The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-20

thing of it against Revely, who is a shifty
fighter and a clever dodger. Both men
have talent and if properly developed will
prove first rate men to go up against. The
contest was for points but was 700 close
for the referee to decide, SO it was declared
draw
The crowd by this time was getting well
warmed to the sport, and found the rea-
thing when Peter Jackson Hawkins of
this vicinity and the dUsky X C. Kid ap-
peared in the ring for a three-round 60
which proved the thing the crowd was
waiting for. Hawkins looked massive
compared to the Kid, who was more on
the lightweight build, but the Kid man
aged to hold his own. This bout was en-
livened throughout with grunts from Haw-
kins and hugging the floor by the Kid,
and nose tappers and wind testers by both
parties. Al the conclusion of the third
round the crowd yelled for more, much
TO the delight Of Peter Jackson, who was
trying awful hard for the Kids solar
plexus. So another round was turned.
without the Kids vitaIs being reached.
The decision was awarded to Hawkins
who was loath to leave the ring and Of
fered a sweeping challenge TO fight any
old thing that would go u pagainst him.
No one aspired to do the Sharkey act to
him, and ne was forced to retire and let
Spider Ed Garrity of Houston, Tex, ex-
hibit his angular features and clever tao
tics against an unknown from this burg.
Spider claims to have fought a ten-round
draw with Young Critic, and is willing II
in the southwest. It goes without s2vi.--
that he was superior TO the unknown, but
had no easy time avoiding the swift
punches and clever rushes Of the local
man, and the three rounds were we'll mixed
up by both men.
This was the, first opportunity the crowd
had Of seeing what a professional can do
with amateur, and they showed their
appreciation by yelling for more. But as
the Spider doesn't pu up his dukes for any
thing but the real coin, he declined TO
exert himself, saying that he only ap-
peared in compliment to Tom Murphy, who
is matchmaker and instructor for the
cub. Both men gave a good exhibition
and were heartily applaUded.
The last and most unique bout of the
evening was between Jack MORRISON, the
one-armed champion of the world, and
Spider Clarity again-just for fun. Frank
Sprague announced this as a compliment
airy diversion. merel yto show what chance
handy one-armed man has against a
clever two-handed man. The crowd ex-
pected TO see a chopping block made of
Morrison, but were surprised TO see that
worthy swing with his good left hand and
uppercut with the glove that was fastened
to his right shoulder. He made it exceed
ingly interesting for Spider and caused a
good deal of speculation as to how some
OF our local aspirants would stand with
him.
When time was called for the first round
he stepped lightly to the center of the ring, !
shook hands and tented for an opening. |
which5he soon found on the Spiders jugu-
lar and followed it up with two lively taps /
from his stump. The crowd yelled in ap- /
probation, and saw as pretty a mix-up for
two minutes as one would ask to see |
Both men got in good blows and showed /
skill in ducking and blocking.
The next two rounds were full OF in |
terest and kept the crowd guessing as to /
who would come out victor; but as the /
bout was merely friendly, no Knockout |
blow occurred. Morrison certainly proved |
himself marvel and well qualified to hold /
his title to the one-armed championship.
This ended the entertainment for the
evening and the crowd dispersed feeling
well repaid, and promising to stand by
Tom Murphy so long as he engineered
good clean exhibitions of last nights order.