St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-26
Everhardt and Abbott Fight
Twenty-Five Rounds at
New Orleans.
TWAS ANOTHER DRAW
Exhibition a Sorry Contrast
to the Plimmer- Muir
ply Contest.
BOTH SHORT ON SCIENCE.
FitZSimmonS and Creedon In
Great Form for To-
nights Work.

kINGsIDE OLYMPIC CLUB. NEW
ORLEANS. Sept. 25.-rhe entertainment
tonight commenced with a friendly ex-
hibition 10 of four rounds between
Young Critic, the Australian, and
Mickey Dunn. CRITICS work was much
appreciated by the audience, which
numbered about 5000.
The event of the evening was then
announced and Jack Everhardt, of New
Orleans. ana Stanton Abbott, of Eng
land. entered the ring to fight for a
$1,000 purse. The referee warned the men
IN reference to fouls. Evcrhardt was
seconded by F. S. Willis. J. j. Bates
and the Sutherland brothers.; Abbott by
John Dunn, Billy Plimmer. Alf Robb
and Billy Chlttenden.
Round One-Everhardt commenced
as the aggress0I. Abbott assuming a
defensive position. Eyerhardt essayed
the right and landed lightly on the jaw.
Everlardt landed 4 good left In The
stomach and brought the right over on
the Engiishman's jaw a moment later.
'S SoAr Aid
landed the left on the body and the
right on the jaw for the third time.
Round Two-Everhardt commenced
the round. landing some very rough
blows on the head. Both men scored
lefts. but Everhardt landed IL wicked
right OH the neck. The Englishman's
lett leads III the body were falling
short. Eyerhardt punched his opponent
OH the head with the right as the gOEg
sounded.
Round Three-Everbardt landed a
vicious left on the body. repeating a
moment later without return. Both
men scored hits on the body, but Ever
hardfs were the most damaging. Ever.
hardt scored an upper cut on AbbOtt's
head.
Everhardt Had tho Best Of H.
Round Four-Eyerhardt had the best
Of the heavy exchange IN the corner of
the ring. and the Englishman was
fought 10 the ropes, where the men
were ordered to break away.
Round FIye-Everhardt landed two
vicious punches on his opponents head,
and the latter clinched to avoid punish
Inent. Everlardt landed the right Oh
the jaw n a vicious body blow. Both
men landed on the head. Everhardt
was the aggreSsOr. Abbott landed a
good right on the heart, and the men
were locked but broke at order.
Round SiX-Abbott landed a fair left
Oil the jaw and ducked away from d
vicious swing. Eyerhardt landed left
and right. the latter on the head. Alb
bolt escaped several right swings, but
usually ducked into left upper-cuts.
Abbott was caught on the chin with a
left. Referee Duffy announced first
blood for Eyerhardt, - sa@ t.si
Round Seven-Abbott ducked into all
upper-cut aud received two hard blows
on the jaw. landing a body blow in re-
turn. Abbott caught another upper
cut II there was awkward fighting
and clinching. EverDardt continued
the AGGRESSION.
Round Eight-There was some heavy
fighting in the corner of the ring and
Abbott's right eye was bleeding. Ever
hardt landed a right OH the jaw aud his
left on the face.
Round Nine-Everhardt landed or
the face. Abbott landed two right
body punches and rOuSed the spectators
TO cheering. Both men landed rights.
Their work was very fast.
Round Ten-AbbOtt again ducked
into a wicked upper-cut II received a
left punch Oh the face. landing a right
in Return. Abbott WAS nearly Knocked
down with a straight lett in the face,
and staggered FROM a blow On the read.
Both men landed blows on the head.
A Sorry Contrast.
Round ACKNOWLEDGEMENT landed a
left Oh the body and nearly fell to the
ground. The exhibition OF the men so
tar was in poor contrast with the work
of Plimmer and Murphy last night.
Abbott landed a right on the head and
got a left in return.
Round Twelve-ln this round Abbott
landed some. good punches. driving
Everhardt to the ropes, where he upper
cut the home nan viciouSly with the
left, but in the thirteenth round Ever.
hardt evened matters up. Everlardt
received a heavy blow on the jaw which
knocked his head back.
Round Fourteen-Abbott landed two
wicked lefts, one on the stomach, the
other on the nose, being the two best he
delivered during the fight, but In the
fifteenth he dIcked into a heavy left
swing and had the worst of one or two
exchanges. Eyerhardt landed a right
and left on the face, but III return got
a right on the head.
Round Sixteen-This was the hottest
round of the fight, Everhardt having
much the best of it. The EngIishman
landed a right over the heart.
Round STANDARDIZATION landed
several heart punches with right and
had much the best of the round, but in
the eighteenth the men broke even,
Everhardt finding his opponents face
three times near tile close of the round.
Round Nineteen-Nothing of i'm
portance was done in the nineteenth
and twentieth rounds. Exchanges were
even, but light.
In the twenty-first and twenty-second
rounds the fighting was very heavy,
Everhardt having a shade the best of
the hitting.
The t~wenty-third and twenty-fourth
rounds were very fast. Everhardt had
the best of the hitting still, though
Abbott VENT to his corner strong. where
both men received preparation for the
fnal round. The t%weDty-fifth round
commenced fast and furious, Everhardt
landing three rapid rights, while Abbott
held his left glove in a partial
clinch. The men clinched repeat
edly in this round. and were ordered
to break. Everhardt was sill the 40