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SANFRANcIsco, CAL, August 2S, 1885,
Under the auspices of the California
Athletic Club and at the organizations
quarters in this city, Jack Dempsey, the
Nonpareil, and George La Blanche, the
Marine, fought last evening one of the
most desperate battles of the prize ring
that has ever occurred OF the Pacific
coast. More than 1000 spectators saw the
encounter. The betting was in favor OF
Dempsey, at 100 to rs.
After the men came on and before the
battle began the master of ceremonies
announced that the fight vras not for the
middle weight championship, as La
Blanche weighed 161 pounds and Demp-
sey Isl pounds.
In the first round La Blanche landed
lightly on Dempsey's wind. A clinch fol-
lowed.
Dempsey opened the second round with
a short blow on the chest. A clinch fol-
lowed, during which La Blanche caught
Dempsey in the side. After the break
Dempsey landed q good right handler on
the jaw. During a clinch the Marine
slipped to the floor. The round closed
with some infghting. L
Several harmless blows were exchanged
in the third round. Dempsey got in two
fourth. A clinch ended in Dempsey
nearly falling. He again landed on the
Marines chin, n the latter rushed him
against the ropes. The fifth and sixth
rounds We're uneyentfuI. In the seventh
LaBlanche caught Dempsey three or four
times on the jaw. Dempsey responded
with two left handlers on La Blanche's
chin.
Dempsey got in two heavy blows on the
ear in the eighth, and received a stagger
On the jaw. Cries of foul were made.
The claim was not allowed. Spirited in
fighting followed. In the ninth La Blanche
clinched the Nonpareil II thew him
heavily. La Blanche tried to rush the
fight in the tenth round, but in
two of these efforts Dempsey
struck him staggering blows on the jaw.
After the gong rang, LaBlanche struck
Dempsey a hard blow on the face, and
then retired to his corner. Dempsey
walked over to him and landed a hard
one on the Marines neck, which made
the latter groggy.
Very little effective fighting marked
the next six or seven rounds.
In the eighteenth a number of hard
blows were exchanged.
In the nineteenth Dempsey got in alto
gether seven blows on the Marines neck,
without much visible effect until the last,
which sent La Blanche heavily to the
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there was much cheering.
The men spared cautiously in the suc-
ceeding rounds until the thirtieth, except
in the twenty-seyenth, when Dempsey
hit several vicious blows, In the thirtieth
the Marine gave Dempsey a terrific right
handler on the chest. He recovered and
showered half a dozen blows on the Ma
rine's head, and in the latter'S effort to
escape he slipped to the floor,
The thirty-frst round was exceedingly
tame. Dempsey attempted to force mat
tiers in the thirty-second. He was by far
the fresher man of the two, and with out
few exceptions had the fight all his own
way. He forced LaBlanche into his cor
ner and pounded him unmercifuI1y. The
latter received the staggering blows on
his head and neck, but stood up under
them well.
The men gradually worked to the
centre of the ring, and while Dempsey
still continued to find La Branches neck,
the latter whirled around suddenly and
caught Dempsey a terrible blow on the
jaw.
The Nonpareil went down like q shot.
He fell heavily upon his face and blood
spurted out on the floor of the ring. The
ten seconds went by amid intense excite
ment, and Dempsey struggled bravely to
rise, but before he had reached his feet,
weak and struggling, the time had ex-
pired, and the referee awarded the fight
to La Blanche.
The sudden termination of the fight
was q surprise to every man in the club
room. A chance blow lost Dempsey the
battle at a time when it seemed that the
Marine was in his power.