds.
Williama was n much used up man,
while Smith was little better, but suc-
cess kept him smiling. He forgot his
aches and pains because he has the
opportunity he has sought for during
his entire career-to fight Jack Demp-
sey to finish.