The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-30
by THE POLICE
But Not Until Lavigne Had Prao-
tioally Defeated Griffin.
VERY GAlIE FycTTTHROUGHOUT.

The Men Fought Fifteen Fierceiy Con-
tested Rounds, Griffin Gaining the Good
will of the Sports Present by His Came
ness-The Police Roundly Kissed.
CoNEY ISLAND, Oct. 8O.-What with
| threatened police interference. a previous
! postponement and very light card 1t was
| not TO be wondered that last nights as
semblage at the Seaside Athletic club was
In no way representative and extremely
meager numerically The general ar
rangcments We're good, and excellent order
was maintained Tim Hurst, the well
known baseball umpire, was referee of all
the bouts. Proceedings commenced at 0
o'clock with about 5000 present "Jo"
Gates, Of Birmingham, England, versus
Jack Madden, of Brooklyn, at 1O5 pounds,
was the first bout called. Madden was
awarded the decision at the end of the fifth
round.
Then came the bout of the evening. It
was between kid" Lavigne, of Saginaw,
Mich, and Johnny Griffin, of Braintree,
Mass, at l24 pounds, fifteen rounds. La
vignes seconds were Sam Fitzpatrick,
Jimmie Carroll, Jim Collins and Billy
Lavigne. Those in his opponents corner
were George Reynolds Bill Crowley and
Charley White. The men entered the ring
at 1915.
Dolly" Lyons, of New York, VS.. "Kid"
Hogan, of Brooklyn, at 1l5 pounds, ten
rounds, was the next They had fought
twice before, and had one victory each.
The police stopped this bout i'm the second
round and Hogan was declared the win.
ner by the referee.
Lavigne led with the left and adopted
the attack. They were both wide, although
Lavigne got in a couple on the body.
When time was called there was little to
record. Griffin did not look well, and
handled himself as though away off.
In the second Lavigne did almost all the |
lighting, being especially effective with
the left. He was after his man all over
the ring and had good head when they |
faced the third round In the next two |
matters got worse for Griffin, but he took |
his punishment gamely 1t was the same |
story i'm the fifth and sixth In the latter |
both slipped down and Griffin left off with |
much the worst of it, blowing hard and |
looking very much distressed.
Entering the seventh round Lavigne was |
again hard at his man and fought him all |
over the ring, Griflin's gameness was re-
markable, for he was everywhere outgen-
eraled. He fought very weakly The
eighth saw matters much the same, Grif-
fms gameness appealing to the sympa-
thies of the audience. He aroused himself
a bit in the ninth round, but the thing
was becoming monotonous
In the tenth Griffin improved consider
ably and got in few good right handlers.
being cheered to the echo. The eleventh
round gave Griflin's hackers another ray
Of hope, as he freshened wonderfully. but
he lost many opportunities and was very
tired and weak mt the close
In the twelfth Lavigne began to bleed
from the nose and showed visible signs Of
whilst Griffin made many
friends by his game attempts. In the thir-
Jeenth round there was some terrific in
fighting and Lavigne developed some wild
ness in his leads. They frequently clinched
and once a knockout looked certain. but
lhe gong sounded just in time to save
Griffin
In the fourteenth round of this game
light Lavigne went at it wickedly and
iownad his man. Griffin was up before
he limit expired but was met with blows
hat fell like rain Three times he was all
)ut out, but the gong sent him to his cor
ler amidst tremendous ovation
In the last round Lavigne rushed and
lowned Griffin as soon as the men reached
he center. Then the police interfered.
Iaviene was declared the winner and the
rowd cheered loudly for the fighters while
l few hisaes were given for the police in
pector