Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-29

ring. tonight, there, were fully
200Q spectators present. There
was also scene of excitement in the
street i'll front-ef the building. A great
crowd had collected there, and kept up
a continual round of cheering throughout
the fight. ..
As the men stood in the ring McAuiiffe
| appeared TO have the advantage so far as
weight and height was concerned. His
weight was 220 pounds, while Jackson
was little over 200. McAuliffe was six
feet aud three-quarter inches
in height and Jackson six
feet and one-quarter. Jackson
had little advantage in reach. Hiram
Cook of this city was referee. NcAuliffe' s
seconds were Barney Farley and Joe
| Bowers, and Sam Fitzgerald and Tom
| Meadows performed the same office for
! Jackson.
It was after 'clock when the con-
testants, accompanied by their seconds,
| entered the ring. Both were received
with enthusiasm, and there was great
| confusion before order was finally re-
stored. When the gloves were produced
| but little time was lost in preliminarfes.
Time was called at 9:45.
First Round-The men spared eau
tiously at first, when McAuliffe led off
with his right and caught Jackson lightly
on the ear. This was followed by an
interchange of sharp blows. McAuliffe
made several heavy Imges and got in
one on Jackson S neck, which the latter
cOuntered, and the round closed. p.
Second Round-McAuliffe led with the
left, but fell short. Jackson returned
with his right and caught McAuliffe well
in the breast. Some hot fighting and
H.
struck McAuliffe on the. ear and caused
the blood to flow The round was gener-
ally in Jackson s favor. -
Third ROund-There was some very
heavy hitting at close range in this
+Found, and the Australian was pounded
most severely. McAuliFe caught him
once on the side OF the head, which
caused him to stagger across the ring.
Jackson struck out terriically,, but fell
short.
Fourth Round-The men SPARED eau
tialsly for Il full minute, when McAuliffe
| led out savagely but jackson escaped by
jumping aside. Jackson planted the
right one on McAuliffe which the latter
returned.
Fifth ROund-Jackson opened the round
by q light blow on McAulilfe IS forehead,
followed up quickly and forced McAu-
life against the ropes. He then forced
the big Californian around the ring at a
lively rate, but did little damage
Sixth Round-JacksOn had so far dis
played wonderful Quickness. In this
round he struck McAuliffe several stag
geriug blows on the head and forced him
against the ropes. He also succeeded i'll
jumping back quick enough to avoid sew
erat powerful blows which were aimed at
his he4d
Seventh .Round-The men retained
their good humor and would smile every
time an advantage was gained by either
IN this round 1TcAulilfe got III a sanguine
blow on Jackson's chin which the latter
returned. Very little was done during
the round.
Eighth Round-The previous light
round had restored the men somewhat,
and they opened up the eighth round
lively. Jackson caught McAuliffe in the
wind twice and was apparently directing
his blows to that spot. Jackson con-
tiIned to force his adversary around the
ring and had by far the best of the
round.
Ninth Round-There was no reason to
believe NJ this point that the fight would
come 10 close very soon. No particular
damage had been done by either, though
Jackson had the best of the fight so far.
He continued to drive his right at Nc
Aulife' 5 head, but the blows were light
Tenth Round-JackSon again forced
fighting and pounded McAuliffe several
times in the face. The latter returned
them and caught Jackson on the neck
which caused the colored man to stagger.
Eleventh ROund-McAuliffe s eyes were
beginning to puff up slightly and his ear
was still bleeding. Jackson appeared
none the worse. He continued to pound
McAuliffe in the ribs, but the latter did
not seem to be much annoyed by it. Two
hard blows in the face were interchanged
and the round closed.
Twelfth Round-Both men evidently
getting tired, and hardly a pass was
made bv either throughout the round.
Thirteenth ROund-A repetition. Moth
ing was done.
Fourteenth Round-Jackson caught
McAuliffe lightly on the chin and in the
throat, the latter knocking him against
the ropes. McAuliffe looked for an OPEN
ing, but the scientific Australian did not
seem inclined to give him chance.
Fifteenth Round-JacksOn forced the
fighting and pounded McAuliTe on the
ribs and gave him one hard one on the
nose, which he followed up with several
others. Jackson appeared to think he
had the Californian whipped, and con-
tnued to force him around the ring
Sixteenth Round-Jackson opened with
two right handlers on MCAuliffe IS nose,
which he followed up well. McAuliffe
led out savagely several times, but Jack
son jumped aside quickly and escaped the
blows.
Seventeenth Round-McAuliffe caught |
Jackson lightly on the jaw, but the lat
ter returned it well and rained half
dozen hard ones on McAulifTe's head, |
which seemed to daZe him little.
Eighteenth Round-Jackson gave Nc |
Auliffe a terrific blow in the ribs which |
sent him lightly to the floor. When he |
rose Jackson forced him into corner and |
pounded him on the head numerically. |
1t looked as if McAuIifTe would have to |
go down, but he managed TO stand up |
under the blows until the call of time |
saved him from a fail.
In the nineteenth round Jackson pur-
sued the same rushing tactics aud tried to
get his adversary in the corner again.
He succeeded in getting him against the
ropes, where he again rained in blows on
his head, but failed to get knock down.
McAuliffe did very little but make
attempts to defend himself.