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Show !a touoh mill. jThe "Black Pearl" Does Up Joe Ellingsworth. The New Yorker Was Game to the Laat, but Proved to Be a Mere Child in the Hands of His Opponent. Minneapolis, July 21. Joe Ellingsworth, Ellings-worth, of New York, ex-amature middle weight champion of America, and Har-. Har-. ris Martin, "better known as '-Black Pearl," of Minneapolis, fought to a finish to-night, under the auspices of the Twin City Athletic club, before a large crowd of spectators. The fight was for a purse of SI ,500. Four ounce gloves were used and each contestant weighed a fraction more than 150 pounds. Henry Suly was referee. FiusT round Both men sparred for openings, and Eilingtiworth got in a couple of good body blows, as time was calied. Second Ellingsworth led out with a right and left, nearly sending Pearl to tiiu ground. Af ler an exchange of half a dozen smart biows, Pearl, following the advantage, drew first blood from j Ellingsworili, sending him to the ground. Tim:D A vicious upper-cut, followed fol-lowed with a Li t lunge, sent Filings-worth Filings-worth on Ids back; a oiow behinu the left ear sent hiui down again. Alter an exchange ol face and body blows, a sio!u;v.-U blow sent him down again, a::d oelorc the end of the round he was floored the fourth time by a righthander. right-hander. Fourth The New Yorker was hardly able to keep his feet in this round. '"Throw up the sponge;''' "Don't murder the man," cried the audience, but he was game. Pearl rained blow after blow upon his face and body, sending him to his corner lour times in as many seconds. Fifth This round was a repetition ot the preceding round, Ellingsworth making but an infant's resistance. while the blood flowed from his face. An upper-cut sent him reeling across the floor, across the ring. He tried, but fell back just as his seconds threw up the sponge. 'Black Pearl" was practically untouched, while Kllings-woi Kllings-woi tii was badly punished. |