The Portland daily press., 1899-03-09


sent-It Was an Orderly Crowd-Kid
Lavinge Almost Won in His Bout
>. with EDDY Joyce and Then Lost II
on a Foul.
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The boxing exhibition 1t the Auditor
ium last night came very near being the
real thing. The bouts were all holly
contested and some OF them would have
delighted the most exnctins Of New York
nudisnoea ~ -
{ ,1hess wsrg three events during the eve
ming Tine 'firss was a five round 20 be-
twssnh Dick: Bradley Of Providence and
Walter Lang Of Boston. Every one Of the
1--WE rounds was worth seeing and though
very little science was exhibited both
men gave and received any amount Of
punishnlsnt
:. The second bout, while IL lasted. was
very fierce. Eddie joyce Of Portland was
put up against Kid ''Lavigne of Boston
and In the two rounds which were boxed
showed. himself to Be no match for the
Bostsu youth. Lavigne In the begin
ming Of the third round persisted In
breaking foul and the referee awarded
the bout to Joyce.
This event OF the evening, however. was
the l2-round go between Morris Rosen-
berg Of Boston and Patsy Hennessey Of
Lawrence. 1t only lasted seven rounds,
however. At the end Of the seventh
Rosenberg had punished Hennessey SO
much that the man could only stagger to
his oornsr AMI the referee thereupon gave
aths bout to kossnberg.
i tghe orausiieosium was packed full Of
men from every class of society and rep
rsssnting every profession and walk in
life at o'clock last night There was
fully 600 people present and 1t was most
orderly And we'll behaved crowd. In the
center Of the big hall platform had been
raised and a ring Of regulation sise was
here roped of, This arrangement gave
every one an excellent opportunity to
witness the boxing and remain CON-
fortably In their seats while doing SO.
Mr.. u. J. Saunders Of Boston was the
referee and master Of ceremonies He
was triie too otficious, perhaps. but
ON the whole his decisions seemed to
please thgcrowd.
Dick Bradley and Walter Lang fur
nished the fun for the first half hour or
so. They are the same young men who
put up such an exciting battle at the
Athletic club awhile ago Both OF them
ara featherwsights and though they
punch and pound one another as II there
h.l hotxr Thorn fhov
pretty good friends and the talk Of i'll
feeling and bad blood is only their stock
In trade
For. five, rounds they mixed 1t up
good deal, both youths taking and infiiot-
ing good deal Of punishment. Bradley
was the aggressor in all the four rounds,
while Lang seemed to have good deal
the worst of 1t. Particularly in the fifth
round did Bradley get in some nasty
blows on his opponent and when the gons
sounded Lang seemed to be pretty far
gone. But those who have seen him 3rx
before knew that when Lang looks this
way he is still in the ring and is apt to tin
ish stronger than one would believe. AT
the end of the nth round the audiences
applsuded both men literally snd the
referees decided that the bout va draw
The second bout was between Eddie
Joyce OF Portland and Kid Lavigne of
Boston. The sympathies of wal were
oil with Joyce who was here stacked up
for the first time with what might be
termed q professional. Lavigne was not
as tall as Joyce but seemed trifs
heavier. He is "a very clever boxer and
Joycs did: not seem to be in the race
from the start ....
The first round opened up with con-
siderable heat. Lavigne rushed Joyce
from tia start, evidently determined to
put him out,sf tss race without too much
1bN;mix were worry fierce
irb,n the -very start. Joyce held his own
we'll ip the first round, but the cruel jabs
of Lavigne on hts wind seemed to stsgger
him. He gave his opponent many heavy
lett hand swings which landed on the
neck, but Lavigne. shaking his head like
bull, would rush back at Joyce appar-
emily 1ulidisturbed by them. The second
round was hotter than ever. Lsvi0ue con.
tinued to rush matters and when the II n
sounded at the end OF this round Joyce
was seen to be going fast. The punish.
msnt--which -Lavigne inflicted on him
seemed to te rapidly tting his nerve
and when the gong sounded at the end
of the second Joyce was apparently al
most ready to ,qult.
In the third round, which would GER
tainly have proved the last for Joyce
had 1t been continued, Law gne persisted
in fopling on the break away and having
teen warned three times by the referee
was finally ordered to his corner and u
decision piven Joyce in the middle Of the
thir'i for foul Lsvigne in breaking away
fl lIn Joyce had let drive . him with his
lift and landed heavily on Joyce's neck
almost lifting the Portland Toy frnu
his feet.
| The second decision of the ref, re-
angered Lsvigne very much. The Grove
Missed MIN and app Landed Joyce wher