The herald., 1896-10-28
Of Lightweight SIuggers of the
World
ACK EvERHARDT BEATEN
By the Bad Kid From the Slums Of
Saginaw
A Big Crowd Pays Big Money to Get in.
John L. Sullivan Develops a
Case of Cancer.
Associated Press Special Wire

| Associated Press Special Wire
| NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-The fight to
| decide the lightweight boxing cham
pionship of the world attracted a rep
| resentative gathering of sporting men
| from all over the United States to the
arena of the Bohemian Sporting club
tonight. The prices of admission were
| more prohibitive than those usually
| charged, being 500, SIS and $40.
The contestants were George Lavigne
| of Saginaw, Mich, and Jack Everhardt
| of New Orleans. The contest was
| scheduled for twenty-five rounds at 13S
pounds, and both men weighed in at
| the right weight Lavigne was the IA
| vorite at odds of 100 to 70. Lavigne's
seconds were Sam Fitzpatrick, Paddy
| German, Dan Creedon. Denny Murphy
| and Ted Alexander. Everhardt's hand
| lers were Charles White, Harry Black
Harry Tuthill, Mysterious Billy
Smith and Tim McGrath.
Lavigne entered the ring at 1922
| o'clock Police Commissioner Andrews
and Acting Inspector Harley, as well
as a number of policemen in plain
clothes, took seats before Everhardt
climbed through the ropes at 10:30.
Honest" John Kelly was announced
as referee.
The men shook hands at 1910.
First round-Lavigne led for the wind
and Jack countered right on the neck.
Kid landed left on jaw. Everhardt
landed left on face. Lavigne swung
right on body and landed right on jaw
| and left on body twice. Everhardt
1,o o,,1
| landed right and left on body. Ever
hardt landed left on wind.
Second round-Lavigne led left and
Everhardt ducked his face into il. La
vigne landed right and left on head ami
again on body. Lavigne swung his
| right on back of head and uppercu.
with left. The Kid uppercut with both
hands on body, and then swung left on
jaw. Everhardt's mouth began to
bleed. Lavigne feinted with left and
swung right on jaw. Everhardt landed
| left on face.
Third round-Lavinge led his left and
landed two straight on the face. Then
he sent his right hand in on the body
and hard left on the face. Then he sent
in hot left on the head. Everhardt
swung his left on the body and Lavigne
did the same. Lavigne landed his left
on the body'and swung his right on the
| ribs. Then Lavigne sent his right on
the neck and landed his left on the Jaw.
Jack landed his left on the neck La =.
vigne sent his right on the neck and both
| countered and Lavigne swung his right
on the body and Jack sent right and
left on the body at the end of the round
|. Fourth round-Everhardt was very
groggy and tried to hug to avoid punish
ment. Lavigne continued to land his
right and left at will on the body and
face until the gong sounded.
| In the fifth to the eighth round inclu-
sive there was hard fighting
| Ninth round-Lavigne landed rights
and lefts on the face several times in
succession. He almost knocked Jack
4 down with a right swing on the jaw
Everhardt was hugging the kid when
| time was called.
Tenth round-Lavigne landed his right
and left on the face. Then he sent in a
heavy upper cut and the gong saved
Jack.
Rounds eleven to seventeen inclusive
were tame with the advantage on La
| vigne's side.
In the eighteenth round both men
| fought fiercely
The nineteenth and twentieth rounds
| were hard fought.
In the twenty-frst Everhardt landed
five times on the face. Jack was very
weak at the call of time in the twenty
third and he was hugging the kid when
| the gong sounded.
| Twenty-fourth round-Both landed
| lefts on the face. Both countered. La
| vigne crossed his right on Jack. Ever
hardt staggered. Lavigne then smash
| ed his opponent with his right and left
swings on the head and had Everhardt
| almost out when the referee stopped the
bout and awarded the fight to Lavigne.
| Time of last round one minute and
fifty three seconds.
4 SLILLIVAN'S DANGER.
1 BOSTON, Oct. 27.--John L. Sullivan.
ex-pugilist champion, has cancer. 1t
developed in his right hand. DR.. Calvin
of the Emergency hospital says unless
Sullivan takes great care he may lose
his arm.