The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-02
BROKE Up IN A BIG ROW.
The Tragic End Of The Sunday Prize
Fight Across the River.

Boswick and Veronee, of Charleston,
Tackle Each other for 5000 a Side.
When Veronee Was About Knocked
Out His Baokers' Started a Row and
Break UP the FiRht-The Referees
| Compromised by Declaring the Mill
a Draw.
About 200 people witnessed the prize
/ fight that took place across the river. on
/ Chisholm's plantation, yesterday after
! noon, and, before it was over a large
portion Of the crowd took part, which
made it necessary for the referee to de-
clare a draw.
! The fight was between H Boswick, rep
| resenting the uptown faction in Charles
ton, and w. Veronee, representing the
downtown faction. The fact that it was
a factional fight made it the more inter-
esting. Then, too, it was a fight to the
finish, and the sports wanted blood.
/ They came pretty near getting it, more
than they bargained for.
About noon a large crowd went over on
some barges which were taken by one OF
the towboats. The fight took place
almost opposite the city on the South
Carolina side. Before beginning tho
fight Boswick, who had the smallest
crowd backing him, bet 800 on himself.
and was taken up by Mae Henderson.
The two sluggers were fighting for 500 a
side
THE UNLUCKY THIRTEENTH.
The fight proceeded in pretty good
shape up through the thirteenth round
when it was easy to see the way things
were going. There was no doubt about
the fact that Neronee was going TO be
whipped and that, too, badly. He was
game, however. and so were his hackers.
which included the larger part of the
Savannah crowd. Jack Dempsey was on
hand, and the nonpareil watched the fight
with interest. Prof Gus Myers, the To-
cal boxer, was referee.
Somewhere about the thirteenth round
it was seen that Veronee was getting the
worst of it, and a plot, it seems, was
formed by which his hackers could come
out even. NerOnee kept it up through the
sixteenth round, though he was almost
blind. Seeing he was about TO be knocked
out, 1t Was considered time to
act Australian Kelly, who, il
was thought, had been fully posted
Jumped into the ring and cried that nc
could lick any man in the crowd That
was the signal The ropes were cut, the
crowd rushed into the ring and the fight
for-all scrapping match, which was
finally averted by the more conservative
sports in the crowd. Dempsey, it is
said, wanted to knock somebody out, but
an antagonist did not show up.
DECLARED 1T A DRAW.
The referee didn't know what to do.
He was Savannah man, while the fight
ers and a large portion of the crowd were
from Charleston. He finally compro-
missed by declaring the fight draw, and
In fact the crowd that wanted it that
way seemed in the MAORI ty as there was
little doubt about the fact that Veronee
had been almost knocked out.
Two doctors who came over with the
Charleston party took charge of Veronee,
who undoubtedly, from all accounts,
needed their services. His eyes, il is
said, were so badly bunget up that
he could scarcely see, and the five
ounce gloves had 10 be cut from
his hands, as they were so badly swollen
up. There was some talk of having an
other bout with in a week In order 10 de-
eide the fight between the two factions,
but the doctors were agreed that Vero-
nee would not be in a condition TO enter
the ring.
After the first fight there was fake
match of five rounds between two ne
groes, a Black Diamond and a negro
named Smith, both of Savannah, which
kept the spectators interested for a
time.
There was plenty to eat and drink on
the grounds and the sports, who were out
in force, had their little skin-game appa-
ratus with them. They played craps,
chuck-aluck and similar games to make
the time between the fights interesting
and incidentally to coin a few stray
cents