The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-31

The SNock-oUr.
most indescsibsble, Bsts aud cane .,
haudkerchisfs and lrnbrellas went up
in the air, and ScaD an y friends yelled
Themselves hoarse.
The preliminary bout vas announced
to take place at $3.50 p. m. sharp. bp,
owing to bitch in ths proceedings, it
was nearly ;su when Mar,hall and
Simpson, the coIorea lightweight pusi.
lists entered the ring Tor q iour.round
friendly set.to. A slx'souuc bout with
Jerry" Sullivan and Marshall as tho
principals. had besh asrauHed, but a,
the two will soon be mstched for a
twenty.round CONTEXT, 5. tue last mo.
ment this was abandoned. When Mar.
shall and SimpsoD entered the ring
there were fully four hundred people
sandwiched in the hall twice as many
as could DO comfortably seated.
The four.rouad coa.est between Mar
shall aud Simpson, Shlle enioyablelwas
uninteresting. Sippseu made r. good
showing in the fsst ,ro rounds, but in
the third and fourth the Australian had
all the better OF the lighting, and Reie.
rec Hornet awarded him tho dscision.
After the pssli,Dlaasy bout between
Marshall and simnsoa. there was an
other long wait, dNsing which several
OF the visi,ors iron tbe Smoky City
gave muaica! selections. that brought
down the house "Paddy" Gage sang
OF his tather's buckat that has a place
for coffee aud olsce ior-." The
thought OF what the other place WAS for
was too much Tor the &ngss. in fact he
was too full for ns.esanee al this stage Of
the proceedings. Gage was followed BY
another Pittsblsgter who gave several
tenor solos, in eScellen, style.
It wa, 1850 wuep the referee an.
nounced that the heafs.weights. Nikirk
and Scanlau, would cnses the ring.
This caused the betipSto become active
and several ;hoosaa5 dollars was
wagered, most Of It being out-ot-town
money. Scanlsn's people pushed the
betting. but NikirEs fsienGs were very
much in evidence and covered nearly
everything offered,
Referee Hosne.t called the mon into
the center of tho fog At HID. They
shock hands and then the contest was
on in Garner. For iuly 4 minute no:
blow was s.enck; the two men were
sizing up esca other. Then Seaman
went in and theirs wa an exchange Of
blows. hoDora orch, apd at the close
Nikirk lodged cIavesIy and Seaman
t';ppeh and noarlg FIJI. In the mex.
exchange the fighting was fast and
furious. mostly at sdost rsnze, in which
iil;irk got decidedly tine worst Of it,
ene.sinc frou the hay with hi. left
optic somewhat disGsufed. Nikirk
cl:nchcd to cave biuself from further
Punishment They *sre parted, and
like tiger SeNulap again went
in. Seaman found no trouble
in reaching his ohpoaept, tho boosted
superior 'cieuce Of ,bs smaller man
a7aiIing him nothine. scaulnn's plan
OF action was TO gel Nikirk's wind,
nearly every blow being on the body.
Again Nikirk cliprbed aud again the
referee parted theh. After the third
cEnch Nik!rk Tas a. aue mercy o. hi.
opponent. and eveegaody saw that he
was beaten man. His triend,. how.
ever. thought he Would stay Tor three
or four rounds. This vas wrong. as
just two minutes after hos.ilitios
started Seaman started got in terrible
right.hsnder on i'ikisks jngular tina,
sent him 10 the bSor . defeated and
knocked oui ingh. Nikisk attempted
to get up but he Vas Completely winded
and somi-dAsed, mud WI, still down
when horne* AWARDED the contcs. &c
E Scenlan.
Tbs comraouts OF the affair vera var.
ions bu. nobody hpomed TO doubt the
fac: that scaRl0u airuistoreL Nikirk q
Knockout blow. Two minutes later Nj
kirk wal al! right, bss too late to save
the f1ht.
The Pi.tsburgh spor.a who ATTENDED
tho contests, rstlrned 10 tho Smok;
City at ? O'clock this morning on a spc
cinl Baltimore d Ohio train.