St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-24
The Muscular Australian
Stands Before a Gang Of
English Thugs.
Jem Smith Knocked Down,
Walked Upon, and Other
wise Done Up.
To Save His Own Scalp the
Referee Called 1t a
Draw.
Slavin Is Now Ready to Fight
Anyone for the Cham
pionShip.

LONDON. Dec. 2S.-The ruflianly con
duet of Jem Smiths friends at the ring
side has diSgusted every lover of fair
play in the kingdom: and the unjust end
cOWardlY decision of the referee deelar-
Ing the fight a draw, instead of giving
the stakes to Slavin, who had his man
whipped from the start. has added TO
the eXaSparatiOn of sporting men. One
good result has come from the fight,
however, which affords good deal of
consolation to all men who take interest
In pusihStie matters. The status of
Smith as a fighter is as definitely settled
as though he had won the battle easily
and fairly, or had been fairly knocked
out-aS he certainly w0uld have been
had the fight been permitted to go On.
All accounts of the mill agree that
Smith was not in 1t, and this fact. to-
gether with the action or the thugs who
went TO the ringSide in his behalf
TO prevent his being whipped, will rem
der il impossible for him 10 ever again
obtain reputable backing. while every
pugiliSt of reputation will be abundant
1y justified in treating his attempts to
arrange fight with contempt. When
the news of the fight was received at the
Pelican club not man present had a
gOod word to say for Smith. while every
one praised Siayin. who had beSted the
alleged champion and ar the same
time held his own against Smiths mob
of cutthrOatS who surrounded the ring.
1t was proposed to raise testimonial
fund of 5000 for SlGYin. and ESQ Of
the sum was subscribed by those pres
ent within fifteen minutes.
DETAILS OF THE FIGHT.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 23.-The fight be-
tween Jem Smith. of England, and
Frank SlaYin. the Australian champion,
was fought this morning in private
grounds, situated three miles from
BrugeS. There was much Squabbling
from the outset. and. owing to the out
TageoUs conduct of Smiths party, at
the conclusion of the fourteenth round
the referee declared the fight draw
and refused to remain on the ground.
Smiths party evidently saw that their
man would be beaten, and they broke
into the ring and interfered with the
fair progress of the fight. Slavin forced
the fighting at the start. hitting Smith
several times on the chest and 'ad in
the first two rounds. They fell together,
and when Siayin rose he was bleeding
from the mouth. In the third round.
Smith got home with his right and left
anu III return WIS
KNOCKED DOWN BY SLAVIN.
The fourth round was marked by
hard fighting. In the sixth round,
Smith fought Slavin to the ropes, where
crowd OF Smiths friends kicked
Slavin, who, however, remained silent.
Slavin again knocked Smith dowd in
the eighth round. In the ninth, the
mob surrounding the ring struck
Slavin several tines. In the eleventh
round. SiaYin again knocked bis Op-
pOnent down. Smiths friends again
struck Slavin during the thirteenth
round. but their man was once more
knocked down. In the fourteenth,
Slavin protested against the treatment
he was receiving and appealed to the
referee for fair play. His appeal was
greeted wit deriSiOn by Smiths friends,
who shouted police ana bolted from
the ground. Slavin remained IN the
ring. and Smith, who had left when his
friends ran away, returned. The
referee then said that it was
ippOssihle to secure fair treat
ment Tor Slavin and declared the
fight draw. Slavin was full of fight to
the finish. Slavin showed all through
the fight that he was the better man. A
number OF
ROUGHs AT THE RINGsIDE,
armed with knuckle-dusters and sticks.
tried to reach Slavin over the ropes, and
the Australian was struck several times.
AT the end OF the thirteenth round
Smith left the ring. Slavin remained
and claimed the fight, but the referee
would not award it to him. After
short time Smith returned to the ring.
During the next round there was great
uprOar all around the ring. At the
close of the round Smith was very sick.
Slavin was perfectly well. The fight
lasted twenty-five minutes.
WILLING To FIGHT ANY ONE.
LONDON, Dee. 23.-SlaVin, the pugil-
list, has arrived at MaTgate on his return
from the battle with Smith. There was
good deal of enthusiasm over him upon
his arrival, and he made a speech, in
which he said that ne was good deal
more hurt by the rOughs, who INDUCED
i'll the Tuffianiy tactics common with
them, than by Smith in the fight.
SlaVin'S hacker asserts that Smith never
hit Siayin, and that he was hurt only by
the crowd, which beat SlaYin because
enIaged al the defeat of Smith. Slayin
Is now said TO be ready to meet Sullivan
or any one, and fight for the champion
ship Of the world.