The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-28
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Refused to Continue tho Fight at ths
Beginning Of tho Twelfth Round.
East and Furious Scrap up to That

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Time. 3
NEW YORK, August T.-Joe WAL
colt, tho Barbados negro. and Tommy
West, Of Brooklyn, entered the ring to-
night for O twenty.flv round bout at
catch-weights. Marquis OF oueensberry.
rules. West had the better OF tho
weight, he looking to be in better con-!
dillon Of the two. as Walcott seemed
high In flesh. There was very little
betting, 100. to 10 on West being freely
offered, with very few tnkers. \,
walcott was the first to score, He
missed with his left but landed hi1
right on the body. West fell short
in try for the head. and q rush Wall
colt got In q left on the wind lightly.
They opened the second round with
n rush to clinch. for which Tommy
hooked his left TO the neck and crossed
his right to the head. Then West sent
a hard leftto the body. Walcott rush.
ed his man to the ropes. sending a left
to the wind. West responded with q
hard right on the body. From q cllnch
Joe swung twice for tho head. but.
West Jumped away
Exchanged Body Punches. 5E
In the third exchanged body punches.
Walcott swung wildly without landing
and West stepped In with a left on tho.
face. West was cautioned for hug
ging. walcott rushed viclouslY, miss
ing with the right. but landing his left
on the body. He rushed ngain. but
Tommy escaped to the ropes.
At the opening OF the fourth round
West hooked his right to the body and
brought 1t up to the head. Tommy jab-
bed a hard left to the face. Walsott
missed a left for the body. and got a
jab In the face from West. Joe caught
West on the ropes, landing his right,
over tho kidneys. At close quarters
Walcott got to Vests body repeated
edly.
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 iattcr's corner. and sent In two
very hard lefts on Tommy'sj stomach
which made West cllnch. West was
bleeding from the left eye when he got
back to his corner. y
In the sixth Walcott ripped his left
Into the body, and Tommy got his left
up to Joe's chin. Clinches were FREE
quent and some hot exchanges occurred
with honors even.
Left on Ribs.
waicott landed a left on the ribs as
a beginner for the seventh round. West
replied with left and right on the body.
Walcott kept working his left into tho
wind. West jabbed left in the face
In return. Wnlcott landed two lefts
on !. the body, one of which was low.
and he was cautioned By the referee.
West pushed his left to the pit of the
stomach. and hooked his right to the
car.
West came UP lively In the eighth
round. He sent left to the face. Wall
colt countered on the body. At closs
quarters Walcott landed on the head
three times. and West got to the body
with both hands.
West landed u good right on Wat
colts body In the ninth. but Joe rushed,
sending letts to head and rights to the
body, while West broke ground for
safety. Wnlcott always got In a handy
right on breaking from cllnchcs, and
was cautioned twice for hitting after q
clean break had been ordered. I
Plenty Of In-Fighting.
There was plenty OF ln-nghting In tho
tenth. and walcote seemed to :revel In
this kind OF work. West stnbbed him
with the left twice in the face. and cut
Walcott's mouth with d left tab. Joe
got Tommy against the ropes and puo
in two solid lefts on tho body and Ia
the pit OF the stomach. These blowa
,sant West to his corner much weai1-
enec.
Wnlcott worked into tho body In chs
next round. He was very quick. and
got to the body and head with telling
force. Vests best blows were lefts to
the face, but Walcott Offset these by.
forcing Tom to his corner with swing.
ing. let's to the wind.
Refused to 90 On. n
When the ball rang for. the beginning
Of tho twelfth round Walcott stood IN
his corner and refused to resume the
fight. He claimed that his left arm
was injured. West went right over 10
him and shaped himself. wnloote
stood with his arms down. and Chaz!sy
White told him to 10 on and fight. Then
as Walcott refused, White counted off
ten seconds, uud declared West the
winner. saying at the same time that
he did not believe that Walcott was Ia
any way injured. ts
In his opinion, the negro quit from
dishonest motives. Manager Jim Kou-
nedy then entered the ring, and through
tho, announcer said that as Walcott had {
deliberately quit. the negros share OF
the money would be given to some
charitable institution.
The question then arose as to
whether the bets would be called of, &
but the referee said he knu,y nothing
of any bets, and consequently any; wa
gers that were made would stand. The
management Of the club were dcslrous
Of having NIL bets called OF. but thu I
referee refused to Interfere In the mnt.
ter. la. gS,