The morning times., 1896-06-23
SPORTS HAD 4 DOUBLE BILL
Two Hot Bouts Pulled Off
Near Bladensburg.
SOME HEAVY sLUGGING
Toady Banks Did Up Arthur Jones
in Fifteen Scientific Rounds.
Brown and Mack Stood 1t Out for
the Same Length Of Time, When
the Former Got the Decision.

| A genuine prize fight with all its accom-
| paninieuts OF blood, bruises, cut lips and
| pounded bodies took place at the Bladens-
| burg Club House, on the Bladensburg load
| just outside of Washington, last night.
II was no sparring exhibition. The gloves
/ used were of the four ounce weight and the
hundred or more patrons who lined the ring
were in every way satisfied with the ex-
! hibition.
Just before the performance Pat Raedy,
| who was referee, made a little speech to the
audieY-;. in which he requested them to be
| very orderly and be would promise dead
! game sport, which would be followed by
0,ncreAni.atioD there was no disturbance.
! The Crowd fulfilled its part, and SO did the
managers. There were two bouts. Each
| lasted fifteen TonnGS and the participants
| were weilknOwn District boys.
| WAS A CLEAN FIGHT.
Teddy Banks took his place in the ring
and was seconded by George Mccoy ana
George Lacy. His opponent was Arthur
| Jones. a red-Leaded lad, the pupil of
| Howard Wilson, who was with him during
| the fight.
Tie IIrst round was not marked by any
| particular hard fighting. 1t was nOticea-
bic that Jones, who was the smaller of the
! two. was a little light OH his legs, but he
went at his oppunent very Gle, erly and
| from the beginning astonished the udience.
He was, however. krtcked of his feet
| twice, but both times managed to come
10 tiine without any trouble.
Udu recovered tneiT DTeati
sufficiently in the second round but Jones
was game in the third and frequently put
Banks on the defensive.
All through the fight both men did
| well, each lopght in distinctly separate
manner Ranks endeavored to use a heavy
| swing OF the right, but Jones carefully
eiuded him and managed to return the
punishment IN short, quick stanhng thrUsts
IL was in this round that Banks appeared
to get grocgy, and Jones friends shouted
themselves noarse for the eG-headcd lad
n nnn rs foil hsaz.I e.
Jones came for Dim and the latter nearly
floored the black fellow
BANKS WAS WEAKENING
TeddygLt in several OF his vicious lunges
in The nfth. but the punishment was well
received by jones In the sixth round
Banks drew bl, ou ircm Junes' lips. but ap-
peared to be getting much weaker. His
swn mouth was swuiien 10 twice ITS size,
Dut blCod did not show on him.
With several terrific right hand blows
Banks pushed Jones to the ropes. but was
ceveHy met by rapid punches in the face
and nose. Jones had Banks ON the run in
the eighth. and landed two terrible body
thrusts. which weakened his adversary
Banks drew blood gain in the ninth. and
there was Some awful slugging. which
was all RANKS way. and Iu the eleventh
lie pounded Jones' jaw. but received in
return three wiul punches in the face.
There was little or no trouble with the
men clinching. They broke easily and re-
turned to the game without hesitation.
Banks recovered his wind and strength
al .IO
heavy swings. but failed TO make effective
landings because of the little fellow 'snimblc.
ness. Each received terrible punishment
called him. had Toady Banks on the ground,
but was unable TO follow up the advantage.
DECIDED IN THE FIFTEENTH.
The tight began to get so close that "A
decision OF draw was expected 10y all.
Each man was very game in The fourteenth,
but Banks could not land upon Jones be-
cause OF the latter's clever blocking. Each
time the former would rush at his op-
ponent Jones would meet the sledge ham,
mer swing and return sharp face aud body
thrusts, which began to tell
The fifteenth was marked by good all
round fighting Ret.dy putting up I ne better
game from a scientific point but Banks |
making many good landings which re-
suited in decision in his FAVOR. There
was some grumbling because OF the de- |
cisiOn many claiming that IL should have |
been a draw. Pat Raedy at first |
declined to referee the ne xt bout bat after !
much persuasion consented.
For brutal, unscientific. pounding and |
punching the next card, OF fifteen rounds |
between Joe Mack and Aleck brown WIS
old hand. while Mack was not much known |
to the sportsnen. Brown a short, heavy |
set colored lad. contended with Mack. |
thin, wiry. determined fighter, whose en-
deavors were marked by a doggedness
which soon lost him the favor OF the
audience. He would also grasp in his
NJ
ducking his head, would prevent the pun-
ishment Aleck was giving him.
THE SECOND BOUT.
Once or twice when Pat Raedy broke them
loose he gared savagely. Mack had in his
corner Cannady. OConnor and Nash, and
Brown was seconded by Phil Barber Jim
McDougal and william Taylor. The fight
started off lively and continued so through
cut the first and second rounds Ma ok made
heavy lunges with his left but was II reed
to the ropes time and again by Aleck.
They cfinched often and each time
pounded each other numerically until
separated by force. Both stood their nun
ishment well and at no time did they
weaken or get groggy. From tie firth
round Aicck furceu the fight and pumuie eled
his opponent heavily and often, Mack
saving himself only by clinching.
This continued until the fifteenth round
when Mack recovered himself and succeeded
in placing his heavy blows on Aleck's
body and face. The fight was decided Ip |
favor of Aleck Brown. Both fights were
ten for the winner and five for the loser.
The crowd was more than pleased with the
exhibition aud others are announced for the
future.