St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-15

at halt-arm distance and never stopped
punching each other until the Marine drop
ped exhausted. Dempsey went to his corner,
showing the signs of the terrible punishment
he had received, and the Marine strove To get
to his feet. But he could not rise. He was
practically, il not literally, knocked out. So,
when the referee called ''time," he could not
respond. He did get up, and hurting himself
gamely at Dempsey, fell powerless into the
latters arms, and was assisted mercifuliy by
the plucky New Yorker TO his chair in the
corner. He was beaten man and the sec
onds gave it up. Then the referee announced
Jack Dempsey the victor. aud the spectators
received it in silence. Time, 80 minutes.
Greater stamina, pluckier and fairer
fight was never witnessed in this country,
and two gamer men never faced each other
in a twenty-fOur-fOot ring. The Marine
sat in his chair bleeding, battered ana
bruised, and when asked il lie was hurt,
said family: Il am hurt, Dick, badly
hurt, but il was a square deal" Dempsey
was asked how he felt and if he was hurt.
He replied: well, won, but you can bet
was hit hard"
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
of the fight say that in order to escape the
hundreds of persons who have in one diIec-
ton or another been following the move
ments of the pricipals and their managers,
or others who were supposed TO be inter-
eSted and whose presence on Thursday
morning caused the event to be de-
ferred. and the men and their friends had
within the preceding twenty-four hours
quietly dispersed in different directions,
and at given hour assembled OH board a
tugboat on the Long Island side OF the
East river whence they steamed up TO a
landing place about mile and half from
Rye, n. y. to avoid publicity and
danger. Both Dempsey and La Blanche
were quietly taken to the summer resi-
dence of a well-known New Yorker where
they rested until daylight. a large barn
on the same gentleman's premises was
chosen for the encounter. and a
ring 24X25 was pitched. BY the
time the ring was ready and the prin-
cipals and their seconds had reached the
barn, forty persons in all had assembled as
spectators Twenty-eight of these are said
to have paid SO each toward the purse for
which the men fought. The others were
favored friends of the principals. The
purse amounted to 81. 100 and there was
THE STAKE
of 81. 900 side put up by the men or their
hackers. The arrangements for the affair
were very complete, and warning was
given to all TO keep strict silence SO that the
of what was going on. Taken altogether.
leaving out the men who were TO hight, as
they stood preparatory for the battle, one
would have supposed the gathering to be
for far different purpose. The twenty
eight who had put up their shekels, in silk
hats, fashiOnably-cut newmarketS, or with
the latest style of Derby and ulster,
savoTed more of theater party
than of a prize fight All these
were members of the New York
Racquet club. but their names were most
carefully concealed. That they were deeply
and earnestly interested in the event there
was no doubt, and bets running into the
thousands were quietly recorded from time
TO time. 1t was almost o'clock. the sun
being well up and shining brightly, when
the final preparations were concluded by
the choosing of John 0'Neill as referee.
Meanwhile the men had stripped, Dempsey
wearing dark trunk tights and La Blanche
blue. Both men looked splendid specimens
of physical and muscular perfection. Demp-
sey was slightly taller than his opponent.
but weighed over four pounds less.
THE RESULT A SURPRISE.
As Referee O'Neill called ''time" LIE
Blanche, accompanied by Tom Rogers and
Pat Shepherd, both of Boston, his seconds.
stepped over the rope into the ring, and
were closely followed by Dempsey, with
his seconds, George Huthill and Tom
Cleary. The referee then announced that
the fight would be regulated by Marquis OF
| Queensberry rules. ree-minute rounds
with one-minute intervals between rounds.
| the men to break at the call of the referee
! The men and their seconds then SHOOK
hands, and the latter, drawing back into
their respective corners. left Dempsey and
| the Marine facing one another, await
ing the signal to begin one of the
gamest and most bitterly-conteSteC
! fights on record. As the meT
raised their fists to position it was seen tha
the gloves they wore were little more than
the kid handwear III ordinary use
and were certainly no thicker than those
worn by most of the spectators. The first
| fifth, tenth and last rounds were the only
ones of any interest and in which both mer
did any hard fighting, most of the Others
! being confined to sparring and ligh
counters. Dempsey won the fight fairly
and squarely after thirteen rounds haC
! been fought. The result was a surprise t
most people, as the outside betting had fo
several days evidenced, even many o
Dempsey's friends feeling shaky.
AFTER THE FIGHT.
Five minutes after the fight was over thu
principals and spectators had dispersed
and nothing was left to tell the great even
but few blood stains on the floor and tn,
strong OdOr of tobacco fumes which per
vaded the atmosphere. La Blanche wa
taken in carriage, and it is said went OF
TO Boston. The victorious Dempsey. who's,
slightly swollen and discolored face and Gu
lip were the only indications that he bor
of the famous encounter, was taken aboarC
the tugboat and was the center of a con
gratulatory crowd all the way to Hunter
Point. where he and his friends wer
landed about noon. The news rapidly
spread through Green Point and Williams
burg. to which places he was escorted
He met with as demOnstrative re
ceptions in the several saloons in whicl
he stopped as the restrictions o
the Sunday law would permit. 1t is
notable fact that the most prominent mel
i'm sporting circles, such as Harry Hill, Jo
Coburn and Arthur Chambers, are left on
in the cold and did not get the correct tips
Even the old-time sporting news reporter
were sent astray after fOrty-eight hour
wild goose chasing over Long Island an,
| WestcheSter county. As TO the fight, il wa
agreed by all who witnessed it that il wa
the most fairly fought and the gamest en
counter they had ever known. The me
were both scientific in the use of their fist
and both are hard hitters, but Dempsey
long arms and terrible left hand over
matched the plucky Bostonian's grit an
right handlers, which would have don
much greater damage had they not been
little too short.
What Jack Burkel
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