The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-06
FAST FINISH FIGHT
MIKE KELLY KNOCKS OUT CHAR
LEY WILLIAMS IN SIX
ROUNDS
BOTH FIGHTERS WERE GAME
Local Man Looked Good early In
the Game and Got First Blood,
but Kelly Had Better
Endurance.

About 500 lovers of the manly art of
self-defense had an opportunity to see
two clever lightweights go to finish in
ST. Paul last night The men were
Charles Williams, a local colored pugiiist
who is widely known in the Twin Cities
i as clever fighter, and Mike Kelly, who
halls from Chicago. Kelly is also well
known in and about Chicago, but this is
his first appearance in the Northwest.
He put up a very clever article of tight
and knocked his man out in the sixth
round with about one minute to fight.
The men entered the ring with only a
difference of one-half pound in weight,
the local man tipping the scales at 1341ls.
and the Chicago man at 1876 pounds. The
fight was fast and furious from the call
of time to the counting out of the col
ored man. and the sports who had as
sembled all went away satisfied that they
had seen the fastest fight that has been
pulled off here since the old days. While
the affair was advertised as scientific
boxing match, the tip was out among the
fraterity that it would be the real thing,
the promoters taking advantage of Gov.
Van SAINTS absence from the city, and the
tip was made good.
A well known ex-pug;list refereed the
affair, and after some dispute as to
whether or not the Marquis of Queens
berry rules should be carried out in, re-
gard to hitting with one arm free, the
men were introduced to the audience. 1t
was finally decided to break clean. While
the crowd was a large and enthusiastic
one, there was not great deal of money
Wagered on the event, the crowd evident
~ not having the same confidence in the
affairs proceeding unmolested as the
promoters did, who took every oppor-
tunity to explain to those assembled that
H.
ing contest for points
story of the Fight.
The men entered the ring for the first
round and proceeded to business. After
a moments fiddling the local man was
sent to the floor by heavy right handler.
He did not take the count, however, and
was on his feet in a second and rushed
his man to the ropes. Kelly swung VIC
iously for the colored mans body, but
each approach in this direction was
cleverly countered. There was one ex-
change of blows in the neck and face that
was about an even break, and the round
ended with the local man having perhaps
a shade the best of it.
Williams Lacked Steam.
Both men were on the line at the call
of time In the second. Both mixed things
and Williams made better fight than
he did in the first, landing several hard
body blows, and getting in one or two
on the Chicago boys jaw, which were,
however, too light to do any damage. Just
as the round ended, Williams received a
vicious left on the jaw that sent him
blinking to his corner.
At the call of time in the third VIII
Hams rushed his man and continued to
force the fighing for some time. Kelly
finally stopped his onslaughts and sent
a right and left to jaw that staggered
the colored man. The fighting was fast
at first, but both men clinched consid-
erably, Kelly showing a disposition to
hold onto his opponent for time Tie
gong gave him a little the best of the
round.
First Blood TO Williams.
In the opening of the fourth both men
fiddled for wind. Both were breathing
hard, but neither groggy. Williams again
mixed things, and in a fast exchange Of
face blows, landed right on I<elly's
left temple that brought the first blood,
and gave Kelly the only mark he carried
through the fight. At the gong things
looked brighter for the local man, al
though he had been sent to the floor and
taken the limit.
Kelly looked pretty bad when he came
UP for the fifth, but soon convinced the
crowd that his looks were misleading.
He landed number Of hard ones about
the colored mans head and jaw. and got
in one that put him to the hoor for nine
seconds. Williams came up smiling and
finished game, but Kelly got the best of
it in a clever exchange of blows, and
the honors rested easily with him at the
sound Of the gong.
Both men came up for the sixth with
blood in their eye. There was no time
lost, but both proceeded to mix things
up for the few moments preceding the
knockout. The men became winded, how
ever. and while they were 1iddling for
wind Kelly landed heavy left on the
colored mans jaw that sent the latter
to the floor in heap, where he lay, with
his head under him, until he was count
ed out and seconds dragged him to his
chair. Neither man looked much the
worse for the encounter.
A preliminary programme. consisting of
a three-round go between Morris Self
and M. J. Carr, and a wrestling match
between Harry RerZjO1tia and McCa1IleV