Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-01
PUGlLlSTSAND BLOOD
The Two Brutal Exhibitions Given
Last Night.
WHEREIN THEY DIFFERED
One in the c. A. C. Gymnasium
and Ono in a Dense Wood.
MEN KNOCKED OUT IN BOTH

The Columbia Athletic Club last evening
furnished another of those sparring enter
tainments which have Of late become so
popular among certain classes in the city,
and as the four or 1ve hundred men present
saw the blood flow, as IL from a butche-sd
beast. and witnessed one Of the contestants
knocked down, unable to regain his feet
within the fatal ten seconds allowed by the
Marquis Of Queensbury rules. the wonder
was that Messrs. Corbett and Mitchell had
wandered so far away as Jacksonville, when
right here in the capital city of the nation
fights more bloody and not nearly so scien-
tific are, to use the inelegant but no less
expressive language Of the prize ring
toughs, pulled OFF, openly and with the
apparent sanction Of the authorities.
Four contests had been arranged. three of
six rounds each. and one of eight, but one
of the contests lasted but little more than
one round Of three minutes, the defeated
man being knocked to the floor by a ter
rifle blow in the jaw, and lying there dazed
and helpless until afte: the time allowed
him to struggle to his feet had expired and
he had been counted out.
Fierce and Bloody.
Another Of the fights furnished perhaps
the bloodiest contest ever seen here, and at
the same time undoubtedly the fiercest. 1t
was the second on the evenings card being
between Lash and Irving. two young men
of this city. In the second round Irving
landed hot left-hand blow on Lash's nose.
starting a stream of blood which did not
cease to steadily flow during every moment
Of the remaining rounds. and which not
only covered him from face down, but also
besmeared his exultant antagonist 1t is
true that when the gong signaled the close
or each round the mans seconds. with
sponge and water and towel, washed ava
the blood and sent their man to the scratch
clean and bright, but the moment the fight
ers squared away Irving banged the dam
aged and swollen organ at his sweet will.
making his man veritabie chopping block
while the hopelessly beaten Lash, with
staring eyes, open mouth and heaving chest,
vainly but gamely struggled on. hoping in
sheer desperation to land Knockout
blow.
Fought Like Brutes.
But Irving. confident and strong, landed
innumerable blows on the nose, head and
stomach, now and then receiving a hot one
in return. but nearly always cleveriy man.
aging to get away just in time. The last
sixty seconds of the fight was the fiercest
encounter ever seen in this city, 1t being
simply impossible to count the blows struck
by either man, and as they fought like
brutes the crowd spurred them on by yells
and cries. it being almost impossible to hear
the sharp tone of the gong as it rang out
the close Of the fiercest and bloodiest fight
ever witnessed in the District. When 1t
did ring out Lash staggered to his corner
badly defeated man, barely able to stand.
and covered with blood almost from head to
foot.
The other fights were not 50 brutal, al
though in the one between Dan Coughlin of
Philadelphia and Frank Mccall of Will
mington, Del, Coughlin thardly more than
a mere boy) was knocked down and out by
his older and stronger opponent shortly
after the call of time for the second round
The defeated boy was not however, dis
figured or badly hurt; the Knockout blow
terrific straight punch on the jaw, merci-
fully closing what was clearly an unequal
contest in short order. The other fights
were between Jack DAILY OF Wilmington
Del, and Al OBrien of Philadelphia, and
Walter Campbell of Philadelphia and John
Corrigan of Manayunk, Pa, the latter one
being an eight-round contest. O'Brien was
not only stale. but apparently had little. If
any, real Judgment of distance. DAILY out
pointed him and never left the issue in
much doubt, the referee promptly awarding
him the fight. The fight between Campbell
and Corrigan was of about the same char
acter, and while Corrigan was plainly out
OF condition and a a great disadvantage re-
speeting reach, he put up a clean. piucky
fight Campbell always had lot up his
sleeve, however, and did not at any time
exert himself. He was clearly entitled to
the decision, but when it was given him the
referee was Kissed By not a few. who be-.
lieved that there SHOULD at least have been
another round.
Mr.. Arthur Moore of the New York Ath-
letfc Club OBLIGATED as referee, and Mr. Jack
Rainier Of the Columbia Athletic Club acted
as announcer. The gloves used were said to
be six-ounce ones, and the fights were under
slightly modified Marquis OF Queensbury
rules.