The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
LIVELY sPARRING.
Exhibition at the Athletic Club very
Interesting.

= A spsrring exhibition, in many ways
the most interesting one which the Port
land Athletic club has ever Ind, came OH
last night in the club house gymnasium.
The attendance was something like one
hundred gentlemen, representing many
promineut men In various walks of life,
nsar,v ALI of whom were members Of the
Athletic club.
A ring of regulation size had been roped
off in the center of the gymnasium and
was surrounded by setees and chairs
living the spe ctators an excellent oppor-
tunity Of viewing the sparring. The run
ming track afforded many others an ex-
cellent place from which to witness the
several bouts.
All of the arrangements for the various
mills were complete and the large crowd
during ths entire affair conducted them
selves in a most gentlemanly way.
Prof. Lee, the instructor In gymnastics
at the club, officisted as referee, and It
was due largely to h is efforts that the
whole affair passed off so smoothly and
satisfactorily. Soft five ounce gloves
were used in all of these bouts.
The first set.to was between young
Billy Quinn of Portland and Ed henry,
who is somewhat older. Quinn was not
as tall as Henry but had a long reach ana
was extremely active on his feet. Henry
was n little slower but heavier hitter
Quinn managed to evade the most oil MS
heaviest blows by artful lodging ana no"
and then scored against his taller antago-
mist with marked effect. only three
rounds were spared, but the bout was
scientific and brought out the good points
of both men, Quinn, who has been par
ticipating In these local boxing bouts Tor
some years is far faster today than ever
before and bids fare to develope something
more than local reputation as a boxer.
The second bout was between Eddie
Joyce of Portland and Frank sawyer,
who is the head waiter at the Congress
Square hotel They were announced as
Weighing 100 pounds each, but 10th OF
the men were undoubtedly little heavier
than this Sawyer was taller than MS
antagonist and has much longer reach.
Roth of the men were we'll matched as
far as agility goes.
The bout was for three rounds. The
first was rather slow with the exchange
of very few blows between the men. The
second round showed that Sawyer was
more than Joyce's equal in science and
the much heavier hitter OF the two. Joyce
took considerable punishment in this
% cIIts and left
hand swings at the neck and head. 10
wards the.latter part o: the round Joyce
suddenly went into the contest with
much spirit and there were several Evsly
mix ups in which Joyce seemed to have
it.le the advantage.
In the third and last round Joyce came
up smiling but showing the effects of the
punishment be had received. sawyer was
"a trifie winded but made the round de-
sidedly lively for Joyce and landed heayi-
Iy several times on the latter's wind and
head. 1t was very clever exhibition OF
sparring ana the best thing as far as
science went, up to this time.
Z. Now occurred the most interesting
event of the evening in what was an
nounced TO be an eight ROUND go. Walter
Lang OF Boston, weight 1907. and Dick
Bradley of Providence, weight liz, were
the contestants. Lang was handled by
GEORGE Addison, the well known middle
weight of New England.
When the gong sounded for the com
mencement of the bout the two men,
neither of whom appeared to be over "a
years old, lost no time in demonstrating
that they INTENDED to make the setto u
very lively one. Bradley did most of the
leading at first and repeatedly landed
heavily on Lang's neck and head
clinches followed one another in quick
accession and it was again and again
necessary for Prof. Lee to separate the
men, who showed disposition to be "a
little dirty in their work. Bradley, ap-
had the best OF the argument in
the first round, and when time was called
took his corner, after having la aided most
0f the heavy blows.
The second round opened more slowly.
Lang was a little careful about mixing 1t
Up much while Bradley seemed anxious
10 make the round a lively one. The
gyArring was very clever on the part of
roth men, though Lang was ON the de-
ensive all the time. de took severe
punishment il this round though just
before time was called he mixed in Il
little and rather surprised the spectators
by the energetic way In which he went ut
Bradley. AT the end of the round, how
sver, Bradley was still forcing matters
and doing most of the aggressive work.
In the third round the fast work had
began to show upon Bradley, who slipped
on the floor and several times
went to his knees, being assisted TO his
Ieet once or twice by his opponent The
mix ups were rather exciting and both
men suffered many heavy blows on the
wind and head. Lang's upper cuts on
wind began to tell by the close
If the round, though the latter showed |
much pluck and took his punishment |
yamely. AT the close of the round Lang /
was showing up very strong and now
seemed auXiOus IN fOrY,a rnattaFs