St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-05
The Fitzgerald mcHugn Fight.

ROCKAwAY BEACH, l.. l., Sept. AT day
break this morning 500 sporting men filed
the pavilion of the sporting house to witness
a fight with hard gloves, Marquis of Queens
bury rules, between Jim McHugh, of Glas-
gov, and Daye Fitzgerald, of Toronto, for
81, 900 and gate money. The men appeared
in the ring promptly. McHugh weighed 1875
pounds and Fitzgerald 40. The prelimin-
aries being finished the men advanced when
time was called to the center of the ring, and
teen commenced one of the most exciting
fights on record, lasting three hours and
thirty-ive minutes, and ending in draw in
favor of the Scotch lad. 1t would have been
fought to finish, but for the conduct of the
crowd, which was evenly divided in the inter
est of the contestants, and there being large
sums of mohdy wagered, there appeared to
be disposition on the part of Fitzgerald
friends toward the close to crowd the ring,
and bring alb out foul on the part OF Nc
Hugh. AT the conclusion of the thirty sixth
round the crowd became so demonstrative
and disposed to interfere that the referee
withdrew and another had to be chosen, the
men taking a rest of about twenty minutes
punished, Fitzgerald having his left ear cut
and swollen, and his face disfgured. Nc
Hugh had a badly swollen eye, nose, and
cuts about the face.
The first round was devoted to sparring,
the men showing whatever science they pos
sessed without getting down to business.
The second, third and fourth rounds were of
the same tame nature, but when they walked
up for the fifth, Fitzgerald opened the
| ing a left-hander on McHugh's nose.
MeHugh returned the compliment
with a terrific under cut, which sent Fitz-
! gerald spinning to the ropes. Then followed
hard hitting on both sides until time was
called. Up to this time the fighting was in
favor of the Canadian. In the sixth, seventh,
eighth. ninth, tenth and eleventh rounds the
men did little hard work, though Fitzgerald
got McHughs head in chaneery several
times, but was called off by the referee. The
thirteenth developed good scientific fighting,
McHugh distinguishing himself in that re-
gard by getting in some hard straight, IN
dercuts, and counters, which were well
guarded by his opponent, who used his left
to good advantage on McHugh's head.
The following rounds, up to the twenty first
were tame, both men evidently sparring fol
wind. Fitzgerald began 10 show signs oil
fatigue, and used his hands lazily, allowin :
McHugh to get in several heavy under clips
on the ears and chin, and showed many
ugly marks on his face. Thirteen
more rounds were disposed OF
in very much the same style
when McHugh, in the thirty -fifth, in response
to the urging of his friends, put on a deter
mined air and showed u disposition to COM
mence real business. Fitzgerald did not re-
spond very encouragingly in this round, con-
filming his work to guarding off his opponents
hard blows. The thirty-sixth and thirty
second rounds were well fought, Fitzgerald:
friends shouting, yelling and crowding
around him until he braced up and faced
the music in dead earnest. McHugh opened
the thirty sixth round with straight shoulder
blow, planting it on Fitzgerald's
nose, knocking him to the ropes
Fitzgerald rushed up and let out with the
left, hitting McHugh on the right eye, -Four
minute rounds were now being fought aud