Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-14
ROTTEN! ROI1ENl ROTTEN
AFTER LAST NIGHTS BATTLE

AFTER LAST NIGHTS BATTLE
| between Jack 0IcClellssnd, of Pitts
| burg, and jack Hamilton, of Troy,
N. ", After One of the Prettiest
Exhibitions Ever Seen Mt the
metropolitan Club-The Large
Crowd Did Not Agree With Mr..
Murphy and Called it a Steal-Box-
ing. Bowling. Base Ball and Other
Sport.
One of the largest and most dis
gusted crowds that ever attended
battle at the Metropolitan club in Full
ton saw the McClelland- Hamilton bout
last night Everybody and his brother
were there, and everybody and his
brother came away sore-excepting the
Pittsburg push Everybody was dis
gusted, not with the pugilistic exhibi-
ton, but with Referee Murphys de-
cision. 1t was awfully awful. The
word got around that as both Gardner
boys had challenged the winner, they
did not want to fight Hamilton and
gave orders accordingly But this is
generally discredited, as that Is not
either Oscars or Eddie's style. The
crowd Missed the decision and very few
congratulated the Pittsburger.
One prize fighter in the audience,
when asked what his opinion was CT
the decision, dryly remarked, with
laugh: '@That was the rawest l ever
heard" After Referee Murphy an
nounced his decision, Frank Collier,
who was in Hamiltons corner, expos
tulated with him, but Mr.. Murphy
would not listen and left the ring.
The preliminary bout was a go be-
tween Lou Baker, OF Wheeling, and
Mike Gilhooly, of Bridgeport. The
bout was for ten two-minute rounds
to decision The crowd was anxious
when the boys stepped into the ring.
1t was fast and furious. The boys
mixed hard and fast from the bell. A
right swing from Baker put Gilhooly
to the carpet before 80 seconds were
gone. He only took six counts.
After this the boys were more cautious
to the end of the round. In the second
and third, Gilhooly ducked cleverly.
The boys went wild in the fourth, and
when the round ended both were grog-
gy. Both got quiet again after the
furious fourth. Not blow was landed
in the fifth. Through the seventh they
were still resting, but in the eighth
they mixed lively again. In the ninth
they both got wild again, and the bell
saw honors about even. Both were
anxious when the tenth round started
Baker drew the blood from GiPs eye,
and the battling was fast and furious
Both were covered with blood when the
bell rang. At the close both were on
their feet, and Referee Murphy de-
clared the bout a draw. 1t was the
prettiest preliminary ever seen in the
club ring.
1t was 1915 o'clock when Hamilton
entered the ring with his hacker. Jim
| my Dime. In his corner was Frank
Collier, of Brooklyn; Frank Hart. OF
New York, and Jimmy Dime, of Troy.
Five minutes later McClelland arrived.
In his corner wlasaBilly McClelland and
Billy Cocoran, of Pittsburg and Frank
Harris, of Woodsfield, o.
MoClelland's father was with him
and stood inside the reserved seat
ring.
Before the fight started both Oscar
and Eddie Gardner issued a challenge
to the winner. Eddie's hacker also
stated that in the event of McClelland
winning he would like to go for side
bet. A telegram from Jim Reeder, of
Altoona, Pa. also challenged the win
ner
Round One-Hamilton forced the
fighting, landing light lefts and rights
on body. McClelland countered with
right to jaw. Hamilton sent left to
neck, hard Hamilton sent left ana
right to body, and then missed right
cross. Hamilton sent right to heart
land blocked McCIelfandS right jolt
started for the same place. McClelland
sent right hard to the same spot in a
mix up, and Hamilton countered with
left to Jaw McClelland sent right to
heart and left to neck, following with
left to face. Hamilton sent right cross
| to neck. The bell saw both fighting.
| Round two-Hamilton was the ag-
gressor. He opened with a right to the
| face They elinched and both sent
| rights and lefts to body. Hamilton
sent left to neck, Mack countering with
left chop on the eye Hamilton
swung right and left viciously but Mac
ducked away cleverly. Hamilton
crossed right to jaw and moment lat
er chopped his left to the neck, Mack
countering with a right to the heart.
Hamilton sent left to eye and Mack
crossed his left hard to the jaw Ham
ilton sent left to the neck twice and
| blocked right to the heart and left
to the neck at the bell.
Round three-Mack opened, fighting
fast, sending left to neck and follow
ing with a left hard to the jaw. Ham
ilton sent left to neck and Mack cross
ed right to jaw. Hamilton sent left
to face and Mack put his right twice
in the wind Hamilton closed in