The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-05
DECLARED A DRAW.
IWenty-R0und Boxing Bout Be-
tween CreedOn and West


NEW YORK, April. 4-The TWENTY
round bout between Dan, Creedon, of
AustraEa, and Tommy West, of this city,
winch took place tonight in the arena of
the LenoX Athletic club was declared a
draW by the referee. West was lucky in
getting an even break as Creedon ger
talnly was entitled to a favorable YER
dlet Both men put up a very fast and
gamey contest. but Creedon's cIeyerness
was so pronounced that the majority of
the onlookers felt that the Australian
was entitled to a decision in his favor
the attendance was .only.. fair. Creed0n
weighed 1GO pounds and West 1873
In the first round Creedon cut. ont tba
, work' lain1d1ng hooks on the face and
neck while West failed to land effective
hard IN aer tne SECOND ti, round West landed
giving back as good as he got. Round
three was tame, but in the fourth both
got blood, Vests upper lip being cut
ana Creedons nose responded to a hard
TIgnt. IN getting away from one of Cree
don's rushes, West got his legs twisted
ana ala1, C 3Te9 put him on his back with a
well placed right on the chest
west cut loose in the next round and
forced the pace, landing a right-hand
swing over the kidneys. Creedon sent in
hard left on the face which made West
more cautious. In round six Creedon
was cut over his left eye and bIed freely
Honors were even in round seven, but
over the eye forced West to hold and
he was cautioned by the referee The
next two rounds We're soft but in the
eleventh West easily had the best of
some hot exchanges In the succeedin 20
round both men did a lot of holding and
IN the thirteenth round some good ex-
changes were made but too light TO do
much damage: Creedon forced matters in
! the fourteenth, sending his left to the
face; West drove a stiff short-arm right
TO 10 the lace. Creedon hooked his left to
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straight left on the nose. A moment
later Tommy. made Dams head rock with
another no .h straight left on the mouth.
Creedon sent him back with a left on the
face. This was Creedon's round. In
p nn %ra nfteen West landed straight left
on the head and West retaliated with a
left swing on the ribs. Dan forced Tom
my to break ground in the next round
AT the close of the round Creedon
| hooked his left to the Jaw and West:s
knees bent as if they had hinges on them
In round eighteen Creedon swung his
tiSnt nush on the jaw, which made West
pink and Creedon had the call when the
In round nineteen West let his left f,v
| to the body and jabbed it again on tbs
face. Creedon hooked a hard left on The
face and he repeated the blow with in
creased force. west, in a clinch, sent a
heaVy left to the body and Creedon land
body. VA 'iie
Round Twenty-,Creedon led left for the
face. West broke ground and slinnad re
the floor When West regained his feet
G Gree or TIVE went It right at him hooking his
in order. When they resumed firbt;no
Creedon iabbed left on body and swlinS
MS right to the head. West tried several
rlght swings but failed to land, owing
to Creedon's cleverness, and when the
gong ended the contest both men We're in
fairly good condition and sparring ia
Referee Charley White declared the
bout a draw 10