St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-23
THE CARDIFF-KING FIGHT.
The Big Peorian Gets Away With His
Man in Four Rounds.
The Louisville Races-Priddy 0utrowed
Again---Base Ball.
Cardiff WAips King


ST. LOUIS, Sept. ga soft glove contest
took place tonight at Union Base Ball park
between John King, of Pittsburg, and Patsey
Cardiff, of Peoria, four rounds, Marquis Of
Queensbury rules, for the gate money. The
men entered the ring about 10 o'clock. After
four set-tos by local boxers they Immediately
went to work. The first round was about an
even thing and nothing notable occurred.
In the second round Cardi &forced the fight
ing and knocked King down. Heavy ex-
changes on the face and body were then
made and the round ended in Cardiff's
favor. In the third round Cardiff again
forced the fighting and King went down
under heavy blow under the
left arm. There were more heavy exchanges
decidedly in favor of Cardiff. In the fourth
round King showed great weakness and
Cardiff went to his corner until called out.
King responded, but acted mainly on the de-
fensive Cardiff again forced the fighting,
and showered heavy and rapid blows on his
opponent. At this point, and about half a
minute before time was called, Tom Kelly,
Kings hacker, entered the ring, separated
the men, and ordered Cardiff to his corner.
The police then interfered. The referee de-
cided the fight in favor of Cardiff and the
crowd dispersed.
Cardiff is peasant-faced looking young fell
low, and as he himself remarked: 'sPeople who
don't know I'm fighter take me for dude. AS
for fighting don't pretend to be great man
yet. I'm only twenty-one years old, and man
has to live longer than that to be up to all the
tricks of the ring, but then I'm up to some snuff
and if King wants to knock me out he'll have to
take good sweat before doing 1t. And if he
wins I'll have no excuse to make, for 1 never
was in better trim in my life. feel twice strong
as when met bigMcClarney and had no trouble
| in doing him. You don't know Jim
McClarney? Well, you haven't lived in
Chicago he is the biggest man Of all the
boxers there, weighs 200 pounds and stands 6
feet inches in his stockings. 1 spared with
him twice for the heavy weight championship
medal of Illinois, and, while knocked him down
| three times hand running and punished him
badly, the referee decided it draw That was
the first time we met and in our second meeting
| treated him Just as badly, but again / was
made my first fight. ! felt kind of shaky just
before made it for my opponent was Jem Goode,
the old English pugilist. Young fellow one of
my friends said to me, you're going to your
grave; good-by.' IN die game, them said L,
and in four rounds had Goode doubled up in a
| heap
'twho else have you met besides Goode and
| McClarney?''
''Nearly a score of others; but the best man,
| perhaps, of all the lot, was William Bradburne,
of the Chicago stock yards. He bargained to
| knock me out in four rounds or forfeit the re-
| ceipts, but in three rounds had him lying on
| his back with the fight all out of him. In three
rounds L beat Dick Dunn at Bloomington, and
have met several others, but never in all the
meetings sustained defeat
''Have you trained for your meeting with
King?"
''Yes, I've been up at Beloit Wis, and in &C
tive training there. This afternoon, after punch
ing bag at the Union grounds, ran around the
center track, and although the course was very
heavy ran three-ffths of mile in three min
utes and nine seconds. So you see 1 am feeling
quite well.''
Cardiff is of about the same height as Cham
pion Sullivan, and is built much like the Boston
boy. He has great depth and around his ches
measures forty three inches. Like Sullivan
too, he has splendid neck and shoulders.