St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-13
The Winner Fights in Whirl-
wind Fashion to an Easy
Triumph.
An Immense Crowd Some
what Disappointed at Grit
fins Poor Showing.
Results OF Yesterdays Races
Sporting News From
All Sections.

The Olympic thcatcr WAS crowded
last aighg from the orchestra rails to
the t0pmOst seat in the gallery. 1t was
the largest audience ever seen in the
house. The secret of the large attend
Rncc was in the fact that after the per
Torrance Jimmy Griffin and Dick
Moore were scheduled to fight eight
rounds for purse of $3.50. The cor
Tidors ami foyer were damned full of
sporting men from $50 10 the time an
nounced for the fight There were
some celebrities among them.
Frank Glover. Jack Carkeek and
the rest OF tie visitors being
Interested liz the event Promptly AT
$3.50, the curtain Went down on the last
act. and rose again 10 show the men in
their corners and ready for business.
Manager Wells announced that Frank
Glover had consented TO act rs referee.
Tin Mccarthy and Denny Killen sec
Onded Moore, aud Tom Manning and
Jack Campbell looked after Griffin.
Referee Glover announced that the
fight was 10 be eight rounds, Marquis
of QuecnSbury rules, and strictly on its
meritS-l the men had TO fight. Fifty
dollars would 20 to the loser, and $500
The winner.
Moore lonked The lighter man of the
two but the scales showed that the
weights were nearly even at 145 pounds.
Tine WAS called at $40, and the men
Jumped TO center. both eager Griffin
seemed confident of his ability To best
Moore, whom he defeated once in Du-
luth That was Moore'S first fight.
Since that time. however, he has had
plenty of lighting, and has whipped his
way East and back again. There was
over minute Of sparring before blow
was struck. then Moore led with his
right f0I Griffin neck. landing lightly
and getting away without return.
Griffin esSayed right-hander, but fell
short, and tried the left. getting bot
one III the ribs ana Il similar one in the
face. The round closed without much
damage done, ali advantage belonging
60 Moore.
Atm. call of time for the second
round, Griffin led but couldn't reach.
Moore had changed his tactics alto
gether. He wasn't Sparring now, he
was fighting, and Griffin shortly real
lied that such was the case. Moore
followed up Grif1in's failure with a ter
rife left-handed smash in the face
that sem Jimmy to earth in
heap. There was dead silence up
alOtr- IGr u!Iniil - pet OF the fancy.
and they didn't want to see him put to
sleep. Griffin got on one knee and
waited for the last second. He got up
on the tenth and put up his hands. but
Moore went at him in the same sort of
STYLE which has won him most of his
fights. Griffin tried rush, but only sue
ceedcd iii getting in an ineffective
blow. Then there was cinch and
tue men: fell heavily, Moore under
meath. MUore'S second claimed foul,
but the claim was not allowed, and
Moole himself turned round to silence
1t. They got on their feet in short
order, and Moore began fighting for
Knockout. Twice he sent Griffin to
earth with his left. but the latter got
back To his place in time to be in
1t. Griffin tried again TO re-
deem himself with Il rush, but
was stopped dead short with a
rib smasher from Moore's right, and
sent reeling with left-hander in the
jaw. Griffin was groggy. Moore saw
his man felt sleepy and went in to fin
ish him He chased Griffin to the front
of the ring, and with Il terrific right
handler brought him to his knees. Griffin
got up only to fail again with a
h. Knocked out in the second.
ne lay close 10 the fOOtIights, half
under the ropes. Moore had won the
fight without scratch Referee Glover
declared Moore the victor. The latter
assisted Griffin to his corner, hoped he
wasn't badly hurt and jumped out of the
ring. Ihe result was received in silence
by the audience. Griffin had been eX-
pected TO make better fight.