The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-27
IM'GANN OUTP0|NTS
The SLOW SCHRRCk,
Indianapolis Man KINDLY
'WithheldNC Coup De Grace
in Coliseum Mill.s

Whether to accept the ten-round no
decision mill betweenN Hugh M cGann
OF Indianapolis and Mike Schrec k,.the
heavyweight champion Of Cincinnati.
at the coliseum on Tuesday evening
as the fast, clever and interesting 3d.
az anticipated, about twelve hundre
fight fans are In grave doubt. 1tswouhi
not he unfair ton say that there's were
many who thought the mixup, most
awfully tame. Buu whatever construc1
ton the fan wishes. to place upon thet
sparring exhibition, McGann had the1
better of the argument, AID for Nc
Gam personally the result OF tho
match means much, for It, removes1
the shade of obscurity from him, and \
entities him to matches with'some oiI
the first notchers. McGann had 10
force the fightingSat all times. he
was in shape for Va lively bout but
his beefy opponent avoided any rough
house.
Howard (Kid)VWiggam, the Indian
apolis middleweigit. scored cleanup
IN lack CrawfordAofsSt. Louis, rath-
er clever boxer, wCho at one time Is
said to have been the sparring part
ner of Billy <Papke. Possibly the ma
iority OF the crowd feA this was real
for sure iight,with the sleep producer
administered by Wiggam In the flftn;
but there were others who thought
differently. iThis fight was called OH
in the third when with Crawford on
ho
promoter McG.ann called it ,off. Bug
dom was far from satisfied and COM
PEELED the resumption OF hostilities,
with the Aforesaid result in ,the fifth
The blow which Crawford collapsed
on was a sharp&punch to ,thesabdomen-
In the prelin jnaries some OF the
best fighting Of the evening was wit
messed. Harry <Clapp OF Richmond,
had the. shade on Harry Bergman, In
dianapolis, trainer' for ,Wiggam. The
indianapolis lad is> the human Stats
of the profession. He lowered way
above Clapp, who is stock built boy.
While Bergman had the science, he
lacked the punch and it was generally
admitted he received the worst OF the
mill. Kid Jeffries and Chink McCon-
aha, fought q slambang affair.". McCon'
aha quitting when he received one In
the wind in the second.
Sam Murbarger, the Indianapolis
wrestler, and TT. Wayne promoter OF
sporting exhibitions, was the referee
in all of the bouts and gave satisfac-
ton.
Schreck, the Cincinnati ex-champion
who weighed no less than 200 and who
had q paunch which made him look
like swelled potato, moved about
with the grace Of a hippo. McGann, in
excellent fighting trim, weighing
about It's, skipped away from the cur
tain calls which lurked in Schreck's
fists. The first three rounds were
about even. From then on McGann
easily had 1t on Schreck, until the
tenth, which again was on about even
terms, with the promoter the slight
favorite.
The open style fighting and the
elimination Of almost all mitigating
combined with the exceeding slowness
of Schreck, made the bout very tame
possibly the tamest thing ever seen
here. At the end of each round
Schreck enjoyed the smelling salts bot
tic. BY the end of the go Schreck's
face was twice its normal size, his
eyes swelling shut rapidly and hi:
mouth showed several different style:
of q triangle. 1t is said that Mccain
could have put Schreck out, but refus
ed himself the honor in order not II
run afoul with the statutes.
In the semi-windup, Crawford start
ed out very fast and had Wiggam dow
for the count OF four in the first. Thu
second was more nearly even will
both men groggy at times and holding
on to each other to save thei
strength. In the third Crawford re
ceived a series of punches to the bod
and Jaw which crumbled him up 70
the count of three when the speng
was thrown up by McGann. The
came the Saxon and Celt primeval cal
tor gore; the demand for the resumI
ton of the mill. The two men simpl
had to enter the ring again. TIL
fourth went to Wiggam and in tn
fifth he finished it quickly. A knoc
out was not recorded by the referee a
he counted eight and then quit. TIL
tight ended, anyway.