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Show Till' CAPTAIN S LEFT. It Decides the Questiou of at Least Tm-porary Tm-porary Supremacy Among Inter-Mauntaiti Inter-Mauntaiti Oladiatori. THE MAORI GOES IT BLIND Eleven RonncU of Hard Fighting and the "BuBt of It'1 is Given to a rormid-illa rormid-illa Advsrsary, The fight lust night between Captain Lunge and Herbert Slade demonstrates that there is one if there are not two men who are worthy the steel of any foetnau. As is usual there were some loud mouthed spectators among the 500 who viewed the battle who wanted to "sick" the commander onto the enemy before he had measured the field, and, of this obnoxious set none Mere more riotously conspicuous than a "flunkey" who paid for the cheapest seat aud demanded de-manded the tiiont aristocratic. The evening's entertainment opened with a preliminary bout between Spider Wallaue, whose anatomy has been abreviated to tUu etent of one leg and the Belfast kid. Both wera very elever and the lari;e attendanca henrtily appreciated ttie novel set-to. There was a tame sandwich between this aud th attraction, attrac-tion, and then the giants made their appearance. Slade, tawney and strong entered the rlnjj and deposited himself .'in the aoutb west corner. Lnngt), formidable for-midable and sinewy, followed a few miicutea later and subsided in the northeast north-east corner. Jiui William and Ed. Leroy, the gymnast and athlete, stood behind the latter, while George La Blanche and the Belfast Kid took care of the Maori. The principals having agreed upon Colonel Jim Donaldson as referee, the spectators assented and greeted him with a round of warm applause when he sounded the tocsin. The contest may heat be surnmari.ad in rounds. First round No hlowa and no fall, but adroit mamruvers on the part of each to hrinsr out the other's tactics. Hound S Sladn leads aud taps lightly on his adversary's chops. Ho leads a second time and time is called after a clinch is broken. The spectators wore thirsting for blood by Jiis time and the giants sought their cornwg amid a cloud of hisses that were checked by Colonel Kellcy who fi,iietly assured tho assaru-blage assaru-blage that leathers would lly before day dawned, while the rtsfereo cailcd the attention of the men to the fact that tiiey were there to fight. Round H Langa lauds twice a clinch and sharp iu-lihting that ends in a fall with Slado ou tup. Slada resorts re-sorts to short blows that descend on Lange's bread basket. Hound 4 The same tactics as in the foregoing opened this. Lanpe finally Iftnd-s a terrific left-hander and Slade goes onto the ropes. A clinch, a fall. Slade goes down on his knees and retires re-tires groggy. Uouud 5 Slade breathing hard Lango lands on the jugglar. A clinch and in-fighting. Lane lands twice on Siade's neck. Hound (i -Lange comes up pumping wind but apparently strng. Slade was weak with a glassy glim over his eyes. No blows. Kouud 7. Lange hinds on his opponents oppo-nents cheek, and follows it up with a pile driver on Blade's nose. Claret flowed and to pet rid of it Slade "blew out his ej'o." The Maori played desperately des-perately for his adversary's trunk. Lauge was pushed onto the ropes. Kouud 8. Siade's right eye is closed. Kapid exchanges but blows lacked ef-fectivenets. ef-fectivenets. Hound 9. Slade lands twice on, Lange's (esophagus no harm dune. Hound 10. Slade shows better wind but lired arms. There were light exchanges ex-changes but no full. Hound 11 Lunge forces the tight but his blows lack Umber. The blood was tUiwiug in a cataract from Siade's noso that had been landed on twice. The men clinch and then spar to time. The men retired to tlieircorners there was some confusion as to the conditions of the light which mentioned ten rounds ami LaUianche urging that it was at an end, after that number the Maori shed his gloves while Lange sat in his corner wailing for the call. The lieht was over, Lange on tho referees decision had spared tt triumph if not a k nock-out. The management that fell on the shoulders of Colonel Kellcy was perfect and the spectators went away perfestly satislied. |