Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-13
SOME GOOD SPARR.Nc

oniine equaled his record of 2O71-4.
SOME GOOD STARRING.
| nouts Gfven by the Eureka Athletic
l. Club ON Alexander Island,
The Eureka. Athletic Club gave n 6s,,c
entertainment at their new quarters ON
Alexander Island last evening 1t proved
thoroughly interesting to about 300 of the
better element of the genus sport" who
took the trouble to go that far to see the
scraps The affair was well managed, and.
with the exception of an incipient riot at
one stage, passed of with good order
| Five sparring bouts were scheduled and
SIX were given. A man who said his name
YVES Duffy for such occasions only acted
as referee in all the bouts. He made a
preliminary announcement that the club
would be fully established in their new
| quarters by the LIST proximo and that IT
would exhibit only first-class talent He
added that Mr.. VIM. Nally. local pugiiist.
| who was present, desired to cha HENCE the
winner of the bout between Holcombe and
| Cennors. Nothing more was heard from
Nally on the subject, and SO far as known,
no light was arranged between him and
Connors, the victor of the battle.
| The hrst bout was between Howard Will
| son and Billy Patton. both colored and
| both of Washington. Wilson was a decided
20 to 10. The first round showed that Pat
| ton was outclassed. He had no guard and
! Wilson upper cut him with both hands ter
ribly. There were to have been eight
| rounds in this contest, but four was all that
| Patton could stard
Alfred Hoeraei, a young white man, who
| was introduced as the Texas cyclone" and
| ODE Baker, very black boy of the Dis
| trict were opponents in the next bout
1t was to have been for six rounds, but
lasted only three. The Texans cyclonic
tendencies were not developed until the
! third round, wher the fighting began in
| earnest, and right and left-hand blows
| were exchanged in quick succession, in
| the midst of which Baker dropped slowly
! to the floor and refused to fight any more.
| The third bout was between Monk Robin
son, very black negro OF this city, and
! Bart Holmes, stalwart mulatto of New
York. They came together like two wild
! bulls, smuggling viciously, without much at
| tention to science. In the second round
| Robinson landed several savage blows on
| his opponents neck. and soon had him
| very groggy He knocked him down twice.
| the last time Holmes falling through the
| rope and off the platform. He was unable
| to respond within the allotted ten seconds.
| and the fight was awarded TO the Washing
| ton man.
Irving knocks Out Lash.
Next came two white boys. Ralph Irving
and George Lash by name. They are resi-
dents OF the District, and are enemies Of
! long standing. They were both in fine con-
| dltion. and 1t was easy to see that they
| ntant business. Lash had trained specially
| for this meeting. and was looked after by
| Fred Morris, a professional coloref pugilist
| of some note. After a few moments spar
| ring for an opening, Irving shot out his left
arm like a piston rod and Lash fell nat on
| his back. He sprang to his fe st Immediate
| ly and rushed at his opponent, and the two
| were fighting savagely when the round erd-
ed. The second rourd was rather tame at
| first, Lash forcing the fighting. After some
Intellectual fddling. irving again made use
| of his terrible left He struck but enc
| blow, but IL settled the fight. 1t was
swinging under-cut. and landed flush on the
| point of the jaw. Lash fell fat on his back
and struggled all Sver the floor of the ring
in his desperate efforts TO regain his feet
| and resume the fight. His game efforts,
| however. were Intellectual, and he was
| counted out by the referee while he was
| still endeavcring to rise to his feet. 1t was
| a rare exhibition of gameness, and made
him many friends. He recovered rapidly,
| however. and almost cried at his unexpect-
| ed downfall. He said that he was not hurt
at all. and showed by his conversation.
| that he did ct know exactly how il all had
| happened.
| Brown and Banks. two local colored fight-
ers. furnished an extra bout, and ii was so
| fast and furious that 1t caused more ex-
-citement than any of the others. There
| were six rounds. with considerable ginger
On each. They wound up in a whirlwind
and the referee awarded the fight to Brown
|
Kisses of his enemies. Several OF he au-
dience who had been unfortunate enough to
put up money on Banks freely denounced
the decision as rotten"
The Welter-weight Champion Beaten.
Then came the last and star event of The
evening. 1t was a fifteen-round contest be-
tween Charlie Holcombe. the welter-wcixht
champion Of the District and Chuck" Con-
nors. a member Of the Down Town Club Of
Krrk bn Was hron ckt hAv, l1,,
for the purpose. He is a white man, while
Holcombe is a dark mulatto. They put I'D a
| good and interesting fight, but failed to do
| any material damage to each other Gen.
| nors did nearly all the leading, and forced
the lighting throughout Hocombe played
| a waiting game. and acted almost entirely
| on the defensive. Connors is a very clever
| sparrer, and has an excellent guard. 1t was
almost impossible for Holeombe to hit him
on the head, and he devoted most of his at
tention to his body. Holcombe succeeded,
! however. in landing two or three hard
blows on Connors' cheek with his right.
Connors created considerable amusement by
his mo lkey shines. laughing when he was
hit, and making irritating grimaces every
time he managed to dodge a blow He
iended frequently with his right and left
on Holcombe's head, but did not seem to
disturb the local champion very much, ex-
cept to make him more wary HoIcombe
was the favorite with the betters. Before
the tight the oGds were five to three in his
favor, and after he landed three hard body
blows In the third round the odds in his
favor rose two to one. Connors however.
was a much better man than he was given
credit for. and seemed to be able to stand a
good deal of punishment. He was infinitely
superior to Holcombe as a sparrer. and
clearly outpointed him at almost every
stage OF the game. Holcombe did very lit
Tie nghting up to the fifteenth and last
round. He then tried to redeem himself.
but II was too late. and every blow he gave
vas returned by Conno:s with interest. and
there was no one In The house, except Hol-
combe, TO dispute the referees decision in
FAVOR OF Connors. Holcombe was badly dis
appointed at the result and was as mad as
a wet hen. 1t is said. in explanation of Iol-
eombe's POOR showing. that he injured his
left forearm severely in the tenth round.
and was unable to use il effectively the-eaf-
ter. In tfat round there was a rapid ex-
change Of blows. and Holcombe was forced
through the ropes, and. according to the
story of his friends. received the injuries
that prevented his doing himself justice.
The anniversary of the entry of Italian
troops into Rome was celebrated Yesterday
with great ceremony throughout Italy