The Portland daily press., 1896-10-13
sCALDY BILL AND JOE.
Two Colored Gladiators Entertain So.
lect Audience at Maspeth,

Soaldy Finally succumbs Though He Tool
His Punishment-Dick o'Brien Put,
Man Out with Little Dificulty.
Maspeth, L. l., October 12.-Two rood
bouts were provided by the Management
of the Empire A. q. tonight aid the pa
irons of the manly art turned OFT in large
numbers. The opening bout vas a ten
round argument between Dick O'Brier
of Boston and Dick Moore DIST. Paul.
The main attraction was a 2O.roupd
contest between Joe Walcott, colored
wetler weight champion, and Wn. Quinn,
known as "Scaldy Bill' of thePennsyI-
vania coal region, another co5red pro.
dizzy.
In the first bout O'Brion eemed to
have his man at his mercy inthe first
round. Moore came to in th second
and punched his man hard onthe jaw.
O'Brien's nose and mouth werebleedinp
badly and he was all but done then the
bell rang. O'Brien came b pretty
fresh In. the third and they. mixd things
up In great style. Moo-e shove his left
on his jaw and damaged hi nose a
couple of times. O'Brion paid o atten-
tion to the body. Moore was ti>d when
the bell rang. O'Brien had tn best of
the fourth. He jabbed his MN hard
with the left on the face andsent in
some hard body blows.
Both men INDUCED in hard fNting in
the fifth. until O'Brien sent / a right
| cross on the jaw. which sent doore to
| the grass and the referee ooufed him
out. Time, minutes and 81 seconds.
In the main bout the men wei sched-
| uled to 60 20 rounds at 14S bounds.
Both were In good condition. Scaldy
| was nearly head taller than h1antago-
mist. Walcott punched his mh hard
and forced the fighting from To start.
1t was terrific ego quick" JoGushed
at his man and landed hard lefswings
on the body, bringing the rigA round
| on the head. Scaldy never wired and
sent in a couple of wild swings Joe's
body. Scaldy opened the attacNn the
second, but series Of terrific riat and
left punches on the jaw sobera him
and he was very nearly gone WIN the
bell rang.
1t was grand fight, Walcott W, after
l
twice sent him staggering agailit the
ropes. soaldy swung hard on to Jaw
with the left. Joe was inclined rush
and was cautioned. Bill landed to ter
rit1o swings that staggered WaloG and
| the crowd howled. Bill openes the
fourth with left on the jaw. Je up
per cut his man three times in Specs
sion. A lot Of desultory sparrin fol-
lowed, OF which Joe had the best.
Both started smuggling at once the
fifth. Waloott sent in some ~ful
punches on the neck and body, Ebut
Scaldy took his punishment witout
flinching, while both carried on anIpi-
mated dialogue. The sixth was a ina
tition of the fifth. In the seventh ttri-
| tic punishment seemed to he havin}its
effect on Bill and his swings were LONG
| steam although he twice landed ripnrs
that nearly sent Walcott off his TT.
The minutes rect seemed to do Bill a
lot OF good. He came up in the eiglh
swinging his arms like meat axe. IA
terrific blow sent Bill sprawling on Se
floor, just before the bell rang and WI
cott came up smiling In the mint,
| up things. exchanging terrific swing.
Scaldy was rapidly getting groggy. Wa,
cott WAS holding back for knookou
blow when the bell rang. In the tent
Walcott gave his man no rest and pun
ished him all over the ring and had hir
almost at q standstill. Scaldy wa
game to the core. The bell only JUS
saved Scaldy In the 18th, though hs raj
lied and at the beginning nearly sen
Joe off his feet with hard swing on th
jaw.
Three times in the 18th Waloott sen
his man down. Bill was staagerin
around daZed Init mana1ed fa ctou ~,
the time. Scaldy was groggy, but gam
in the 14th. He fought back as well q
he was able and took his punishment
in an extraordinary way. Waloot
knocked him down again in the 18th
but could not put him out. Scaldy wa
completely dazed in the 18th, and afte
Waloott had sent him down three time
the referee stopped the brutal exhibitio
and gave the decision after 2 minute
and 88 seconds of the round.