The San Francisco call., 1897-06-18

Club refereed all contests and his deci-
sions were excellent excepting the con-
test between Lawlor and Anthony, which
should have been in favor of Lawlor, who
outpointed Anthony in all stages of the
game excepting one, and that was in ag-
gressiveness.
Anthony forced the battle, but LawIor
met him in every round and planted his
left frequently on Anthonv's nose and
mouth, alternating by warming An
thongs sides with swift right-h hand
punches. The little Australian seemed
bewildered, and failed time and again to
land his killing" right on the elongated
neck OF Lawlor, whose clever ducking was
favorab bly, commented on.
The betting on the contest was 2 to l,
with Lawlor on the short end, and as
several mem bers of the Olympic Club had
tickets purchased On Anthony, the referee
evidently considered that a draw would
relieve him of much censure, but to a man
up tree it was plainly evident that Law
lor should have had the decision, as he
scored at least three points TO the one in
favor OF his opponent. Anthony is un-
questionably a game little fellow, but he
was outclassed last evening by his clever
opponent.
Elmer showed up to good advantage.
Ryan, his opponent, looked well and
ludut Il ROpu impression upon the audi
ence in the first and second rounds, but
in the third the fighters had a mix up
and some hard give-and-lake punching
resulted. Ryan sent Elmer's head back
on his shoulders with a swinging right,
which landed on the actors nose. The
receiver staggered back against the ropes.
and Walter Watson, who is EImer's
teacher, shouted to his pupil to let go a
left hook.
The actor must have heard the COM
mand, bece use he followed instructions,
and Ryan caught q beauty on the jaw. As
he staggered backward Elmer followed up
his advantage and let go a second left
hook, which landed on Ryan'S sore ear.
Then came a mix-up and Elmer swung
his right, which caught Ryan on the chin
point, and Ih battle was over. Ryan tel
fiat on the boards. face downward and
was counted ous. Elmer was so over
whelmed with Joy that he ran to his cor
ner and INDUCED IN a kissing and hug
ging match with George Green, who was
his principal second.
The event of the evening so called was a
tweniv-round contest between Greggains
and O'Donnell. The betting was even up
10 the time the men entered the ring.
O'Donnell, as stated in THE CALL, had The
advantage of the fireman in weight reach
and height, and being a cool and clever
exponent Of the game his friends play ed
hrm strongly TO win. In the first, second
and third rounds of the contest GreggaIns
scored a strong lead in points. He hit
Steve time and again with straight left
handlers IL the nose and warmed the in
vader's sides with right-hand punches
much to the surprise of the spectators,
who were wondering what O'DonaeIl
meant by permitting his face to be mark
Tor the tireman's lett glove.
In the fourth round Greggains landed r.
very hard swinging left in O'DonnelPs s
stomach and right on the jaw, which
Knocked considerable steam out OF the
man target. AS the round was ORA wing
to close Greggains swung his left at
ODonnelPs neck and missed. He stated
atierward that the attempt to reach a
vulnerable point cost him the match, as
he threw his shoulder out of JOINT and