, 1890-02-20
DEMPSEY WINS.
He Knocks the Australian out In the
Twenty igh TIA Round.


SAN.FRAScIsCo, Feb ls.-Two thou.
sand enthusiastic spectators assembled
at the California Athletic club tonight
to witness the battle of the middle.
weights, Jack Dempsey and Billy Nc
Carthy, the Australian champion. The
weights were, Dempsey ii7Ji, Mccarthy
lblie. The fight was a clever one. Most
of the time the Australian was quite eau.
tious, but lie succeeded In giving Demp.
scy some pretty hard raps. These werc
returned with interest, however, by the
Nonpariel, some OF his blows in the
wind bringing audible grunts from Nc
Carthy, but failing to knock him down.
In tht ninth round Mccarthy delivered
terrific left handler on Dempsey :
stomach and followed up with sharp
blow on the nose, which caused Demp.
soy to vince. From that time until the
sixteenth round Mccarthy made several
vicious attacks, but without much
effect.
The sixteenth round was one of the
liveliest and was greatly in Dempsey s
favor. he laying on the Australian 4
body and jaw as he pleased. Mccarthy 4
cheeks began to pun up and when the
round closed he was groggy.
Mccarthy was distressed In tho subse.
quent rounds, but did not take the de-
fensive thereafter, continuing the fight
stubbornly. lie worked hard to smash
Dempsey, but the latter was tooIquick
for him.
In the twenty fourth he again doubled
Mccarthy up by savage right handler
In the wind, but the Australian recov.
cred and reached Dompsey's neck with q
heavy right hand swing.
Nothing was done in the twonty.Rfth,
but In the twenty-sixth Dcn,psey went
in to finish bis man. Three or four ter.
rifle right and left hand blows on tho
Australians neck made the latter exceed.
ingly groegy. Then Dempsey hit him
when and where he pleased Mccarthy
staggered around like q drunken man, but
Dempsey continued to rain blows ON his
neck, Ils still kept his feet, aud the
Nonpareil, in pity for his victim, asked
him to give up. Mccarthy refused, and,
as the round was about TO close. Demp-
sey would not punish him any more,
but took him by the arm and led him "a
his corner amid cheers from the specta
tors.
Mccarthy came forward in tho twenty.
seventh round just able TO stand on his
feet. a blow in the face sent him to tho
iloor, lie arose with the blood stream
ing from his nose and mouth, and Demp,
sey again sent him down. Mccarthy
rose second time, and Dempsey begge,
him to give up. Mccarthy still refused
and Dempsey struck him lightly, and ht
fell this time, but arose in eight seconds
more. The entfeaties OF Dempsey still
met with n refusal from the Australl lar
TO give up, and Dempsey knocked him
down for the fourth time. lie staggered
TO his feet to save knock out, and the
round closed. Mccarthy was led to his
corner covered with blood, and loud
cries were heard all over the hail. askkn 5
him to giveup the fight.
When the gong sounded for the TWEEN
ty-eighth round Mccarthy staggered tc
the center OF the ring, and Dempsey IN
plored him to give up. The Australian
still refused TO acknowledge himself
beaten, and Dcmpsy beat him into tn,
corner and he again leaned against the
ropes for support Dempsey walked uI
TO finish him, but compassion for tho
pitiable object before him was too much
Tor the Nonpariel, so he stepped up tc
the referee, and declared that he had moi
the heart to punish the man any further
Just then Paddy Morgan, Mccarthy
second, broke into the ring, and, draw
ing his principal over TO his corner, re
fused TO permit him TO stay In the iigh
longer Dempsey was accordingly de
clared the winner amid loud cheer,
from the 1000 men, who admired hi,
commission for his game antapOnist