The herald., 1896-12-10
IN THE RING.
West and Walcott Fight Nineteen
Rounds to Draw.

NEW YORK, Dece. 9.-Tom West of
Boston fought a nineteen round draw
with Joe Walcott, the famous colored
welterweight, at the Marlborough Ath-
letic club tonight. A match has been
arranged between Walcott and Dick
O'Brien, but another club insisted that
O'Bren should not appear. In default
of O'Brien, West was pressed into serv-
ice on short notice and how valiantly
he acquitted himself the story Of the
battle shows.
Preliminary to the big event of the
evening Tommy Dixon of Rochester, n
Y, and Mike Sears of Lewiston, Me-
spared ten hot rounds and the referee
decided that the honors were even.
At 9:55 Walcott entered the ring, fol-
lowed by West. Walcott opened with
his usual tactics of left on face and right
on the body.
In the second round he sent his left
twice on Vests nose. splitting it. West
jabbed right and left on the body and
left on the face.
In the third Walcott grabbed West
by the neck with both hands. pulling
him to the floor. The crowd claimed a
foul but the referee did not allow it.
The fourth and fifth rounds were full
of action with honors even. West punch
ed his left several times on the face to-
ward the end Of the fifth round and Wal
colt spat out mouthful of blood when
he went to his corner.
In the sixth Walcott swung his left
on the neck twice. which made West
weak, but he came up surprisingly strong
and kept his stand, jabbing the colored
boxer in the body. West was loudly
cheered for his clever work.
The seventh and eighth rounds We're
lively and honors even, though Joe
rushed West to the ropes as the gong
struck in the eighth.
In the Tenth Walcott hugged West
and swung on him on the ropes. Again
there were cries of foul, but the referee
only separated the men. At the close of
the twelfth West landed good right on
the side Of the head and swung his left
Immediately afterward, taggering Wal
colt.
Thirteenth round-After some spar
ring, both jabbed lefts on the face. Wal
colt swung right on the head but Tom
my got square a moment later with a
left swing on the head. He forced Wal
colt to the ropes. where Walcott slipped
down and held onto West. When sep
arated West swung a left of the jaw.
Joe staggered and the gong rang amid
loud chewering for West
During the fourteenth West exclaim-
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by left on the jaw, which logged Wal
colt as the bell rang.
At the end of the fifteenth West had
Joe running away.
Sixteenth round-West put right and
left on the face, and Walcott right on
the wind. Joe banged hard left on
the nose and West put a right on the
body and a right on the mouth. West
drove Joe to his corner and a moment
later Joe rolled to the floor from the
effects of right on the jaw.
Walcott got to his feet in five seconds
and at the close of the round swung his
left on the neck The spectators threw
their hats in the air and yelled like
crazy en- when Walcott went down.
Eighteenth round-West landed a left
on the nose and Joe uppercut with the
left on the body twice. Walcott swung
his left on the neck and West jabbed a
rard left on the face, which made Joe
stagger West led a right on the neck
and Joe landed a left on the face. West
landed left and right on the head. Joe
rushed for swing, but fell short and
West punched him hard with right on
the face Joe ended the rouEd with a
left on the face.
Nineteenth round-West landed right
and left on the head. Walcott swung
his left on the body. West jabbed his
left on the face. The exchanged right
punches on the face and until the end of
the round West kept away from Wal
colts leads. The referee decided the
bout draw amid great excitement.