Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
CREEOON DID
NOT LAST
Walc0tt Put Him Out in the
First Round
WITH A PUNCH ON THE JAW
Fight Only Lasted a Little Over a Min
ute and Creed0n Was No
Match For the Black
WITH A PUNCH ON THE JAW

New York, April 25.-Nearly 5000
sports assembled at the Lenox Athletic
club tonight in the hope of seeing a
rafting bout between Joe Walcott, the
negro boxer, n Dan Creedon, the Aus
tralian. They were matched to go 20
rounds at catch weights, but although
thar his opponent, the negro made short
work of him. With a left and two right
smashes on the jaw, Walcott foored
Creedon three times. The third time the
Australian went down he was dead to
the world" and Walcott was declared the
winner amid the cheers of his hackers,
who won a pot Of money on the result
The bout lasted only a minute and Is
seconds, and as the opening mill was
ended with a knockout also in the first
round, the club patrons had the very I'M
usual experience Of seeing two pairs of
big boxers settling their arguments in
about three minutes of actual fighting.
In the opening bout, Max Unger, an
Acknowledgement, and Carl Beck of
Germany, who are both noted as strong
men," We're the contestants. Each is in
the heavyweight class, and neither had
ever taken part in a sparring contest.
Both led for the head and Beck landed a
stiff left. This was the only blow he
struck, as Unger rushed at him and
floored him with a right on the chest.
Beck sprang to his feet instantly, only
to go down again before another right.
He stayed down three seconds this time
and sprinted, but Unger, who was hot
on his trail, swung his right on the jaw.
Beck fell in a heap, and it looked as If
he We're out. but he got up with surpris-
ing alacrity. He faced his opponent, who
NV this TINA had q s.S1Irn thino' Of II A
few light passes followed with very little
doing, until Unger again swung his right
on Beck's Jaw, and the foreigner went
down and out. He was carried to his
corner in a helpless condition and did not
realize that he had been whipped until
fully five minutes after Unger had been
declared the winner. Time of round, one
minute and AZ seconds.
Dan Creedon entered the ring at 9:15
O'Clock, looking in good shape. He owned
up to weighing 100 pounds. Joe Walcott
arrived at the ringside a few minutes
later. He weighed 142 pounds.
Creedon opened the favorite with 100 to
so on, but these odds soon dwindled to
ven money, which prevailed before the
men began to box. In the opening round
they exchanged a few body blows and
Walcott tried a right swing for the head,
but missed. Joe then swung his left on
the wind and Creedon sent a hard left
TO the kidneys. Alter some swift eX-
changes Walcott swung his left to Cree
don's jaw and Creedon went down. He
stayed down the limit and got up dazed.
He tried to spar, but Walcott went at
him and sent him down with a short
right hook on the jaw. Dan looked all
but out when he got up after the referee
had counted eight seconds. Dams back
was turned to the negro when he regained
his feet, but Walcott went around and
coed him The A ptjnn1oan oor,aJ
knew where he was. Walcott lost no
time in finishing his man with a hard
r1ght smash on the point of the jaw and
Creedon fell fiat on his back to the floor.
The final blow was IN awful one and
Creedon was SO helpless when he re-
ceived it that he vas out before he real
lied What had happened. Creedon was
helped to his corner by his seconds. He
came to in a couple of minutes and was
able to walk to his dressing room without
being aided. Time of round, one minute
and Is seconds.