St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-20
HAVE A LIVELY 2O-ROUND
BATTLE,
WELL FOUGHT THROUGHOUT
ABBOTT RECEIVES A SEVERE
DRUBBING IN THE FINAL
ROUNDS.
PARsoN DAVIES A PRISONER.
in New York, With Tom
O'ROurl1e, Dixon and Leon
ard.

I BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 19.-The
international bout between Stanton
Abbott, champion lightweight of En-
gland, and Owen Zeigler, of Phila-
delphia, who fought Jack McAuliffe
to a draw, occurred tonight at the
Eureka Athletic club in the presence
of 1,500 spectators Preliminary to
the main bout Mike Boden, THE
Canuck," of Philadelphia, and Abe
Uhlman, of Baltimore, engaged in a
ten-round battle. The fighting was
in Uhlman'S favor from the first. In
the third round Boden clinched and
| delivered several savage blows after
the call to break" The referee
therefore awarded the preliminary
contest to Uhlman.
Abbott and Zeigler entered the
ring at 10 o'clock. The Englishman
was accorded a generous reception as
he stepped inside the ropes. He
weighed 1872, while Ziegler weighed
1874. Abbott looked a trif1e thin
and overturned, while Zeigler's mus
cles stood out in punches, and he
looked to be in the best of condition.
in the Englishman' corner, and Tur-
key Smith and D. L. Bailey assisted
Zeigler. George Mats, of Baltimore,
acted as referee.
First round-Zeigler landed on the
face and then on the breast The
Englishman got in a face blow. Hewas
very cool, while Zeigler danced around
and lunged viciously. No heavy work
this round.
Second round-Zeigler got in two
light face blows and a rib-roaster
The Engiishman fell to his knees. AS
he rose Zeigler gave him a terrific
right-hander on the left eye, nearly
closing it. The Englishman looked dis
tressed as the round closed.
Third round-Zeigler forced the fight
ing, and after getting in a strong face
blow, Abbott stopped and fell against
the ropes.
In the fourth and fifth round Zeigler
pounded at Abbott's stomach. Abbott
| responded with light blows, but his
reach was short.
ABBOTT FIGHTS WE'LL.
The Englishman came to the front
in the sixth round and got two strong
blows in Zeigler's face. Abbott ducked
/ cleverly and kept Zeigler working
| hard The fighting was sharp, but
| uneventful, until the end of the eighth,
| when the American was fought to the
ropes. The Englishman seemed to
!! freshen as the fight progressed. He
was slow, however, and as the eleventh
7 round opened the American delivered
! what was nearly q Knockout blow be-
/ fore Abbott got his hands up.
/ Thirteenth round - Zeigler landed
!. heavily on the nose and on the dam
! aged left eye in quick succession, and
| followed it up with heavy body blows.
+ The Englishman again looked dis
tressed as he went to his corner.
| Round Fourteen - The American
| played on Abbott's wind and got in a
| sumner on the neck. Abbott was
| game and cool, but his blows were
feeble. In the fifteenth Zeigler con-
| tinued playing on Abbott's stomach.
The sixteenth was a hot round and
all in the Americans favor, closing
with the Englishman against the
ropes, amid a. shower of blows. Abb
bolt aimed some savage blows in the
eighteenth, but fell short. Zeigler de-
livered another sumner on the neck
and the next moment gave the Briton
a. terrific facer.
The American also had the best of the
nineteenth. The twentieth and last
round was a savage one, give and
take, the American getting it on the
nose and the Englishman being
stormed with face, neck and body
blows until he was against the ropes.
AS the gong sounded the referee de-
clared Zeigler the winner He will be
matched against Young Critic.