Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-26
TOO BIG A JOB.

Jerry Haley Tries to whip Larger
Man and Comes to Grief.
Billy Huntington, pug who is credited
with hailing from the wilds of Montana,
had glove fight at the Elite on Saturday
night with Jerry Haley of this city, whom
he put to sleep in the thirty-fourth round.
The Montana man weighed apparently
some fifteen pounds more than Haley, was
considerably taller, and much longer in
reach. He displayed peculiar style of
fighting. He did very little of the hard
work, but stood in the middle of the ring,
his left arm extended to its fullest length,
and his body as immovable as if posing for
a photograph. He did no arm-work at all
IN the way of sparring, simply waiting for
an opening to get in swinging blow or an
upper-cut.
haley, on the contrary, was very active
doing ali the leading, and getting in ten
blows to his adversary's one; but they
seemed to have little effect on the burly
Montana man, and served only to wind the
little fellow. He punished Huntington
considerably about the face, and frequently
got in straight blow with his left on the
latter's stomach, but all his blows seemed
to be weak by the time his fist reached its
object, as it was difficult for the little one
to get to the other.
Occasionally, when Haley would duck
to escape swinging Highlander, the big
fellows left would come up and reach his
face; and, although Haley bore no outward
marks OF punishment, these 'swingers"
told severely on him, and he was the first
to show signs of weakness.
Little attention was paid to the rules
and Haley frequently claimed foul, but,
the referee would not allow it. On one &C.
casion, about the twentieth round, time
was called while the men were in close
quarters and delivering short-arm blows.
Haley at once dropped his arms and broke
away, but Huntington rushed him and
struck him several hard blows as he wss
starting for his corner. Haley's friends
howled with anger, and demanded that
the little fellow be awarded the fight, but
the referee paid no attention to the de-
mand.
On three other occasions Haley claimed
that Huntington had deliberately fouled
him while clinching, by punching him in
the groin with his knee, one of the most
contemplate tricks known to a certain
class of fighters. 1t was evident that the
Sacramento boy was badly injured, as he
almost doubled up with pain. These
claims of foul were, like the rest, ignored.
Alter the twentieth round Haley was
knocked down several times by the big
fellows right-handers, and thrice it was
supposed he would not be able to respond
to the call of time, but before the ten
seconds were called off he was on his feet
and pushing the fight. Toward the end of
the contest, Huntington was himself so
weak that if Haley had had a particle of
strength left he could have knocked him
out, but the little fellow was not equal to
the task.
In the last round Huntington rushed at
Haley and swung his long arms about pro-
miscuously and aimlessly, and as Haley
was too weak 10 get ont of their way, he
caught tap on the cheek and laid down.
Failing TO rise when time was called, the
Montana man was declared the winner
The fight lasted about two hours and a
half.
Haley proved himself as game a little
fellow as ever undertook the uphill task of
trying to whip man who outranked him
in size and weight, and no fairer fighter
ever entered ring. Trickery and fouling
seem to be utterly unknown to him. Upon
inquiry yesterday it was learned that his
only injury was in the groin, and that
his condition fully justified his claim that
ne was fouled as stated.