The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-30
gHE FIGHT WAS A DRAW
THE MILL BETWEEN wo,
AND TRACY IN CHICAGO
OFF LAST NIGHT.
SIX ROUNDS OF LIVELY FIGHTING
The Referee Decided A..
Draw and His Decision Seemed
10 Give General Satisfaction
to All Present.

>, lineage Dec. 27.-Joe wolcott and
LON Tracy met here tonight for s;u
rounds. The referees decision 30 Ola
was accepted as fair by the crowd Ra
lore the night it was announced that e
Moicott won the fight ne was onon ~
ior tne mlddleweight chamnionSb;r
Oh the world. And" said SyIvan pnsap
VINO made the announcement Do iIha Ist',
posted $1,000 with Louis Honsene, mas
SEniGcago as forfeit and he prefers K ID
ud ms was greeted by jeers from tba
row ana loud cries of "Layipne
O'Rouke then authorized the stots-
Inent mat Molcott was matched 70
San 'T Fra at Loo pounds, February % in
Wolcott was the first in the RING and
was quickly followed by Tracy anu TN
1he iatter's corner were Billy O'Conneil
Joe Choynsky and Billy Stiff.
Dehlnd WOlc0tt were Bob Armstrong
Billy White and Tom O'Rourke
george Siler acted as referee. VOL
sott weighed very close to $50, Tracy
between 14S and AS. ~
found One-Wolcott led with his left.
followed it up and caught Tracy with
ms left lightly OH the body. Tracy
landed left on the face, then left on the
Dody and the men clinched, both hitting
hard with the free arm. Wolcott land,
ed on the kidneys with his right. Tracy
got two rights to the breast as the gong
sounded
Round Two-Wolcott landed n right on
the face and light left on the body.
Woicott then rushed and a clinch fol-
lowed, both men fighting hard with the
free arm. Tracy landed Il hard left in
the face, sending Wolcott's head back
with straight left. Tracy landed Il
left on the breast. thea led with his
right. WOlcott ducked and landed both
hands on the body as the gong sounded
Round Three-Tracy landed a right on
the body and Wolcott came back at him
with another of the same sort. Tracy
then sent his right to the body and VOL
colt put his left on the face Tracy
rushed and then clnched. Wolcott
Tracy closed in on him. Tracy sent a
hard left to the jaw and the men
clinched. Both were fighting hard with
the free arm when the gong sounded and
neither would let 90. Referee Siler had
a hard time to part them.
Round Four-Tracy landed his right
on the body and then put his right on
the jaw. Tracy sent his right to the
body and got left on the jaw. WolcOtt
countering very neatly. Tracy sent his
right to the body again and put his left
nard in the face and a clinch followed,
but both men punched vciOusly with the
free arm. Wolcott put his right on the
body and the men clinched, Tracy get
ting to the face in the breakaway.
Round Five-Tracy landed a hard left
ha 10 tho Y,,at in tho Pnntnr
of the ring. He then rushed, swinging
at Wolcott with the left. He slipped and
went to the floor, Wolcott catching him
with a left hook on the head as he went
down. Tracy was up in a few seconds
before the referee had any time to count
Wolcott landed a right on the body fol
lowing it ND with the left and a clinch
followed Tracy sent his right to the
body and second later repeated the dose
in a vigorous fashion. Wolcott rushed IN
a left and right on the body and both
men slugged in lively fashion, Tracy
putting in right and left on the body.
Wolcott landed his right hard on , the
body as the gong sounded. AT the close
of this round Tracy was bleeding slightly
on the left cheek. :.
Round SiX-Thes men went right at It
as the gong SOU 4ed. and both landed
rights on the bod and a clinch followed.
Tracy put his LETT on the face. Both led
for the body with the left. Both were
blocked and n clinch followed. Tracy,
who was somewhat inclined to keep away
in this round, got his right to the body
and Wolcott got in a stiff left to the
breast rushing Tracy to the ropes. VOL
colt then landed right on the body:
Tracy got light left on the face. and
then sent his right hard on the body;
Wolcott then put left on the mouth and
Tracy got right hook on the jaw,
neither doing much damage. The men
were sparring in the center of the ring
when the gong sounded. Both fought
hard throughout and the number OF blows
landed was about even. Tracy reached
Wolcott nearly every time he went for
him and was the more clever in keeping
out of the way, but Wolcott landed
heavily when he had Tracy where he
could get at him.