St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-09
LONGEST ON RECORD.
Additional Particulars of tn
Needha m-K errigan Will,

Additional Particulars OF the
Needham-k errigan Will.
The San Francisco Chronicle of March
1 has the following in regard to the
hun lred-r0und fl sht between Needham
ahd Kerrigan: Both pugilists visited
The California club yesterday. kerri-
gan spOrted black eye and a swollen
lip, but otherwise was uninjured. Need
ham carried much blackeI eye, while
his greatly enlarged nose Was richly
frescoed in tintS of blue, orange and
green by the vlsitatlons of Kerrlgan's
fists. The question which chiefly inter-
ested sporting men was why Kerrlgan
did not win the battle. Up to the fiftieth
round Needham, who was trained like a
greyhound, forced the fight and
looked a winner. Kerrigan suddenly
turned the tide OF battle in the fifty
fifth round. and, planting right cross
counter on Needham'S jugular, all but
Knocked him insensble. Four times
Needham was t1OOred, and the battle
seemed over. but his admirable condl-
ton saved him, and he not only came
back in the next round. but forced the
battle and drove Kerrigan time after
tire into the corner until the seventy
first round, when the Bostonian again
landed Il croSS-counter and f1OOred his
plucky opponent. Five times in all
NEEDHAM WAS KNOCKED DOWN
in this round. but to the establishment
OF everybody he came up in the next
round as belligerent as ever. kerrigan,
who seems to be the same style of fgter
as Frank Murphy, the Englishman, as
sumed defensive tactics the moment he
had his man going. In the seventy-first
round, though encouraged by his sec
onds to 90 in and finish Needham. he
fought away from his weak opponent
and allowed him to recover his second
wind. Ntedham. who is much more
pugnaciOuS. completely blutfed the
sturdy little Bostonian, and, though
| ShakI on his legs and an easy victim for
determined fIhter, kept Kerrigan on
| the defense for the remainder of the
night with a series of feints, upper
cuts and right-hand swings at the
| head that scarcely ever reached
| the mark. Kerrigan having failed
| twice to knock out his man when he
| seemed at his mercy, seemed content to
make the fight draw, and until the
hundreth round, when the battle ended,
did little but menace Needham with his
right whenever the st. Paul man
worked in too close to him. For the
last fifteen rounds the men did nothing
except feint at each other at long range,
anu after consultation between PreSI-
| dent Fulda, the seconds Of each man
and Referee Cook, the latter at 3:15 a.
IN. stopped the battle ana declared it a
draw. as both Wert- disabled, SO their
seconds said: but such was not the case,
| for Ktrrigan'S hands were in good order.
and h was fairly strong on his legs,
while Needham's left hand was swollen
TO TWICE IT'S NATURAL SIZE,
and he was so shaky OIL his pins that he
walked with difficulty from his chair to
the scratch. "By bis failure to win,
when victory was within easy reach,
| Kerrigan verified the opinion Of the
| sporting men, who nearly all bet against
| hun, believing that his gameness Was
questionable. AS far as nghting
splendid defensive battle, the Boston,
ian showed himself a star, but in the
essential quality of determination to go
i'll and finish regardless of punishment,
he proved himself exactly the same
style of puglIist as English Murphy and
the Belfast Spider. He seemed much
more delighted than Needham
| that the fight ended i'll a
draw. The California club directors
| will probably give the men $500 apiece.
| This action is new departure for the
| cluI, and as more draws" are likely to
| take place, all sorts of suggestions for
preventing them are offered, but none
So far has been accepted. 1t has been
| suggested that in future after fifty
rounds have been fought without fin
ISh, that the referee shall allow the men
ten rounds to finish, and then il the end
is not reached, decide it himself The
trouble about this is that, as glove fights
have become important betting events,
the people with money wagered dislike
to trust the referees Judgment.
The Kerrigan-Needham fight was the
longest battle OH record under Queens
berry rules, as it lasted six hours and
forty minutes. The previous longest
on record was the Mulh0llandM
match OF eighty-seven rounds in the
Golden Gate club on Jan. 9, 1889. which
lasted five hours and fortv-five minutes.
Kerrigan's condition on Thursday night,
it may be stated, was frst-class. Barney
Farley says that he trained hard and got
down to 1873 pounds the day before the
fight, which is as low as he can get. He
ran up three and half pounds on the
day of the fight. but lost this before
thirty rounds were fought. Needham
! lost SIX pounds in the fight. Kerrigan
stated yesterday that he would fight
Needham again at any time. but would
| prefer to meet Jimmy Carroll or Jack
McAulitfe.