The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-09-29
For Slugger Slayin to Put Big
Joe McAuliffe to
Sleep.
Details Of the Battle Which Took
Place at an Early Hour in
the 0rmonde Club.
Details of Mysterious Crime Per-
petrated in Wisconsin,
Sparks From the Wires.

LONDON, sept 2s.--The much talked Of
fight between Frank sgavin, the Australian
champion. and Joe McAulIfTe. the American
heavy weight pugiiist. took place az the Or
monde club az o'clock yesterday morning.
At $3.50 the men were awakened by their
trainers and were thoroughly spongod down
and rubbed by their trainers snd each re-
ceived stimulant In the form OF an egE
nip.
About O'Clock the two principals entered
the ring, followed by their seconds On the
call of time both men advanced 20 the
center Of the ring. After short preliminary
sparring. slavln led on rather low with his
right This was returned by one from Me-
Aniiffe with his left, which missed its
mark. The Australian quickly followed up
with good one from his left; then hts
right was busy, aud In some exchanges
which followed McAutiffe had decidedly the
best OF Il. When they broke away Mc~
AulIfre landed powerful blow on his OPP
ponent's chest with hls right, bat slavin
promptly retalIated, whereupon McAuliKe
came TO the ground The second round
ended In another drop for ,McAnliffe. re-
sulting In Slavin being declared the winner.
The hght lasted six and three-quarter
minutes McAuliffe's face showed marks OF
severe punishment. After MeAulife came
to the ground In the FIRST round there was
tremendous cheering I'm the Australians
corner. Upon McAulife rising the two
got together and McAuttffc landed a terrific
blow on slavin's face. The American was
&C once keen on the face OF his man and
twice with his right hit him tremendous
blows. time not being called until McAalifYe
left OF with decided advantage.
In the second round McAuIiffe began with
his right on slavin's face and then quickly
got away TO escape determined rush by
slavin. Right around the ring the
Australian chased his man who now
began 10 cut sorry agurc and when they
got close enough Siavin wss twice the more
strenuous In dealing punishment With his
right. After the men closed the Americas
broke away. having got the worst Of the
deal ON resuming the fghs slayin saw his
chance and avAiling himself of ID very
aaiekly he vent I'm 80 finish bis alreaax
beaten man and he soon knocked McAniiffe
down with clean blow. and, after waiting
Tor his return. recommended most Wig
orously. IL was now all over with the Mis-
sion hoy. as he only rose 90 receive terrible
punishment and go down again as fast as
possible. Finally his seconds, seeing that
further perseverance, would be worse than
useless, intimatcd that siavin had most
effectually defeated McAuliffe The an
nouncement occasioned o scene OF the
widest enthusiasm. The hght was for
Ei GOO and the Police Gasctts championship
belt.
How the News was Received st San Fran
cisco.
SAN FHANcIsco. Sept. 27.--When the news
OF the slavin- McAuiiffe fight was received
here last evening, crowds were standing
around the bulletin board OF the newspapers
and congregated az prominent sporting re-
sorts. Some seemed 20 regard the
news as unreliable, bat although Nc
Auliife would naturally appear 70 be the
favorite in betting circles here, owing 10 his
being San Francisco man, there were q
large ausnber Of sporting men In the city
| who wagered considerable amount ON
slavin. The betting in this city was pretty
evenly divided and considerable money
| changed hands ON the result.