The record-union., 1891-09-24
MITCHELL, THE INVINClBLE.
KNOCKED OUT IN
THE THIRTEENTH ROUND.
California's Middle-Weight Again
Proves His Title to the
Championship.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

special to the RECORD-UNIoN.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 23.-The fight
tonight between Johnnie Herget, better
known as young MITCHELL California's
representative middle-weight pugilist,
and Reddy Gallagher, the clever Denver
ite, attracted more interest than any sim
liar event which has taken place in this
city since the Corbett-Jackson contest,
and the rooms of the Occidental Club
were crowded at any early hour in the
evening. The fight was for a $1,000
purse, $3.50 of which went to the loser.
Betting was brisk, and from odds of SlO0
to so on Mitchell it veered to nearly even
money before the fight began. Mitchell
weighed l54 pounds. His seconds were
Jack Dempsey and Sam Fitzpatrick.
Gallagher weighed l53 pounds. His sec
onds were Bob Masterson and Jimmie
Carroll. Peter Jackson was referee.
The battle opened at S:59 with Gallagher
feinting for an opening and Mitchell
breaking ground. Gallagher got in two
hot lefts in the wind and one in the eye
His terrible left played havoc with
MitchelPs head and wind, the latter
being unable to counter effectively Both
men appeared in the pink of condition.
Mitchell was somewhat tieshier than his
muscular opponent. Gallagher stopped
MitchelPs rushes easily, once with
straight left on the chin.
From the third to the sixth round the
tactics were much the same, Gallagher's
long left usually reaching its mark as he
maintained a position near the middle of
/ the ring, while Mitchell played around
him, taking every opening that presented
itself, but in ducking almost invariably
catching a terrific left full in the face.
At the close of the fourth round Gala
gher's left eye was badly swollen from
right-handers. Mitchell, playing for the
ribs, scored twice effectually. but Gala
gher's vicious drives for the chin kept
him from too frequent repetition.
The sixth was marked by hurricane
fighting, Gallagher scoring straight lefts
on Mitchell's chin, but lacking a Shade of
Knockout effect. Mitchell also scored
two-handed on Reddy's jaw, and the
close of the seventh found Gallagher
lacking steam.
From the eighth to the thirteenth
round the hopors wereabout even. though
Mitchell was apparently the more conf
dent of the two. Both men were soon
exchanging blows for the muzzle, and
Gallagher's injured optic was bleeding
freely at the end of the twelfth from fre-
quent left-hand visitations.
In the thirteenth round Gallagher came
up tritie dazed, but landed two straight
lefts under Mitchelrs chin. The latter
suddenly came back at him with left on
the neck and a right on the chin. Gala
CHER reeled and fell on his side. He made
a slight effort to rise, but fell back and
was counted out.
The spectators at the close of the hard
fought contest expressed surprise at
Mitchell's ability to withstand punish
ment. All but his more intimate friends.
/ as they watched Gallagher's left-handers
! land on his chin and neck in the first
! five rounds, apparently wondered how
! long Mitchell could last. Gallagher
never failed to land when near enough.
and Mitchell ut the best could but clinch
when he did not break ground, and drive
! his right into the ribs. In the third
round, however, during close fighting,
| Gallagher suddenly WINGED ana made
motion as if struck by al accidental blow
! in the groin. He became desperate after
! this, and did not parry MitchelPs blows
or counter so well. Gallaghers despera-
/ ton seemed to restore Mitchell's e0ua-
nimity, which was ut first somewhat dis
! turbed, and he started in to mix things.
smiling as he did so.
Several times in the succeeding rounds
/ Gallagher was forced TO turn and flee by
! the San Francisco boys two-handed
/ smashes for the head. When Gallagher's
/ LETT eye began bleeding afresh in the
| twelfth round Mitchell made il his mark.
and countered so effectively that the Den.
verite was rendered almost groggy. He
| retained much OF his prior force and clev-
erness, however, and Mitchelrs chin was
again the object of his attention. Despite
| this, the latter's face was almost un-
marked at the end OF the contest, which
came suddenly. A couple OF blows were
exchanged on either side, when a rapid
| right-hander at close range full on the
chin, accompanied by left smash back
of the ear, caused Gallagher to fall for
ward and drop, completely knocked out.
! 1t was some seconds before he recov-
cred. The contest, considering its des-
! perate character, was remarkable for the
little blood shed. Mitchell was cheered
| uproariously at the close.