Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-19
FOUGHT LIKE RULLoCKs.
jack Dempsey Begging Mccarthy q
Give Up and Escape His Medicine.

eAx fRAscrsoo. Feb 19.-over {. 900 epthus,-
astic spectators at the California athletic clue
lAst night witnessed the great battle between
Sssk Dempsey and Billy Mccarthy. Mr.. Cook
Of this city was referee. Demsey weighed
1&7,S and Mccarthy 1917 pounds. Time was
called at $50. The first round was uneyeptful.
In the second Dempsey caught Mccarthy saw
agely In the face twice and then gave him a ter
rife risht-hander on the body. In the third
Mccarthy caught another left-hander in the
chin, which Dempsey followed up with good
blow on the ribs. In the fourth Mccarthy fol-
lowed Dempsey cleverly, but the Nonparel
waited his opportunity and his left soon found
the Australians neck half a dozen times with
out q return. In the NTH Dempsey landed ON
the body, but got three sharp blows on the ear
from Mccarthy. In the sixth Mccarthy opened
with a vicious upper cut, which fell short
In the seventh. eighth. ninth and tenth No
Carthy made nimble efforts TO plant big blown,
from Dempsey. In the ninth, however. Mo
Carshy landed . very pretty quick turn On
Jacks nose.
The fifteenth round closed without any deA-
mite result The sixteenth was the liyeliess
round up to that time. Dempsey landed on the
Australians body and jaw about a. he pleased
and at the close Mccarthy was groggy. pemp-
sey repeated this punishment in the seven-
teenth. and. though he staggered Mccarthy
with the blows he rained on his neck. he was
not able 10 score a knock-down. The eighteenth
was a repetition OF the seventeenth. The nine
teenth 80. the twenty-second rounds were not
conclusive. In the twenty-third round Nc
Carthy continued 10 fight stubbornly, but
Dempsey was able to avoid blows and to run
his antagonist hard before the round closed
The tight proceeded in about this same style
until the twenty-eighth round, when Mccarthy
was knocked out
In tine twenty-sixth round Dempsey went in
In earnest 10 finish his man. Three or four
terrific right and left-hand blows on the Aus
tralian's neck made the latter stagger around
the ring like drunken man, and Dempsey
continued to rain blows on his neck. but he
kept his feet until the Nonpareil, in pity for his
victim. asked him to give up. Mccarthy re-
fused and Dempsey took him by the arm and
led hlm 10 his corner amid cheers. In the
twenty-seyenth round Mccarthy WAS lust able
TO stand. A blow in the face sent him down.
he arose and Dempsey again sent him down.
Dempsey then begged hIm TO give up. No
Carthy still refused and Dempsey struck him
lightly as he came up again. He fell, but rose
IN eight seconds, and Dempsey knocked him
down a fourth time. He staggered TO his feet
to save a Knockout and the round closed.
Mccarthy was led to his corner covered with
blood amid loud cries to give up the fight.
When Mccarthy staggered to the center Of
the ring for the twenty-eighth round Dempsey
implored him TO give up. Mingled cries Of
KNOCK him out Jack" and Give it up Nc
Carthy" were heard on all sides. The Austria
lian refused to acknowledge himself defeated
and Dempsey beat him into his corner and sent
hum down in a heap. He arose and leaned
against the ropes for support Dempsey
walked up to finish hun, but instead he stepped
up to the referee and declared he had not the
heart to punish the man any further. Paddy
German, McCarthy's second. then broke into
the ring and dragged his man into his corner
and refused TO permit him TO stay in the fight
any longer. Dempsey was then formally de-
clared the winner of the light