Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-28
round bout at catch weights. Marquis

round bout at catch weights, Marquis
of Queensbury rules.
West had the better Of the weight,
ne looking to be In the better cOndi-
in flesh. There was very little betting,
100 to 20 on West being freely offered
with very few takers.
Walcott was the first to score. He
missed with his left and landed his
right on body. West fell short in a
try for the head and N a rush Walcott
got in a left ON the wind lightly.
They opened the second round with
rush to clinch, for which Tommy
hooked his left to the neck and cross
ed his right to head. Then West sent
a hard left to the body. Walcott rush
ed his man to the ropes, sending left
to the wind. West responded with a
hard right on the body. From a clinch
Joe swung twice for the head but West
jumped away.
In the third they exchanged body
punches Walcott swung wildly with
out landing and West stepped in with
left on the face. West was cautioned
for hugging Walcott rushed viciously,
missing with the right but landing his
left on the body. He rushed again and
Tommy escaped On the ropes
At the opening of the fourth round
West hoked his right to the BODY and
brought it UP ITO the head. Tommy
jabbed a. hard left to the face. Walcott
missed a left for the body and got
ja5 in the face from West Joe caught
an lo h; irt,A
over the kidneys At close quarters
Walcott got to Vests body repeatedly.
Walcott came up smiling for the fifth
and had the better of some swift half
arm work in which he hooked his right
twice to the head. He rushed West into
the latter's corner and sent in two very
hard let's on Tomtmys stomach which
made West clinch. West was bleed
ing from the left eye when he got back
to his corner.
In the sixth Walcott ripped bis left
into the body and Tommy got his left
up to Joe's chin. Clinches were fire.
quent and some hot exchanges occur
red with honors even.
Walcott landed left on the ribs as
a beginner for the seventh round.
West replied with left and right IN the
body. Walcott kept working his left
into the wind. West jabbed left to the
face in return Walcott landed two stiff
lefts on the body, one of which was
low and he was cautioned by the refe
rec. West pushed his left TO the pit of
the stomach and hooked right to the
ear.
West came up lively in the eighth
round. He sent left to face. Walcott
countered on the body. AL close quar-
ters Walcott landed on the head three
times and West got to the body with
both hands.
West landed good right On Wal
colts body in the ninth but Joe rushed,
sending let's to head and rights to the
body, while West broke ground for
safety. Walcott always got In a handy
right on breaking from clinches and
was cautioned twice for hitting after
clean break had been ordered.
There was pleIiy of mitigating in
the tenth and WalcOtt seemed to revel
in ahis kinil of work. West stabbed
h, m with the left twice in the face and
cut WalcOtcc's mouth With a left jab.
Walcott got TcTny against the ropes
and put in two solid let's on the body
and in the pit OF the stomach. These
blows sent West to his corner much
weakened.
Walcott worked into she body in the
next round. He was very quick and got
to body and head with telling force.
Vests best blows were let's to the face
but Walcott offset these by forcing
Tommy to his corner with swinging
left to the wind.
When the bell rang for the begin
ming Of the twelfth round WalcO.I
stood in his corner and refused to re-
sumo the fight He claimed that his
left arm was injured. West went light
over to him and shaped himself. Wal
C0tt stood with his arms down and
Charley White told him to go on and
fight. Then as Walcott refused, White
counted off ten seconds and declared
West the winner saying At the same
time that he did not believe that Wal
cot was in any way injured.
In his opinion, the negro Quit from
dishonest motives. Manager JIM Ken
neay then enterd the ring ard
as Walcott had deliberately quit the
Eagro's share of the money would be
given 20 some charitable institution
The question then arose as to wheth-
er the bets would be called of but the
referee said he knew nothing of any
bets and consequently any wagers that
were made would stand. The manage
ment of the cluD were dasirious of hay
ing bets called off but the referee re-
fused to interfere in the matter.