The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-06
Cal Mccarthy Whipped His
NameSake Badly in Six
S1ugging Rounds.
MATTHEW A TOTAL WRECK.
All the Well known Sports We're
Present---Cries of Shame We're
Heard When Matthew Was Sent
to the Scratch for the Sixth
Round.

The fight to a finish between Cal Nc
Carthy, the bantam weight champion and
member of the Scottish American Club,
and Matt Mccarthy, of Philadelphia, was
decided at an early hour last evening at a
well known sporting hotel on Staten
Island. It was decided in a large room,
which was dimly lighted by two large
chandeliers. In the centre of the room a
s~ixteen-foot ring was enclosed with ropes.
Many of the wealthiest residents OF this
city, New York, Brooklyn and Philadel-
phia witnessed the mill. They continued
to arrive in parties of two and three until
the men appeared in the ring. When
there were over eighty present the atmos-
phere wal clouded and murky, and before
the men appeared Ed Holske requested
the people to stop smoking.
At nine o'clock Jack Fraser stepped
through the ropes with Matt Mccarthy,
the first of the principals to appear. Ed.
Holske, his other second, received him in
his corner. Tommy Collins and Jack
Omara seconded Cal. Mccarthy, who was
received with applause. The timers were
Jack McMasters, for the ~Jerseyman, and
Ed. Cole, of Philadelphia, for Matt. Al.
Smith, the popular sporting referee, Of
ficiated last night.
First Round--Cal led off with. q light
one on the cheek. The blow landed on a
pimple and Cal claimed first blood, but it
was mot allowed. Then the Jersey man
sent in a singing hit on the chest, follow
ing it up with rapid blows by both
hands on the cheek and stomach.
Matt managed to put in a light
left-handed counter hit on the chin.
Cal again jumped in and scored
with both hands on the stomach, face and
right eye. This drove Matt into a corner,
and before he could get out Of the predica-
ment Cal had planted both hands on his
adversary's eyes. The blows made him
blink, and seeing that his adversary was
in trouble, Cal gave him a terrible blow
in the pit of the stomach. 1t knocked
MATHS feet from under him and Cal
scored a clean knock down blow, although
no claim was made forthe point. When the
two combatants went to their corners
Matt had a lump under his right eye.
The second round was a repetition of
the first. Cal visited his namesake's neck
and nose andrew bloodfrom the latter in
little streams. First blood was claimed,
but Matt had his face from the referee
and it was not allowed.
The third and fourth rounds were all in
favor of the JerSeyman, he doing all the
leading, while Matt was on the defensive,
he seeming to be afraid of his opponent,
who banged him all around the ring.
In the fifth round Cal sent in both
hands on the mouth and eye, swinging his
right, he landed on the jaw, and Matt
went down. Ten seconds had elapsed be-
fore he was on his feet. Cal let go his
right again and the Quaker City lad ono
more went to the carpet. He was up
again, and thrice more was sent to the
floor before. the call of time.
Matt was a total wreck and could
scarcely stand, yet his seconds sent him
to the scratch again for the sixth round
amid the cries of Shame from the spec
tators. Frazer held up the sponge, but
him with a rush, and the first blow on the
face sent Matt against the ropes. Another
in the eye and he fell to the floor. At this
moment Frazer shouted to AL Smith that
he threw up the sponge.