The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-21
The Knocking-Out Matinee Be-
tween Two New York
Hard Hitters.
An Exhibition Of Oowardly Singing
Which Was Disgrace to the Most
Di8graOeful Of Professions.
Paddy Sullivan and Referee O'Brien Sue
coed IN Vanquishing Al. Powers
Foul Play in Pandemonium.

IN this city for some time occurred at
Clarendon Hall last night 1t was also
the worst managed, and the shameful
scenes enacted before the eyes of the po-
lice were never eclpsed. Al. Powers, Of
Brooklyn, and Paddy Sullivan were the
contestants, and the latters tactics were
such that though they won him the bat
tie, they called forth cries of dsapproval
from the spectators. That the referee
allowed Sullivan to act as he did was the
occasion of much i'll feeling, and it SEEM
ed at one time as though the spectators
would attempt to interfere. The battle
was a four-round knocking-out match
for $3.50 side, with soft gloves At9:30
o'clock the men
APPEARED ON THE STAGE.
Sullivan was accompanied by Coburn and
Powers by Mike Donovan. Sullivan is a
stOcky fellow, twenty-four years of age,
standing five feet seven and threc-quarter
inches and weighing lGS pounds. Powers
is about the same height, and weighed lG0
pounds. He is twenty-one years Old.
Billy O'Brien was referee and time-keep-
er. The men advanced from their corners
and shook hands. Sullivan led at the
throat and Powers countered him heavily
on the face. sullivan then rushed at Pow
ers and began hngging and wrestling until
both went over the ropes When they re-
turned Powers swung his right home on
Sulliyan's jaw and nearly Knocked him
rItgb
and pushed Powers down, his head strik-
ing the floor heavily. When he arose time
was called. Powers evidently had the best
of the battle so far.
IN THE SECOND ROUND
/ Powers led and planted his left on Sulh-
vans jaw, and the latter rushed him off
| his feet. The crowd was frantic and the
| place was perfect bedlam. In the next
! rush both went over the ropes, and when
they arose Powers was thrown over again
! by his adversary, who all but Jumped on
| him. Then Sullivan hit Powers on the
/ jaw twice in rapid succession and the lat
I ter thumped him in fine style. He could
: not Wrestle, and Sullivan pushed him
down and stood over him. As Powers
/ attempted to rise Sullivan hit him and
/ Knocked him down again. Every man in
| the house jumped to his feet and cried
! "fouln and "shoot the referee" O'Brien
/ took no cogni2ance of the foul and Or
dered the men to fight on, which they did
for fifteen minutes, when time was called
THE THIRD ROUND
was beaStly exhibition. 1t showed the
referees lack of knowledge of the rules,
and also his unwillingneSs to allow Pow
ELS any chance to win the fight. Sulli-
! van led on the nose, and Powers swung
| his right on the jaw twice in quick
order Then Sullivan renewed his rush
| ing tactics, and threw Powers over the
ropes twice in seven seconds. When
| Powers arose after the second fall
| Sullivan hit him in the face with his
| left and knocked him into a corner,
| where he sank to rest on chair. He
| was then down, according to the rules, but
Sullivan caught him by the throat and held
him int the chair, while he delivered heavy
| blows on the face that sent the almost
helpless mans head back against the
wall. Donovan claimed the fight on a
! foul, and O'Brien replied, "I'm referee
| here" Then Powers fell from the chair
| and SpraWlcd over the stage. He gamely
| rose and was again Knocked down. Sulli-
van stood over him and refused to 90 to
| his corner and O'Brien refused to make
| him 90. Again did Powers stagger to his
feet and again did he 90 down before the
| furious onslau9hts of Sullivan, who
seemed insane with rage. Time was
called, and as Powers went to his corner,
! Sullivan followed him and hit him until
taken forcibly away by Mickey Coburn,
and the referee refused to entertain Don
oyan's claim of foul.
IN THE FOURTH ROUND
{ Powers went to the floor eight times, fall
ING four times of his own accord to avoid
punishment. Sullivan letat the head and
Powers countered him in the face. Then
Powers fell. At the next attempt Sulli-
van rushed him to the ropes and showed
him over. Then they hammered each
other until Powers was knocked down by
swinging right-hander on the jaw.
Sullivan persisted In standing over him
and hitting him as he arose. Donovan
claimed the fight a dozen times on as
many fouls, and the crowd threatened
to "clean the place out" But
they could not brighten O'Bren. In
Il general sort of row, during which
the principals pounded each other on the
floor and the seconds yelled at them and
each other. O'Brien's gold watch went
flying through the air and landed on the
stage. Finally Powers got tired of get
ting up to be Knocked or pushed down,
and when Sullivan refused to go to his
corner to allow Powers to get up, the lat
ter lay on the floor until the ten seconds
expired. O'Bricn declared him "knocked
out" and gave the battle stakes to Sui
Ivan. Then followed a perfect pande-
monium. Everybody threatened to
knock everybody else out, and a
free fight seemed imminent, but the
police never attempted to interfere.
During the fight, Powers fell, or was
thrown, or knocked down twenty-four
times. Sullivan was thrown down three
times. Powers won the fight on fouls a
dozen times, but the claims of his second
was not needed by the referee. The total
lighting time was IA minutes So
seconds.
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