The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-21
naRGE CROwps PRESENT.
A Hard Battle Fought Between Hall and
Choynski.

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the Empire Athletic club since it was
opened witnessed the contest tonight
between Joe Choynski of California and
Jim Hall of Australia. In addition to
the New York contingent sports from
Plttsburg, Philadelphia and Baltimore
We're present. Hall carried the dollars
of the talent" but in the mind of the
sporting public the Californian was re-
garded as the winner.
The curtain-raiser was a siX-round go
between Johnny German of Long ISL
and City and Jack Downey of Brook
lyn at 1870 pounds. The men mixed it
eye was cut and bleeding. In the sec
ond round Germans nose and mouth
were bleeding, but he landed heavy
right swing on the jaw that staggered
Downey. Gormans left found Dow
ney's jaw too often for the latter's conf
| fort in THE third, but the Brooklynite
had the best of a hot rally. A left
on the mouth raised Downey's dan
DER in the next round and he rushed
mat his man, but did no damage. Dow
ney had slightly the best of the fifth.
| German rushed and Downey ducked.
! Downey rushed his man to the ropes in
| the last round and had the best of mat
ters generally. The referee declared in
Downey's favor.
| Hall and Choynsl1i entered the ring
at $50 o'clock The betting before they
shook hands was 100 to so in favor of
the Californian, tout very little money
| changed hands They We're announced
| to box at catch-weights. Choynski was
attended by Tom O'Rourke, Kid Mccoy
and Caspar Leon; Hall by Sim Fitzpat-
rick, Jack Fogarty of Philadelphia, Ben
| ny Murphy and Tim Scanlon of Pitts
! burg.
| In the first round after cautious spar
ring Choynski landed the left light on
the body. Later he sent his left on the
chin and just before the round closed a
left on the jaw hard.
In the second Choynski tapped his
| left on the stomach. Hall put in the
| left light on the wind face and body
| Choynsl1i sent a hot left on the wind
and afterwards on the face. Again Joe
| landed lightly on the body.
| In the third round Choynski got left
jabs in the eye and face. Hall was on
the defensive and the contest was very
tame so far.
| Hall opened the fourth round with a
hard left on the eye and followed up
with a cross left on the face. Choynski
handed on the body, but Hall retailat-
ed with left on the jaw and upper-cut
the Californian. Hall jabbed his left
on the moeth. 1t was Halls round and
the men werewarming a little to the
work
In the fifth round Choynsii put a left
on the wind and in trying to get away
stopped to his knees. Hall swung his
| left heavily across the face and scored
| first blood. Left and right swings on
| the face made Choynsks nose and
mouth bleed freely.
| In the sixth round the Californian put
in right and left on the sides of the
head Hall responded with left on
the damaged nose. Choynski rushed
his man to the ropes, where both fell
| Choynski on top. Hall in turn forced
Joe to the ropes, and using his advant-
age of reach tapped him twice on the
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seventh round, but got the left twice on
the face. He led for the body, but
caught in right swing on the jaw He
tried to land on the face, but got jab-
bed twice with the left
In the eighth Hall swung the right
hard on the jaw, repeating a moment
later and forcing Joe around the ring
Choynski kept trying in vain at long
| range, and Hall pasted his left on the
face several times Hall went for the
body in the ninth round, and landed a
left swing. Joe landed two good lefts
on the neck. Hall landed a right swing
on the jaw, and Choynski went down.
He took his time to get up, only to go
down again. The referee counted eight
and Joe rose again. Hall tried hard to
put him out, but was very tired and
failed.
ChoynsN came up fairly fresh in the
tenth round and tried for the body
Hall put his right hard over the heart
and swung his left on the wind Joe
landed twice on the wind. Hall fought
the westerner to the ropes, but Joe rail-
lied
Joe cut loose for the wind in the
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first. In the fighting that followed Hall
landed his left on the jaw twice. Lat
er Joe landed a right on the head that
sent the Australian to his knees.
In the twelfth round Joe kept playing
for the wind and Hall appeared to
weaken. They exchanged lefts on the
face, and Choynski swung a terrible left
on the wind. They fought fiercely all
around the ring, both dead tired.
Choynski swung his right on the jaw
and Hall dropped the bell intervening
during the count out.
Choynski rushed his man in the thir-
tecnth round and pasting the left in the
wind, staggered the Australian. Then
Choynski swinging right and left on
the head floored Hall. Jim got up only
to get the same terrific punishment and
finally a right handler on the jaw floor
ed him again. Hall made no effort to
rise, and the referee counting him out
declared Choynski the winner. The
round lasted one minute and thirteen
seconds
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