Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-26
Jack EVerhardt, Birmingham's Fa- vorite, Gets the Best
  OF HIS SECOND MEETING With Stanton Abbott, the Eng lishman-JaCk Proves His
 Fighting Ability.

RING SIDE, OLYMPIC CLUE, NEW OR- LEANS, Sept. 25.-The entertainment to- night commenced with a friendly exhibi- ton bout of four rounds between young Griffo, the Australian, and Mick Dunn. Griffo's work was much appreciated by the audience, which mum bered about 6000.
 The event of the evening was then an- nounced and Jack Everhardt and Stanton Abbott entered the ring to fight for a $500 purse. The referes warned the men in reference to fouls.
 Everhardt was seconded by E. s. Willis, J. J. Bates aud the Sutherland brothers.
 Abbott's seconds were John Dunn, Billy Plimmer, Ali Robb and Billy Chittenden.
 -- Round 1-Everhardt commenced the ag- gressot, Abott assuming beautiful de-
 fensive position. Everhardt essayed the
 right and landed lightly on the jaw. Ev- erhardt landed good left in the stomach
 and brought the right over on the English
 man's jaw moment later. Just as the gong sounded Everhardt landed the left on
 the body and the right on the jaw for the
 third time.
 Round 2-Everhardt commenced the round, landing some vicious blows on the head. Both men scored iefts, but Ever
 hardt landed wicked right on the neck. | cOoJ
 were falling short. Everhardt punched bis opponent on the head hard with the
 right as the gong sounded.
 Round 3--Everhardt landed vicious left on the body. repeating it a moment
 later without return. Both men scored
 hits on the body, but Everhardt's were the most damaging. Everhardt scored an uppercut on Abbott's head. Round 4-Everhardt had the best of a
 heavy exchange in the corner of the ring ho tjsh yUo
 ropes where the men were ordered to break away.
 Round 5-Everhardt landed two vicious punches on his opponents head and the Everhardt landed the right on the jaw and vicious body blow. Both men landed heavy blows on the head. Everhardt was the aggressor. Abbott landed good right on the heart and the men locked, but broke away at the order.
 Round 6-Abbott landed a fair left on | the jaw and tucked away from vicious | swing. Everhardt landed left stomach punch a moment later. Everhardt landed | left and right, the latter on the head. Ao- | bolt escaped several right swings, but | usually ducked into left uppercuts. Ab- | bolt was caught on the chin with left. | Referee Duffy announced first blood for | Everhardt.
 | Round 7-Abbott ducked into heavy | uppercut and received two frightful blows | on the jaw, landing body blow In return. | Abbott caught another uppercut. There was some awkward fighting and clinching | in this round. Everhardt continued the l aggressor.
 ] Round S-There was some heavy fighting | in the corner of the ring and Abbott S right eye was bleeding. Everhardt landed | right on the jaw aud his left on the face. | Round 9-Everhardt landed left on face, l and received light right in return. Ab'
 bolt landed two right body punches and | reused the spectators to cheering. Both men landed rights. The work was very | fast.
 | Round 10-Abbott again ducked in to a | wicked uppercut and received lett pu n ch l on the face, landing right in return. Ab- l bolt was nearly knocked down with a | straight left on the face, and staggered by | blow on the head. Both men landed | blows on the head.
 | Round 11-Everhardt landed left on the
 body and nearly fell to the ground. The exhibiti0naof the men so far was in poor | contrast With the work of Trimmer aud
 Murphy last night. Abbott landed a right | on the head and got left in return. Rounds l2 and 13-In the twelfth round | Abbott landed some good punches, dr1vfu l ETerhardtto the ropes, where he upper
 cut the home man viciously with the left, l but in the thirteenth round Everhardt
 evened things up and lost nothing in the
 exchanges Abbott received heavy right | in The jaw, which knocked his head back.
 Rounds 14 and 15-Abbott landed two | wicked lefts, one on the stomach, the other
 on the nose, being the two best punches he l delivered during the fight so far, but In the fifteenth he tucked into heavy left
 swing md had he worst of one or two ex- | chang ges.5 Everhardt landed right and
 left oI thesface, but received hot right on l the heart.
 Round 16-This was the hottest round of
 the fight, Everhardt having much the best