The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-18
FIERCE FIGHT TO A DRAW
WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT HONORS
AT STAKE AT CLEVELAND
kIu LaviSne and Jack DAILY So
Evenly Matched That Neither
Could Gain Advantage SufIi-
cient to Garry IL Discriminatory
the Victor in the Star Six-Round
BouGht Fought at Chicago.

CLEVELAND, O., March 1.-THE
twenty-round go between Kid Lavigne
and Jack DAILY for the lightweight
championship of the world, at the Cen
tral armory tonight, resulted in a
draw. The fighting was fast and furi-
Gus from the start, but the contest
ants were so evenly matched that
neither could gain an advantage over
the other sufficient to get a decision
in his favor.
The armory, in which the fight oc-
CURED, was crowded to its utmos,
capacity early in the evening before
the preliminary contest began. Tick
cts could not be had after I o'clock,
though offers of $15 and $40 for seats
were freely made. The spectators in
Guided sporting men from Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Detroit,
Buffalo and other cities, and none of
them were disappointed in the exhibit
ton.
kid" Mccoy was the referee and
his decisions gave excellent satisfac-
ton, Notwithstanding the fact that the
parusans of LaVigne tried to influence
the contest in his favor. The story Of
the fight by rounds follows:
In round one, Lavigne landed a left on
the neck. DAILY stopped Lavigne's right nice
ly, sparring Lav.gne and DAILY landed right
and left. Good scientific work: boil jabbed
frequently. Lavigne reached home three or
After Lavigne had landed heavily on the
face several times in the second, Daily
caught him unawares and sent in straight
left drive, bringing blood and bruislng
Lavigne'S eye. second punch was sent
in, but it less effec i've than the first.
The round was decidedly warm.
The men never rested in the third, and
# was pretty round. Just before the bell
sounded Lavigne landed a straight left
the stomach. 1t a bad one.
In the fourth round Lavigne landed with
of in 10 | avi rushed
DAILY sent In a right swing. The honors
were even, the rallies being warm. Both
jabbed Daily landed left full on the jaw
and sent Lavigne down. Lavigne came up
quickly. The finish was lively. Lavigne
went down again.
Round five opened with lively sparring.
DAILY got a left on the jaw and rally fol-
lowed. mitigating followed. DAILY landed
heavily with left on Lavigne's jaw.
They were up against the ropes in the
Lavigne landed a hot one on the eye DAILY
countered on the jaw. Quick work follow
ed. DAILY landed on the cheek. The round
closed with the men in good shape.
Round seven opened with right and left
counter. Daily landed heavily on the stom-
ach, and received hard one on he jaw.
DAILY landed with his right on the jaw in
the eighth, but Lavigne countered hard.
The Kid landed viciously with the left on
the face. the hardest blow yet. DAILY again
landed with the left on the jaw, and in
return received tap on the stomach
In the ninth Lavigne jabbed hard with
the left but DAILY stopped him nicely. They
went at it hard. Lavigne landed on the
cheek. Lavigne landed hard on shoulder.
Signs of WEAKNESS shown.
Round ten opened with harmless tapping.
Lavigne slipped, going down on all tours.
Lavigne made false move, received blow
in the face and put his head through the
ropes. Round ended with easy mitigating.
In the eleventh Lavigne sent in an eff
fective drive on Days chest. DAILY count
cred on the cheek. Both ducked and La
ntgne landed heavily on the chest. DAILY
displayed good generalship.
Round twelve was a bad miX-up; vicious
sparring at close quarters. Lavigne guard
ed well, and finally landed on the chest
with his right. The round was mostly mix
ups.
Looking for openings was the feature of
the thirteenth. The Kid landed heavily on
ribs. DAILY ducked. Lavigne landed heavily
on chest.
In the fourteenth DAILY was lodging. but
received right swing on the face. Daily
responded in the same fashion, and after
ward landed with left on the jaw twice.
DAILY landed hard on the jaw with a right
swing in the fifteenth. Cautious sparring
at close quarters closed the round.
In round sixteen, after light tapping, La
vigne landed on stomach and Daily countered
on jaw. Aggressive work followed, Lavigne
pushing DAILY hard.
Heavy mitigating marked the seventeenth
Lavigne's left eye opened again. The round
closed with sharp counterng Days round
all the way through.
Lavigne took hard blow on the nose, and
nerce 1aDS were exchanged In the
eighteenth. Lavigne received two vicious
rights on the stomach Lavgne landed hard
on the face twice
Both spared for an opening in the nine
teenth. Lavigne landed left on the body
ln-fghting in the center. Got together and
went at it hammer and tongs. Lavigne
landed fiercely on the ribs twice. Warm
fighting.
Vicious blows In the center of the ring
opened the last round. DAILY landed a left
on the face. Another even exchange of
blows. Lavigne landed left on Days face
DAILY countered, fierce slapping and jabbing.
Lavgne landed with left and twice with
right on body. Referee called a draw.