Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-03
4AyGGER sLAv1N SLABS HIM TO
SLEEP IN TWO ROUNDS.
"Details of Che Battle, Which took Place at
an Early Hour in tho Iorning in the
slrlnonde Club-The Flour output Falling
Gfl.-(sencral News

LONDON. Sept. o1.--Tho much talked oil
Figb. between Frank S!avin, the Australiau
champion. and Joe McAuliife, the American
heavy weight pn@ilist took place at the Or
monde club al O'Clock yesterday morning.
~ $3.50 TIC men were awakened by their
trainers and were thoroughly sporged down
ana rubbed b" their trainers mud each re-
seiH"ti Il st!nu!Hnt in tho form OF an ce:s
hip.
About j O'Clock The two principals entered
the riiig. followed by their seconds On The
call of time both men advanced TO the
%catcr of the ring. After shor. preliminary
sI"i;!ng. Sl;lNin led OF rather low with his
right. his WAS returned by one from Nc
Auiih" with his left. which missed It's
mark, The Australian quickly followed up
with = good one from his Left then his
right was busy. and i'm some eNchanges
Svh!ct. followed Mc,ulitfc had decidedly tho
ocs' nj ii. When they broke away NC
Aulilir landed Il powerful blow on his op-
panent 5 chest with his right, but GIavin
promptly Hctaliatcd. whcrcupon McAu,iffc
came 10 the ground. The second round
ended ia another drop for McAullffe re-
si1!tlng ia Slarin being declared the winner.
The fight lasted six and thrcc-uuarter
minutes. AcAuliirc's face showed marks OF
severe punishment. After McAnliifc came
ia the ground in the first round there was
tremendous cheering in the A,ictlalian's
eosMer. Upon Nic.Anlific rising the two
sot together and MctuliTe landed n terrific:
hlow on Siavins face. The American was
~ c,icc keen Oh the face of his man and
'wice With his right hit him tremendous
blows. time not being called until McAuli.Tc
LETT of with 4 decided advantage.
In the second round McAuliile began with
his right on Slavin's face and thcu quickly
got away To escape n determined rush by
slavin Right around the ring The
Australian chased his man who now
began to cut a sorry figure and when they
got close enough Slavin was twice the more
strenuous in dealing punishment with his
right. After tho men closed the American
broke away. having got tho worst of the
deal. On resuming the fight Slavin saw his
chance and ayailing himself of it very
quickly he went III to finish his already
beaten man and he soon knocked McAulif,e
down with clean blow, and, after waiting
FOR his return, recommended most Wig
orously. 1t was now all over with the Mis-
sion boy, as he'only rose to receive terrible !
punishment and go down again as fast as
possible. Finally his seconds, seeing that |
further perseverance would be worse than
useless, intimated that Slavin had most
et7ectually defeated McAulife. The an-
nouncement occasioncd u scene of the
widest enthusiasm. The fight was for
81 900 and the Police Gazette Championship
belt
How the News Was Received at San Fran
Z cisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-When the news
Of the Slavin-M cAulitfe fight was received
here last evening. crowds were standing
around the bulletin board of the newspapers
1na congregated at prominent sporting re-
sorts Some seemed to, regard the |
ncws as unreliable. but although Nc |
AUliffc would naturally appear TO be the
'aForite i'll betting circles here, OWNS to his I
beins San Francisco man, there were a |
'arg@ Number of sporting men in the city |
who wagered Il considerable amount on |
slaVin. The betting in this city was pretty /
Hyeniy divided and considerable money |
changed hands on the result.