Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-09
LATE SPORTING NEWS
SOME GOOD sPARRING.
Two RattIing Bouts Under the Eureka
Athletic Clubs Auspices.

Two RattIing Bouts Under the Eureka
Athletic Clubs Auspices.
The people who attended the exhibition
given under the auspices of the Eureka Ath-
letic Club at their club house, just across
the Long bridge, last night saw the best
spalring that has ever occurred in this vi
cinity. The program included two bouts.
Both were good, the first being above the
ordinary fistic encounter, and the second
a genuine honey coolec." The contestants
In the first encounter with the gloves were
Charles Holcomb, colored, of this city, and
Larry Mcdonald, white of Springfield, Mass.
Each of them has fought Eli Nally of this
city, Holcomb with success, and Mcdonald
with failure. This fact made the former
the favorite In last nights meeting. The
betting was nearly to 1 in his favor The
fight was for ten rounds, and was justly
awards I'd to Mcdonald, who did nearly all
the leading, and scored by far the mosr
points. Holocmb played waiting game,
and apparently schemed for knock out.
but If such was his plan 1t woefully misear-
ried. Mcdonald dill most of the work, ana
landed two blows to his opponents one. he
wGs pretty we'll blown by his exertions,
however, and was very glad when 1t was
over. Holcomb, as usual. was dissatisfied
with the decision, and wanted TO mako
another match with Mcdonald. Nothing
came Of 1t.
The Event of the Evening.
The second bout, which was the principal
event of the evening, was between Jimmy
Handler Of Newark, N. j., a protege Of
Bob Fitzsimmons, and Walter Greenfield of
birmingham, England. They were matched
for twenty rounds, or more, II necessary, at
133 pounds. They each weighed in within
the limit, and showed up In fine shape.
Handler was prime favorite, the Odds In
the sbetting being to / in his favor. Al
though he won the night 1t was only by the
hardest kind OF work. He had the advan-
tages of youth, height and reach over his
competitor, whose reliance was on his
greater ring experiences and skill. The two
men put up the bss, exhibition Of the man
ly art that has ever been seen in ills
neighborhood. 1t was nip AMI tuck all the
way through to the end. Greenfield put vi,
a up-top night, and gained many admirers
by his skill and pluck He seemed to hays
a decided advantage in the earlier part OF the
fight, and in the NTH round he looked like
sure wiEner. In that round he landed
hard with his right en- Handlers jaw, and
scored a clean knock down. The latter
arose quickly, but was clearly daGed, and
was only saved from a knock out by the
gong. lie displayed wonderful recuperative
powers, however aEd came up for the next
round as fresh as ever. He had forced tire
lighting from the beginning and kept 1t up
to the end, and although struck hard and
often did not seem to mind IL much. Green
field. on the contrary, chafej under his pun
ishment, and weakened percepIbly the
fight progressed. He was game as a pebble,
and was exceedingly clever in avoiding
blows and counterirg hard. His right was
especially dangerous and with 1t he knock
ed Handler down again in the tenth round.
Handler seemed impervious to punishment,
however. and came up to the scratch
stronger apparently than ever. He played
for the face and body, and had Greenfield
bleeding profusely from the hose Green
fields blows had damaged Handlers eyes
and nose, but did not appear to affect his
strength materially. They fought pretty
evenly and with rare science up to the six
teenth round, when the rapid pace told On
Greenfield, and his more youthful adversary
had him at his mercy. Greenfield was as
game as they make them. and was knocked
down three times in rapid succession before
he would give up, and then only because
he was too weak to regain his feet. Handler
hammered him first with his left and then
with his right, each time he tried to regain
his feet, until at last nature was exhausted,
and Greenfield could not rise and was SLOW
ly counted out. 1t is said that there was a
purse of 81, 500 on this fight, and that the
winner will fight with Everhart Of New Or
leans, the conqueror of Stanton Abbott, the
English champion.