The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-22

as a boxer. He Jabbed Choynskis nose
| continually in the early rounds and pia yed
| tattoo on the Californian. Hall tried
hard to reach the ia in the last few rou nds.
but was not successful till the ninth.
Hall was growing weak steadily from the
sixth round, and the terrific body drives
that Choynski sent, under O'Rourke's or
ders, did not improve the Australians con
| ditiOn.
He was on the down grade when the ! 9th
round opened, and his blows lacked
steam. Then it was that Choy nski rushed
and round later got III the finishing
blow. Hall made desperate effort to
get up, but weakened nature failed him.
| The assertion that he quit is simply
| the wall OF disappointed bettors. 1t is
| said Choynski will be sent after larger
game The wisdomof matching him against
Maher or FitZsimmons is questionable,
as both of these men are strong. However,
he is a good man to take cha nee on in
mix" with anyone. After last nights
| exhibition 1t is not difficult to under
stand how a sbifty, careful sparrer like
Corbctt defeated Choynski. 1t also shows
how cautious Corbett must be when it took
him 81 rounds to polish off his opponent.
Scott Collins, known as Bright Eyes -
Of Texas is Il new one in the boxing world.
No one has heard of him till lately-in
fact, till he was recently trOtted out by
Dan" Stuart as an opponent for Joe
WalcOtt, and, on general principles, the
chances are he will never be heard of
again after the brief episode with
Walcott.
Bright Eyes Is a colored man. He
is said to be a native of Ell PasO, Tex,
where he was born twenty -four years ago;
weighs 14O to 145 pounds and stands 8
feet inches in height, which is l-2
inches more than walcott. Bright Eyes
boxed Jack Evcrhart twenty-one rounds
To dra W last year in Texas. a nd he whipped
TON" Cavanaugh in fifteen rounds. Now,
boxing Everhart that many rounds would
argue pretty Well of man of Everhart's
class weight, but where the man is a
colored wclter-weieht IL leaves something
of Il margin this side of the exhibit marked
era cka jack"
1t seems TO argue that il Bright Eyes
allowed "JacK" Eyerhart TO pound back
at him for twenty-one rounds Walcott win
not allow the same liberty from Bright
Eyes" Then. as to whipping Tom Cava-
naugh in fifteen rounds, Tommy Tracey
did the same thing in most artistic style
in eight rounds.
Horsemen quartered at Alexander Island
and st. Asaph are anx1ously awaiting the
result of the fight between the race-track
people and the legislature at Richmond.
That there are two or three barrels on tap
at Richmond goes without sd ying, for it was
the open boast of the race-track people that
they would spend fortune to defeat unfa-
vorable legislation.
The friends of the race tracks have
changed their tactics. and, instead OF hay-
ing the matter come to a vote in the legis-
lative halls, they intend della wing the Maupin
bill, which would wipe out racing entirely,
until il Is too late for legislative action.
1t is said the race-track people really rely
upon the Senate. and If by chance the bill
should slip through the house, there is a
probability that the senate will kill it. A
vote, however, will be delayed until there
is no time to substitute another for the
Maupin bill. 1t is asserted that horsemcn
have been quietly Informed that everything
will be all right, and that the tracks will
surely reopen in a short time. Many who
intended going to the st. Louis race track
have reconsidercd and kept their horses on
the grounds Should the outlaws triumph
this year, they will be free to carry on their
game without interruption until 1898, for
the legislature does not meet next year.