The record-union., 1899-03-30

on Wiley's protest stopped McGraw,
and told him it was to be a friendly
set-to and not fight. Thereupon the
remaining two rounds were boxed just
as McGraw pleased to have thems
Wiley not being in it for minute with
the skilled boxer, who, however, is open
to the Judgment that he is unneces-
sarily rough in a friendly set-to, ana
that he won the ill-favor of the spec
tators by the attempt to knock Wiley
out under pretense of a misunderstand-
| ing.
| A few minutes after ten the princl-
ipals in the main event stepped into the
ring and were greeted with applause
Johnson came in first and was attended
| by his brother, William johnson, and
W. Henley and w. Surgenson. Reay
was attended by Messrs. Turville, Barn
aby and Butler. Thomas McDermott
was announced as referee and George
Egan as timekeeper.
| johnson was aggressive from the
start and throughout, doing almost all
the leading. He opened with a hard
left on the stomach and followed it with
one on the throat. Reay tried to
counter, but was blocked: Johnson
bored in and landed with both hands.
He put one on the face and one on the
body and Reay countered in the face.
johnson landed on the throat and Reay
countered. Johnson reached the body
and threat and Reay countered on the
cheek. Reay put in two hot facers in
succession, and johnson landed heavy
right on the jaw, and left over the
heart Reay landed a light right on
the neck and repeated with his left.
johnson put one on the face and Reay
| one on the stomach. Johnson had the
best of the round.
In the second Johnson put in two
facers in succession. Johnson put one
on the neck and Reay countered on the
throat. johnson jabbed him hard over
the heart and they mixed up. Ed put
a heavy one on the neck and then
rushed, landing lightly with right and
left. He landed over the heart and
Reay came back with one on the
throat Reay landed a right on the
neck and Ed returned the compliment
on the nose Ed rushed and put a
hard one on the heart. Joe landed a
left on the neck and Ed returned it in
kind, just as the bell rung. 1t was
fast lighting throughout, johnson fore
ing the pace, but Reay seemed fresh at
the end of the round.
| johnson rushed the third from the
start following up his man and Civ
ing him no rest. Although the knock
out blow was a right under the ear, it
was only the last of a series that had
ratified and weakened him. Ed opened
the round with stiff one on the
throat and followed it with one on the
jaw. They exchanged blows, Reay
getting in right swing on the neck,
Johnson landed on the body and neck
and Reays got in two in succession on
the face. Ed smashed him on the body
twice and they mixed up. Johnson put
in hard one on the stomach and Reay
countered hard in the face and put an
other in the same place. Reay jabbed
a light left in the face and repeated it
Johnson smashed him hard right on
the neck, and repeated it, Reay clung
to him to avoid punishment Ed put
one on the neck and repeated it: He
had his man going and followed him up
putting three in succession on the face
He put two hard ones on the neck
while Reay struggled gamely to keep
him off and then landed another on the
neck. Ed put in hard right under the
ear and Reay fell en- his side and was
counted out He was helped to his
corner and in a few minutes was all
right and went to his room, while the
crowd hailed johnson the winner