The Anaconda standard., 1898-03-17
BOTH PUNCHERS PUNCH
A Fight Remarkable N That 1t
Didn't Turn Out a Fake.
EIGHT LIVELY ROUNDS
Ike Hayes. Montana's Colored Heavy
weight Champion, Meets Tom Glea-
son of st. Paul, Who Weighs
Many Pounds Less-Draw.

Great Falls. March 1s.-About 200
men gathered tonight in the empty
storeroom in the Ulm block, formerly
occupied by the Hub clothing store, to
witness a sparring contest between Ike
Hayes, the colored heavyweight cham
pion of Montana, and Thomas Gleason
of st. Paul An 18x20 foot ring had
been prepared, with seats around the
sides OF it, and two pairs of six
ounce gloves lay in the center. AS
preliminary to the event of the even
ing there was a three-round exhibition
between Homer Malcolm and a young
gentleman who styles himself the
Frisco Kid and bantam champion
of the Pacific coast. This contest was
refereed by Jack McGillicuddy and
served to whet the crowds appetite.
Honors were about even with the favor
of the crowd placed on Malcolm. The
last round was the only one In which
heavy work occurred, and there was
nothing dangerous in that.
The eight-round contest had been
called or o'clock but 1t was after 10
when McGillicuddy introduced Hayes
to the crowd, and shortly afterWard
performed the same Office for Gleason
Henry Jackson officiated as swiper for
Hayes, and e. G. Zick was Gleason's
second. The crowd chose McGillicuddy
for referee by acclamation, and the
game was on. The two men shook
hands at 1915 Hayes weighed 226
pounds, Gleason 159, but the verdict of
the crowd was declared early for the
lighter man. After the referee had de-
clared that no blows were to be struck
in a breakaway the set-to began.
The first round was slow. Hayes led
with his left and got bad punch in
a1a.At. af ndx
We're exchanged, and at the end of the
round each man showed slight
scratches.
Hayes forced the fighting In the sec
ond round but did no damage. Glea-
son started on the tactics which he
followed throughout the remainder OF
the fight, a punch in the wind with the
left, followed with lightning rapidity
with right-hander on the jaw. This
he got in twice, and an exchange OF
right hand jabs in the face followed
Time was called while the contestants
were sparring for wind.
In the third round Gleason made
clever ducks each time Hayes became
dangerous, and at the same time never
let up on his pound on his antagonist:
wind.
The fourth round opened with eacf
man cautious. Gleason went at Hayes
wind, and Hayes retaliated with some
dirty thumps on Gleasons face. Glea
son did more clever ducking and land
ed heavily on Hayes left ear A clincl
followed in which Gleason bumped hi
head on Hayes elbow just as time wa:
called
cakewalk started the next round
and they then warmed up. Gleason
continued his one-tWo tactics
Gleason took the aggressive in tht
sixth round and got in three of hi
double blows. In fact, he had mucl
the best of the round.
He continued to force the fightin.
in the next round and with his swift
blows repeatedly forced Hayes to tn
ropes. The latter secured heavy blov
full in Gleason's face.
The last round was a hot one, tn
men seeming to wake up. There wer
repeated clinches, and once or twic
Hayes struck blows in the breakaway
against the cautioning of the referee.
The fighting was swift, but it wa
evident that while the colored man wa
becoming winded his 1.-THE opponen
had suffered little. Gleason did mos
of the work, though Hayes prevente
himself from receiving any undue pun
ishment Just as time was called h
landed a blow on Gleasons right ca
which made the claret squirt. Other
wise there were no marked signs o
either man of the contest.
Referee McGillicuddy announced tha
the fight was a draw, and the crow
dispersed after vigorous applause.
was one of the few contests witnesse
in Great Falls that was not a fake.