The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24
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SHORT AND SOUR.

NJ muncie Had No More Use for Mr..
Kenny After a one-ROund Confer
enceEJoe Bruner Quit After Four
Rounds.
nh, metropolitan club had a frost on
ca nrogramme last night for the two
s.,odpled boxing events only aggre
-,,,d 1--WE rounds. The number of
,nrJs doesn't cut figure when there
IS neat in them, but instead OF being
-,n,, and sweet they were brief and
s"nr leaving a bad taste in the mouth.
r,r mis- however, the club is no more
=, blome than the manager of a theatre
Who occasionally finds he has booked a
bum show.
The stellar attraction was to have
b.,n n twenty-round contest between
"Yapk" Kenny, an old Wheeling boy,
who achieved note as being spnrring
plrnrr for Bob Fltzsimmons, and
i}IIy Ntlncle, colored roustnbOut from
iI',I N went one round. The re-
5rIt was not a surprise to the follow
,ys Of the ring In this city who keep
,gsted Tor Muncie was never heard OF
MIN fbe match was arranged. He soon
showed that he knew no more about
Tho boxing game than yearllng calf,
and no displayed the rabbit at the ear
iinst opportunlty. He was matched
Win Kenny by the club on Joe Bru-
nars Recommendation, but Burners
stock as a recommended has gone to the
freezing point.
moi worth valuable space. A husky,
Young, yellow-slinned gentleman lum-
Iprpd out into the centre Of the ring at
The start and began to let fly in wind
mill fashion. By chance he managed TO
throw his left into the bread basket Of
his stalwart. white opponent few
times. and then IN eiinch pushed him
10 the floor. after which he rolled on
Kenny and attempted to apply few
plugs. Then the Irishman began TO
shove out his fms and ere the round
ended the man from Marietta was
staggering aimlessly about, the gong
coming TO his rescue.
But the milk in the cocoanut was the
glove feature. In the middle Of the
round, the glove on Muncie's hand burst
and he innocently turned to Referee
wb,reup0n Kenny smote him hard. At
the close OF the round, Muncle refused
tn continue unless furnished another
new glove. There was none In the
building, and the club officials offered
him an old glove, which being harder
would have been TO mis- advantage. But
MunCie really didn't want to see an
other glove and he said to Gardner:
"rN quit" At this announcement.
Squirrel Flnnerty, who was acting as
his second. picked up q water bottle as
II to hit the colored man. but some
ones arm interposed and Muncie was
thus saved from a Knockout by the bot
tie route. Kenny offered to exchange
gloves with Muncie, but the offer was
sC0rned. Then Gardner awarded the
decision to Kenny and the latter left
the building. After his departure,
Muncie agreed to continue, but he was
TOO late, for Kenny had gone and re-
fused to return, In which proceeding he
was emInently justified. The crowd
Kissed Muncie with q vengeance. but
the colored novice did not mind that. II
he had any kick coming, 1t was prob
ably against the people that prevailed
on him to seek his fortunes In the ring.
The preliminary was another dlsap-
pointment. It started out promislngly
in the first round. but after that Bruner
resorted to hugging continually, andat
the end OF the fourth, during which
round he was wrestled through the
ropes on to the reserved chairs, his
seconds threw up the sponge, and
Buzz" Auber got the decision. Bru-
ner has gone back. and Auber clearly
showed his superiority. 1t was the
third meeting OF the pair, the others
being draws.
The affair was n sorry showing for
Marietta, which contributed the two
losers. From the ancient city on the
Muskingum there came a big bunch OF
sports via steamboat excursion which
arrived here early yesterday morning,
and they can console themselves with
the thought that they had ride on the
river, Next time they come they should
produce something better.
In accordance with the clubs rules,
neither MuncIe nor Bruner got cent.
As there were only about $50 people In
the house they didn't lose much. II the
club profits by the lesson It VIII cease
70 match unknown artists again.