The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-17
wALCOTT WINS WITH EASE
uB LIMOGES OUT "BRIGHr EYEsO
IN THE SEVENTH ROU

the other vvizHers st the New EuroE
A. C.-MaYor GIehsop at the hing sid,
wuRBKAA. G., Loro ISLAND CRY. March 10.
joe walcott, the colored puRllist from Bostof
knocked out Scott Collins. better known a
"Brinht Eyes" at the Eureka A. O. arena Ia
night. The deciding punch was n left handle
on the Jaw, and II was delivered after two min
utcs and Hfty-Ave seconds Of fighting Ia tn
seventh round. bright Eyes" was outclnssct
in both science and hitting powers. but no tool
. hard beating until he lost Consciousness. 1,
the slxth round he was knocked down a half
dozen times with heavy punches on tho face an,
Jaw, yet each time he got upon his feet and tool
his medicine without flnchinE.
In the seventh round, bright Eyes" came nj
in q half dazed condition. WRloott, who wa
practically as fresh as when the fight started
did his best to land the Knockout blow, but 1
took I'VE consecutive knock downs TO make the
oolorod Texan tako n walk MP Queen street
Then 10 was that Walcott slammed a terrific
left on the Jaw and put his ~antaRonist'in the
land OF nod.
Bright Eyosr fought gamely. but had nc
chance to win from the tlmo that he nrst put
up bis hands,
During the contest Mayor Patrick Jerome
Gleason occupied q scat close 20 the ring side
TO sec that the law was not violated, He had
nothing to say while the fight progressed, and
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80 m. - 80. - a..
sheets, and made tho walking from the ferry to
tho arena simply indesorlbable. Tho trolley
cars carried the majority OF tho sports, but those
who decided to foot It arrived In the building In
bad shape, Tho arena is that of the old Puritan
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trIrS,ns a. $500 ~ .,oam
Th.rasnn.,rsd 20 he No good oropnd n, thu
sonar,. ,hst tho borts to-n,obt yyonld h,
.torr.d ana ,hat tho oobtsrs and manapers
o'oppou ~ on eN -. -, -.
would be arrested. several persons hau IN
sae,"n. .o,so.s I'M, Movnr patricl Jerome
various souteeS, u NY
TEE Sun reporter Mayor Gleason said before the
ho,,. toll nI.o.,
Tho law viii not bo violated. II It is I will
zee TO n that the offenders are punished. These
bouts are no moro illegal than those at the
Empire A.O> the Now Manhattan A o. the
New York A. Q, and those that have recently
taken place ~ tne Maaison squa.o 10, uaraon
oomo persohs h"'o LYON 'iy"s ''. IL" my
business, but / guess / know how to enforce the
,,tv ord nanca and lava and I will do my dutv-r
CITY oruinance hhu 'o"e' NV N Il uu'''
There was q rumor current that George Dixon>
-. ~. c,..., o,,d ho.,,o ,J.h Io,,r Ma
AFTER MS hiteeh-rouho oattie WIN 'eFlS har-
shall ut Boston tomorrow night, would retro
from the ring. When Dixon's manager, Tom
O'Rourke, was questioned he said: "Dixon will
not retire until there are no more fighters for
him to meet" The little feather weight cham
pion. who was present. reiterated O'lsOurke'B
..marLs and ornr.asad conodenca Of yv,nnIno
Touarhs, hhu oApFeosoo oohhuonSe Va "ihnihS
his bout with Marshall.
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Inc star event OF the cara was tho nucn
taiked NJ battle between Joe Walcott. tina coll
ored weltor weight OF Boston, ana Scout COLLINS.
cha d,stv nu,Iljat NJ pallaa Toy krown In.
'ho eu'AS pukA Va 49, "
the sporting world as bright Eyes" They
.a,,nin., -.,,h.d .n a,ht To- ar,sb ~
were Originally metoheo Y nsne hn'sh
Stuart's Mexican carnival. but ns their contest
had 10 ha decIared off they were Aeoured for tho
Tn.sr 49, - ~. trant,, ronn5s at faS
pounos. ~ course, Naicots mas AEeheral
vorite with tne sports, as MS record Is wen
known in this part OF the country. Bright
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