Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-21
m HARD GLOVES
,.nonaid Knocks Hugh Nc
~ out in Five Rounds,
e,bt for the Patrons Of the
Manly Art.

.,,ht the Germania opera
the scene OF a hard-fought
.1t With hard gloves between
fs.goyern and Jack Mcdonald,
N known us "Black jack
was to the finish, Marquis
'.,bury rules, for 5000 stakes,
y three hundred men and |
,nsssed the contest. Nc. |
mo was much the heavier |
M two, was knocked out IN
.onnd and "Black jack de-
- winner. Mr.. Joe Gould, |
nom New York, was master
ronies and everything passed |
ssat disturbance
.yening's entertainment COM |
.hortly after s o'clock by the |
.ore of two boys about fourteen
q I'D. They fought four
without doing each other
,,mage. After this two colored
who were announced as
diamond aud Sim Johnson
four rounds in which science
DISCOUNT and old-tlme slug.
preniium. sim johnson was
ithe winner at the end OF the
round. He bore his hon
.skIy and seemed much te-
when his opponent threw
ne sponge. Mr.. Gould
snouneed Black Eph and Black
ana two colored youths re-
dand fought two Vicious rounds
I'm was declared the winner.
sext fight was the only exhibit
rscience of the evening. H. was
IA Mr.. Cook and a Mr.. Wilson.
COX was large and Mr.. Wilson
an but the latter proved him
uuch better sparrer and really
8 fght In the first round with a
blow on his adversRrpis nose,
rev the blood. He was de-
he winner after the second
nd TO show chat he was still fresh
TO the fOotlights and danced a
rnch to the delight of the crowd.
iese fights had been with soft
next match was the event
Il night, the contest between
.vern and Mcdonald. After
time n referee was secured In the
n Of j. p. Brown, a clever sparrer
Ia old railroad man. Mr.. VIM.
her acted as second TO Jack while
Frank Mooney filed the same pc.
! for McGovern. Heffner proved
lelf equal TO the emergency, and
i his sRillful management Jack
n whipped his man.
nt round-When the men came
be scratch il was apparent that
was In much the best condition.
Weighed about l75 pounds. Me-
En was beefy and weighed at least
pounds. They shook hands and
red for an opening until McGovern
L out and fell short. He kept
lodging considerably for a
minutes and finally received
enc over the left eye, They
II all over the stage and when
was called Jack had slightly the
dlt.
nnd round-McGovern came
ely to the scratch followed by
! Both men seemed fresh and
ITO fight, and commenced slug
without ceremony. Some very
hitting was done in this round
rk and at its close McGOvern's
De was almost closed while the
had dlscolored his neck and
ID and fourth roundabout men
q tired and did but little real
Ing, Jack having much the best
HI and last round-The men were
y winded. and McGOvern showed
Of terrible punishment. They
ed some time before going 10
!, but finally Jack fought Mccoy
back behind the wing while the
ance yelled, Bring 'em out on the
~ AT the conclusion of the
d 1t was apparent that McGovern
whipped, as he was utterly ex
tied. Justas the round was finished
Pm attempted to mount the stags
the foot-lights, but Mr.. Gould
him of like aeaunon ball. About
Time McGovern's second threw
ne sponge and the referee declared
The winner and said that VIM
ner was the best second in Texas
announcement was greeted
terrific cheers and then the crowC
srsed.
Vefal times during the perform
AIR. Gould called for Englist
J who had been making boasts
taat gentleman was not TO b'
a. Mr.. Gould said that If he wai
Ie audience and would come OIL
stage and stand up before hin
hdl for three minutes he woulC
MIN the entire receipts of tn
e English Andy was not there
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