The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-24
1T WAS A SCRAP WITH 4 VENGEN'
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4 RUSH AND SMASH ALL OVER
THE RING.
THE HIGHT OVER THE POLO
GROUNDS
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lhirty-one battles, aud Austin Gibbons.
Of Paterson. y. j.. for purse of 5000,
. contributed bv fifty turf and sporting
men. who were aching ID see scrap and
lhey ached not in vain, for il was a scrap
with a vengeance. Kenny weighed l23
and Gibbons turned the scales at l2l
pounds before the fight When they
entered the ring the betting odds were
/ 800 to 500 on Kenny, and The Pa'e soa
( sports took all they could get
From start TO finish the fgh'ing was
/ hsrd, vicious and brutal, and what little
science there WAS In the mill was lost
sight of IN the disgracefu. actions OF the
spectators, the Cbes'cifeldian language
B used By the men themselves. and the apii
Jude for foulng shown by Kenny when.
f he saw the fight given him by the Paief
son man was too much for him 10 carry
with any degree of comfort Ia the
first part OF The fight Kenny rushed Glib
bons and carried him against the ropes
time and time again. and seemed 10 be
relying entirely on his muscle and not on
/ his science to win the fight. To stop this
Gibbons had habit Of getting very
uncomfortable neck hold IN Kenny and
swinging him over 60 The other side 81
the ring, where they were invariably torn
apart 10y the referee.
Tnis continued until the fifth round,
when Gibbons, smartine under two OF
+ three smashing body blows that were put
IN by The Harlem 10y, grabbed him
around the b1dy, swung him over his
head and threatened TO break his blessed
neck on the ropes. The crowd raised a
small riot over this, and the proprietor Of
he hall threatened 10 turn of the gas
From this on, il was rush and a smash
all over the ring and against the ropes
and the crowd howled with 10y at the
muscular exhibition Of fighting.
In The eighth round Kenny fouled
badly by hitting Gibbons while the lat
.crs hands were down, and the howl
raised by the Paterson sports nearly
raised the roof On, went one OF The big
chandeliers aud the crooks got in their
line work ON the members Of The fancy
who hal wads with thea Then lie gas
vas tur3ed on and Tie fight continued.
In the ninth round the betting was 500
10 SIS on Gibbons, with no takers. The
zenith round was the last
Gibbons took the offensive and smashed
Kenny four lines hard on the rirs with
his right In The scramble Kenny wss
sent 10 grass aud sc in he had no earthly
show of coming out at the big end Of The
horn he fOuled Gibbons twice while the
referee was busily and earnestly eldeav-
0ring to tear them apart. He was warned
not 10 repeat the O1ense, but second
later he gave a blow that was such "a
palpable foul that The referee gave The
fight to Gibbons, disqualifying Kenny
"i0r a most deliberate foul
The affair was all through disgrace
10 the name Of fighting. and the men
who made up the purse were satisfied
nOt with the fight but with lhe hurricane
hlacksmithiug that thevwitnesscl.
Mat Mccarthy. the unknown, VINO Is
matched to fight CAL Mccarthy, was
brought over from Philadelphia the 9th
day to Try his hand on Tommy Kel-
liz, the famous Harlem Spider. y few
sports who are interested In the coming
fight, took the men over 10 New Jersey.
where they would be free from inter
ference, and ring was pitched mp for
he trial Kelly is very good little man
with what be calls his punches Of iiyes,
and ii takes an exceptionally clever man
10 make him pull his cOlOrs down and
turn his back on the money, that was one
of the reasons he was chosen for the trial.
lie gave Cal Mccarthy pretty hard rub
a short time ago, and that was another
reason why he was asked 10 sacfih e
himself on the altar of Philadelphia sulg.
ging
Ine trial was a marvel o. skill and
science, and both men did some very
nice work with their hands OF course,
Mccarthy punched the Spider all over
riHg-that was natural, because he Is
much better fighter, and the Spider had
been TO a wake the night before, and he
was in anything bat waBeiul condition
when he raised his scralchers before the
man from Sleepy Hollow
At the end OF the meeting the Spider
looked at Mccarthy and said "Wel,
you're a beaut, and no mistake, and II
you don't do Cal 1t is your own fault.
Other people think so too.
One Of the most scientific mills that
has taken place in some time was
fought on Sunday night in the rooms Of
one of the sporting clubs in town, Tor
purse OF 800. Tom White, of California,
aud Frank McCabe, of this city, were
the contestants, and they fought one OF
he prettiest tWelve-r0und battles any one
could wish for. 1t was vigorous, but UNI
usually scientific all the way through,
and both men seemed to be equally well
up in the matter Of punching. They were
as evenly matched as The horns on a bull,
and such clever lodging and stopping
has seldom been seen
From the sixth round on, the Cali
fOruian rushed the fighting, and made
some good cracks III his man. most OF
which landed with good effect. There
were few clinches, and the in-hghting
was clean-cut and graceful The fight
was given to White on points
There is 10 be wonderfully amusing
and al the same time good fight on
Saturday night somewhere near this city,
and all the sports have been hidden 10
the feast TO see two old timers 20 into
the ring once more, and night for glory
and 5000 purse that has been subscribed
TO get them together once more before
they 90 down under The body blows OF
death, Happy Jack Flynn and Frank
Miles, of Bayonne, are the old birds who
are 10 do battle fOr the honor OF BayOnue.
Both are tifty-dye years old, and both are
gray Ms badgers, but they are hardened
old time prlze-fg hters, and lost and won
battles when fighting was fighting, and
not an exhibition Of harmless punching
to drag the dollars out OF the pockets OF
the Innocent multitude. These old men
fought each other years before most OF The
lstter-day fighters saw the light OF the sun,
and their friends say that the figh. will
be long one and hard one, as the OF
are stsyers II they are old.
The chances for match between Jack
McAuliiie and Mike DAILY, of Bangor
are growing beautifully less each day.
DAILY, II will be- remembered, wants 10
fight for 81 900, and MoAulitfc's hackers
say the amount OF the stake must be
81 900 q side or they viii not fight their
man. DAILY cannon see this, and there
were brilliant prospects Of the mill fail
ing through, until half dozen club men
in town offered purse Of 900 for the
ID, 10 I. cAnld h- 10 81