THE BIG FIGHT AT WANGANUI

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 114, 26 April 1888, Page 2

THE BIG FIGHT AT WANGANUI

$. : fLGLoW Wtit, SLAVIN. I The;} above %g-tatkaL^bout affair was'*brought to a^head^felferday after- , noon in the saddling paddock of the ! Wanganui Eacecourse, where three hundred spectators— many of whom had and other distant places to see the contest I —paid their half f sovereign admission /to see the fightr between the" Champions. The betting on the. part of the visitors TSf+J?'.?^ ¥ "+$ & '■-*• "gain* -giving considerable color, to a-.widelv-circufii^ riunor tifwt he had beea-l 4 ohYsickedrr Aftefc the usuaT^^naS, the men > shook hjtndß. • "3iihe" was <Hw led > V J»P both stepped utf to the scratch ;mth alacrity. JBoih men were ea^tdgefr to work, the q»eenfiiand^ eadrag off -and missing, Laing, wio ducked and then countered his opponent m the ribs, following up with ,a Hush "nit on theiieck, which>ieemißa^ib'Bfir i Slavin up, as he gathered himself together, and M§° ah # n S l»t fonder tfhich, had it jot home, would have given hiuva^strone lead; 'ton'mlLf^-jtoji^juuSiuthM arm' and got away laughing. Laingfe" defence m thisr round wa* excellent; S&vius.blows seldom reaching their mark, or if theyldiap ottty ;*hei£^aemg wa» E^y;Qu^of;;rahge, or too close to get cm >; : When the round struggle'^^ wasibefpWitiw iSpIFE second ground liaihgf to work and forced g>ttarig;in«a lot of hard hits oil |31ayin s 'B.ehci9t; neeK^anaifaee, and - getting it in. return in , the ribs and head. J^ roun d waa, a ;vSry,sharp one, and . *??*.. m ? n w ®rer ( chßOTe4 loudly by.the^ tile third round Slavairot^r^ork, oand0 and found ius way 6n to 1 laing's nose D which begatrto s bleed^ Bligh## lilng^etaU|tediby putting in; conic hard ones on i^ffi'Mi.flJwi and ;neok/ and both men f^ff^a ® U 4 (Pfr^ 10 .?P»nd ,were*evident6- $*$ 1 &'-7!»»A- Bpth. : menrgb&^ilt ,^™ take" wOTiB the tactics of i botih. -^Inj thw_ round ' Slavin , a decided '^!^. : &Wa>&m&begiuk ,to see; that their man « was overmatched, : 2s£2 °* ibe ■- beaten i -■*« accident. In the fiftli round, Slavin got very heavily 2? ■*? ■SffiJ»'*fJ*,fiWi «>d arew thY iclare^. ( Thip put Laing at a disadvantage; afr it impeded hwsight^and pre^ i vented him from' sto^pwig, the Qtieenahinder » lunges; which began to"telPu^» Laing, At the end of the round, YSS* .-*B«A»Pf. corner,; showing signs of pp. 4 - time"" being called for Che sixth round, Laint went to his man at once, but was evidently done, hi* blows, having no force, and : n/at. .hnrtine I Slavin/ irl.o knocked Km" 'ti&mfjffiir |w»?liPPeH:ii Lanig .waWupxifeOJtinii but Iwas grassed •(jain, -and the fi#ht was adjudged to Slavin who was v loudly :cheefed f aswas Laing, who soon, reefer* ed and wjilkedjto his dressing room for the first time a beaten man. He fought 1 battle mt h ««"at deteiminatioft and BkUlj but was evidently orerinatciiel , and not «o confident as on previous os~ casipns.. The ;poli«;e were presenti 'but ■ there was oo r occasion I for any^inkrferV eace, the fiifht being a fair stand up one, and the, gloves of regulation aud; we »e ht -,rTJie. utmost pMer, prevailed* and at tlie close of the contest Slavin an^' Laing shook hands, and ] a subscnption ' forLairig^ to whicn : a l lafg t e" number vof: even^ tbose who wag^rM : against ; hini \ gave stheiri conWibutiohsJ i here i» some talk pf another match between the same men ; beings made, i he weather^ was .finebirt cold. ~:The: m«» fought on the' tujpf, 'in W 24ieet wdd/ ring, outside of which, at , a distance of six feet, another banner was erected to keep off the crowd, who ho we reri were very orderly. This defeat i» the first that Laing barisiuitaine^^ he having up to his contest beaten alEhisj oppwiieiMs;! including DiqkMathewj/Mid.p^tepgelJ, the latter of whom was preseakrand. . want ? on' another maMUif tfi^ Lamg to wipe out his previous defeat§}ff • »lwnoffcr«!d-lMt,Bi«bt4Q assist at m" benefit for"liainfg 'to-night, arid wveral clever boxers, includirig Fett&Bgeil and yvatson, expressed their willingness to "O? tbe-jjlpvesjand gire an exhibition 6f the "noble .art" fpjfjlth^f benefit oaf »th* loser. .We understand that Laing .was ""?*"?§• '-&™sS 's«&, diar>ho>a jester.^ day; and was consequently in aoytliing but good 1 for such' a contest iig ' that in which he engaged.— Chronicle. r : : -'-V-^\ '■■'■' '•nmiitii'.U! -i'.n:- ..; ,i ; [PER UNITED PREBS ASSOCIATION. I >i- . 0.-i.v Ma >«> WAK&Ainfi,ThT£Dayi I iThero i» some talk of another fight between Slavin andiiaihg. * -m^^::