Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-20
TRACY FOUGHT GAMELY.

He Was Given Severe Punishment by
Joe Walc0tt, the Colored Welter-
weight, and stood 1T Well-He Was
Floored In tho Sixteenth Round.
BosroN, April 19.-Joe Wslcott, the COL
ored welterweight of Boston, bested Tom
Tracy. the Australian, at Music hall to-.
night in the presence of fifteen hundred
people. The contest was announced as
one of ten rounds, but at the expiration of
that limit neither man showed any desire
or intention to discontinue the battle and
1t was carried out to finish, which came
in the sixteenth round. Walcott Is much
the stockier of the two and appeared all
through as the stronger, but Tracy was
very agile and saved himself much punish
ment by his clever duoking and clinohing
after his own delivery.
The fight was lively one throughout
and up to the last round. Before the fight
young Critic of Australia, who Is matched
with Dixon for $4,000, was introduced
to the audience, and the master of core
monies announced that Critic would posi-
lively meet Griffin at the Casino next Mon
was introduced, and the manager informed
the audience that Mr.. Harris had come
from New York for the purpose of chsl-
Longing the winner of the Tracy Wslcott
fight.
Tracy received his punishment we'll, and
he received plenty of it, coming up smiling
in the sixteenth, after receiving several &C.
we're facers just before the call of time in
the previous round.
In the last round Walcott forced the
fighting. Tracy in ducki.g slipped and at
the same time received right handler on
the jaw which foored him. He wss up
sgain Immediately, but Wolcott ran at
him and downed him again. Tracy made
another stand, but q very feeble one, and
IL required but Q small expenditure of
force to finish the round and the fight.
First round-Walcott led with the right
and followed with the left for Tracy's face,
but missed both times, and then landed a
right handler on his ribs. A blow with his
right on the jaw and his left on the stom-
ach were landed in quick succession.
Second round-Tracy showed much i'm
provement and honors were easy, Walcott
being kept constantly moving.
In the third and fourth rounds Walcott
landed some good swinging lefts, follow.
ing up With singer on tho ribs. Tracy
the ribs and wind were effectively deliv-
cred. 1t was snybody's fight up to the
fifth round. In that round Tracy i'm
proved and he forced Walcott, getting the
best of the encounters that took place.
Tracy continued on the aggressive in the
next round. The next round was little
In Tracy's favor, though Wslcott WAS COM
ing up all the time. In the eighth and
ninth rounds the colored boxer had things
to his liking. The tenth round closed
with the men about on an equal footing.
Walcott gained much advantage in the
eleventh and twelfth rounds, and In the
exchanges at Tracy was more than match
for the latter, who olinched to save him
self. He came up fresh in the thirteenth
round, and there was little difference be-
tween them at the call of time.
The fourteenth round found Tracy strong
and willing to force the bout, which he
did, having little the best of the fight at
the end. In the fifteenth Waloott came up
fresh as daisy and this time it was he
who set the pace, landing several times
with both hands without counter.
The men had barely put up their hands
in the sixteenth when Walcott hoored
Tracy with left swing ON the jaw. He
got up, but Walcott Aoored him again, and
he laid on the floor nine seconds. Getting
up he clinched and both rolled over on the
floor. Tracy could not get up in time and
was counted out. II was the best public
exhibition ever given here.