The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-12
JACK DAILY AND
LAVLGuB Fight.
The Wilmington Boy Gets
a Shade the Better of
the Argument.

JACK DAILY, like the manager Of the Phil
adelphia Arena, has got up against some
pretty hard game in his time, but the
toughest nut he ever had to crack was Kid
Lavigne, the champion lightweight boxer.
These two are to-day rivals for the cham
pionship Of the lightweight GLASS, and the
result of their two meetings leaves the
question still undecided.
The bout at the Arena last night be
tween DAILY and Lavigne attracted the
largest crowd that has ever been In the
Arena, and the management have bulging
pockets to-day as the result of Easter Mon
day nights venture.
DAILY and Lavigne put up great go. 1t
couldn't be better, and the physical hurts
sum up: One bum eye for Lavigne and o
sore row Of Stats for DAILY. Very little
time was lost during the go. DAILY, Of
course. had the adyantageof Of height and
while he acted mostly on tho defensive, it
was because Lavigne was 50 fast and
worked so hard that there was really no
necessity for any more aggressivness.
Laviene showed last night that he has
lost some of his old time speed, but certain
ly none Of his cunning. Twice he worked
an old trick successfully on DAILY; he led
high with his left md 'Daly's both wings
went up, Lavigne,quick as fash, brought
his right over, swinging, landing heavily
on Days ribs. Most Of the Kids high
ally Tailed with body punch or two, and
as result Of these tactics Dalys body
mustfeel very sore this morning. The viii.
mington lad was not far behind Lavigne.
Most of the time his counters generally
went home and he landed several terrific
uppercuts
The exchanges were frequent and both
did dangerous work at close quarters.
DAILY was the first to appear, closely fol-
lowed by Lavigne. Both were given great
receptions. DAILY opened the bout with a
left lead, which landed on the Kids face.
Lavlgne followed with both hands on the
body. An exchange OF light blows took
place here, when IIavigne cracked hard
left on Daly's chin. The latter like a flash
went after the Kid, who spread his elbows
and Daly's blows did not land. Again did
Lavigne essay his left for Days chin, and
Jack countered heavily on the neck. They
were clinched when the bell rang.
After the bell rang for the second round
both landed lefts OIL the face. Lavigne
rushed and both got together. They
punched for all they were worth with
their free hand, but finally broke away.
Lavigne landed "a stiff left on on Daly's
eye. Lavigne rushed and c!inches follow.
cd. Layigne here showed his superior
ring experience. He swung high with his
left, Daly's both arms went up to protect
his face and the Kids right went crashing
home on Daly's ribs, 1t was q vicious
blow and doubled Jack up.
Layigne started the third rouud with
left lead for the face. He was parried
and he led again. DAILY threw in both
hands and they counted. Tho fighting
here was fast Lavigne playing mostly for
the body, md this Is where he lived, his
high leads being generally intended for
feints, and followed them up with the
body punches. DAILY was forced to act on
the defensive towards tho close of the
round.
DAILY opened the next round with left
lead, but it passed and Lavigne landed q
up with clean left swing on Daly's ribs
and got away without return. He then
repeated the old trick of fcinting high with
left and smashing his right over the body.
A fierce exchange followed, with honors
even.
Lavigne led light left, but it was near
ly stopped. DAILY got out OF the way of q
vicious left swing for the stomach, but the
Kid landed hard two-handers Oh the Jaw.
DAILY got back with reft uppercut W hich
went clean OH Lavignes chin. DAILY went
left swing for the stomach.
The last round was full of ginger. Duly
played for the Kids bad oye, and had the
red running in quite stream. Lavigne
Kept up his aggressive tactics, but DAILY
did no backing out He was we'll up all
the time. Both were standing of when
the bell rang.
Midget" MoGlynn, of Wilmington, and
Jack Montroy wero the principals in the
A 1Th r1,r1
much lighter than his opponent hc sue.
cessfully stood him off for the six rounds.
BOXERS S A T BALTIMORE
At the big Baltimore tournament for
the Maine fund last night
James Janey, AL. Herford's coiored wei
ter weight, essayed to stop three meh in
two two-minute rounds each. George
Russell, colored, Of Wilmington, was first
up. Janey went right at his man. As
The first round was about to close, Russell
In his corner, was getting 80 hot q pun CHI |
ing that he was glad to quit
The last fight of the evening was between |
Cans and Young Smyrna, OF Wilmington.
This, departing from the rule. was set for |
.hreo three-minutes rounds. Timekeeper |
Ernault Gebhart through error, cut the
irst two rounds off after two minutes of |
lighting, but Referee George Mantz order
ID i'm extra round. In this last round
Fans practically punched Smyrna to a
'iandstill. Just before the gong was
'truck Marshal Hamilton stopped the bout
This bout led to controversy among the
istic admirers and the result was u proba-
Die match for a 25-round fight between
Cans and Smyrna, to take place most prob
lbly in New York. A Baltimore man
,osted q forfeit to cover one thousand dol
ars rs a side bet on Smyrna. The fight
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