The sun., 1898-10-07
JACK FARRELL COMMENDED.
By His Clever Fighting Against Kid
Wilson, the Wilmington Lad '"'
Proves Himself a Conner.

The following is what the Washington
Post says of the fight between Jack Far
rell of this city and Kid Wilson OF Wash
ington, D. G., in that place on Monday
night.
Jack Farrell, the Wilmington, Del:
eather-weight, won on foul from Kid
Wilson in the fourth round at Stuben-
ers,4oad-house, on the Bladensburg road,
last night. A sporty crush bordered the
ringside, and the betting favored Wilson
before the men entered the ring, and the
odds we're two to one in his favor yester-
day.
Wilson is a muscular youth with {.
tendency to 'plugging his own game"
He made an assertion few moments
before the contest last night that he
would brush up the ring with the re-
mains of Farrell, and the betting ele-
ment Immediately took his word for it.
His bluff last night was delusion and
a snare. The Wilson bettors were in the
majority at the ringside, and that was
the reason why they failed to agree on
the decisions Of Referee OConnor, who
carried out his instructions, to the effect
that both men had the privilege Of hit
ting with one arm free. In fact this
ruling in the articles of agreement came
within an ace of melting a riot, as the
local boxing patrons have been brought
up to believe that the men should break
away in cinch.
Farrell was the first to make his en-
trance.
He was accompanied by his retinue OF
seconds, which included Toady Banks,
Billy Nash, Pete Peterson, and Jim
Janey. In Wilson's corner were Jack
Williams, John Stanley, and Jimmy
Connors. The first round was introduced
by an exchange, Wilson planting a
straight left jab on FarrelPs face without
a return. Wilson shot another light
left over at Farrell, and in the mix-up
Farrell found Wilson's body with left and
right. Farrell sent left swing over
on Wilson's jaw at the tap OF the gong.
Wilson opened the second round with
a right swing for the body, and in the
clinch Wilson played for Farrell's body,
while the mulatto swung right and lett
on Wilson's jaw. After the break Far
rell swung right and left into Wilson's
jaw for knock-down, and had Wilson
on the run when the gong tapped for the
finish of the round. Farrell tapped
Wilson's nose with left for a stream OF
claret during the brush at short range
during this round.
In the, third Farrell swung left hook
into Wilson's jaw, and Wilson landed
feeble right into FarrelPs body without
counter. Another clean knock-down by
Farrell came in the last minute of the
round.
The fourth round was succession OF
right and left-hand swings from Farrell.
Wilson had developed the knack Of lift
ing his knees in the second round in the
close-quarter fighting, and the referee
failed to warn the offender.
But the fouling Of Wilson became even
too palpable for his contingent, who had
backed him to win, and Referee OCon-
nor finally decided that Farrell was the
winner. Farrell's showing last right
convinced the most expert critics in box
ing that he is one of the stiffest punch
ers and most promising featherweights
the ring has produced since the prime
and flower of George Dixon.
[The above paper failed to say that
Farrell scored first knock.down and
brought first blood. Also, that, although
Wilson repeatedly fouled, the referee
would not have given the decision to
Farrell had not Wilson's seconds Tony
Stannard and Jack Williams left the
ring. The Wilmington lad knocked his
opponent down four times and each
time he was down over ten seconds, but
the referee only counted nine. ]-spoRr-