St. Paul daily globe., 1888-10-27
SHORT And SAVAGE.
Two Hotly-Contested Rounds
Decide the McAuliffe- Con-
ley Match
Conley Knocked Silly by a
Stringing Blow on the
Jugular
The Californian More Than a
Match for the Ithaca
Giant.
Won Der Ahe'S Browns Score
Another Victory Over
Gotham's Giants.

| DAN IRANCISiO, L SOl., OCUs -
match which was arranged some time
| ago by the California Athletic club be-
| tween Joseph McAuliffe, heavyweight
champion of the Pacific coast, and Mike
Conley, the Ithaca Giant" had aroused
more than usual interest in sporting
circles, more than any similar event
in this city since the Sullivan and
Ryan glove contest here about two
years ago, and every available foot of
| space in the club rooms was occupied
| this evening an hour before the men
| appeared in the ring. Considerable
betting had been done in the past few
| weeks, but the friends of the men
were not very ready to offer
any great odds, though McAuliffe was
| slightly the favorite, owing to his SUI
| perior advantages in size and weight.
| A rigid course of training had reduced
| McAuliffe's weight to about 215 pounds.
while Conley's did not exceed 1877. The
| Californian's height is six feet three,
and COnley measured about four inches
| less. The purse offered by the club
was $1,000, the whole amount to
GO TO THE WINNER.
Hiram Cook. of this city, was selected
| as referee. Jack Hayes, Coniey's
hacker. and William Delaney seconded
| the Wisconsin man, and Barney Farley
and Young Mitchell looked after Nc
Auliffe'S interests. The seating capa-
city of the club room is about 1.500, but
there was about 1000 people present ats
o'clock. and those who were not fortunate
enough to obtain seats stood up in the
galleries or occupied any place that was
available. A crowd almost as great as
that within the room collected in the
street in front of the building, and
waited patiently for any piece of in
formation in regard to progress
of the fight, which those at the
windows above were pleased to give.
The pressure against the doors was
| great, and it was necessary to bar them
on the inside to prevent any further en-
trance to the building. A few prelim-
mary sparring contests by local sports
occupied the attention of the crowd for
an hour, and, though they were re-
ceiyed with a generous share of applause,
it soon became evident that the main
event of the evening was being awaited
with considerable impatience. 1t was
a few minutes after 9 o'clock when the
president of the club announced that
the contestants were ready to appear.
COnley was first to enter the ring and
he was given an enthusiastic reception.
Nc ulitfe followed Immediately and
was also received with cheers.
AT 9:20 the referee ordered the men to
advance and shake hands, and time was
called Immediately afterward. COnley
began to rush at the very start, but
nothing was accomplished save several
clinches. He pushed McAuliffe into his
corner and against the ropes several
times, and both men succeeded
in getting in few light
blows before the round was ended.
Conley tried the same tactics in the sec
Ond round, and punched McAuliffe
against the ropes. The heavy Califor-
nian freed himself and dealt COnley
terrible
BLOW ON THE JUGULAR,
which sent him to the floor. He arose
with the greatest difficulty and tried
to finish out the round by hug
ging McAuliffe closely. 1t was
plain to everybody that the blow
had done its work, for COnley appeared
almost unable to stand. McAuliffe
freed himself from the close embrace
and dealt his opponent another singing
blow on the jaw. which completely
knocked him out. He made feeble at
tempt to rise, but was unable to do so,
and amid intense excitement and loud
cheers McAuliffe was declared the vic
tor.
The sparring fraternity of San Fran
cisco never experienced such a surprise
as 1t did tonight, when Mike Conley.
the Ithace giant, was knocked
out in less than two rounds. The fight.
which had been looked for with the
keenest interest for weeks terminated
so suddenly that the 1000 spectators
could hardly realize for a moment that
COnley could not rise from the floor. but
when after lapse of ten seconds Con-
ley still remained PROSTATE. and his
seconds crossed the king and carried
him to his chair. A perfect storm of
applause broke forth, and in an instant
the shout was taken up by the crowd
in the street. The one opinion
expressed this morning after the
fight was that Conley made a
serious mistaken in even considering
the proposition to meeting McAuliffe.
Peter Jackson, the cOlored champion
from Australia who had been
matched to meet the winner
of this contest and will now
meet McAuliffe in December, was
among the spectators, and he was not
at all slow in expressing himself very
sarcastically about Conley's fight
ing. Frank Glover, of Chi
cago, who was recently defeated
by McAuliffe after very game fight
expressed the opinion very emphati-
cally that Conley was ''no good" and.
in answer to question, declared
that he could not think of
fighting him. The only effort
made by Conley during the start of the
battle was his attempt to hold McAuliffe
in a clinch and push him against the
ropes. He was successful in this
several times, but the terrible right
handler he received on the neck
in the middle of the second round COM
pletely settled him. After that he sim
ply used McAuiiffe as a prop, until the
second blow sent him to the floor again.