The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-05-10
VAN VIE GOES OUT,
Deacon Dodge FeIIs His Opponent in
the Third Round and is
Awarded the Fight.
KNOCKOUT A DOUBTFUL ONE.

Contest Which Results in Decision Tor
R1ce.-Battisford is Defeated by Mar
shall in Four Rounds.
How much did you lose?
Kid Van VIE is a ''dead 'un," as the
Kenosha sports put it, and Deacon
Dodge is still the only fighter who
has a right to claim the palm in Keno
sha county. Notwithstanding this
fact the victory of the deacon" was
not brilliant one, and the general
consensus of opinion among the sports
about the city is that the fight between
the two men was Of a decidedly "ye1-
| low" nature.
Van Vie was knocked out in the
third round The fighting throughout
had been very easy and it was plainly
to be seen that Dodge had the better of
the argument. For two rounds it
looked as if both men were able to go
the limit and then several rounds. The
blows exchanged were of a harmless
nature and after Van VIE had been
counted out by Referee DrisCo1l neither
of the men had single mark to show
punishment. The blow that brought
the victory to the co1ored man was a
short arm jab which is alleged to have
caught Van Vie on the point of the
Jaw at the close of the third round.
Both men were sparring for openings
when what seemed to be a harmless
punch came and Van Vie went to
the floor. No one thought it was a
knockout as Van VIE appeared to be
resting. The referee, however, counted
ten and the fight was awarded to
Dodge. A second later Van VIE was
was on his feet refusing the aid of his
seconds to take him to his corner. He
walked to the corner and didn't seem
to be in any way injured by the blow.
A great deal of money changed hands
on the result of the fight and the sports
are decidedly sore on the conduct of
the defeated man. Of course it is
barely possible that Van VIE was
knocked out, but the general opinion
is that he laid down and allowed the
fight to go to the deacon.
The fight was pulled off at Simmons
hall under the management of Finney
& Murray, and the entertainment, bar
ing the last bout, was the best of the
kind ever held in the city. When the
referee and time keeper appeared at
the ring side every seat in the house
was filled, and a great crowd thronged
the galleries and crowded into the
small space back of the reserved seats.
Everything was managed in true
prize fight style.
It was nine O'Clock when the first
bout was called, the contestants being
J. Marshall and George Battisford.
Hosea Sells was time keeper and Jerry
| Drisco11, of Racine, referee. The
| fight was a good one, but it was evi
dent that Marshall was the more
clever of the two. At the end of the
fourth round the fight was awarded to
| Marshall on points. Battisford put
up good hard fight, and had the fight
been to a finish he would have un-
doubted1y defeated his man with ease.
The second go between Louie Ander-
son and James Rice, of the Badger
Athletic club, was the fight of the
evening. Both men are light weights,
but both are exceedingly clever, and
they put up the finest article in the
way Of fighting ever seen in Kenosha.
From the time the men entered the
ring the fighting was furious, each
man receiving and giving terrible
punishment. In the first round the
fighting became SO furious that both
of the boys were knocked over the
ropes into the laps of the spectators
who sat in the frort row. They re-
turned to the ring and continued the
fighting. Blood flowed freely and it
was evident that at the pace they were
going neither of the men would be
able to keep up the terrible fusi1ade
for ten rounds. go
In the second and the succeeding
rounds Rice had much the better of
the argument. Anderson was repeat
eddy knocked over the ropes, but lie
was game and returning to the ring he
fought his opponent to a standsti11.
Rice got first blood in the first round
and he continued to keep pounding
away at his opponents nose until both
men were covered with gore. In the
sixth round Rice became furious and
beat Anderson to the ropes several
times and at the close of the round
Anderson was so well worn out that
his seconds threw up the eponge and
the fight was awarded to Rice amidst
great applause from the delighted
spectators.
AT the close of the fight Rice was in
a hysterical condition and was not
aware of the fact that his opponent
had given up the fight and he rushed
to the center of the ring and proceeded
to renew the contest with an imagin-
airy opponent. He was taken from the
ring by his seconds and after he
reached the dressing room he tainted.
The fight between Dodge and Van
Vie then closed the entertainment.
Beloit Professors Here.
The professor of botany and the pro-
fessor of geology, of the Be1oit college