The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-02
Dutch IlAL'S DEATH
TERMINATED THE CAREER OF AS
Odd 8 CHARACTER AS THE
RING POSSESSED
WAS AN OLD-TIME FIGHTER

1'Ne f-FunEIed'' Notions of Boxing
We're Despised by Neal, Who
Went in to Win or Lose On Merit
as II Mixer-Queer happenings In
Tom I&eIIy's ..BacI< ParIOr" in ST.
Louis, Mo.
Dutch" Neal, who died in St. Luke's
hospital, Chicago, from the effects Of in
juries sustained during fight with
Harry Peppers, was quaint character.
He was not Z boxer, but a fighter He
diadained TO feint land and get away.
His idea of a battle was to wade right
in and beat or be betaen. Dutch" pos
sessed = face that would strike terror
to the heart OF the man who had never
seen him until he entered the ring. 1t
was a typical fighters face. Neal was
stocky, weighing about $50 pounds al
though he could make the welter limit by
hard work. He never quibbled about
weight. however, and was ewes ready to
meet anyone seeking battle He was
vicious fighter, but outside the ring as
docie as lamb. Dutch could be re-
lied upon to SO to the finish, as he did
in his final battle with Peppers, at Chi
cage, when death terminated his career.
FIRST HARD BATTLE
Meals first hard battle was with a man
named White, in St. Louis, some ten
years since. 1t may have been dozen
years, but not less than a decade,
when Dutch first impressed the
writer with The idea that he should
have lived in the days when Savers and
men of that type battled with the raw
'uns, on the turf. The fight was before
a gathering of board Of trade men, for
Clipped" purse. 1t occurred in the
back room Of Tom Kelly's place, in st.
Louis. Tom Allen, the retired champion
OF the world, was the referee. Meals
chief esquire was Billy McGraw, some
what Of a pugiiist himself. Tom Kelly
looked after White though Neal was his
favorite protege. That made no differ
ence with Kelly, and he esqured White
as enthusiastically as though he had
been a candidate for championship hon
Ors. White proved a hard man to master,
and in one of the early rounds of the
battle opened up Il cash in Meals cheek
that furnished all the carmine neces-
sary to give the fight the appearance of
real and genuine miX-up Neal never
wavered. and finally stopped his man.
FREE-FOR-ALL MIX-UP.
In the early rounds of the fight there
was an occurrence that came near ter
minatng the battle in a riot. Young
Whites father had insisted upon being
present a the fight. He was urged to
remain away, bat would not listen to the
argument that ne might be led to inter
fere should his son get the worst of the
argument. And he might not had ii not
been for the coaching Of Meals second,
McGraW. who finally aroused the ire of
old man White, and the two-NcGraw
and Whitehead it but in the ring, with
out rules to govern their contest. Ref
cree Allen folded his arms and announced
that when the house came to order he
would render 4 decision in the Neal
White affair. No one was seriously hurt
and after It was all over the ludicrous
situation was appreciated to such an ex-
tent by the board of trade men that they
made up a purse for the loser and a bit
for the Old man who had tackled the sec
Ond of Neal for advising his principal
10 make mincemeat of White
NEAL AND LYNOTT.
The next battle in which Neal engaged
was notable for the reason that it was
pulled off within 3 stones throw of the
-Four Courts building-police headquar-
ters-in St. Louis. Meals opponent on
that occasion was sturdy youth named
Lynott. 1T was whispered that he was
ringer" but Tom Kelly, who was back
Of Neal on that occasion, smiled grimly
and said that he might be d ringer but
so was Neal, for such fellows as Lynott
and 50 il proved. The men fought in
an attic, where there was scarcely room
for them to get about. The space just
suited Neal, for his man could not make
foot race Of it, Lynott was better than
Meals friends had thought, and for four
rounds it was anybodys battle. In the
fifth Dutch assumed the aggressive
and went right after LynOtt There was
brief exchange Of blows that would
have telled q drove of oxen, and finally
Lyuott was put out. Neal was scarcely
hurt He was as hard as nails and the
hurricane Of blows that LynOtt rained
upon him had little effect The favored
few who Witnessed the battle pronounced
ii a hummelshine, thing that is rarely
seen in modern boXing-a genuine fight
on the old school order, in which the best
man won.
TOM KELLY OF BRADFORD.
St Louis possesses three veterans of
the prize ring-Tom Allen, once heavy
weight champion of the world: Prof Bill
Clark, known in mis- fighting days in
merry old England as THE Belfast
Chicken" and Tom Kelly, of Bradford.
middleweight in the time when fights
were on the turf, with bare knuCkles and
a sturdy fighter was he. Today Kelly has
place in 81. Louis, where the admirers
OF oldtime pugiiism find a hearty well
cGne, and grasp the hand that has de-
livered many q hard blow. Before the
killing Of young Jackson, in a boxing
match in Days place, on Seventh street
IN which Joe Murphy. now a famous race
track official, WIS referee boxing was
permitted in St. Louis, and in Tom
Kelly's back pai3or'' many hard fl hit
has been witnessed by board of trade
men, famous actors and politicians. ThaIe
was a regulation ring, with am ain"hi-
theater that accommodated quite crowd
of spectators and within that enclosure
Dutch Neal gained fame as a fighter
He was a trial horse for the best of
them. and invariably gave good account
of himself.
SOUGHT BIGGER GAME.
Finally Dutch" grew ambitious. and
went abroad seeking greater worlds to
conquer He could get few battles at his
weight, and so took on middle and heavv-
weight fighters who had not gained s1r-
ficient fame to rank A No. / Neal did
not care what they weighed nor how
they fought He was willing 10 90 win
or lose, and even had the ten,erifv to
take on such men as Tommy RYAN and
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