The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-13

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MAsPEli, L. T.. Oct. 1?SFThc Empire
Athletic Club held It's second boxing
tournament OF the season Tonight. The
first event was d ten rounl:go a / catch
weights between Dick o'tagIsn, ot Bos.
ton. and Dick More, lord; 81. Paul.
u'Bden won In the titth:fdund. The
second ana principal bout OF the night
was a twenty round contest at 1is
pounds between the coloreii boxers, Joe
Walcot, OF Boston. and '..scaidy Blllr
Qulnrs OF Pennsylvania " There was
about 5000 people in the cub house.
The big event was az follows:
Round l-ouirn.led or with a left on
face. walcott received left on body.
walcutt swung right on Head and Bill
pa, up a hard left on bUdy, waleott
smaehed his left on scaIdy,s eye. Both
swung lefts on body and'scaldy sent a
hard right on the wind and Wnlc0tt did
the snmt. fiA
Round 2-walcott landed, left on face
Nndth-y exchanged lefts on body. Both
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head. Walcott swung right on back OF
head and Jabbed him I'M the face. He
landed "A good left on body and swung
right twice hard On head.' He put
Quinn to his knees with hard right
ewing on the head and the gong saved
Scaldy 5s
Round S--Walcott led or with two LEFT
jabs on face. He tried hard to reach
Qulan'S body. but over-reaohed himself
and fell against the ropes.Es Both fight
els did nothing effective,
Round 4--Walcott landed a hard left
nn face. Walcott ripped left md right
On Qulnn's face and got In good hook
in Qunn's neck With the left and jab-
bed til. same glove twice In the same
place. Quinn tried to avoid the PUSHES
OF Walcott and he was very tired when.
the round ended. asiG
Round 5-Walcott opened with left on
face. Quinn sent left on body and
swung left on eyes. Walcott sent back
twn hard lcfts on body. Then Walcott
sent right and left on flead..Es
Round 6--Qu!nn tried Alright swing,
hut fell short. Then theytlnixed up In
hot exchanges with both hands on body
and face. Tie pace was very fast and
Scaldy grcwl rather weak Walcott
outpoired the Pennsylvania and to-
ward the end of the round Quinn was In
very weak condition. sG,RE
Rund 1-Scaldy came up % the mark
In fairly good SHAPE and landed left
5ah on the wind. Both landed let's on
body and right on head. They swung
and jabbed with both hands and finish
cd the round In Wild work.
Round S-Scaldy led ,with.a left smash
on body. Walcott sent his fight on face
and wind. Bill tried thts. times to
swing with right hand. but fell short.
Walcott knoched Scaldy down with
right hand swing on head,
Round 9--They openedTSith left ex-
changes on body and face. Scaldy
swung right on head. Joe ripped his
left hard on the stomach twice and sent
MS right across the face. Bill tried to
dodge Joe's leads, but he showed his face
twice into Walcott's left upper cuts and
when the bell rung he was very weak.
Round f0--Taicott landedleft on head
and neck and then he rained let's and
rights on face and body. Bill was game
and'sot back two good lefts on the head.
The pace was too hot for him and Joe
put him on his back with a. left jolt on
the Jaw. Scaldy surprised everybody
By jumping TO his feet in second and
he cleverly fought out the round
Round 1l-Walcott had avery decided
advantage in this round as he punched
Scaldy continuously with both hands
on face and body. QUINN was wonder
fully game, however. ardJswung his
right twice on the head with good effect,
Round 1e--Walcott jabbed his left re-
peatedly on the face and Scaldy sent
back his left on face and body. Wall
colt tried hard to put his nian out, but
he;failed to land on the right spot
Round 13-Walcott landed heavily on
the head and jaw with right and left
He knocked Scaldy down. three times
with right and left hand swings, but the
tenacity OF the Pennsylvanian was more
than Walcott could down and Bill fought
back gamely until the gong ended the
round
Found 14--scaldy came up fresh in
this round and he sent In Il right on head
and left on body His gameness won
the sympathy OF the crowd and when he
landed lard left on the head and a
right smash on the face, F,walcott stag
eered into his corner at the iGall Of time.
Round 15-Walcott begaD: with three
let:s:on body and Scaldy Glit back with
n hard left on face Walcott landed
light, swing on back OF head aa1 two hot
let's on jaw, Walcott administering a
lot OF punishment to his opponent but
Scaldy was game and earned The plaud-
us OIL the spectators who cheered him for
his pluck - I.oyf ..
Round i6--Walcott rushed with left on
body and followed with right and left on
body and face. He knockel i1'lli down.
wh5 care up Immediately ard was
ready for more when the gong sounded.
Round 17.-Waicott rushed again,
land left on body and right on, face: Bill
was sent down three times with right
swings, but he managed TO come up
Eamely and In the most plucky manner
fought back. His pluck held, him up but
his strength coon gave outtpnd after
standing more punishment than the
ordiuarys4man can bear.-Qulnn was
knocked out by a left hand swing on the
Jaw. The time for this round was two
minutes and tlfty-eIght seconds. The
referee declared Walcott the winner
Two minutes later Quinn walked out of
the ring and was congratulated BY his
admirers for his wonderful work.
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