Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-28

Buzz" rushed when ne arose. In the
tenth Auber worked at a fast clip from
the start, and Church Rugged and
clinched throughout. The eelored boy
was going when the bell Bounded. He
was Cut-pointed by Auber all the way
through, and Gardner very properly
gave the decision to the Wheeling boy.
There was a kick when Bennett and
Matthews weighed in in the afternoon.
The former tipped the beam at 1853
with his clothes on, and weighed prob
ably 149. Matthews was ten pounds
lighter. Benefits father was in his
sens corner. II was after midnight
when the bout started.
In the first Matthews led off with a
swing which missed. Both found the
stomach lightly. Matthews put two
lefts and a right on the stomach.
They opened the second with a hard
exchange. Clever feinting and foot
work. Matthews jabbed left in ribs,
and Bennett countered heavily on the
breast. In the third they exchanged
body blows, and Matthews placed the
odd one Of the ribs. In the opening OF
the fourth, Bennett complained that
Matthews hit him in a clinch. Ben
nett chopped the neck. Matthews put
a straight right over the heart. Ben
nett hooked his left TO the jaw, and
right to body. AS the bell sounded
Matthews was showed down against the
ropes.
Matthews put his left twice TO the body
In the fifth, but over-reached himself in
a swing for the jaw. They exchanged
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the face twice and got away. The sixth
was tame until the close, when they ex-
changed straight-arm jabs in the stomach
In the seventh Matthews put a hard
right swing on the neck, and caught Ben
nett against the ropes with a left hook
on the jaw. A moment later Bennett
turned Matty around with a right swing
on the jaw. Matthews sent straight right
to the body.
III the eighth a l~eft-hander brought the
low of blood from Matthews right eye,
which showed IN ugly cut. His body was
covered with blood when the round closed.
Matthews opened up aggressively in the
ninth, and played for the stomach, land
ing lightly. Bennett put a left hook on
the body. Bennett put a right swing or
the neck, and leads several times for
the injured eye.
The tenth was lively. Matthews put
a straight left on the mouth, and followed
1t up with another. In a mix-up "Matty'
tried a vicious uppercut, but fell short
with half of it.
Bennett anne up in the eleventh bleed
ing slightly from the mouth. and looking
a trife tired. IN a mix-up Matthews up
percut him in the stomach.
In the twelfth. Matthews put left on the
ribs. Bennett swung mis- elbow to the
neck. Bennett jabbed left on face, and
staggered Matthews with a right on the
neck. A jab in the face brought the claret
from BENEFITS nose.
In the thirteenth they wen at each 9TH
CT hammer and tongs fashion in the center
of tte ring, the mix-up resulting in an
advantage for Bennett. Matty found the
wind, and Bennett countered hard on the
jaw.
Both were strong in the fourteenth, in
spite of the merry clip at which they were
going. Bennett put left on the ribs, and
Matty countered on the pack. Matthews
uppercut viciously with his right. Ben
nett put two let's on the ribs.
Two leads for the ribs by Matthews
caused Bennett to rush in the fifteenth,
but he was stopped before any damage
was done. Matty found the body, and
Jack uppercut. Jack found the head
twice, opening the bad eye. Benefits
round.
In the sixteenth, Matthews carefully
guarded his eye, and left an opening for
several body punches. Matthews swung
right to the jaw. Matty put two stiff
punches on the body.
In the seventeenth, it was comparatively
tame, both apparently saving themselves
for the final effort.
The eighteenth was hrisker. Both
chopped right to the neck. Two sharp ex-
changes on the body and head.
In the nineteenth Bennett chopped his
right TO the neck. and Matty missed hard
right and left swings, but a moment later
put a stiff punch on the wind.
a draw looked like a foregone conclu-
sion when the men came up for the last
round. After some sparring. MatJy put
a left hook on the jaw, and Jack found
the ribs. They fought hard in a corner.
Jack sent right to the kidneys. Matty put
a straight left on the face. and hooked his
left to the chin. When the round closed
the referee decided the contest a draw.
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