The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-03

slammed right and left on body, 10th
landed strnight lefts on the face. La
vlgnr sent his right to the Jaw and Wal
cot the left, LRvlgne swung his right
on neck
Eighth round-with the battle half
over, Luvigne was fresh and went up
u his man and a lot OF right and left
hand punches from each man WIS tho
result, WOlcott had the better OF the
fighting, MS he landed more frequently
ana the round ended with WRlcOtt
lighting In Lnvlgne's corner,
Ninth round-MRlcOtt started In iah-
bling left In face nud right ON body and
l4avlgne Kept moving away. Kid turned
and swung his right on JOe's left ear
by this time Laylgne's left ear was
hRngin on md his nose was bleeding
freelyA At the end OF this round Wal
colt was stlll iahhinG right and left,
Tenth WalcOtt went right ut
the Saginaw man and landed left on
face, He fought the Kid all around the
ring, banging with both hands In wind
and upper-cutting with his left on tho
brtNst, LuVlgne was still game, al
though he was receiving terrible pun
ishment, Tom O'Rourke Just thenBald:
kid Is wonderful boy and very
game, He Is taking more punishment
than Ryan would take"
Eleventh round-Both countered with
left ON face, Walcott kept on lighting
LaVigne all around the ring and ripped
! his left In on the body In u. cllnch,
Wnlrott smashed his right on Kids
injured ear bursting II, and the blood
spurted on WGlcotts face. l.avigne
fought glmely und took his medicine
cheCrfully. sending back an occasional
blow ON the neck and face.
Twelfth round-I.ayigne rushed Wal
colt to the ropes, being encouraged by
the spectators, Wnlcott kept stu lab
bling on the body as LaYigne walked
away from him, Kid sent his left twice
To Walcott's head and his right heavily
on the neck. BY this time, the crowd
was yelling to Lavigne, and cheering
him ON his gameness, He certainly
had the better Of this round,
Thirteenth round-Kld opened with
his left on Jne's face, and Walcott did
his best to cross over his right for
knockout, He worked hard TO do the
white hoy, but LaYigne was not TO be
81 easily disposed OF and came back at
him hravely, determined to last the two
remRlnlng rounds,
Fourteenth round-Walcott put his
lott twice on the body and LaYlgne
swung his right splendidly on JOeB
head Wulcott fell from the force Of
swing which he missed. Lavigne
punched right and left lively and
tonight joe to the ropes. Then he
fought wulcott tnto his corner and
when the gong rang, the spectators got
upoHtheir seatsnnd screamed likem
men. The sympathy OF the house was
clearly with the western lad.
Fifteenth aud last round-After a
few light exchanges LavIgne swung his
right on Walcott's head To every
ones astonishmeut, LaYlEne did the
greater part OF the fighting and rushed
the colored man to the ropes twice,
standing up to his work In wonderful
shape. Although Tom O'Rourke shout
cd lorg and loud To Walcott to do his
man and DiNon's cries OF ''go In Joe.
show him the old trick" Walcott could
not set IN on the Saginaw boy suillci
entity hard enough to stop him and the
gong sounded, ending the fight.
The din and tumult Just then was
deafcninE and every one In the house
walted to shake LIvlgnc'S hand. The
reference awarded the fight to the KID
according to the agreement