St. Paul daily globe., 1894-10-30

SAVED A KNOCKOUT.
Police Put an End to the La
vigne-Grlffin Fight at CO.
neY Island.
GRIFFIN ON HIS LAST LEGS.
One of the Gamiest Fights
Ever Witnessed by Goth
am Sports.
GRIFFIN ON HIS LAST LEGS.
THE HUB MILL WAS A DRAW.
Smith and O'Spien Fight Ten
Rattling Rounds at
Boston.

CONEG ISLAND, Oct. Wv INV Will
threatening police interference. pre-
viouS poStpOnement and very light
card. it was not IN be wondered that to-
nights asSemblaye ut the Seaside Ath-
letic club was i'll no way representative
ana extremely meager numerically.
AT o'clock there were not thousand
people in the building. The general
arrangements were good, and excellent
order was maintained. lin Hurst. the
well known base ball umpire. was rel
cree of all the bouts. Proceedings
commenced AT 9 o'clock with 5000 pres
ent.
Joe" Gates. of Birmingham, Eng
land. versus "Jaeh" Madden. of Brook
lyn, at los pounds, was the first bout
called. Madden was awarded the de-
ciSion at the end of the fifth round.
''Dolly" Lyons. of New York, versus
kid" Hogan. OF Brooklyn. at lis
pounds, ten rounds, was the next.
They had fought twice before. and had
one victory each. The police stopped
this bout in the second round, and
Hhgan was declared the winner by the
referee.
Then came the bout of the evening.
1t was between kid" Lavigne, of Sag
nav, Mich, and Johnnie Griffin, of
Braintree, Mass, at l25 pounds, fifteen
rounds. Lavigne's seconds were Sam
Fitzpatrick. Jimmie Carroll. jim Collins
and Billy Lavigne. .hose in his Oppo-
nent's corner were George Reynolds,
Bill Crowley and Charley White. The
men entered the ring at 1915. After
long delay the fighters got together.
and they actually fought at 124 pounds
by special arrangement. Lavigne led
with the left. and adopted The attack.
They were both Wild, although Laylgne
got IN couple OH the body. When
time was called there was little to re-
cord. Griffin did not look well, and
handled himself as though away off.
In the second Lavigne did all the fight
ing. being especially effective with the
left. lie was after his man all over the
ring and had a good lead when the third
round ended. In the next 1t was worse
for Griffin. but he took his punishment
gamely. 1t was the same in the fifth
and sixth. In the Latter, both slipped
down and Griffin left off with mucn the
worse OF it, blowing hard and looking
very much distressed
Entering the seventh round Lavigne
was again lard at his man and fought
him al! over lhe ring. Grit1ih's game
ness was remarkable, for he was every
where outgeneralled. de fought very
weakly.
1ne eighth saw matters much the
same, Gritfln'S ganeneSs appealing to
the Sympathes of the audience. He
aroused himself lit in the ninth, but
the thing was becoming monotonous. In
the tenth Griffin inpruved consider
ably, and got i'll q few good right.
handlers, being cheered to the echo.
Round eleven gave Grit1in'S hackers
another. ray OF hope, as he freshened
wonderfully, but lie lost many 0ppor-
tunties, and was very tired and weak at
the close.
In the twelfth Lavigne began to bleed
from the nose, and showed visible signs
of weakening, whilst Griffin made many
friends by his game attempts.
Ia the thirteenth thrre was some ter
rife fighting, and Lavigne developed
some wildness in his leads. They fire.
QGently clinched, and once knock
out looked certain, but the gong
sounded just in time to save Griffin.
In the fourteenth round of this game
fight LaYigne went at it wickedly and
downed his man. Griffin was up before
the limit expired. but was met with
blows that fell like rain.
Three times he was all but out, but
the gong sent him to his corner amidst
a tremendous ovation.
Last Round - Lavigne rushed and
downed Griffin as soon as the men
reached the center. Then the police
interfered. Lavigne was declared the
winner, and the crowd cheered loudly
for the fighters, While few hisses were
given for tine police Inspector.