Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-07-04
|ERNE is CHAMPION
He Cleverly Wrests the Title from
George Layigne.
FIERCE SLUGGING MATCH
Defeated Man Stayed in After He Hn,,
Been Fought Blind. Corbett$An-
nounces i hat He is Preparing
"a to Meet Jim sJeff,fes.
(By Telegn,a,ph.l

(By telegraph
4 BUFFALO, N. Y, July S-Frank
.Ernc, of this city, met George Lavigne,,
OF Saginaw, Michigan, in the arena Of
the Hawthorne Athletic Club at Cheek
stowama, a suburb of4this city tonight
and after fighting twenty fierce and
clever; rounds, wrested the light weight
championship of the world from the
western man. HI
+ over 1000 persons watched THE con-
test, which was brinf,il of exciting cpl
tsodes and ofhard and scientific hitting.
iEaVlgne went down to defeat; and sur
rendered his title in a most ;creditabqe
manner. He was pEucky and game to
the core, and for the first half dozen
rounds more than held his own against
his adversary. In the seventh round
sLavigne. received a terrible drubbing
and was only saved from a knockout
by the timely interference Of the gong.
ERNIE THE FAvORTTE
81 Erne was looked upon then as sure
winner, but in the subsequent rounds
it was seen that he. had lost some Of his
steam. Just what was the cause of this
was not ascertained until the bout had
reached the limit of invent Y rounds and
Erne had been declared theHwinner. 1t
was then found that he had badly in
jured his left hand in the seventh
round, and if this had not occurred
Lavigne's undoing might have come in
half the time that it took the Buffalo
man to win. :
BOTH IN GOOD CONDITION.
Both men stripped in splendid condi-
ton. Lavigne was the fayorite. much
money being bet upon him, at odds OF
to 80. When the men Stripped
Laviene looked. to be the more finely
drawn Both We're cool and confident
As the fght%progress Isas,i sne,s. cool
ness vanished, While Erne never lost
his self possession for moment. The
Buffalo boy simply battered the title
out of his opponent, and while not es-
Gaping q good deal of punishment, he
administered terrible drubbing to La
visne.s Toward the end Of sthe bout La,
ylsne's guard was useless and nothing
but sheer gameness kept the Saginaw.
Kid from going. under.#Blow after
blow fell upon his headS$and body with
relentless force, but he%stood the gaf
and fought back pluckily as lest he
could. 5t ,$S{$S s " ss5 s3
CoRI5ETT WANTS TO FIGHT.
81 Il onest'. John Kelly. 8of New York.
ofiiciated as referee Erne weighed in.
at 1913 Ia and LaVigneA 49,
n Jim .Corbett who sa t at the ring side
was was called upon to- say something.
sCorbett stepped in. to the ring and ad-
dressed the crowd, sssss,s;;n Gentle
men, lam getting into the 7b,,st of
shape land will be ready to again cons cons
test for the heavy weight championshir5
with v the winner of the Jcffries- Sharkev
;nght..''3 is 1871 -
FOUGHT GAMELY.
Eli In the twentieth and final rnl1nd fra.
men shook hands in al gingerly fashion
and Layigneztried a leftf%for fhe heod b
5E'rne broke GROUND but came back I'M
m E Ola tely With right and slefr on the
i lace: Lavigne's countenance ats this
n. moment was anything bu tsS preposses-
sing both eyes being closed. Right and
lett blows to the body brought LA
;vlgne's guard down and then lsrna
smashed his right to The neck ana
.hookHs3 his right to the face without !,
RETURN, Game ito the$Scc 80 "a y;.rne
withstood this pnniskmene ana went.
to hi opponent rs Abe warca onlv ,e-
ginning the bout, Erhessewas elentless.
and forced the pace lighting
shistman as if his life depended On Tie
result. ELavigne never weakened, bur
took his punishment Xix 81 a stole. but II
SWas#all day With him and though beat
en- almost to Q standstill he returned "a
his corner having lost the hampton
ship, but none ofEhIs: many: friends and
admirers.
.; DIXON TAKEs.A NEW SCALP,
q LOUISVILLE, July s.-Georee Dix
on, champion seatherweight, got the
decision after three lively rounds wit,
Sam Bolan Of New IL ork, before the
iNonpareil ATHLETIC Association. :Bo,an
was practically out when the round was
concluded, The bout was to have been
twenty-five rounds.
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