The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-01
DISGRACEFUL DOINGS.
Jack Bonner Uses OIL of Mustard to
Blind an Opponent.


NEW YORK Feb 2S.-The contest between
Tommy West, of this city, and Jack Bonner,
of Summit, Pa. which took place at the
Lenox Athletic club tonight, was brought to
a sudden termination at the beginning of the
eighth round. Bonner's seconds had rubbed
oil of mustard on the Summit mans gloves
and the fumes almost blinded West and Ref
cree White. The referee ordered the men to
their corners, and gave the fight to West
Just what prompted Bonner's seconds to use
the mustard is not known, but it must have
been to place West at disadvantage. for up
to the preceding round the New York man
had more than held his own. Bonners sec
onds We're Johnny German, Billy Needham,
Charley O'Brien and Jack kevile
Bonner was the favorite in the betting, 2 to
1 being freely laid on him. Bonners height
and reach We're offset in the first round by
Vests cleverness and neither scored any ad-
vantage. A straight left from West made the
blood squirt from Bonner's nose in the sec
ond round, and although the big fellow had
up game fight. In the third round Bonner
kept playing for the wind, and landed a cou
pie of hard lefts on the stomach. West re-
taliated on the head and face.
Early in the following round Bonner start
ed at West with straight left on the mouth
but Tommy got back with straight left on
the body and right on the face. Bonner did
all the work i'll the next round and the men
were even up on points at the sound of the
bell. In the fifth West more than held his
own. In the sixth the men fought pretty
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left, flush on Bonner's face. He fought back
gamely against Bonners lead, and had a
shade the better of the argument when the
bell rang.
During the intermisson between the sew
enth and eight rounds, Boomers seconds used
a reviving fluid. known as oil of mustard
the fumes of which are binding. The oil
was rubbed on Bonner's gloves, and the
fumes of it blinded those who were sitting
close by the ringside AS soon as the men
shaped for the eighth round West got a
Whit of the stuff and when Bonner landed
on Tommy's face the latter shouted
Hes got something on his gloves that's
binding me-"
By this time Referee Charley White was
eyes at the same time shouting to the men
to go to their corners. Meanwhile West
was jumping frantically in his corner, with
pain, and his seconds got through the ropes
to help him. BonnerS seconds also clambered
through the ropes and began taking the
gloves off the big man. The police also took
a hand in the matter at this point Capt
Young, with dozen Datrolmen, also got
over the ropes When the spectators saw this
move they could not understand the matter
Referee White called on the police to arrest
Bonner's seconds but the seconds of Jack
protested, saying that Jacks manager, Fred
Miller, had handed the bottle to them, say
Ing it was a good thing to use. When
principal second, but the police prevented him
from striking.
White then declared West the winner.
mere was hoWl from Bonner'S hackers, but
the bets went with the referees decision, and
| those who had laid to 1 ON the big fellow
| thought they were wrong. All this time the
| spectators were clambering on the seats
| clamoring to know what was the matter
The master Of ceremonies. as soon as he
could be heard. explained the matter fully
| and when he announced the decision of the
| referee there was loud and prolonged cheers.
| One man who had box near the ring
| had an alteration with Manager Tom
| O'Rourke, and blows were struck, but the
| men were separated and the arena was soon
emptied. No arrests were made
! Before the principal event Ed Kennedy. of
| Pittsburg, defeated Fred Smith, of Cincinnati
in two rounds.