Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-23

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for 9 battle, for the championship Of
the world, Fitz will surely have to
fight.
Thomas Sharkey, the pugilist, and
his sparring partner. Robert Arm
strong, were a~rraigned in the Munich
pal Court at Boston, Saturday, and
fined $25 each for participating in an
exhibition which the police maintain
partook of the nature of a prize fight.
Both of the pugilists have been per-
forming at one of the theatres here
this week.
Kid Hubert, who fought George
Wanko, at Little Washington, Satur-
day night, was in the city yesterday,
looking none the worse for his exper-
fence. He objected ~gentlemanly but
firmly to the Associated Press state
ment that he quit" before the end of
the seventh round, saying a better word
might have been used to describe the
situation.
THE gURNS-MKEEVER FIGHT.
A special telegram from Chicago
says with reference to the Burnside
Keever fight, reported in the Sunday
Register:
The call Of time and hot mix-ups
followed in quick succession, with
neither man much damaged. The same
was true of the second. McKeever, in
one rally, tipped and went head over
heels off the stage into the audience.
Ee climbed under the ropes and re-
sumed, but a second later went over
from a right OF the jaw, but evened
things by a hard right swing on Burns
chin. McKeever went to his knees
twice in the third. Both men were
rather wild. In the fourth McKeever
took a long lead. He cut Burns left
eye with jabs, and nearly fioored him
twice with right swings on the jaw.
He maintained his lead in the fifth.
Burns fought back hard, however, and
was always coming. In the sixth Nc
Keever landed a flush right in the pit
of the stomach. Burns went down and
writhed in agony, claiming a foul. 1t
was not allowed, and with his face
drawn with pain he got up and fought
like a demon to the end of the round.
1t was declared a draw.
A WARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Governor Atkinson and Governor
Bushnell, of Ohio, are having some hot
correspondence over Charles Miller,
who fought a prize fight with Dan
Bayliff at Wayne G. H.. this State, last
September. N. Massie was declared to
be the referee. The authorities got
after the principals. Miller was found
at Ironton Ohio, and severely shot by
Detectives Ash and Tom Brannigan in
trying to arrest Miller. The latter is
now in a hospital at Ironton.
Governor Atkinson asked the Ohio
Executive for requisition papers allow
ing Miller to- be brought to West Vir-
ginia. Governor Bushnell granted the
requisition, but before Miller could be
landed revoked the requisition. To-
day a long letter was received by Gov
ernor Bushnell, who said that he had
revoked the requisition because he had
learned that West Virginia authorities
were trying to prosecute Miller alone.
He said Miller had many friends at
I%ronton, and no effort was being made
to get Bayliff, the other principal, or
Massie, the referee. Governor Atkin-
son sent back a long letter, denying
the charges, saying Bayliff is at Mum
Gle, Ind, and not in Ohio, as Bushnell
alleged, and therefore beyond Ohio jur-
isdiction. Bushnell was again asked
to let Miller be brought back. A hot
legal fight may be the outcome, as
Governor Atkinson seems bent upon Sc
curing Miller.