Omaha daily bee., 1890-02-19
DEMPSEY DOWNS MCCARTHY.
Twenty-Eight Rounds of Furious
Fighting.
BILLY FeARFuLLY PUNISHED.
The Australian Gives the Noppareil
bnrJ Battle TIL Near the finish
California Sports En-
thusiastic.
.Inck On Ion Acnin.

Telegram TO FIN BEE. l-Fully 1000 ad-
mirers of fistic sport crowded the California
Athletic clubs new auditorium TO its utmost
limits tonigh: to witness the battle for the
middleweight championship Of the United
States between Jack Dempsey, the Aineri-
can champion of this class, and Billy NC
Carthy, the Australian champion.
The purse was 81, 500, of which the loser
received $500. Both men had deposited $3.50
with the club as q guarantee that they
would not overtop m~iddleweight, 1874 pounds.
Marquis Of Queensbery rules governed the
contest and the gloves used were OF white
kid weighing five ounces.
In the betting Dempsey reigned the favorlte
at odds OF 100 TO 60 oil day, and the wagers,
private and in pool rooms, ran far up into
the thousands. Dempsey money was far
more easily found than was the Aus
tralisn's.
The contestants had trained conscien-
tiously for their meeting, Dempsey at Nep-
tune Gardens, Alameda, under the super
vision OF Denny Kelleher and ID emmy Cos
tigan; Mccarthy at Harbor View, the club
rooms and the Golden Gate park under the
watchful eye of his brother, Mike McCar-
thy, the lightweight
The two men were confident of success.
Each had wagered goodly sums on the
chances Of his coming out victor in the on
slaught Of fists. No ill feeling existed, in
fact Dempsey and Mccarthy were great ad-
mirers OF one another and had agreed that
whoever came out on top Of the pugilistic
ladder they should ever remain friends.
Nearly all the celebrities of the bench,
bar and prize ring IN the state were present,
Prominent among the latter contingent were
Austin Gibbons, Geo. La Blanche, jim Fell.
Jack McAuliffe, Mike Conley and Light
weight Jimmy Carroll.
After several preliminary bouts Dempsey
entered the ring at 9:02 o'clock. He was
loudly cheered. Mccarthy entered q minute
later and also met an ovation. President
Fulda announced that the gloves had been
tempered with since they were weighed dur
ing the afternoon and the defect would have
to be remedied.
Jack McAuliffe and Denny Kelleher acted
as seconds for Dempsey; Jimmy Carroll of
Boston, and Paddy German acted for Nc
Carthy. Hiram Cook was the referee as
usual.
The weights announced were, Mccarthy,
1521<, Dempsey, l41x pounds.
lime was called at $3.50, after about
twenty-five minutes had been consumed In
making the gloves acceptable to the police.
Mccarthy won the toss for corners and
took the one his countryman, Murphy, had
when he defeated Weir and where Billy
himself sat In his victorious battle with
KeIleher.
FIRST Round-Dempsey opened hostilities
with n light left on Macs cheek. The AUS
tralian landed u good right handed swing on
Jack's neck. The round ended in a rally
with no advantage to either man.
Second Round-A corKiug body blow was
landed by each man, then Dempsey let go
his left hand and got over McCarthy's guard
and onto his mouth. Loud cheers. A
wicked swing was neatly lodged by Jack,
who shortly after sharply upper-cut Mac
with his right. A clinch ended the round.
Third Round--Mac's body suffered from a
q left-handed half arm blow. Dempsey then
led, but fell short, but a moment later
landed a left-haaded ribroaster; a rally
with both doing good execution on the body
with the left. Mac at the end of the round
jabbed Jack with his left in the tomach.
Fourth Round--A clinch in the first part,
then Mac caught n hot one on the mouth.
Jack was dubbed IN return on the wind
basket. He retaliated with a corking left on
the Australians jaw. Infghting with an IN
effective uppercut by Mccarthy followed
In this round the Australian slipped To the
hoor, but jumped up lively.
Fifth Round-Body blows were landed by
Dempsey, the Australian uppercutting under
Jacks eye. Carrolrs swing was here es-
saysd with considerable success by McCar-
thy OH jacks cheek, A corking. left was then
plumped on Jacks jaw by the Australian
after q rush and q clinch.
Sixth Round-Billy was jabbed by Demp-
sey IN the stomach with the left. This was
followed a moment later by two more In
about the same place. Jack then landed two
right-handers on the Australians jaw. The
latter then ducked and retreated,
Seventh Round.-The left jab was again
secured on MACS stomach by Jack. The
Australian again slipped to the floor. Biily's
nose here suffered four left handed iabs and
failed to gel a return until near the end of
the round, when he landed on Jacks mech
with a half-arm blow with his right.
Eighth Round-Cross counter on each
mans jaw, u rush by Mccarthy neatly
lodged, the Australian then caught two
lefts, the first on the mouth, the second or
the body.
Ninth Round-Jack 1abbed Mac In thu
stomach with the left. This was followed
by u swinging left by Mac In about the same
place. Macs nose then caught two iigh
1abs, He retaliated with the Carroll swini
on jacks mouth with interest.
Thirteenth Round Jack was here jabbct
IN the stomach and then rushed McCarth,
without effect. A left cross-counter on eacl
mans chest, another jab scored by the Aus
t~ralian. Jack returned on Macs mouth, fol
lowed by another ON the chin without return
Fourteenth Round-A mutual rush, boil
securing body blows. Mac then rushed, bu'
caught a hard left on his hard jaw. Another
mutual rush. both landing on the body
Jack then rushed hot-shot into Macs bod.
with the left, following with a jab on TN
jaw. ?
Tenth Gross counter, then a rusf
by the Australian neatly ducked. Two bod