St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-26
WHIPPED BY GODFREY
Ed Smith Proves No Match
for the Husky Boston
Negro.
Referee Dunn Awards the
Fight to Godfrey in the
TWenty-Third.
luldoon Tries to Match Jake
Kilrain Against the
Winner.
rhe American Association
Likely to Buy Franchises
Of Three Clubs.

new YORK, Nov. 25.-The much-ad-
Iertised and once postponed twenty-five
found fight. with gloves, between Ed
smith and George Godfrey, took place
tonight at Cronheim'S theater. Hobo
Sen, under The auspices of the Puritan
athletic club, of Long Island City, who
we're not at liberty To bring the affair off
IN their new club house for reasons that
have not been made entirely clear.
There were nearly LOCO persons pres
ent, GEO or 200 of whom paid SO admiS-
sion. The receipts did not much more
Than cover the expenses, which were I'M
usually heavy. The purse for the fight
alone was originally $1,000, and $500 was
added to this for two weeks additional
raining after the poStponement. The
spectators were typical sporting men of
:he weather. kind from this vicinity,
Boston and Philadelphia, and they saw
The thing through with very little noise.
Some of the hoOdlums broke loose every
low and then, however. and had to be
JAILED to order. Most of the bets were
made at even money before the fight
began. When the men appeared at
D:25 the doors were locked. Godfrey
showed perfect form, while Smith was
tat on the ldes. He was seconded
by William Muldoon, Jack Ashton
and Jake ktlrain, and poorer handling
fighter has rarely received. Godfrey'S
seconds were Billy Mahoney and Frank
Steel, of BoSten, and to their handling
HOdfrey owes much of his success.
Jerry Dunn was the referee. The
gloves, which were SAID to be fully five
ounces in weight, were weighed in the
presence of the captain of police. Smith
stood an inch over Godfrey, and looked
to weigh ten pounds more, but the Off
eial weights were: Smith, $50; Godfrey,
lis. For three rounds there was some
very lively fighting. Smith assumed
peculiar attitude in putting up his
hands. The colored man was little
mystified by this at first, but he soon
sized his man up. Smith went in at
Once to knock his man out.
Upper Cutting
was his fav orite style, but his attempts
did not count. The Denver man seemed
TO have no idea of distance, and his
right was poor. He struck out wildly,
and the colored man had little trouble
in avoiding the blows. Godfrey fought
cautiously. and met Smiths ruSheS in
the first few rounds with left-handed
iabs that soon turned Smiths head. In
Tie second round Godfrey scored clean
knock-down by a left-hander on Smiths
cheek, and after that blow had the bat
lie we'll in hand. although Smith was
thoroughly game, and would not be
knocked out Both men eXerted them
selves so much in the first three
rounds that they became weak and few
thought that either would last ten
rounds. They freShened somewhat
after plentiful doses of brandy, how
ever, Godfrey always being the stronger.
In the third round Godfrey fell to his
knees before Smith. but the latter had
not the strength to finish him. God
afterwards. and failed to end the battle
for the same reason. There were many
clincheS. and iii the infighting Godfrey
had the hest of it, but perfect fairness
governed both men in every such en-
counter. BY the end of the fifth round
Godfrey'S right eye was swollen. and
Smiths left was closing. Godfrey
continued to iab that wounded optic all
through the tight, land had it and the left
cheek badly cut before the end. AS the
battle progressed Smith became weaker,
and Godfrey pursued his jabbing pro-
cess without mercy. That about de-
scrlbes the entire mill. In the twenty
third round Referee Dunn. seeing that
Smith was but a chopplng- block, though
a tough one. for the colored man, or
dered the men TO their corners, and
gave the decision in favor of Godfrey.
Muldoon atterward offered to match
Jake kllrain against Godfrey, and a
contest between these men will proba-
bly, take place before long.
The Peters-Fahey Contest.
The glove contest which takes place
tomorrow night before the Twin City
Athletic club at Minneapolis, between
George Peters, of Detroit. and Mark
Fahey, OF Minneapolis. is creating
great deal of talk in sporting circles,
and the match is likely to prove the
liveliest that has yet taken place
under the auspices Of the club. Peters