Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-23
ENDED N No CONTEST.
The Result Of the Fight at the N. A.
6. Last Night.

McGouldrick Fouls Els Opponent
Repeatedly and These Tactics
Caused the Contest to End Sud-
denly in the Sixth Round.
Sneehan the Better Man-Per-
centege Of Gate Receipts Divided
Between the Two Men-An I'm
satisfactory Contest
The contest between Sheehart, OF Nc
Keesport, and Jack McGouldrick, OF
New York, at the Metropolitan Ath-
letic Club, was disappointment to
the members of the sporting fraternity,
who braved the damp and disagree
able weather to go to Fulton with the
expectation of seeing fine contest
between the two men.
After five rounds of Indifferent
fighting the contest was ended abrupt
" in the sixth round in the midst OF
considerable excitement. That the
fight ended as it did and that the pa
irons of the affair were disappointed,
is due to the unsportsmanlike tactics
of McGouldrick, who repeatedly fOuied
his opponent. McGouldrick violated
the instructions and ordinary fighting
rules by striking Sheehan frequently
after the two had clinched and had
broken away.
The first offense occurred in the last
of the first round, and was repeated
five times afterward. In the sixth
round he struck Sheehan twice in this
manner and brought matters to
climax. The spectators had noticed
each foul and did not hesitate to loud
" call attention to the fact each time.
When McGouldrick got in the last two
blows this way, the demonstration
could not be controlled. Sheehan lost
his temper and wanted to fight the
referee The crowd swarmed into the
ring and the men were taken to their
respective corners by their friends.
Sheehan reflfsed to continue the fight,
and after some hesitation Referee
Patsy Gavin declared it no contest
The crowd was plainly with Sheehan
and gave him quite an ovation as he
came out of the ring. He seemed to be
the favorite from the beginning and
calls of foul" were heard whenever
McGouldrick struck his opponent in
breaking away According to the in
structions which were made plain to
both men before the bout was started,
the fight should have been given to
Sheehan after the second or third foul.
Sheehan had the best of the fight as 1t
was and it was the general opinion that
he would have defeated the New Yorker
if the fight had been continued He was
the aggressor throughout and kept Nc
Goulderick on his guard.
The principal event opened a quarter
after ten o'clock after two prelimina-
ries. John Simcoe and Frank Davey
gave an excellent exhibition wrestling
match. The first fall was won by Sim
coe and the second by Davey. This
was followed by boxing contest be-
tween two .colored pugihstic aspirants,
Nexton Logan, of Lexington, Va, and
Allie Donaldson, of Wheeling. This
furnished considerable amusement and
was ended by Logan dropping on his
knees and refusing to get up when time
was called.
Referee Patsy Gavin announced the
principals of the leading contest after
some delay. Sheehan secured the
northeast corner. In his corner were
Jack Kinloe and Pat Morrisey, of Me
Xeesport. In McGouldrick's corner
were Billy Sherry and kid" Vance,
The first round opened with Sheehan
the aggressor and McGouldrick eau
tious. A number of counter blows
were struck and in clinch McGould-
rick struck Sheehan over the left eye
with his elbow, cutting a cash and
causing the blood to flow from the
wound profusely. The round ended in
a clinch, In breaking away McGould-
rick struck Sheehan light blow on
the left ear and there were cries of
foul"
There was some mixing in the sec
ond round. In this round McGouldricl
repeated his tactics and struck his Op-
ponent twice in breaking away. Shee-
han got the first hard blow on Nc
Gouldrick's right jaw. In the third
round Sheehan continued to force the
fighting. few eXhanges but no eff
fective blows were struck. In the
fourth round McGouldrick landed on
Sheehan's side and head. Sheehan an
swered with a strong blow on the left
Jaw. The round ended with honors
about even. In the fifth Sneehan got
a good right hand blow on the New
Workers. jaw again and McGouldrick
came back with one on the side of the
neck. Sheehan got a couple of more
good blows that seemed to anger Mac.
who again lost his head and for the
fourth time fouled Sheehan in a
elinch.
The sixth round opened with both
men aggressive but Sheehan leading.
A few ineffective blows were ex-
changed, when McGouldrch again
fouled twice and brought the fight to
o sudden termination. After Shee-
hans seconds had refused to allow
him to proceed Sheehan got up and
walked over and shook hands with
McGouldrich. There was some criti-
cism of the action of the referee in not
giving the decision to Sheehan after
the second or third foul blow had
been struck. Referee Gavin admitted
that there had been fouling, but said
that the blows were not sufficient to
do any harm or to bring the contest
to finish. He stated that ten per
cent. of the gate receipts would be
divided between the men.
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