The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-05
WERE TOO STRONG FOR THEIR
OPPONENTS, AND WON OUT
EASILY.
AND WILSON JoLTED.
Eeither Had Strength or Inclination
to Face the Gong When the
Ten Seconds Expired.

From the basement could be heard
exclamations like these:
Now go after him, Jack"
That's the boy, Jack"
''Now you've got him goin'."
''Why didn't you follow that one up
and put him on de bum?'"
People who were at Carson City last
March might have surmised that a
prize fight was in progress. The eX-
carnations heard at that famous ring
side were more or less similar. Mayor
Doran, however, was not at the Carson
City fight, and perhaps might have
passed the Drake block during the
height of the festivities last night with
out knowing what was going on.
The bluecoats stationed in the vi
cinity, likewise, were not so fortunate
as to see the Carson City event, SO
perhaps they did not know why it was
that a few minutes before o'clock
the streets in that vicinity usually TN
frequented at that hour of night save
for the grip-bearing tourist or the WO-
man with bird cage returning from
a summer outing, was thronged WITH
200 or 800 miscellaneous, but uniformly
impatient, devotees of the manly art
The party was an affaire dinvitation.
The billets, Bristol tickets, announced
debates" between Billy Bazel and
Charley Burns and Jack McDonough
and Tom Wilson. The admission was
81, although it is a good many years
since any lyceum star could come int :,
st. Paul and fill the front row at two
per- as one of the audience last night
epitomiZed the remarks on the card.
The invitation was done in two col
ors. The reading" as the children
say, was in black, while the picture, a
color block showing the modern gladi
atorial arena with one of the disput-
ants hors du combat, was in red. 1t
was not blood red, such as might
De en- regle for a finish fight, but a
lighter shade Of the primary hue
which TO the initiated would indicate
that the gloves might be anywher :
from two ounces to pillows, and the
matches" from three to twenty rounds
in duration.
When the crowd had been seated
with the lions share of the city detec-
tive force present to supervise the tim
ing and watch the referee, Referee
Morris Self stepped into the arena and
announced that the opening event
would be a preliminary bout between
a pair of bantams. The birds proved
to be youngsters, who pummeled each
other few minutes, interrupted oc-
casionally by a very brassy gong and
some sponge swingers, after which Joe
Needham was brought out to face
Patsy McDonough, of more or less To-
10 cfo
The crowd roared when McDonough
was presented with a little bunch of
howerss for it showed that fond hearts
perhaps were hanging their future
happiness on the outcome of the an
ticipated battle.
For about two minutes McDonough
proudly stood in the middle of the ring
ard watched Needham prance around
looking for some place that wasn't
guarded. Then McDonough waded in
and when the gong struck, it was ap-
parent that Needham had seen better
days and no songs were being dedi-
Gated to him, either. About one min
ute of the second round had elapsed
when McDonough caught >.Needham
full in the front and sent him to the
boards in a sitting posture. 1t was a
clear down." but McDonough made
assurance doubly sure, although that
wasn't what the most of the crowd
called it, by giving Needham another
well aimed drive in the proboscis
which sent him against the boards so
hard he could not get UP in the ten
seconds allowed.
McDonough dressed and collected his
roses which an adTniring comrade had
held for him during "the fight" and
when Needham was sufficiently re-
covered to be ''toted' off, the referee
announced that the next event would
be a fVe-round contest between BaZeI
and Burns. Bazel was rather the
''shiftier guy" in the consensus of
popular opinion at the ringsfde, and
apparently had a few more pounds
than his adversary, but Burns was
agile and persistent, and got first blood
in the second round when a sharp tap
on the nose drew a little claret from
BazePs olfactory. If the two were on
their feet at the end of the fifth it was
to be a draw, and Burns was unable
to rush the more stolid Bazel into a
finish, although the latter mixed up
the leading a little toward the last and
tried to put Burns out. The crowd
yelled for another round, and the Sec
ondS, after consulting their principals,
authorized the referee to spiel that an
other round would be fought for S..
Subsidiary silver enough to change the
V was soon forthcoming, but not until
the combatantS had beaten the time
allowed by a number of periods, and
they came into the sixth round as
fresh as a country ticket agent when
passenger train is due. For three min
utes they got into the ring in good
shape, barring a little cautious spar
ring at the opening, but the crowd
wanted another round when that was
done, but neither was anxious for
resumption.
An intermission of fifteen minutes
was then allowed for the saloons in
the vicinity to 'get their piece" and
then the referee cleared the deck for
''de event of de evenin,' ten-round
go between Tom Wilson and Jack Nc
Donough Neither of the contestants
had any Carson City bath robe with him
Wilson entered the ring first with his
street coat thrown about his bare tor
So. 1t was a little chilly for evening
dress, at first, but it warmed up when
McDonough came in, for it was evil
dent at once that he was hot stuff. !"
and football hair. When he asked the
audience to quit smoking, they quit.
Imperious Caesar, in all his glory, had
he been pitted against this new hero,
would have seemed as spawned dray
horse beside Star Pointer.
when the gloves were thrown out,
and McDonough peeled" his sweater
and trousers, and proudly declared
that he did not want any chair in
which to await the gage of battle, the
crowd began to feel that a good thing
was coming The two shook hands.
Wilson led for McDonough and missed
him. Not once but several times. Once
he got close enough to the boy with
the football hair to color the eutleie
over his clavicle, but that was his