Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
IN THE RING.



SAN FRAselseo, May 22.-The fight be-
tween Joe acAuliffe, the heayy-welgne
champion OF the Pncific Coast, and franA
Glover, OF Chicago, v HIGH took place az tne
rooms Of the California Athl. tic CRUZ iase
night, has been a~nxiously awaited by
ing men. En- CHI Of the principals put up .
Thousand dollars, which with the purse OF
sl,750 offered by the club made thes prize
1880. When the men appeared IN 5he
ring hate in the evening both were IN eAcei-
lent condition, but q noticeabieieature Was
the great difference in size. Glover Weignec
175 pounds, while the Pacific Coa7t CHAIN
Mon carried more than 200. Hiram COOK
acted as referee; Barney Farley and Tom
Clearv were McAuliffe's seconds, and BUY
Delaney and Tim Carr filled q similar once
for Glover.
So far as the club wa concerned the
match-which had been arranged between
Grover and McAuliffe-was to be strlctiy q
glove contest. When the men, who Wereto
take part in the main event OF the evening
stepped over the ropes a few minutes LATER
thew were greeted with a storm oil applause
from the nine hundred ora Thousand per-
sons present. They sat in the corners a
few moments putting on their outer gloves;
and attending to other preliminaries, ana
at the call Of the referee stepped up quickly
to the center of the ring and performed the
usual Misunderstanding. Time was called i'm
mediately, and the men SPARED cautiously
for a full minute, when McAnliffe led out
strongly with his right, hitting Glover on
the neck, and sending him down amid the
applause of the spectators. He was on his
feet instantly, when the men clinched, but
broke away. Several other clinches fol-
lowed in quick succession, when the round
closed.
Round 2. McAuliffe reached for Glover,
but missed him. Glover got in his left on
the formers neck. .
Round g.. Glover was doing the most OF
the work. He led for McAuliffe's stomach,
but was cleverly stopped. McAuliffe led ior
Glover's head, and falling short the men
clinehed. Glover landed on his side and
broke away.
Round d. Both opened cautiously, Glover
making several feints with his left. Nc.
Auliffe got in several light blows on the
head and chest, falling short.
Round 5. McAulifie got in a light blow
on Glover's head. The latter caught him
with a hard left-hander in the face, throw.
ing him back. McAuliffe returned with a
blow on the body, and Glover again got in
on his face.
Round 6. McAuliffe' . nose began to swell.
Glover was decidedly cool. A clinch fol-
lowed McAuliffe's lead for Glover's head
and time was called for the round.
Round z. There was no fighting OF any
moment. McAuliffe made a vicious reach
for Giover's neck, hut the latter dived I'M
der. The former then touched him lightly
on the cheek, which caused the hicagO
man to laugh.
Round 8. Glover tried for McAuliffe's
head, but was stopped by the latter's left.
The men clinched. Glover lodged, lunged
for Mes head and got in a hard one.
Glover got in a hard one on McAuliffe's
face in the ninth. The round closed with
McAuliffe striking out with his left n
landing at the side OF Glover's right eye,
making a cut from which q light stream OF
blood be- an TO flow.
Franciscan's favor. Very little hitting vas
done in the next three rounds. McAuliffe
struck Glover on the right eye, which
caused that member to swell very rapidly.
Glover forced the fighting in the fourteenth
and got in two hard ones, one on the nose
and the other in the stomach. In the six
tenth Glover went down under q blow on
the neck, and in the nexG round McAuliffe
fell under a push. Glover appeared to gain
the advantage OF every clinch. Glover's
eve was beginning to close now. With this
exception there seemed little change in the
men at the close of the hours fighting.
The twenty-third proved to be the most
spirited 80 far. McAuliff pressed his antag-
onlst into the corner and against the ropes,
n In the meantime pounded him severely.
Glover took the punishment well, but was
not able to return the blows. The next
Jour rounds appeared to be generally in
Glover's favor. He forced McAuliffe hard,
but the latter punished him severely 81 veral
times, principally on the injured eye, which
soon closed entirely. His face was swollen
terribly, and the only marks to be seen on
McAuliffe were a slight abrasion on the arm
a slightly pulled up eye. In the forty
fourth round, however, it became apparent
that Glover was growing weak fast. Nc
Aullf1e struck him q terrible blow and
knocked him down under the ropes. This
was repeated twice in the same second.
third time he fell on his face
Just as time was called. The fight
seemed to be ended here, for Glover was
lifted by his seconds and fell into a chair
ike a log. When time was called, however,
he came forward pluckily and received a
rouslng cheer from the spectators. In this
round McAuliffe did all the fighting. press
Ing Glover against the ropes, but failing to |
get a knock-down. Glover stood up well
IN the forty-sixth and forty-seventh rounds
succeeded in getting in a hard one on
McAuliffe's eye. Some of Giover's oyersan- |
June admirers said: "He'l win yet" But
he forty-eighth round showed Ill hope gone.
McAuliffe knocked him down, and when the
lineage man arose for the 10th round, he
'ould barely stand. After some short
pairing MeAuliffe struck him twice and
hen landed a terrific Highlander on the
Ieck, which sent him to the floor, where he
ay on his back like a dead man and failed |
o respond when time was called.
At lao a. m. Glover and McAuliffe had
forty-nine rounds. McAuliffe showed
considerable weakness, but Glover had a
unch over his left eye large as his fist.
Hover being in the best condition.
Glover was knocked out in the forty.
nth round. Time, 3K hours.
Still Has q Chance.