The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26

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podean, and Had Him Finished
I'm "a Little More Than One Min
Overwhelmingly Lasted but a
Round, Making the affair One of
the Briefest I'm Boxing History.
IAGS
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, and Dan Creedon,. the Aus
tralian. They were matched to go twenty
rounds, at catch weights. but although
Creedon weighed fully twenty pounds
more than his opponent. the negro made
short work Of him. With a left and two
right smashes on the jaw, Walcott foored
Creedon thrice. The third time the Aus
tralian went down he was dead to the
world and Walcott was declared the
winner amid the cheers Of his hackers,
who won pot Of money OH the result.
The bout lasted only one minute and
fifteen seconds, and as the opening mill
was ended in a knockout, also in the
first round. the club patrons had the very
unusual experience of seeing two sets of
big boxers settling their arguments in
about three minutes OF actual fighting.
In the opening bout, Max Unger, an
Americanized German, and Carl Beck of
Germany, who are both noted as STRONG
men" were the contestants. Neither had
taken part In a public sparring contest
Both led for the head, and Beck landed
stiff left. This was the only blow he
struck a TTporor 4;
him with a, right on the chest. Beck
sprang to his feet instantly only to go
down agair: from another right He
stayed down three seconds this time and
sprinted, but Unger was hot on his trail,
swinging his right to the jaw. Beck fell
In heap and it looked as If he were out
but he got up with surprising alacrity
He faced his opponent who by this time
had him going. few light passes, and
Unger again swung his right to Beck
Jaw and the foreigner went down and out
He was carried to his corner in a help
less condition. and did not realize that he
had been whipped until fully five minutes
after Unger had been declared the win
ner. limo Of round one minute and
forty-seven seconds
CREEDON's DEFEAT.
Dan Creedon entered the ring at 9:15
clock looking In good shape. He owned
UP to weighing 160 pounds Joe Walcott
arrived at the ring side a few minutes
later He weighed 142 pounds. C-eedon
opened the favorite at 100 to so on. but
these odds soon dwindled to even. which
odds 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
Cyy-1I 1off h.,
a hard left to the kidneys. After some
swift exchanges, Walcott swung his left
to Creedon's jaw and Creedon went down.
The Australian stayed down the limit.
and got up dazed. F(e tried to spar. but
Walcott went at him and sent him down
with 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 WaIcott ran
around and faced him. The Antipodean
was dumbfounded. and scarcely knew
where he was Walcott lost no time in
finishing his man with a hard right
smash on the point Of the Jaw and Cree
don fell fiat on his back to the floor. The
mai blow was an awful one, and Cree
don was so helpless when it landed thai
he was out before he realized what had
happened.
Creedon was helped to his corner by his
assistants. He came to in couple of
minutes and was able to walk to his
dressing room without being aided. Time
Of round, one minute and fifteen seconds