The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-06
IT WAS A DRAW.
Bolen and Goulcttc go the Limit With
Honors Eyen-A Pretty Battle all
tho Way Through = Logomassino
Beat Reilly.

An audience larger than witnessed
the scanlon-Aymer contest saw last
night corking battle tor twenty
rounds. between Kid Goulette. OF
Rochester. N. Y. and Sam Bolen, OF
New York. at the Metropolitan club
1t was one of the cleanest and mos,
scientific battles ever pulled of in the
Fulton arena, exciting at all stages
and resulted In draw.
Goulette did the greater share Of the
leading and landed oftener: but Referee
Oscar Gardner did the wise thing, for
any other decision would have been UNI
Just. Bolen gave almost as good as he
got and scored two knock. downs. and
| fought the Kid close in every round.
The crowds universal verdict was that
the contest was ''beaut," which 1t
certainly was. The temperature was
relieved by fans distributed by the club
and any discomfort from heat was for
gotten In the excitement of the clash
Ing between two as well matched box
ers as ever were put face to face. The
Metropolltan's contests in Elks' week
were advertised by streamers above the
ringslde. and these bouts will attract
large patronage.
Louis Logomassino won the decision
over Dukes" Reilly In the sixth round
after AN exciting struggle. The bout
was to have gone ten rounds, but Reil-
ly. who was too fat, couldn't stand the
pace after the first round. which was
hammer and tongs from start to finish.
Dukes" cut loose with heavy swings
In this round, but Louis stayed with
him and both were tired when the
round closed. The italian boy had him
almost out In the second and third, af-
ter which he had picnic. Dukes"
gamely holding on. although too weak
to stand. In the sixth right smashes
on his kidneys and jolts on his stom-
ach sent him staggering to the ropes,
and Oscar Gardner mercifully stopped
1t. Dukes was thus saved from 4
clean Knockout.
Goulette and Bolen were matched ut
126 pounds and weighed in yesterday
at 3 p. m. Bolen made the weight to
an ounce but Goulette was half n
pound over. which cut no Ice. ; AS to
complexion they were almost on par
Goulette being almost as dark as the
yellow-skinned negro. Both siSniiied
their willingness to meet Joe Hopkins,
whose challenge TO the winner was re-
Gently sent TO the Intelligencer. They
showed up well when they shook hands.
Boler having the better OF 1t in reach.
countering on breast. Sam was eager
to force matters and he threw wicked
lefts to body, worrying Goulette. The
latter retaliatel by getting in and
away. Both We're fast on their feet and
had science to burn. Bolen's ducking
was neat but failed to ward off q cou-
pie OF left swings on heart. 1t was
clean work and a nice first round.
Goulette threw in an awful left drive
to stomach in the second. He tried 1t
again and Sam staggered him with right
on jaw,and laterrepeated 1t. They clash
ed frequently In hot work. Sans left
swing on jaw sent Goulette through the
ropes and the KID" took the count,
although fresh. SAINTS cleverness
blocked many OF Goulettc's heavy lefts,
for he was as quick as lightning.
Goulette worked In his right in mixes
In the next round. and he landed n
nasty left over the heart. He kept af-
ter Bolen and there was steam in his
smashes. Bolen's rushes helped him lit
tie. the Kid stopping him with right on
body. Goulette's style was not unlike
Oscar Gardner's and he. showed up in
elegant form in this round.
Sam started the fourth. finding body.
But Goulette exchanged EN-. Both
were clever in ducking and In speedy
returns, and the audience was treated
to fine sport. Each man made the body
the target for clean drives; Goulette
having shade the best OF 1t. The
round closed with Sans left upper cut
on Kids jaw. and both were firing from
the fast journey.
The Kid continued his work In the
fifth lifting Sam from the floor with 4
straight left to stomach. His plaster
ing on the stomach had that portion of
Sans anatomy glowing red. They
met in many 4 savage mix. and the
crack of the gloves sounded all over
the building. Honors were even SO far.
Sam appeared nervous In the next,
yet was punching away and came back
strong. His stiffness helped him coun-
ter hard when the Kid came in with
heavy punches nthe body and neck.
but this round was Goulette's.
The seventh opened with Goulette
smashing right to breast, and he con-
tinued the aggressor. This was q hot
round. The Kid hammered at the up
per brcnstworks, but Bolen blocked lots
OF It and swung rights and lefts in re-
turn.
Sam sent the Kid to the floor with Il
straight left on jaw In the eighth round.
Goulette taking the count. He went ut
II hard when he arose but Bolen coun-
tered every lead. Aside from the
knock down the round was not scnsa-
tional. and the knock down didn't
weaken the Kid.
There was no let up In the milling In
the ninth. Goulette drove swift stag
gcrer with his left mitt to Bolcns jaw
without return. A feature was the