The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-22
CYCLING.
BOXING.
ENDED IN A DRAW.

Tn. fLN twenty iIN'AAS ~ N'NA SNH
,,,t lha Metropolitan Club last night,
n, o,. Iecide the superiority of Sam
n,,.r o New York. and Eddie Card
,.r a, his city. A crowd of 600 enjoy
:, ,Rapr battle, which was as fast and
,.,7 as ever put on at the club, 1t
s,4sa IN a draw. Every round was
,n',y and replete with clever work.
nh m, wrestling match was very exclt-
,,s and It was a novel exhibition to the
, ,s Of the spectators. The "un-
"s@vn was Hank Walters, OF Akron,
q n was a short, stocky young fell
,,v with great welts OF fat over his
So1y and he weighed about 100 pounds,
IN, was rot in condition, Judging by
NJ. avafdupois. His opponent was
rank Davey, of this city, who weighed
.t,r, i}y pounds. Davey took two out
~ tho three falls. the second and third.
a, a half-Nelson and three-Quarter-
xgs5r respectively. Walters took the
ars, I'm minutes and 80 seconds, with
an inside Nelson. his superior weight
telling The second fall was taken by
m, Encllshman in minutes ana "a
seconds. and the third in minute and
ts seconds. Walters hacker talked OF
ono,bpr match when his man would be
trained aner. The match was for 5000 a
side, and Davey was loudly cheered for
his wonderful work. He was too scIen-
uac for the Akron giant.
Before the main event was put on a
eolorad quartette esBayed to regale the
crowd. but the dusky minstrnls were
r,gen the sad wall for their pains and
they retired from the scene In disgust.
In anUunclng the men, Referee P. F.
Murphy stated that when they weighed
iaat3p M, RoIen weighed tSt pounds
and Gardner l24N. both thus being over
IN, Stipulated figure, 124 pounds. Had
Eddie been one-quarter OF q pound
lgh,er he would have taken Bolen's
forfeit OF 500.
The drst round opened with Eddie
setting the pace. He directed his at
tta,Ion to the body. Bolen met him
with savage counters, and both worked
hs, in the mixes. Tha round was de-
voted mostly to feeling each other out.
Eddie Continued to try for the body
n the next, but failed to land effective
". and his every rush was followed by
mix that ended at the ropes. Sam
wung stIff left to Jaw at the close.
There was lots of wrestling in the
third round. Sam jabbed his long left
into Eddle's face frequently and he
threw over right CROSSES wheE Eddie
came close and he had decidedly the
better Of this round. Eddie was work
tag like a Trojan, but couldn't connect.
Eddie improved in the fourth, land
Ing stiff light leads on the breast. In
getting away he was awkward and Boz
len handed in a few, one Of them a
singing straight jolt on the jaw that
shook Eddie up.
Bolen's use OF his hands in the fifth
was wonderful. He used thsm In the
returns. for Eddie continued the aggres-
s5r The fastest piece OF business so
far was in the last few seconds, when
they had a rafting exchange in the CEN
TIE Of the ring. Eddie soaked him hard
In the stomach and the crowd got ex-
cited.
Eddie forced matters In good style in
the sixth. Sam tried to stop his PUSHES
by constantly cllnchlng and Eddie
hung to him like bull dog and occa-
sonllly throwing his right on Sans
kidneys. These blows hurt and Eddie
helped them on with some straights to
the stomach. Boien tired in this round
The rushes Eddie kept up and his
general fast work worried Sam, al
though Eddie couidu'. get In many
clean shots. Sam then adopted Eddie's
tactics Of winding his right on Eddie's
kidneys in the clinchas, and honors
were even for the round.
They were decidedly EddIe's In the
eighth when his stronger punches in
tha hot exchanges Of rights and let's,
told on the colored man. ctinching and
hitting with one arm free were fire.
quent in the next round. and favorite
pasumc was slaps over the kidneys, in
which Sam excelled, especially In the
tenth Eddie kept after him as he had
from the start, without intermission.
In the eleventh Eddie forced Sam
into the lat,ers corner and then drove
left to the stomach. Sam came back
with a staggarer on the Jaw. Eddie
regd away, and Sam, thinking he hao
him, made a Eralt Eally to follow VI
The advantage. He caught a Tartar
though Eddie coming back so stronG
Sam ran out Of It. But Eddle's blooe
va. up and one Of his swings oveE
Sans heart almost told the tale. Tic
landed this after ducsing from Bolen''
swing for the head.
slm'a stock went up In the succeeding
round, when he found the face hard sew
eraD lines without return. His height
am raach gave him the advantage a
long rauge.
u almost put Eddie out In thH thir'
tenth with a clever swing on the ia"
ami he gong didn't come any too soof
faS lns local hoy. The fore part of th'
maaI was Eddie's, but SIMS fas'
working rights ana let's found the jaw
nD .r.gn.
Idle clmo up Trash after the min
paa rest and at It they went hammel
ana tonga. a clineh soon followed, ans
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