St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-19
CUSHING CONQUERED.
Austin Gibbons Adds to His List
tOf Victories.


New York, Dec. 1S.-The much
talked of kid glove fight to a finish be-
tween Mike Cushing and Austin Glib
bGnS took place only this morning near
Stamford. Conn. 1t being a mill OF
considerable Importance, there was
great hustling among the sporting men
10 get there. Many we're thrown OF the
scent. but nevertheless fully 500 persons
Witnessed the contest. Prominent
among the spectators was John l.. Sui
IiYan. Gibbons was in the pink of cont
ditiOn. but Cushing was far from IT.
Gushing imagined that he was going TO
have q Wdikuyer. and was so confident
of doing his man in q punch that he
niled in with wine I'D to within an hour
or 20 of the fight. 1t proved a costly
experiment, as pc Cushing got
pounded all over the ring, and was al
most at the mercy of Gibbons from the
start TO the finish. As soon as Cushing
discovered his mistake, he commenced
1uuling his man and
TRIED TO LOSE THE FIGHT.
through 4 foul, but D0minick Nc
Caffrey. who refereed the fight, would
not allow any of the fouls. He was de-
trimmed to see the men fight TO finish,
and even when Gushing used his head a
battering ram and deliberately butted
Gibbons III the face four or five times,
he simply separated them and told
Gushing to be 4 man and fight fair. In
the first four rounds Gibbons had the
best of it. but during the next four
Cushion rallied and did the most of the
leading, but Gibbons avoided punish
ment The next nine rounds were
pretty evenly fought, both men realiZ-
ing that they had no easy task to per
form. Cushing'S face was badly cut
on this injured organ in the eighteenth
round. Cushing lost his head, and while
they were ciincfed Gushing butted Glib
bOnS in the face dozen Or more times.
Gushing got in some telling right
handed upper cuts in the nineteenth
and twentieth rounds. The twenty-see-
Ond round was the most exciting of the
fight. Gushing saw that he was beaten
and preferred to lose the battle on
Toul to being Knocked out, so he fOuled
Gibbone eight or nine times, but Nc
Caffrey would not allow it. Gibbons
forced Gushing to the ropes in the lat
tiers corner and held him there with
one hand While he leaned
OVER THE ROPES.
and smashed Billy Murray and Cal Nc
y
Jim came to the rescue, and there was
some lively punching done on the out
side for a few seconds. Cushing was
too far gone to take advantage of his
opponent. Gibbons did all the fighting
ln the tWenty-thIrd round. punching
Gushing whenever and wherever he
could, and driving him all over the
ring. He took particular delight in
landing on Mixes damaged eye, and
had him
COVERED WITH BLOOD.
The twenty-fourth and last round was
OF short duration. Gibbons forced the
fighting. lie knocked Cushing down
twice, but each time Mike recovered
before the ten seconds were up. The
third time he knocked him down, how
eTer, finished the fight, as he put him
out on a swinging right-hand blow in
the pit of the stomach. This was Glib
hons ninth battle. and he has yet to
meet his first defeat. Gushing has had
quite a number Of fights. Among his
most prominent was his thiTty-two
round battle with Jack Hopper. which
lie lost through breaking his wrist in the
thiTty-first round. He defeated Dan
O'Hare twice, and his last fight previous
TO meeting Gibbons was with Bartlett,
the English pugilist, whom he defeated.