The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02

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Say-Smith knocks out His sIan in
the Twenty-Eighfh.
ROBY. July 3l-The lightweight finish
fight between Paddy Smith. brother Of
Denver Ed Smith. and Young Corbett."
otherwise known as George Green. at
the Columbian athletic club attracted
about 5000 people tonight The fight was
for purse of $500. of which $500 went
To he los 7. This was Young Corbetts'
first finish fight and his name-father,
Champion Jim CorbeJt. was there to see
il. He was received by the audience on
entrance with great demonstration.
The curtain raiser tonight was ten
round bout between Henry Baker ard
] William Mayo. both Of Chicago. for a
| one-thousand-dollar purse. Both are
1 heavy-weights. bat although Mayo
weighed nearly fifteen pounds more than
| Baker, the latter won in The sixth round
After some furious fighting. in which
/ both men were badly punished. he sue
/ ceeded in landing a Knockout blow on
| Mayo's neck.
During the interval President O'1lal-
! ley of the Columbian club stepped TO the
| front and made the announcement that
| the match between COrbett and Mitchell
will be held in this club Il have" he
| sad articles of arrangements signed by
| Charles Mitchell To get Corbetts sigma
| ture on. We ought to appreciate Cor
| belts position. He did not sign with
| the Coney Island athletic club 10 meet
| Mitchell"
The main fight of the evening was then
called Smith was seconded by Joe
! Choynski. Dan Murphy. Billy Poole.
| Greene's seconds were Billy Delaney and
John Donaldson. Referee. Silver. Jim
! Corbett sat in his prOtege corner, but
| took no active part.
It was nearly II O'Clock when time was
called. First two rounds were good ex-
hibitions OF cautious sparring, Green be-
| ing very shifty. In the third round he
started rushing tactics, landing on
/ Smiths forehead. but Paddy returned
! hard one on the neck, knocking Greene
| to the ropes Greene led again, landing
on Smiths head and just at this juncture
| the electric lights went out and the
referee parted the men, After delay
/ of over half an hour oil lamps were
| brought into use. The men came up
| fresh for the fourth round, which was
/ another exhibition of cautious sparrlhg.
| Toward its close smith used ms elbow
| on Greene's neck and loud cries OF Ioul
| were heard Both landed heavily just
/ as the gong sounded.
| In the firth round Smith rushed Green
around the ring, but suddenly Green
! landed with the left with good effect.
| Smith did some dirty in-nghtng IN a
| clincb and the referee warned him.
| In the sixth after sharp exchanges.
| smith again tried unfair work and was
| once more warned by the referee In the
| seventh. after sharp exchanges and gooa
| mitigating, Green uppercut with Sood
effect, but Paddy came back with
swing on the neck, which staggered
! In the eighth Smith landed on Green's
| stomach. but Green returned with the
| right on the neck. knocking Smith 10 the
/ roDes In the ninth Green landed on
| Smiths left eve raising a lump. Then
| he upper cut when Smith clinched TO
| avoid punishment. Green seems weak.
| smith butts him, and is warned by the
referee In the tenth and eleventh smith
| seems determined To land a knock-out
| blow. but his swings fan short. Green
| lands several times. but his blows lack
| force. In the twelfth. after hard in
] lighting. Green landed heaNhy on
| Smiths neck, staggering him.
some Hot Fighting.
| In the thirteenth and fourteenth
rounds there was considerable hot fight
| ing. but Green's blows did not seem 70
count. and Smith hast he best Of it. In
the fifteenth, after sharp in fighting.
| smith knocked Green TO his knees. In
| the sixteenth Green landed hard on
| smiths mouth. swelling Paddy's lips.
/ In the seventeenth Smith rushed Green,
| landed a swing on the neck which sent
| Green TO the ropes. Green landed on
| Smiths nose and is credited with first
| blood Green now seems 10 be regaintng
| strength. and in the eighteenth and nine
/ teenth lands again on Smiths sore nose,
and upper cuts him with good effect.
| In the twentieth and twenty-first
rounds sevral hot exchanges. but no
| serious damage In the tWenty-secOnd
/ Smith drew blood from Green's nose.
| In the twenty-third Green was aggressive
i but did not infiict any punishment on
I Smith while he gets two or three
/ blows himself. In the twenty-fourth
/ aid twenty-fifth Green rushed Smith
/ around and lands some good ones on
| the neck and body. In the twenty-siXth
he landed hard on Smiths ear and in
| spite of sharp returns rushed Smith to
/ the ropes and had everything his own
| way at the call of time.
! In the twenty-seventh the aspect OF
| affairs changed. Green was Knocked down
by a swing on the jaw. He got up before
I Counted out but Smith knocked him down
l five times In succession. Green nnally
elinehing to avoid punishment tIll f,,s 4his was
In the twefty-eighth Green came up ap-
| parently fresh. but Smith landed and
/ knocked him down. Delaney then threw
| up the sponge, but Green would not quit
| until Champion Jim Corbett went into
| the ring and made him stop.
q. A Riot at the Close.
There was riot just outside the arena,
lscaused by a gang OF roughs from South
/ Chicago and Whiting trying to break in
to see the fight. Some Pinkerton detec-
| tfves ra N ont Of the door and tried TO dis
/ perse the mob with their clubs, but they
I were met with a shower OF rocks, and
Detective FOrsythe was hit on the head
I and knocked down. Some one among the
/ crowd fired two shots from outside and
/ unknown man was shot above the heart
| and the club physicians say he cannot live
To insure a hearty appetite and In
creased digestion take Simmons Liver