St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-12
Over 5000 Minneapolis People See Cardiff
and Mitchell Pummel Each Other
Five Rounds,
When the Police Interfere and the Referees
Decide to Give Neither Pugilist
the Victory.
ST. Paul Wins Game of Eau Claire,
Which the Latter Will Vigor-
ously Protest.
Chicago Gets Done Up by Kansas
City and the New York Giants
by Boston,.
Neither party i'm the Lead.

people, who were anxious to see Patsy Car
diff endeaver to stand in front of Charley
Mitchell, the great English heavyweight
champion, and the man who has made
Sullivan pay two forfeitureS, with a lkli-
hood of third being added to the lists
soon. Both men were in the finest possible
condition. Both had trained according to
the most approved methods for the event,
and were prepared for better battle. Bets
were two to one in favor of Mitchell. The
Cardiff men were afraid to accept bet
even at gsuch odds. Mitchell had assured
his friend that he would do" his antagon-
list; while Cardiff said to his friends:
''Never mind me. Mitchell will leave Min
neapOlis with a better opinion of me than he
came with. I don't expect to whip him, but
do expect to stand before him. If he knocks
me out Will say well and good; l have been
defeated by the second best man in the
world
Cardiff kept his word. He did stay and
he did it nobly. The fight was draw.
although hundreds in the house thought
Cardiff ought TO have had it.
THE FIGHT
was with tve-ounce gloves and under police
surveillance. Col. Chase and Sergt. Cal
Hill were onhand and examined the gloves,
which were pronounced acceptable, and
then they sat back and watched develop
mentS. AT the conclusion of the five rounds
stipulated in the artiles of agreement Cal
Hill stopped the affair. Cardiff said:
LET us shave another round, to which
Hill responded: Il cannot allow it to go
on" The audience had Just had it's appe-
tite sharpened, and was dead crazy to see
the contest go on, but the authorities
would not permit it. The heat was
of the intensest kind, and, coupled
with the excitement of the glove
fight, the temperature was such as to make
every man in the audience swelter and
wonder if he could endure it to the end.
Among the audience were noticeable many
of our prominent business men, officehold-
ers and sporting men. 1t was one of the
ordinary crowds that attend such events.
The stage had been erected four feet high
in the center of the rink, and seats were az
ranged around the sides. The floor was
plain and slippery, but rosin prevented
much trouble on that score. Par
son Davies was on hand to second
Mitchell, and he was assisted by
a friend from Chicago, Cardiff was
seconded by John Donaldson. assisted by
Jerry Murphy. Ed Hilton of St. Paul
officiated as
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
and MasterSon, of Denver, acted as referee
for Mitchell and Hank Seeley for Cardiff.
Two referees were necessitated by the fact
that Mitchell brought his man from Chi
cago expressly for the purpose, and there
fore Cardiff objected, claiming that he would
not be given fair treatment by personal
friend OF MitchelPs. He chose Seeley, and
it was see-saw for several hours in the
afternoon, resulting in the compromise,
both men acting. This accounts, perhaps
for the draw. At the conclusion of the con-
test each referee stoutly maintained that
his man had the best of it. The conspic-
uous points in the contest
were the clever and almost
miraculous stops each man made. Blows
were sent out that. had they landed. would
have told with terrific effect. Cardiff did
some wonderful ducking and stopped body
blow after body blow. Cardiff fought very
shy and appeared quite. nervous; indeed, he
at times actually acted as though he was
afraid. He worked away and backed up
every time the wonderful Englishman made
feint, but when the men came together
for business, Cardiff's superior size and
weight became prominently manifest. He
Invariably had the best of all the hard
showed more skill in delivering blows from
long reach, and occasionally hit the stomach
with singing effect. Cardiff drew blood
and
WON A KNOCK-DOWN.
BE planted terrific right-hander into
MitchelPs shoulder in the fourth round,
opening slight flesh wound, and in one of
his proverbial rushes he caught Mitchell
with bic ,~rbf f,,n +l,o
neck, sending the great Englisman to the
stage. The cheering was deafening.
Mitchell was mad and got back as hard as
he could, but without effect. The contest
was preceded by glove contests be-
tween the McGhoun brothers, two
colored scrappers, the Black Star
and a Mexican bruiser, and Prof.
Donaldson and Patsy Mellen. then it was
announced that Capt Daily of New York
had appeared on the scene and challenged
the winner for any number of rounds, and
also that Patsey Cardiff had arranged to
meet Billy Wilson in ST. Paul next Friday
night. This announcement was greeted by
vociferous cheering. Then the event be-
gan. Mitchell was the first to appear, and
he was applauded. He took chair in his
corner, the admiration of the entire assem-
blage. His shapely figure and handsome
face won for him a host of friends at the
outset. Cardiff followed quickly and took
the opposite corner. He was treated to
perfect ovation of applause, all of which he
gracefully acknowledged. The contestants
were not long in getting to work. The
gloves being examined. were donned, and
HANDS WERE SHAKEN
Immediately after time was called and they
went at it. They each tented and Jumped
back. 1t was Mitchell who struck out first.
He aimed for the stomach, but the blow,
which was vicious, was partially stopped.
However, it gave Cardiff an idea of the
strength of his opponent and made him ex-
ceedingly shy. Mitchell led again and Car
diff rushed him into his corner, landing sew
eral blows on his shoulder and side. A
clinch followed. Breaking away Cardiff
landed singing blew on the shoulder and
Mitchell countered. Mitchell sent his left
again for the neck and scored clean and
telling blow. Again they clinched
and Patsey pushed Mitchell off.
Patsey rushed again, driving the
to the ropes and
Mitchell slipping, fell to the floor. Then
they clinched, and, upon separating, Mitch
ell scored another body blow, Cardiff coun-
tering on the ear. Again Cardiff rushed
and drove Mitchell to the ropes, but the
distinguished himself by doing
wonderful short-arm work in clinch.
swung his right several times and
Cardiff ducked, each time coming up with a
clinch. The first round ended with Cardiff
having the credit of the most clear hits, al
though none were especially effective.
opened the second round in about
the same way as the first. He swung for
the body with his right and countered on
the ear
WITH HIS LEFT.
At the same time Cardiff improved the
the opening offered and
counted twice. Patsey swung with his
right a frightful blow, which Mitchell
cleverly bucked, and the two came to-
gether in clinch. A sharp exchange of
blows followed. Mitchell followed Car