Asheville daily citizen., 1894-04-25

THE SPORTS HAVE A NIGHT
GLOVE CONTESTS IN ONE OF
THE SUBURBS.
Punching Sprintinx Contest He.
tween Edward DeMund of New
York land Oscar DeArmOnd OF
Knoxville, with Other Bouts.

A four-round glove contest came of in
the suburbs last night between Edward
DeMund, the New York bantam weight
and Oscar DeArmond of Knoxville.
Later events on the card gave the crowd
| its moneys worth, but the performance
of the stars was bang up fake.
The Knoxville party punched his dukes
and worked his left like a straightout
pumphandle; the muscles of his cheeks
became rigid with fit of grins, and he
proved to be handy man with his legs
in his ability to keep out of harms way
and in his agility in getting to his seat
on the call of time. DeMund, in his class
must be clever fighter. He showed
himself skillful in round Tor points
after the fake show, but there wasn't
the ghost of a chance for him in the run
ming match with the sprinter from Ten
nessee.
DeMund was born in Roumania 81
years ago, but has been IN America the
past II wears, where his home has been
made in New York CITY. He fights al
40 pounds and has met somegood ones
in his class. He fought George Bcnnct
in the Brighton Athletic club, Brooklyn
in what started out to be ten rounds
20, but the police interiered in the fifth
round when Bennet was being brutally
punished. Other amateur fights includ
ed a licking given to Henry Goodman in
eight rounds, in the rooms of a club or
Hudson street in New York. DeMund
also spared with George Dixon.
DeArmond stated that he laid nc
claim for pugilistic honors and that his
only fstic glory had been gained in exhi
bition bouts in the Arcade saloon kept
by his brother in Knoxville. He weighed
16O pounds in the ring last night.
At nine o'clock between forty and fifty
sports had come together to see the fun
and the parse was collected from The
crowd by young man whose tonsler
bangs and reckless display OF the 'long
green" proclaimed him to be dead game
and in the incipient stages of an inglo
rious jag. The young man with-a jag an
nounced that he was elected treasurer
and retired with the purse, presumably
for consultation with the principal. As
he left the enclosure contributor sung
out, "Sav thev won't t'row this scrap
for that dollar, will they ?"
When the stuff was counted the sup
ply was considered to he too "slin' tor
the original tip of fight to finish and
the expected but incorporating fratern
ity from Asheville whose windy promises
had gotten up the match was denounced
for crowd OF chumps. The result, how
lever, proved that some Asheville sport:
have long heads, and in this particular
instance had sized up the affair as {
scheme for raising little wind" by par
ties at least one of whom cant fight ,
little bit.
| The gloves were thrown into the ring
and towels, water and one sponge were
spread out at 10 o'clock.
We'll, get readv." was the speech o
the master of ceremonies and the mel
stepped briskly to the center, shool
hands and felt for an opening, The kit
forced in a swing for the big fellows
topknot but the man from Tennesse,
wasn't there. In the seconl round ther,
was rapid giyeand take and thu
crowd cheered the pair to keep it up
The spunk died out as quickly as it ha,
fired, however, and it was a running
match to the close. A consolation rount
was given the spectators. but it was ;
repetition OF the first four. DeAtmont
was winded and Topped into a seat
The chase was clearly DeMund's ant
was so decided by the referee.
The bantam and an unknown then hat
lively meeting, and the night closcc
with tilt between two coons dubbed
the "Coilte Cooler" and the "Mountai,
SkyClone' The darkies darted at eacl
other in dead earnest, but were halle,
by cries of "Shake hands first" TIL
"Coolcr" told the crowd "we'se heah t,
fight. doan wan to shake hands wit
him." and they punched and tumbet
!, around Till the perspiration filled u
their eyes and their shoes came off. Til
contribution was given to the "Sky
clone