Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-30

gpcks Eye Closed from Jabs in
,be Face, butHe Fought Gamely,
and Farragher Failed to Respond
IN the Fourteenth Round.
rast nights boxing tournament at
... NerrCpoltan Club attracted the
-.-,ssr audience which ever assembled
- -re club house. In the principal
Contest Of the evening. Buck Stolzer.
~ columbus. beSted Mike Farragher,
~. Youngstown. in thirteen rounds.
70 vas "a lively battle from the 1irst
..r-l Stolzer did most OF the leading,
--f ..aved for the wind and heart,
y-. FaTagher tried 10 place the
,,rs1lt blow on the jaw. Honors
r-. even az the close Of the tenth
,rrH with both men showing con-
Siderable punishment In the eleventh,
.g-.,s got his shoulder on Farragher's
u.-f and afterwards landed several
r.-.a blows, which weakened the
,--.s-1wn lad. In the twelfth
-.-rs S-0lzer was tlOOred twice, but
-.~ to his feet promptly. Farragher
-..-ad -ha strength necessary 10 put
Fin. 0u- Tn the thirteenth round. both
.sr .rputd 40 each other in blind
..-ri,0 and chance blow might have
.st-lsd the contest either way. The
race WAS too fast for Farragher. and
e. called 10 respond TO the call of time
,- -ra next round. StOlzer had his
7ss. owe closed early iu the contest. but
,,,er9ra3 -o brave IL out, and secure
.-orv which he fairly earned.
Most If the spectators went out on
-t..r .ra O'Clock motor. and the club
ro-sa filed mp rapidly. The recnt
changes have added q great deal to its
snurq~ance. as well rs its seating ca
-er.-v The audience was made up of
-s,-5s. rratives of every walk of llfe
.~F included several hundred visitors.
who came from every town within a
-strs If fifty miles of Wheeling.
~t--. were few vacant seats when the
--g sounded for the first preliminary.
r. was intensely warm. and nine out
~ every ten persons In the. audience
fvrstoI themselves Of coats. hats, and
other wearing apparel Ten minutes
before the first preliminary was called,
officials of the club entered carrying
a-m'oqds Of palm leaf fans which they
distributed grauuJously.
The FIRST bout was five two minute
rounds between Kid" Sherry and
John Wank0. welJer-weights. Pat
Irr~nhv ofic'ared as referee. Sherry
started in with a rush in the first
round and they mixed things up In a
lively way without doing any punish
mont. Sherry was still on the aggreS-
s,va I'm the second. and landed some
good face blows The Kid had a de
c.d-d advantage in the third round,
and in the fourth hOnOrs were even.
Wank0 showed up better in the last
round but there was much Kissing
when the gong sounded. and the referee
declared the b0Uy draw. The crowd
Thought the Cme-keeper' minutes
Were short
The second preliminary was six two
minute rounds between George Tucker
and Nit R7nkin both pupils Of Prof.
Gordon. of Washington. Pa. They were
iannms The boys merely gave a
scientific boxing exhibition, all OF their
blows lacking steam.
To was nearly eleven o'clock when the
principals in the event Of the evening
stepped into the ring. and took their
respective corners Jack Bowen. of
New Orleans. who was recently defeated
by St0lzer. crawled through the ropes.
and challenged the winner Of the con-
ties, for q battle 40 1873 pounds. give or
take two pounds. In StOlzer's corner
were Jimmy O'Leary. OF Cincinnati;
kid sherry. of Columbus. and Billy
sherry. ard In Farragher's corner.
Yank K-uuev. of Wheeling: Jack
O'Conn0r and Patsy OLeary. ex-cham-
pOn feather-weight Of America. The
referee was p. J. Gavin Both men
weighed in az proper weight at six
o'clock. At 1l.05 o'clock time was
called for the
First rOUnd-The men SPARED cau-
taus'y. aud Ruck swung with his left
and missed. BuCk landed on the body,
and ducked a terrific right swing.
S.1zr lading but falling short. Buck
placed right on the back and head rs
tt- gong sounded.
Second round Farragher placed left
on wind Buck landed on breast, and
i1eto5 q swinging right. Farragher
stopped q luck with his right in the
Face
Third -asnd- Farragher iabbed Stol-
ze~ i1 -he face. raising a lump over his
'..r .vs Farragher swinging vicious
$50 and Sulzer ducking cleverly. An
exchange of face blows Buck placed
le'- cn face and right on body. Far
rseha- ialbed his left on the face sew
sr7' tme and got good body blows in
Return Buck landed swinging left
on mo ilw Farragher doing effective
work wrh his short arm jabS. and
Buck b'eji1g from the nose. Farra-
CHER hal decidedly the better Of this
Found
Fifth round Buck comes up smiling.
and receives right and left jabs in the
face. arrgher landed a swinging
left. Which took Buck off his feet.
Buck ushed Farragher 10 the ropes.
hut dI not land. StOlzer placed left
on The BODY and neck several times,
hut d. no damage. Stolzer's face still
h'eedpg and he is unable to reach
F7rEhers face.
sikh round-Both playing for an
rcnhg Buck placed light tap on
body Buck placed straight left in
brent Farragher landed swinging left
ON rck, blow that hurt. as the bell
ra04
Stenth round-Farragher anded
r.sr on neck. and get two in the
sa-R place In return. StOlzer ducked
@ icious right. a lively mix-up and
.7r1 weak St01zor landed "a foyv
h.Es just hefor the gong sounded, but