The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-27
STILL THE CHAMPION.
PLIMMER. THE ENGLISH BANTAM
WHIPS KELLY WITH EASE.


CoNEY ISLAND. ". Y, Nov. B-Ine ~
was "A very good crowd at the areta ~
the Seaside Athletic CLUB to-hls ni,'b nre-
ness the boxing contests. nc nd n mai
sented an inviting programme; al" hatweeu
the desired effect The conteSt Det"eeli
Billy thinner and Chariey heily y.ar,ne5'
Of course, the star bout OF tne ~. az,
being advertised as tW eny 10 tate all
bur eenerally understood throughout
sporting circles that the hght Wouid VIZ
'E TbSs o OF q contests. though OF not 80
MANY rounds were Of no small import
ance.
FIRST BOUT.
The first bout was one OF SIX ROUNDS
between two Brooklyn Boys or liz POUNDS
each fl was declared by the referees 10
be a draw and by the audience 10 he
The next bout was a contest of eight
rounds between Billy Vernon, OF HaVer-
straw, and Bobby Dobhs. of Minneapolis
at rs pounds, for purse of 500. DoDbs
IL coOred man.
They fought three vicious rounds, ana
were stopped by theepolice in the fourth
round. They were, however, permitted
to resume. and Vernon was Knocked out
iE the same round
IHE BIG EVENT.
The final bout of the evening was the
much-talked-of twenty round contest be-
tween Billy Plii1mer, Of England, cham-
plon bantam weight of the world. and
Charley Kelly, Of New York; who thus
far has won nearly all of his battles.
Planners seconds were Jack Plimmer,
his brother; Benny Murphy, ALI Robb
and the celebrated bicycist. All of his
seconds We're from England. The men
hal to weigh in at the ring side at ia
pounds, and they were both down to
weight
Kelly had bandages on his wrists. and
Plimmer objected and they were removed.
oil 10 ffnNyfA fI1RR-
kins, fom. Connolly, Jim Kelly and Pete
Butler.
FIRST ROUND.
Round kelly led with his left twice.
and missed. Plimmer landed a hot right
on Kelly's face. and the men clinched.
Pimmer sent a hot right on Kelly s
wind, and got light left on the face in
return. Kelly did not seem to be able
to land. and several Of his leads fell
short. Pllmmer jabbed his left on hel-
ly's face three or four times, without a
return. Kelly was wild, and did not seem
able to land with any effect
Round 2-Plimmer was cool and con
hdent when he came up FOR this round
He planted his left on kelly's mouth, and
trotted back laughingly as he got away
from Keily's vicious swing Plimmer
kept up his straight left-handed jabs on
k"lly's mouth. while he would, by way
OF variety, swing his right on his dam
aged zee with telling effect Il was
had his man at his mercy and could hit
him where he pleased. This was the
sOftest kind Of a mark for !slimmer, and
the bout was SO completely One-sided
that many OF the ring veterans got up
from their seats in disgust and began to
walk toward the door IL was easy 10 be
seen that II could not last more than
another round unless Plimmer saw fit TO
permit it.
LANDED HIS LIFT.
Round Three-Plimmer landed his left
AMI was lightly countered. He then
jabDed his left and night on Kely's
bleeding nose. Plimmer continued his
labDing tactics and soon had poor Kelly
helpless, hitting him at viii when and
where he hked. II was plain 70 be
seen that Kelly was outclassed and
after nghtu'. Just one minute and thirty
five seconds. the police stopped the fight
and the referee awarded the bout 70
Plimmer
English Fights.
LONDON. Nov. 26.-Ted. Pritchard
and Dick Burge. middeweght pugilists.
met before a big audience I'm the Eden
Theatre this evening. Prltc'ord had
feated his man in the second round.
Driscoll defeated Moore I'm the eighth
round, at the National Sporting club.
A Wrestling Match.
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Nov %
Evans defeated Comstock three out Of five
in the wrestling match
The Fight Is on.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Nov. 26.-The
of. the Mayor threatening to arrest all
principals should il be begun here. 1t is
not known definitely when or whore it
will take place.