The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-26
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from Whecllns and the ovhr-thc.river
towns gathered In the bridgeport op;
era IIouso ln6t,nlght and witnessed tile
twcnty-rou1d boxing contest. between
Mike Farnsher, Of Youngstown, and
Buck s.slxer, OF Columbus II was one
OF the anes. contests il the roped arena
witnessed in this vicinity, Interest was
aided by the fact that tho pair had met
81 the METROPOLITAN arena last spring,
when T'arrashof Quit In The fourteenth
round. on account Of his poor condition
4 was said al the time. In Inst nights
battle, both contestants were in good
condition. Tho contest @as Mt catch
weights, and the Youngstown man was
several pounds Lighter than stelzer.who
recently has seemed to be unable 10
come down to the is3 pound mark.
The contest was exciting from start
10 Anlsh. but the most interesting was
the fourteenth. This was q remarkable
ruund. For a minute It leened that
Fayragher was going to finish his
plucky antagonist, raining blow after
blow upon him. bu. his fast work wear
led the Youngstown boxer. and when
the gong sounded the close OF the round
stelzer was on the aggressive and Far
rasher was all but out, having little or
no steam on top. After that the hon
ors were practically even, although
n no.
stelzGr, but the latter, as OF old, Ia bull.
save stirring disqualification OF this
Quality. In the last three or four
rounds, Farragher was Handicapped BY |
the swelling Of his Lett hand, the one
he uses for keeps when able to do so.
Al the close Of the contest, stelser's
face presented n s!ckening spectacle;;
Ills eyes were all but closed, and alto.
eether his head looked like a chopp!ng
block. 4, e
The first bout OF the evening was be-
tween kid, Wouko, of Little WASH
layton, and Jack" Pickett. OF Cam,
bridge, Ohio, q colorcd boy who was
supposed to be some shueks out IN the
wilds Of Guernsey. Tonko was entirely
zoo much for Pickett. hitting him at
will. At The end Of the second round,
Pickett had about oil he wanted OF the
Great Wonko Rheumatic Cure" and
before the third round was half over.
Pickctt was leaning ever the ropes In
an exhausted condition. Wonko was
about 10 deliver the Knockout blow
good and hard when the referee called
the bout at an end and gave u decision
In favor OF Wonko.s s. &
Then. after some comedy that was
really paintul. Brown. OF Wheeling.and
Joe Bruner, OF Cincinnati, the bantam
who defeated; Al. Ducase In Wheeling,
Monday might've on for four rounds.
In the first round, Brown got ip a still
one on the jaw that brought cheers
from his friends. It was an inter-
esting and amusing exhibition of spar
ring. 2, =
Charley Burns, of Cincinnati. cham
pIon !Ight-we!ght of the middle west,
was introduced. and 1t was announced
he was open for q so with any man 10
his class, and particularly desired ITO
meet the winner of the, Farragher-Stel-
ger contest. y 81 s Isl S Il
At;the conclusion of the Burns intro
ductlon there was a long walt, Farra-
CHER and StelZer failing to make a
prompt appearance for the principal
bout OF the evening. for twenty rounds
O: 10 a decision. 1t was 1880 o'clock.
when the principals finally appeared. In
Tarragher's corner were Joe Bruner,
Mike O'Maliey, Jim Fogarty, Wonko
and Phillips In Stelzer's corner the at
tcndants were Eugene Lutz, AL. Du-5
case, Beyler and Joe Hawk. The arti-
cles OF agreement were read by Referee,
Bennett. Eddie Bowers, Of Columbus,
desired It stated that he wished to se-
cure a go with Joe Bruner. Bruner.
sIgniied his willingness to accommo-
date the Capital Cltg man Jack Bow
en-. OF Little Washington, challenged
the winner or the Stelzer .Faz:agher
bout. -. ~ Il
When the men met in the centre Of
tie ring the hour was 1915 p. m. Lutz
having won for Stslzer IN the toss for
corners. ~ TX Gus
Round They size 'up each other
carefully. Stclzer swings and Farra-
CHER Godges clear and cleverly. Far.
ragher gets in q light one on the breast.
Stcizer rushcs, bur Is met hot and
heavy. Farrugher Is clearly outpolnt-
ing the Columbus boy In fast work.
Both swing and both are staggered.
Both duck nicely. Stelzer gets in O hard
one on tAets!de. Clearly, Earragher has
the advantage but Stelzcr mas before
demonstrated that he can stand lots OF
punishment.
Round c-Stelzer ducks, but, meets q
punch. Buck IL staggered by 4 hot
puncii;.and IN another rush F1rragher
repeats .hc DOSE Stelzer swings Wild
ly and miases twice. Stelzer goes in
ard lands hard Twice. AZ the bell-tap
bbth are cautious.
Round G-Farrasher swings on the.
head lightly. Buck PUSHES, but does
no execution. Then he does beforehand
Ing jab on the body that hpr;.y FIn
repeats the dose. and again he lands
heavily. Buck ducks nicely from
wicked swing. Farragher's blows III
this round lacked force.
Round mike was the receiving end
Of a hot ono just above the belt. They
come together md exchange hard
ones. Stclzer's right found home In the
next exchange. Nike swings ana MISS
cs. Then StcIzer srushes. but is met
hard In the face. 5Farraghcr rushcs and
lands lightly three times. The round
was In Steizer's favor. 3
Round S--S.elzer runs In and lands
With terrific force on Farragher's left
side. Then he swings with his left on
the neck. Mike. however, returns With
one on the Jaw that hurt, and q second
later Stelzer PUSHES and meets Farra-
gher's glove for keeps, the Columbus
boy going to the floor. First blood for
E'arraghe-. Mike swings and Stelzcr's
head Is pushed back. The loaors were
clearly with the Youngstown boy, but
It Is ;nnybody's battle yet. Aft
Round G--Mike pushes his glove Into
ste!zer's face Buck rusAes and lands
hard on the body. Both are careful.