New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-24
4 PRiZs FIGHT NEAR At HIND.

HcacedDle anu law -aDlulUS DeODle nave Deen
hugging the delusion that prlze-tghting was at
an end in this part Of the country. They
thought that the District Attorneys, police
superntendents and sherifs in and near New
York had made pitched battles " it'll the fSts 80
difficult and SD full of danger to the princi pals
that pugilists, however freely they might
swaggcr and buster in the local grog-shops,
would follow the example of Sullivan and
Ryan, and seek a distant part of the country
when they had a fight hand. But Domini
Mccartney and sparrow " Golden, two ruiiia q
vol known i'll the irOn-kDuckled fraternity,
were holder even than the brass brow ed
Sullivan and the rebounding Ryan. They met
on Monday evening at place not many miles
from the City Hall, and with seconds, referee,
stakes, ropes and all the accomplishments and
paraphernaiia of their brutal trade, they fought
until Golden was knocked senseless The
eleven rounds were completed without inter-
ference from, any quarter aud yesterday in the
dram shops, dance-halls and otter resorts OF
hard hitt,rs the victorious McCatfrey was
bigger man than Sullivan, as his triumph was
more recent and his tight had been fought with
kid gloves only ON the hands, while Sullivan
and Ryan used big soft boxinggloves.
sinrws of uncommon vigor, and he has learned
how to rs, them with promptness and velocity.
Expert witnesses Of the scene, who have
gwen glowing accounts of it in some of the city
journals, are enthusiastic over the efficient
manner In which be thwacked the wretched
Golden on his left car, his nose, both eyes and
his mouth. until The ear was in taters the eyes
we're almost hidden from view by puffy ridges
of discvlored ilesh the nose was spread promise
uOusly over the cheeks, and the mouth seemed
to have started on journey OF greeting and
consolation to the damaged ear But in the
eleventh round McCaftrey surpassed himself
and made the spectators frantic with delight by
the directness and concentration of his assault
IN Golden's wavering jaw. All OF GOden's
forces were now wabbling badly and ready to
abandon the hopeless contest. At this instant
the redoabtable McCaffrey made furious
charge on the centre of the enemy's line of bat
tie. Catching the futtering sparrow" on the
point of the jaw with "left-hander," he
followed up his advantage with SO tremendous
a thump with the right fist. that Golden fell as
one dead.
Mccartney is young man, only twenty three
years of age. With sobriety, study and careful
attention to his calling hes may in a few years be
fiji to cope with the championship is if Sulli
van will consent to fight with one hand tied
behind his bacS. But McCalirey may find his
triumphant career obscured by the shadow OF
the Pententiary. The accounts of his fight
with Golden were SO complete and so full Of
details that 1t ought not to be at all difficult for
skilled detectives to get sufficient evidence to
send them both to prison. Golden in his
damaged and enfeetled condition might not be
OF great service 70 the State. But nothing is
clearer than that for the public veal such
muscular power and indomtable energy as
McCaifrey's should be promptly secured on
long contract for the stoDe-yard at Sing Sing.