The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-20
AMERICAN WINS THIS BOUT.
BRITISH LIGHT WEIGHT CHAM
PION DEFEATED By zEIGLER.

The Battle Called n Very Clever One
with some Hard Hitting-Abbott,
the BritOn, Made n Wonderful De-
Tense. But Lost the Decision on
POfnts-A Ten-ROund Mill Between
Lesser Lights Before the star Con-
fest-PugiIfsm Elsewhere.
Baltimore. Aug. 19.-Owen Zeigler, the
recognized champion of America, and
Stanton Abbott, the English champion.
met in a twenty-round bout before the
Eureka Athletic Club tonight The con-
test was intended to practically decide the
lightweight championship of the world
and attracted large delegations from near
by cities. The men weighed in this after
noon at o'clock. when it was found that
Abbott was one pound under weight-1S2-
but Zeigler tipped the scales at 1S71z Alb
bott claimed the 800 forfeit, according
to the articles of agreement, which, for
a long time, Zeigler refused to allow. He
finally gave in. and George Mantz was
agreed upon for referee.
AS preliminary to the international
contest. there was a 10-round bout between
Abe Ulman of Baltimore and Mike Can
uck'' Boden, the conqueror of Jim Hall.
Ilman made a chopping- block of Boden
and the men ,roughed 1t so hard in the
third round that the police stopped IT,.
UIman got the decision.
For the star bout, Zeigler was attended
by Lew Bailey of Philadelphia, his back
er. and Charles Heffelfinger. Abbott had
Jake Kilrain, Ernest Gebhardt and Frank
Farley in his corner. Abbott wanted a
draw If both men. were on their feet at
end of the twentieth round, but Zeigler
held out for decision and gained his
point.
The battle was the cleanest and clev-
crest ever fought in Baltimore, and was
marked with heavy hitting. zeigler was
on the offensive throughout, but Abbott's
wonderful defense fully evened matters,
except in the last two rounds.
In the sixth round Abbott got first
blood from Zeigler's nose and had the
Philadelphia weak from a terrible left
hand jab in the face. Zeigler came
back strong, and honurs were even up
10 the eighteenth. Zeigler then COM
menced rushing matters and landed Of
tener. Both men were fresh, but Zeig-
Ter a little the strongest at the end of
the twentieth round. Abbotts left cheek
was badly swollen and his shoulders cut
from glancing blows.
ZeigleF's only marks were a red spot
on his stomach and a battered nose.
Two ounce gloves were used. Zeigler
was given the decision on points at the
end of the twentieth round. The ref
eree's decision was received amid the
widest tumult, and there were many
loud cries for a draw. A challenge to
the winner from Young Critic was read
at the ring SIDE
New York, Aug. 19-At the tournament
held in the Academy of Music tonight
under the auspices of "Parson" Davies
and Tom O'Rourke, the star bout of the
evening was that between the colored
champion, George Dixon, and Mike Leon
ard of New York. In the second round,
the men fought viciously and fell on the
floor of the ring fighting. The police, un-
der Capt Cartwright, clambered into the
ring and separated the men with difficulty.
The principals, their seconds and Referee
"Yank" Sullivan of Syracuse, together
with the promoters of the tournament,
Davies and O'Rourke, were arrested and
taken to the police station.