The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-02-24
KNOCKED OUT IN TWO ROUNDS.
Jerry Flowers, Champion of the Pacific
Coast, Whipped by Ike Hays.

Jerry Flowers, Champion of the Pacific
Coast, Whipped by Ike Hays.
SPOKANE, Feb. 1.-THE glove contest
last night under the auspices of the
Falls City Athletic club between Ike
Hays and Jerry Flowers win not be set
down in the records as a marvellous
event from a scientific standpoint. In
fact there was not a scientific move
ment on either side, but the hardest
smuggling ever perpetrated in any ring
during an equal space of time. The
personal sympathy of the audience was
manifestly in favor of Flowers, but the
betting judgment was all On the other
side, consequently no money changed
hands at the ringside.
Bad blood was discernable in the vi
cious glowering of the huge Jerry from
his corner during the arrangement of
the preliminaries and the keen and
equally wicked glances shot back by the
Montanaian.
Both men started in on the same line
of tactics--to win in the first round if
possible. There was no preliminary
sparring or running. 1t was just hard
knocking at short range throughout the
first round, interrupted only by frequent
clinching, which gave Referee Edwards
a great deal more business than he con-
tracted for in persuading them to break
away. Jerry had little the best of it
in this round and was greatly iollied up
by shouts of encouragement from his
friends in the audience. In a we'll
directed half swing he undoubtedly
would have tloored his antagonist, but
the agile Isaac was too quick for him
and dexterously evaded the sledge-ham-
mer blow by simultaneously springing
backward and lowering his head, leav
ing Jerry's monstrous right cleaving the
air above. Honors were neatly even at
the end of the round, with apparently
slight advantage in Jerry's favor, pro-
vided the Helena boy did not outwind
him in the event of protracted con
test.
The fight was brought to a finish in
Just one minute after time was called
for the second round. berry again at
tempted his swinging stroke, which
missed its mark, and with a straight
punch Hays landed a Highlander un-
der the jaw. Flowers reeled half way
round and fell on his face. AS he at
tempted to rise his upturned eyeballs
told the specta tors on the side facing
him that he was already a whipped
man. Nine was counted before he had
one foot firmly planted on the floor and
another seconds delay would have saved
him further punishment. Staggering to
his feet he reeled forward with the des-
peration of a wounded animal, only TO
meet another terrific blow that brought
him down again. He could not come
up in time and Hays was declared the
winner.
Several hard knocks in the first round
gave Hays physlogomy the appearance
of an architects rough shetch.sheet,
showing ell varieties of bay windows.
He was by far the worst punished man
of the two, Notwithstanding his victory.
Flowers is reported as saying that he
will never fight another battle to a fn-
ish. About 400 spectators witnessed
the contest.
Gust German challenged the winner
and Chester Edwards announced that
President Wilson of the Hope Athletic
club, who was in the audience, had a
nan weighing 135 pounds whom he
would back against any man of his
weight, the contest to occur either at
Spokane or Hope.