The sun., 1891-06-17
A=WALKOVER FOR GIBBONS.
TIE PATERSON LAD PUTS TIE Er0-
LIsHMAN TO SLEEP IN FOUR RoUHDa

| LI5HMdN III 6GHfcP IN fOUh kObHOh
Looked Rather BIuc for the American m
the First Round, but ne wss sirply
Sizing His Ma. Up-Gibbons Drew FIRST
| Biood-A Large Crowd cf P~o.inesA
American and EsEiishne. Present
Coprioh, 1891. ~ Ter SUE Btnftao and fssashs.s
| <hocfdnon.
LONDON, June 16-The international neht
between Austin Gibbeps OF Paterson. N. j..
and James Verrall OF London. at tho Pelican
Club tonight. brought rold and gIee to a largs
number OF Americans The fightwns for 81. COO
OF which $3.50 went to the loser. Four-ounce
gloves were used
Gibbons went into tho ring Weighing t8A
pounds. and verrall weished 126. Tho Ameri-
can was tall and slender. and mo EnxlishmsA
short and stout. George II. Vie was rofsreA
Jim Gibbons brother OF Austn. and Chap
pie" Moran seconded Gibbons. The Nstty
| brothers performed similar service for Verrslh
| Tho English sporting world was represented
| by Sir John Astley. Col. North. and n host OF
| lords and m members OF the House OF CommonA
| There WINS m unusually large number OF
! Americans present including Richard X. Fox.
Nat Goodwin. Wilton Lackaye. Paul Arthur.
Frank W. Sanger. and Joseph Hughes.
The fight began soon after midnight and
when tho men came into the ring bcttlnG was
Gibbons, to the English mind. seemed too lean
and tall.
In tho FIRST round Gibbons fought only In his
own corner. and scemed tImld and cowed.
Verrall got all tho best Of the round. and the
Englishmen were delighted. They doubled
and t,ehled their bets on their countryman.
and ihoy guyed the Americans present un.
mercfully. Is this your champion ?" they
shouted. This Ia another Slav.n- -McAuliho
fyoir - 4 t1,a~c a otnp. ,onI
In the next round. however. there was dss
cided change. Gibbons came out OF his own
corner and pursued Verrall into his. It was
obvious that the American had been studying
his man in the first round. He smoto Verrall
on the nose and drew first blood. He pounded
him on the left cyo. and that organ proceeded
to close OF its own volition. lie hit him below
the Nth rib. Verrall mnde q clever rally. how
ever. near the end OF tho round and drove
Gibbons into his corner Just as time was
called. 1t was tho Americans turn TO
do tho shouting. and they did 1t we'll. The
beauty of the Pelican Club is that Its members
are the best Rportsmen in the world. They
had waGersd their money on Norrall. but they
saw that Gibbons was the better man. and
they cheered him to tho echo.
In the third round Gibbons Ind It all his own
way. and verrnll would have been knocked out
II he had not held ON to the ropes and cluDR
shouted advice to him. which is against the
rules and etiquette OF the club. Here again
the Pelican spirit Of fair play wns displayed.
Turn 'em out" cried the men who had
waRered on Vcrrnll. although that procedure
would injuro their chances.
The fourth round did not last long. Verrall
was scared and careful. He did his best to
keep out OF 6ibbons's way, but WAS not clover
enough At the first encounter tho American
struck tho EnnliShmRn n ,ntiOuS Swfnn-
ing blow thut landed on his inv nnl knocked
him down. Verrall rolled under tho ropes and
laid still for two or three seconds. Then he
rose to his feot but at once staggered backward
aud fell again. Hc failed to como to timc. and
the fight was awarded 10 Gibbons.
Iawlor VIII Make 1t Hnrm for Hnndban
Players.
In tho early cart OF the challenger thrown
thick and fast at John Lawlor thar he finally
cluded to accept them all and in letter to TnK suH
stated prccsely how he would play each and every
match. There WAS nothing unreasonu0e iu his de-
mandA only he thought 1t wise to map out regular
giving tho men he intended to play In the
order named the conditions Of tile games amount Of
stakes ac. There were some seven contracts he In
tended to faithfully fuAi nni they all aimed ~
the men who claimed that they would make n match n
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programme then mapped ont.
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under those conditions VIII then likely ave Court
iiiinI he gsrtly deserves 1t Thou VIII my A.
undsr.ta.d. there i. no, man In the world .homI
an Ar afraid Ct al playing hsndSsil h"ys ~. ndmi.sS
have been asked whether would take ten .Sss on
DON. h.rs w, to- hai s .s r,os
pS @ 81, a. %.
the Ts: a any % .. Of a% sns
soms men With ten ace. or they viii have to play me-"
os The ar1Ssg la apdeA HnG ernT ysssds
old Athoy county kildare. man and while the istter
was somewhat out OF practice, the pair made very
pleasant for tho little man from Dublin The result
CosRins and Luksman. an...................".2l l8-3l
John LawlOr.. ~ Zl-n
ouo sf mS had dnd unT SarsS G we Kx 6c
plaI oil with tie CRsar. Tho scUre was;
Dick White. Observation-Disclosures 2l-1
CEsAr Carey 1870
score shows:
George iiesncy 40 noaces,..."....:.....".?ll Y lesI
Seven Rounds, and Covered with Blood.
The Johnston Athletic club held boxing entsrtaiH-
ment at woodss iall in Jersey Ctr Monday even.
Ing D. Hendricks Of the Johnston A q. was defeated
by z. McG!rr OF St. Pe,srs Lyceum They boxed seven
rounds In all. Both men covered with blood ~
tho finish Tho bout stopped by the police twteA.
Even at seventh round the Judges could
h0nDrn a.