The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-12
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GARDNER THE WINNER
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~" Sea-, iE,teiI.nt Prsiiminarits
NV" 80, M.
""' ' ~ s..,,- bou, betwec,
Last NIGHTS uVN'"S .s,,
I Nycar Gardner. tho iN)mana h'u' anu
/ r,.Anr Bezenah, the well known Cow
,'1, " ,,,,,. wsIph, was tho mos. cx-
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citing oa'tle eve.
nm arena, and the fifteen hundred peo-
,,a r,ro hacked the ampltheatrc from
G's Wv, -, ware en,lreIv satisfied
top 10 oo''""i ,...5't'.,
with tho quality OF spoTt oihcteu' ai
,tourh there were somc obIeet.ons OK
..o,sod N tho decision rendered lv
Referee John simcoe' Il seS.as, 'naN ~
the arrival OF Gardner ana his party
,,,u New York Yesterday afternoon,
,ncv learned that Dczonah was sllsht-
~ overweight, and felt called u2o1,to.
,,sys, mat the bout should not continue
hSyonI twenty rounds. BY Il mistake
,won,v.one rounds werc boxeil, and
,Ssn i, wnE TINT the referee gave his
Jsrj,io,. which made Gardner the WIN
nor Of tht match. The spectators. seeing
a., additional round hall Econ boxed,
"a = krock.oul, and commemorative ex-
nrcssed their dsapproval at the turn
matters took, As explained, however,
,hsse objections wera uhca..ed for IN
,he face Of the agreement made by tho
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agreement was not onnoaucsl before 4
,be bout began. i
Gardner deserved the decision IN bis
favor. After the tenth round the bout
was decidedly In his favor. In the ~
,senth round he iloored Bezcnah twice
and in the successive rounds, although
unable TO land a knock out, the going
was with him.
First came the "battle-royal." In
which five youngsters, two white and
three colorel, figured. One OF the dus-
kr Young ones Jennings, won out, and
received a gold medal.
Then camethe four round bout between
Joe Bruner and kid" Baker, which
was lively and interesting throughout.
The decision went to Bruner on a close
margin Baker seemed to have large
delegation OF admirers on hand, who
cneered him heartily.
The six round contest between Nick
Burnley, OF California, and "Allegone"
Donaldson, OF Wheeling, came next on
the evenings programme. Donaldson
was greeted with cheers unon his an
pearance, The general opinion. howev-
er, was that the Californian would
tent OF complete loss OF vanity. Sim
coe introduced "Allegone" as "Wheel-
!ng's Pride"
First round-"Allegonc" rushes to
the ropes, but cannot reach Burley.w who
Is very clever. "Allegone" swings for
keeps and it's rough and tumble af-
fair. Twice the colo.ed boy is knocked
down and at the call OF time Mt the end
Of the round he Is down, awaiting the
word mine" before arising to take
more of CDR" Burley's medicine.
Second round-"Allegone, goes down
to avoid punishment. He rushcs. but TO
no avail. "Allegone" ducks into a hard
2unch from Burley. Again he Is knock
ed down and gets M lust in time. Bur-
lev tries hard to end matters. but the
colored lad clinchcs and saves himself.
Again he falls down and rests. More
clinchInc II was almost a krocl-o,,t Mt
the cali OF time. Even II .AlIegone"
isn't FIST. he has lots az nerve. 4
Third roun6-"Allerone" loses his
nerve. however, and declines TO come
IN for the third round s! The crowd
Kisses the erstwhile fayorite. Thus
came about "the passInn az .aIlegone, -"
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The main event of the EVENING. the
twentr-round contest between the
Omaha KID Oscar Gardner and Eu-
gene Rezenah az Covjnetor XIV was
next announced. Gardner first apnear-
cd saconSaJ h,. pror snrSor and
Wonko of Ij.tIe wa sb;nr.on and
Nick Burley. Bezenab annearad. fi.teen
minutes later. Seconded nv Kallv Wat
son and others Ar mil o'c,ort The ref
Gre. called the mon to tho confer ~ the
ring and the battle was ON -