St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-22
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ing contest had awakened the keenest
interest. This was due. in great
measure. to the large amount of money
at stake upon the result. The purse Of
fered by the club amounted to $1,000.
of which $500 was to go
to the loser. In 49, addition
of this sum each prlnclpal had
posted $1,000 on the fight, making the
total sum which would fall into the
hands of the winner $12,500. Before
the terms of the contest were COM
pleted Carroll demanded that both men
should fight at 1873 pounds. but Nc
Aul tfe declared that he could not get
down to that weight without injury to
himself, and it was finally agreed that
the men should weigh in before the
contest at 137 pounds. A number Uf
sporting men arrived here from Eastern
points some time ago, attracted by the
coming fight, and it was freely reported
that they had brought
Large Amounts OF Money
with them, which they intended to
place on McAuliffe. When the match
was first made Carroll was favorite
here, but soon after the announcement
was made that there was so much Me-
Aulitfe money in the market, that
Carr0li's admirers evinced a decided
uuwillingness to come forward, the
general impression being that they
were holding out for large odds. The
consequence was that up to the day of
the fight the amount wagered was not
as large as expected. Two to one on
McAuliffe was what CarroIl's friends
wanted, but the Eastern supporters of
McAuliffe made offers ranging from 100
to 80 up to 100 to GO, but they found
but few takers, though the pool rooms
crowded with friends of both men. So
cerned, it was regarded as perfect in
both cases. The men met at the
California club last night, and
selected seconds. Carroll selected Mar
tin Murphy and Florrie Barnett. Nc
Auliffe announced that Billy Madden
and Jack Dempsey would be in his cor
mel. Carroll immediately raised
Strong Objection to Dempsey,
on the ground that he was an employe
of the club, and as such was dl,quali-
fed to act as second. The directors
pointed out that Carroll himself, who is
also an emplOye OF the club, had acted
as second for Mccarthy in the lat
ter's fight with Dempsey last
month. They therefore suspended the
rule and allowed Dempsey to
go behind McAuliffe tonight.
Hiram Cook was selected as referee.
Owing to some rumOrS at1Oat yesterday
that the contest was not to be a genu-
inc one, President Fulda last night in
formed Carroll and McAulffe that if at
any time during the contest there was
any evidence of "fooling." the fight
would be stopped. and the
As early as 6 o'clock this
evening spectators began to assemble
at the gy mnasium of the California
club, and two hours later there was not
vacant seat in the large building, fully
1900 persons being present. The bet
ting became more brisk this evening,
though the Carroll men still persisted
in their demands for two to one,
and considerable money was placed
at those odds. Among the heaviest
bets made was one of $1,000 to $1,000 on
McAulitfe. Previous to the contest an
effort was made to pass resolution in
structing the board of directors to ar
range match between McAulltfe and
Jackson, but the CLUB decided TO leave
the matter in the hands of the directors.
1t was nearly o'clock when the con-
testants, accompanied by their seconds,
appeared in the ring. McAuliffe was
the first to step over the ropes. Both
men were received with much enthu-
siasm. The weights were announced
as follows: McAuliffe, 1341a; Carroll,
1859. Time was called at 9:l0.
Details of the Battle.
Round One-McAuliffe opened with a
rush, but Carroll escaped by lodging, he fol
lowing this in moment and reached Car
rolls neck three times McAuliffe made an
otner rush and again found Carroll's neck.
The men clinched and the round closed.
Round Two-Carroll opened by rush on
McAuliffe and jagged his jaw several times
McAuliffe returned hot right hand blow in
Carrolls ribs, and followed it up with
swing on the neck. Carroll countered with
a hard left one on Macs jaw. The men then
spared cautiously till the close of the round.
Round Three-The men spared fully
minute and then Mac led out with his left
catching Carroll under the chin, repeating it
before Carroll had recovered from his first
shock, and clineh followed. Carroll then
tried q hard swing but McAuliffe dOdged.