The San Francisco call., 1897-08-12
Two RATTLIuG
GOOD MILLS
Lon Agnew Was Whipped
bv Dick Case in Ten
Hot Rounds.
Billy Armstrong Was Knocked
Out by Jimmy
Whalen.
Tom Ball Was a False Alarm, but
Afforded Much Amuse-
ment.

Two fights we'll worth good admission
fee were witnessed last evening at Wood
wards Pavilion by rather slim attend
ance.
The so-called event of the evening,
which was a tHen.y-round contest be-
tween Tom Ball of England and Henry
Baker, was farce of the worst kind.
Ball appeared as if he never had a glove
on before in his life. But he amused the
specta tors by his grotesque style and the
manner in which he repeatedly sprawled
over the ropes and in fact all over the
ring. He was so awkward that fat Baker,
try as best he could, failed TO land knock
out blow, and in the seventh round Rel
cree Gregsains stopped the burlesque and
awarded the socalled contest to Baker,
who has never yet trained a day for
fight.
Butthe contests between Jimmy Whalen
and Billy Armstrong and Lon Agnew and
dick Case were Of the first-class order,
and more than pleased the spectators.
Whalen surprised Armstrong, whose
friends bed almost two to one in the pools
that Billy would be declared the winner.
Whalen scored strong lead IN the first
and second rounds, and smashed Arm
strong some terrible right and LETT punches
in the body and mouth. Billy went to
his corner distressed, but came up at the
call of time.
In the third round Whalen had bellows
TO mend, and Billy mixed things UP with
him. There was very hot tigntlng a close
range. Ii was give and take III the
clinches, both men holding on and hit
ting with one arm free. Body blows, Lose
blows and, IN fact, all manner OF blows
were struck, and the fighters retired at the
sound of the gong pumped out.
The fourth was a corker. Armstrong
mixed things again with Whalen and it
was slog from start to finish. Whalen
finally knocked Armstrong down, but
Billy got up, only to be downed again and
counted out.
The ten-round battle between Lon Ag-
new OF Chicago and Dick Case of Denver
ended in a great surprise to the talent,
who had bet to l on Agnew, and at these
odds the Case money was hard to get.
Jim Carr, who looked after the interests
OF Case, won handsome sum on the re-
suit, as he played Case strong to win.
Case is comparatively stranger here, but
after the fight he put up last evening he
will be watched closely by the sports.
Agnew has whipped several good men,
but he ran up against tarter on this oc-
casion.
Case is as tricky as fox and avoided
Agnew's right swings at the jaw and left
hand upper cuts in a surprising manner.
His ducking, although low, saved him
II ON several hard smashes and upper cuts,
but as fighter he can use left and right
with great effect.
Agnew has really only two good blows,
viz, left hook and the upper cut. and
right swing at the jaw, which has put to
cOnl6
either on Case with effect.
The story OF the battle can be easily
told. Agnew, as usual, fou, ht a game
battle, but he met good stiff right and
left handed puncher who smashed him on
the face and body until the blood flowed
in stream from Agnew's nose and mouth.
Notwithstanding The smaShes that Agnew
received on the mouth, many of which
sent his head back on his shoulders. he in
variably kept after his game and forced
Case to put up stiff argument in every
round.
Occasionally Agnew landed right or
left on the side of Cases jaw. but he ap-
peared unable to land one effective blow
In the ten hard rounds that were fought.
Tie last round was as fast and as furious
as the first, and although Agnew was
bleeding and exhausted, his opponent was
very weak when the gong sounded the
finish of the exciting battle.
Referee Alex Greggains gave the fight
to Case, which decision did not please the
BOYS who lost money on the favorite, but
Greggains could not possibly give any
other decision and steer clear of an awful
Kissing. AgLew fought very game bat
tie, but he met his master, and that is
all that can be said IN his favor.
The contest was well worth going long
distance to see-