Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-18

ING GAMES LAST NlGHI-Olt1c1
SPORTING MATTERS.
Eddie Gardner clearly demonstrated
his superiority as a boxer over Fred
Fairman of PAtsburg, in their twenty
round bout in the arena OF the Metro
politan club last night. Fairman is
not so compactly built as Gardner, bu,
had the advantage of his opponent in
height and reach He has very dan
gerous right, but is so slow in the use
of it that it did not figure in the con-
test last night, except as very pretty
thing to look at, and keep the audi
ence guessing as to what it would do If
it connected with any portion of. Ed
dies anatomy. Fairman appeared
awkward at times, but he proved his
gameness in the last three rounds by
his Willingness to continue in the face
of inevitable defeat.
Eddie has evidently been studying
the tactics of brother Oscar. His atti-
tude in the ring is not unlike that OF
Oscar and he played for the stomach
most of the time. He patted Fairman's
bread basket very frequently, but
could not find the right spot. His jabs
in the wind undoubtedly weakened his
opponent, however. and enabled him
to send Fairman to- the floor with
blows on the jaw which would hardly
have staggered him in the early
rounds.
Referee Pearce very properly gave
the decision to Gardner in the twen-
tieth, without counting off the seconds
while Fairman was on the floor. The
end was inevitable. Fairman could
not have lasted much longer, and al
though he had the stamina and pluck
to continue, such a course would have
been brutal, not to mention the posi-
tive danger to man in Fairman's con-
dition.
The curtain raiser was ten round
bout between Buzz" Auber, a local
wielder of the padded mitts, and Geo.
Church, the Buffalo colored youngster
who failed to get match with Joe
Bruner through no fault of the latter.
The boys mixed up at lively gait, and
fairly divided honors. Referee Pearce
very properly declared it draw.
: Jack Collier, who recently drew
with Harry Fisher before the B. A. c.,
boxed six lively rounds with Kid
Vance, well known in Fistiana. 1t
was give and take during the entire
contest, and neither man was pun
ished. This was also declared draw.
Preparations were then made for the
principal event, and shortly after ten
o'clock Gardner and Fairman stepped
through the ropes. Eddie was at
tended by julius Mack, Little Pete
and George Nau. Behind his oppo-
ent were kid" Wanko, Jack Kinlow
and Mr. Woeber. The men weighed
125 pounds. Fairman is taller than
Gardner, but not so compactly built.
The-~men fiddled for half minute
after the gong sounded, and there were
two leads, both cleyerly blocked. Ed
die ducked away from lead for the
head, and put right and left on body.
They slugged at close range. Both
men were apparently taking each 9TH
er's measure, and the round was tame.
The second was also tame until near
it's close, when there was a lively mix
up with honors even. Fairman tried
several times in the opening of the
third to land, and finally succeeded in
getting in a mix-up in which love taps
were exchanged. Gardner was concen
trating his attention upon the body,
while most of Fairman's leads were for
the jaw.
In the fourth Gardner got through
Fairman's guards and put jab in
the stomach. He repeated this, and
also put several jabs on the neck.
Gardner placed right and left on the
neck, and left hook in the wind, and
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sounded. Gardeners round.
In the fifth Fairman rushed Eddie
into a corner without inficting any
punishment, and moment later took
a stiff punch in the ribs. They eX-
changed left hooks on the jaw. Fair
man missed two swings. Eddie found
the body and the jaw.
The sixth was rather slow. Gardner
landed stiff right and left hooks on
the jaw in the seventh, and showed
some very clever defensive work. In
the eighth Eddie escaped from tight
place with his back turned, and little
later put hard right and left on the
jaw, fighting his opponent against the
ropes. 1t was lively at the finish. In
the ninth Gardner landed frequently,
but not effectively.
Gardner opened up the tenth with
two left hooks in the ribs. Then there
was an exchange of hard punches on
the jaw. Both showed an inclination
to mix matters. Fairman put right
sWina on the hOdV inst before the