The morning call., 1891-09-01
A PRIZE-F
Jimmy Lawson Whips Jack RiOr-
dan at Ocean View.
Thin Gloves Used-The White Man Full of Bad
Whisky-The Australian Wins in Three
Rounds = Disguised Sports.

Last Saturday afternoon quiet "tiD"
was given out that prize-ight, under Lon
don prize-ring rules, would take place at a
resort near Ocean View. where lovers OF
coursing oftentimes assemble TO witness
contests between hares and hounds.
At 9 O'clock several conveyances had ar
rived from the city. and an hour later about
100 sports gathered in hall which had been
fixed up for the occasion with an impromptu
ring erected in its center.
The manager of the affair, well-known
sport, informed those who had assembled to
see little fstic entertainment according to
the old style of battling with the bare 'uns
that owing to fear Of arrest he had de-
cded that the men must fight with skin
gloves, as bare-fist fight was punishable
by fines and imprisonment.
The pugilists were then introduced One
was Jack Rordan, the well-known local
slogger and trainer of Billy Nahan. and the
other was the colored Austr allan fighter.
Jimmy Lawson.
After an hours delay to give the sports
an opportunity of testing the quality of
liquors kept by the proprietor of the sport
Ing resort, RlOrdan was called upon to get
ready for battle.
WANTED MORE MONEY.
He refused to enter the ring unless an ex-
ira 500 was added to the purse that had been
gotten up by few admirers of the sport.
Lawson was satisfied to fight for anything. A
call for subscriptions was finally made AMI,
after considerable begging, about $50 was
raised. This sum did not seem to please
Riordan, who had during the delay become
pretty well saturated with bad whisky.
1t was past II o'clock when the pugiists
agreed to fight aud. preliminaries were
quickly arranged. The gloves were thin
and of kind that barely protects the
knuckles.
When "time" for the first round was
called Ri0rdan staggered to the center of
the ring and squared off before his small
opponent, who was handicapped in weight
about eighteen pounds.
Lawson tented with the left, and, swing
ing Ibis right, landed on Riordan's jaw,
knocking the receiver fiat on his back.
The seconds were counted off, but in such
slow manner that Rordan got on his feet
again and rushing madly at his colored OPP
ponent he bore him against the ropes and
held him in jeopardy until the round ended.
In the second round RiOrdan got punched
all over the ring and came within an ace OF
being knocked out.
THE THIRD AND LAST.
When the third was called the white slog-
ger had pretty well sObered up and made
several wild smashes at LawSon's head,
which were easily ducked. The latter, with
well directed La Blanche swing, caught
SLEEPY Jack" on the jaw and the battle
came suddenly to an end.
The sports from this city were disguised
with the entertainment, which they had ex-
pected would he a rafting mill between two
well-known pugiliSts of local fame Instead
of producing the ''stars" which the sport
ing men expected to see, the manager of the
affair excused himself by saying that one of
them them could rot be found, but that their
places would b. fled by two good men.
Lawson would have made a good fight
against clever man, but in RtOrdan he
found an easy game to down.