The record-union., 1896-12-02

ALBANY On. W, Dec 1.-The open
ing of the Meyers Athletic Club here
| tonight was attended by one OF the
largest gatherings ever seen at local
fistic Tournaments. The referee was John
! 0. Eckhart of New York, and the ofli-
cial timekeeper was John Mack of AL
bany. About 1000 people witnessed the
contests.
The first bout was between Mike Nc
| Manus of Albany and George SiddonS
of Chicago. 1t was for ten rounds at
rs pounds. Siddons was awarded the
decision on points.
| The second contest was between
Charles Johnson of Minneapolis and
Wylie Evans, a colored youth from Cal
ifornia. 1t was an easy victory for
Johnson, who knocked his man out in
the second round.
! The principal bout Of the evening was
between Jack Everhardt of New Or
leans, the champion lightweight OF the
South, and Billy Ernst of Brooklyn.
Both men weighed in early in the even
ing at 13S pounds. 1t was one of the
! finest fistic encounters ever seen in
this section , and met with the appro
val of some of the most prominent
sporting men in the country. Among
| those present We're Paddy Ryan. jim
mie Dime, Larry Burns, Joe Burke,
| Fred Ernst, Spider Kelly and Jack
Hanley of Philadelphia. 1t was an
nounced that the winner of the bout
would be matched against any light
weight in the world for a purse Of
$4,000, to be be put up at once by the
management of the club
| Round 1-Everhardt got in two rights
on the neck, and Ernst fouled. He
landed on Everhardt's chest, and after
a feint, which Everhardt ducked, gave
a nice uppercut. Ernst was most ag-
gressive. Everhardt ducked a right
and received left on the chin.
Round Both men went in with
some vicious lunges. Ernst landed an
uppercut on Everhadt's chin. The
Southerner retaliated with a squawker
Ia blow which touched Everhardt's
windpipe. This was followed by a
facer. Ernst had the best of the round
Round Ernst landed heavily with
his right on EverhardF's face. It was
a case of business on both sides from
this out. Ernst fought Everhardt 70 the
ropes, but nothing resulted from the
| break away. Everhardt rallied and
made Ernst's nose emit more claret.
Fierce infighting closed the round.
| Round 4-Everhardt tried a swing,
but missed. His opponent followed suit
and landed. In clinch Ernst made
what appeared to be a foul and was
Kissed. He got a short rib.roaster in
return. Everhadt kept up his left jabs
until he landed on the face Of the
Brooklyn boy. Honors even.
! Round "a fierce uppercut from
Everhardt reached Ernst's face and
made him stagger. Two others landed
on his body. The Louisiana man landed
on the nose, but clinched to avoid fur
| ther punishment.
/ Round 6-Ernst got down to business,
and Everhardt was equally anxious for
a final settlement. Ernst punched his
| opponents face at WILL while Ever
hardt got in a b-roaster with his right.
and met another stunning facer. Ernst
made two handed swings, which
landed on both sides of the face Even
Round Ernst landed and when
they clinched struck Everhardt A cross
counter resulted in a clinch, and Ernst
Handed again. A quick interchange OF
face blows at short corners delighted the
audience. Everhardt hit squarely in the
face, and received for his pains two
right uppercuts.
| Round S-Everhardt rushed, but got
a singer, paying back with a left on the
| face. In return a punch in the neck
made him finch. Everhardt played for
| Ernst's nose landing four times in
quick succession. 1t was Everhardts
round.
Round 9-Everhardt started for
| Ernst's nose again, but missed He
avoided heavy swing, and continued
his effort, landing twice on his oppo-
| nents nose. Quick interchange of face
| blows followed. Everhardt hit right
and left landing on Ernst's head at will.
| he struck the bloody nose until there
was no semblance of such an organ on
his face.
Rounds 10 to 17-These rounds result
| ed in heavy body blows and fierce in
fighting by both men, without material
advantage to either.
Round 1S-Everhardt landed on his
opponents face and neck with left and
right, respectively. Then came iab on
the nose, but Ernst got in with a good
face blow. and uppercut on the Jaw.
This made Jack mad, and he nearly had
| Ernst out when time was called
Round 1o-Jack began with BODY
blows. Had Ernst met any one of these
| lunges made for the face it would have
| been all day with him. The round
closed with neck blow from Ernst.
Round 20-Everhardt pushed the
| fighting in the start In the first he
| landed on the neck with his right. and
| Immediately followed with his letter
| Ernst countered bad right only to re-
eeiVe slap on the left ear. Jack forced
Ernst to the ropes. That was the begin
mig or the end. From this time to tn.
| close Everhardt had the BROOKLYN
man at his mercy, using his head as a
punching bag. He rushed him down.
and when Ernst arose he was like a
rag. and fell easily at every right. AS
the Brooklyn lad was unfit to continue.
time was called and Everhardt declared
the winner