Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-19
A SUNDAYS sLUGGING.
Particulars of the Brutal Prize Fight
Near LarehmOnt.


Near LarchmOnt.
NEW YORK, March 15.-Tho Dempsey
La Blanche prize fight, which was men,
toned in a New York telegram of Sunday
to the MORNING NEWS, was as brutal an
exhibition as is often seen in ring, and
the wealthy club men who subscribed
$3.50 apiece to see it are perfectly Satisfied
with the amount OF gore that was made
to flow. Their arrangements for eludng
what thew call the rough element were
quite successful. The principals and
their friends and the subscribers went to
the place in a tug. Others that succeed
ed in getting the "tip" went up by the
railroad cars.
1.-The Marine" is the shorter of the two
prize-fghter, but several pounds heavier.
His tactics were to force the lighting, and
he paid most attention to body blows.
Dempsey. as is usual with him, was slow
and methodical His reach is exception
ally long and his guard good. Had 'the
Marine'' been able to get In on him about
the head as well as he did on the body,
the result, many say, would have been
different. As.it is, Jack won't be able to
! rest on either side with ease for MANY
| days, so badly are both swollen. 'The
| MarineV is a good-lOoking man, but he
| will take no pleasure in looking in the
| glass for weeks. His nose and eyes are
| fearful to behold. Dempsey gave
most of his attention TO his opponents
head.
The fight was with small gloves and
| the blows sounded like the falling Of
sledge hammers. "Tom" Bogue and
''Patsy'' Sheppard, of Boston. acted as
seconds for the marine" and "TOm"
Cleary and ''Gus" Tuthill for Dempsey.
! Every time "Jack'' got in good work,
! Cleary would chuckle. He knows all
about the Brooklyn boys blows, as he
succumbed to them once himself. James
! O'Neil was the referee. In the first, Sec
ond aud third rounds "the Marine" rush
ed the fighting and there was not much
difference in the punishment which each
man received, though Dempsey drew first
blood. This was in the first round, when
| he landed his right on La Blanche's nose.
| Dempsey's ribs were much swollen at the
! end of it from continued pounding by
''the Marine" In the fourth round the
| fightIng was furious. Dempsey led off
with his right fist, catching "the Marine"
over the eve aud making severe cut
| from which the blood flowed so freely that
it smeared everything. 1t aroused "the
Marine" to renewed action and he soon
got even, for he planted his righton Demp-
sey's mouth, cutting il badly. Then it
was give and take until the Brooklyn boy
| planted his right Just above La Blanche's
belt with such force as to make Bos-
toms favorite drop his guard; then Demp-
sey showered blow upon blow upon
''the Marine" who was unable to return
them.
Everything went Dempsey's way until
the eighth round, when ''the Marine
made y desperate effort to turn the tide
of battle. He again rushed things and by
a well-directed blow opened up the old
cut about Dempsey's mouth. Before
time was called both men were covered
with blood and the ring looked like a
slaughter-hOuse. In the tenth round 'the
Marine" came to time in a 'grOggy" con-
dition, but still he gamely tried to rush
Dempsey. he paid dearly for it, as the
Brooklyn boy delivered blow after blow
on the already much-iniured nose, and
''the Marines" face soon looked like a
piece ofraw beefsteak. Dempsey getting
in sweeping left-hander on his Oppo-
nent's right cheek, the Boston man fell Ia
his knees. 1t is said that Dempsey struck
him before he got up and a foul was
claimed but not allowed. From this out
''the Mariner fought gamely, but when.
ever he made pass be opened bis guard
and was punished horribly. The blow
that settled the fght was a Highlander
on ''the Marines" jaw almost i'm nlediate-
" after the beginning of the thirteenth
round. "The Marine" dropped on his
hands and knees. lie got up just before
time was called, but he told his seconds
that hewas badly hurt, and they threw up
the sponge,
Both men were taken. on the tug. where
they will keep themselves quiet for AT
least to-day. La Blanche said that he had
had a fair show and was fairly whipped
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