The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-17
WALCO1'T THE VICTOR
DEFEATS BILLY EDWARDS, OF
AUSTRALIA. IN THE THIR-
TEENTH ROUND.
FOREIGN FIGHTER WAS GAME


of the "Bnrbadoes Black"-Ed-
wards Got to WalcOtt With Some
Hard Ones, but They Did Not
AvaiI-Thcre Was Fighting In
Every Round of the Battle.
! NEW YORK. March 16.-Joe Walcott,
the colored pugilist. knocked out Billy
! Edwards. Of Australia, at the Broadway
Athletic club tonight in the thirteenth
OF what was to have been twenty-round
| bout The men met at 14S pounds, and
Walcott was very pronounced favorite
In the betting. The colored man was
the aggressor and outpointed the Aus
| tralian. Edwards exhibited remarkable
eameness and staying powers, but the
onsiaughts of the negro were too much
Tor him and, after going down thrice
IN the thirteenth round, he was knocked
| out
There was very little delay in getting
| the principals in the star bout in the
ring. Joe Walcott, the Barbados negro,
was tho first to jump through the ropes.
! lie had Tom O'Rourke, George Dixon.
! Jack Dougherty and Charley Miner be-
! hlno MIN as seconds. Billy Edwards, of
australia was on hand a few seconds
| later. His seconds were Dan Creedon,
rom Williams and Charley Peet Both
men weighed in satisfactorily in the af
| ternoon and each looked to be in excel
| lent shape. Walcett was a to favor
lite in the betting.
BATTLE OPENS TAMELY
The opening round was not very lively
IN tact it was. rather tame. and honors
! were equally divided most of the punlsh-
ment being delivered on the body. In
| the next Walcott had much the better of
the argument. landing rights and lefts
on the face and body very effectively.
/ While Edwards seemed to be unable to
Iand good blow In the third round
| Edwards was still very unsteady in his
work and Walcott was all over him con-
tnually. Edwards was nearly sent
through the ropes with terrible left
on the wind, and only saved himself from
getung out of the bounds by grabbing
Malcott by the legs early IN the round.
Edwards was much distressed when he
returned to his corner. The Australian
did a great deal of sprinting in the fourth
| round; but Joe got to him frequently
With both hands, boring in all the time.
Edwards landed right on the body and
| left on the neck at close quarters, but
Nalcott went back at him savagely. In
a break Walcott struck Edwards and
referee only cautioned the negro and the
men continued, Walcott having every
| thing his way.
Il
| ment in Edwards and Walcott sailed
into him with left jabs and right swings
| which made the Australian look like a
| novice. The newt round was only repe-
| tition of the previous ones, Walcott send
i ing left jabs to the wind and swinging
his right to the head and kidneys. Ed
| wards grew weak as the round progress
| ed, but he made a squirt at the close,
! sending left and right to the head with
! little damage.
TOOK DESPERATE CHANCES.
Edwards took desperate chances in the
| seventh. He fought very wildly. while
Walcott used his hands with good judg-
| ment. Edwards hooked a hard left on
Joe's chin, Earring the negro's head; Joe
| jumped back with a vicious left hand
swing, which Edwards lodged.
Walcott still on the aggressive forced
his opponent all over the. ring. landing
| lefts and rights on the body and head in
this round Edwards landed a hard left
swing the side of Joe's head which
! almost took him off his feet. Joe righted
himself quickly, and jumped back at
! Edwards, boring in with both hands till
| the bell rang.
The ninth round found Walcott still
forcing matters. Billy made several at
! tempts to counter his opponents leads,
| but Walcott was too clover and smash
! ed Edwards repeatedly on the face with
vicious left swings and jabs. forcing him
| to the ropes frequently:
Edwards was certainly very game, and
came up readily for the tenth round. But
his gameness was of little use against
the sledge-hammer blows which Walcott
rained upon him. Edwards fell down In
the middle of the ring from body blow
and remained down for nine seconds.
| Walcott flew at him like a game cock
| when he got UP again, and pummeled
| him hard and fast till the gong sent them
| to their corners.
Walcott opened the eleventh round with
| a hard left on the face and Billy clinched
| Edwards swung his left to the Jaw and
| Walcott whipped his left to the stomach
and sent his right over the kidneys: There
was plenty of mitigating, of which Wal
| colt always had the better end.
Beginning the twelfth round the men
rushed to clinch, after which Edwards
| sent in hard left on the wind. Walcott
returned with a right on the ribs and
/ a left smash on the face, forcing Ed
wards to the ropes where the referee had
! to pull them apart Edwards met Walcott
| suddenly with a right swing the jaw
which sent Joe staggering fully ten feet
| to the ropes. Edwards was too tired to
! follow up, and Walcott came back to
| him like cyclone, mixing it up until the
| gong sounded.
EDWARDS KNOCKED OUT.
| Edwards landed a left swing on Wal
colts head in the thirteenth, but Joe
Edwards on his back. Nine seconds
| elapsed before Edwards got up. Walcott
| got him at close quarters and sent him
| down again with a left on the body and
! fell on top of him. AS soon as they
| shaped again Walcott rushed and jabbed
| ly with a right on the point of the jaw,
! which sent Edwards down and out, with
| his head hanging over the bottom rope.
! Edwards had to be carried to his corner,
| where he soon revived. Walcott was de-
clared the winner Time of round, 2:4S.