The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-28
Barbados TERROR OUT
AFTER ELEVEN ROUNDS IN HIS
FAVOR, WALCoTT SUDDENLY
GOT TIREB
TOMMY WEST THE VICTOR
Strong Indications That some One
Must Have scot to" the Negro
Had Had All the Best
of 1t.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Joe walcott, the
Barbados negro, and Tommy West, Of
Brooklyn, entered the ring promptly to-
night for the main event, a twenty-five
round bout at catch weights, Marquis of
Queensberry rules. West had the better
| OF the weight, he looking to be In the
/ better condition of the two, as Walcott
seemed big in flesh. There was very ILL
| tie betting. Walcott was the first to
! score. He missed with his left and land
! ed his right OF the body. West fell short
IA try for the head and in a rush Wal
colt got In left the wind lightly.
They opened the second round with a
rush to a clinch from which Tommy
hooked his left to the neck and crossed
his right to chin. Then West sent a hard
right to the body Walcott rushed his
man to the ropes, sending left to wind,
west responded with hard right on the
body From a cIinch Joe swung twice for
the head, but West jumped away
Ia the third they exchanged body
punches. Walcott swung wildly without
landing and West stepped IN with left
on the face. West was cautioned for
hugging. Walcott rushed viciously. miss ::
--AG vain gShO +tSi4Sg D0l l&DulIS HIS leIL
ON the body. He rushed again ard Tom
my escaped on the ropes
At the opening Of the fourth round
West hooked his right to the bo1y and
brought it up to the head Tommy jab-
bed hard left to the face Walcott
missed left for the body and ger a lab
in the face from West. Joe caught West
on the ropes, landing his right over the
Kidneys AT close quarters Walcott get
TO Vests body repeatedly.
Wdlcott came up smiling for the fifth
and had the better of the short
work in which he hooked his left to the
body twice. He rushed West to his coriIcr
and sent in two lefts on the stomach
which made West clinch. West was
bleeding from the left eya when he got
back to his corner.
In the sixth Walcott ripped his left to
the body and Tommy got his right up to
the face. Clincles were frequent and
some hot exchanges occurred with honors
even; Vests right eye was damaged In
this round.
Walcott landed left on the ribs as a
beginner for the seventh round. West re-
piled with left ard right on thu body.
Walcott kept working nis left into the
wind. West jabbed left to the face
Walcott landed TIVE stiff lefts on the
body, enc Of which was low and he was
cautioned by the referee. West pushed
his left to the pit of the stomach and
West hooked right to the ear.
West came up lively in the eighth
round lie sent left to the face. Walcott
countered on the body. At close quarters
Walcott landed his left three times on
the mead and West got to body with both
hands. West landed a good right or Wal
COTS body in he ninth. but Joe rushed,
sending left to head and right TO body,
while West broke ground for safety
Walcott always got in Il handy right on
breaking from clinches and was cautioned
twice for hitting after clean break had
been ordered.
There was plenty Of infghting in the
tenth and Walcott seemed TO reve III
this kind Of work. West stabbed him
with the left twice in the face and cut
Walcotts mouth with a Left lab. Walcett
got Tommy to the ropes and put III two
solid lefts on the body and in the pit Of
the stomach. These blows sent West to
his corner much weakened
West worked on the body IN the next
round. He was very quick and got to the
body and head with telling effect. Vests
best blows were lefts to the face but
Walcott offset these by forcing Tommy
to his corner with swinging let's TO the
wind.
When the hell rang for the beginning
OF the twelfth round Walcott stood in
MS corner ana refused 10 resume the
fight. lie claimed that his left arm was
injured. West went directly over TO him
and shaped hlmseH. Walcott stood with
his arms down and Charlie White told
him to go on aud fight. Then as Walcott
refused White counted OF ten seconds
and declared West the winner, sa3 ing at
the same time that he did not believe
Walcott was in any way injured. In his
opinion the negro quit from dishonest
motives. Manager Jim Kennedy then en-
tered the ring and through the announcer
said that as Walcctt had deliberately
quit the negro's share Of the money would
be given to some charitable institution
The question then arose az to whether
the bGts would be called Oft, but the
referee said he knew nothing OF any bet
ting and consequently any, wagers that
were made would stand. The manage
ment Of the club were DESTROYS Of having
bets called off. but the referee refused to
interfere in tn matter.
Two clever lads, Kid McFadden, Of San
Francisco and Jimmy Rose, of this city,
met IN the preliminary bout at lis pounds.
They were TO have fought twelve rounds
but the New Yorker was forced to quit
IN the eleventh round after McF adden