Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-29

Key West and Norfolk, but neither had a
decided advantage. although most of us
considered Mahoney the better man. About
the same time the United States steam
ship Swatara was out in New Zealand. A
hurley Englishman ashore boosted that he
could lick any man on the Yankee warship.
As soon as Jack Flanagan heard of 1t he
asked to go ashore, where he met Thomp-
son. the Brtton, and they fought for more
than an hour on the turf until darkness
stopped the mill. The next day they met
again, and after battling for forty-three
rounds the Yankee sailor was declared the
winner.
In 1877 the United States steamship
Trenton was in European waters when Big
Johnny Edwards and Dan Fab had a
rough. unfair go, for when Edwards was
getting the better of It in the fifth round
the Fab gang broke into the ring, and al
though Edwards tried to fight them all at
once. he could not get a square deal and
was overpowered.
Ross Again to the Fore.
while the United states steamship Hart
ford was in South America in 1879 Jimmy
Ross was abroad, and one of his pupils,
Harry Esterbrook, challenged him to fight
TO a finish with hard gloves. They fought
on shipboard in February and Esterbrook
managed to stay through ten hard rounds,
a pretty good showing for a novice. The
Hartford had another man on board look
ing for fistic honors named Mickey Welsh.
He challenged Ross 10 fight for the mid
dleweight championship OF the navy and a
oelt. They met aboard the Hartford on
March %, 1873, before a big crowd Of sail
ors from the other ships in port. Welsh
put up a game battle, but ne was com
PEELED to surrender in the nineteenth round.
Two weeks later a fine boxing exhibit
lion was given on the Hartford and the
belt was presented to Ross. A large num-
Der Of Englishmen were present and two
days afterward Tom Evans OF the British
warship Garnet, who claimed to be the
champion of the queens navy, challenged
any man In the Yankee fleet, but none of
the ~heavyweights on the Hartford stepped
to the front. Jimmy Ross, though a mid
dleweight. sent word. however, that he
would meet John Bulls champion. When
they faced each other at Mount David on
May 6 Evans looked like a giant along
side of Ross. 1t was a swift. hard fight OF
seven rounds, when the Englishman went
down with two broken ribs and other In
Juries, whereupon Ross was hailed as ths
champion OF the American and EnghsE
navies and held the belt for three year,
against all comCrs, when it became hi
personal property.
The United states steamer Trenton ha,
a new crew sent over in 1851. Among then
were Mike Carroll and Jim Mcclellan,
brother of Prof. Billy Mcclellan. who wa
twice defeated by Prof. Mix Donovan
Carroll and Mcclellan agreed 10 fight O.
shore In France and the former won 1
eleven rounds. as Mcclellan sprained hi
leg and could not do himself justice.
Officers stopped This Mil.
There was a great glove fight on boar
the United States Steamship Minnesota o
W~ashington's birthday, 1881, betwee
George Miller and Jimmy Ross. the chan
pion. 1t was an exciting affair, for aft,
lasting seven rounds In thirty-four minute
the officers of the ship were obliged
stop the mill TO prevent a free-for-sn scra
among the outsiders who had come to 81
the go from other vessels. Shortly aftC
this match Miller met Walter Welsey
the United States Steamship New HAM
shire an6 knocked him out in six round
The winner received a challenge froi
Henry Leonard Of the United States Steam
ship Constitution. but IS Miller had n