St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-12

cIdlSulp WAS SupcID, Lid DldllCHC was
wild in his hitting, and ill-tempered.
Betting at the ringside was in Demp-
Sey's favor. When the battle was over
La Blanche was heard to say: 'He
will fight me again, and then Pll lick
him. sure"
Dempsey'S first surprise occurred
when he faced Mike Donovan. This
was only boxing affair of six rounds,
Straight counters and cross counters
were as plentiful as flowers in spring.
Donovan opened by punching Jack on
the nose, and surprised the Nonparell
moment later by punching him in the
stomach. Dempsey for once had faced
man who could hit with any one.
McLellan's conqueror was too crafty
and too hard hitter, and Dempsey did
well enough to draw. This was his
first repulse and it diSheartened him,
Then the Nonpareil met La Blanche
second time in San Francisco, and, true
to his prediction, the Marine scored
revenge for his Long Island
defeat. The men fought thirty-two
rounds with the advantages in favor of
Dempsey. Then Jack was knocked
endwiSe by a swinging rght-hander.
and the $1,000 which he thought he
could win from La Blanche was lost to
him forever. Never before or since did
defeated man take to heart SO much his
failure to win as Jack Dempsey did on
this occasion. The Marine stoutly de-
MED the Nonpareil chance to recover
lost ground and ducats. Jack next met
and walloped Charles Mccarthy. His
fight with Fitzsimmons is his first en-
gagement to finish since that time.
FitzsimmOns' Clean Record.
Fitzsimmons is also twenty-eight
years of age and was born in England.
The following account Of his pugilistic
career is in his own words: my first
appearance in the ring was at Jem
Mace's amateur boxing tournament at
Temaru, New Zealand, ten years ago.
Mace was making a tour of the colonies
then. | succeeded in knocking out four
men that night, winning the amateur
championship of New Zealand and
gold watch. The next year Mace Wis
tied us again and gave another tour
nament. l then knocked out five.
men in one night, sustaining my title
of champion. After defeating the five
men put on the gloves with Herbert
Slade, and to the surprise of everybody
present, beSted him. After stopping
Slade, Mace and | were going to wind
up the evenings entertainment with
friendly bout. We put Oh the gloves
and shook hands, and were about COM
mencng to spar when we were greeted
with snch a storm of Kisses that Mace
thought it would be better to take
off the gloves. The audience
thought that Mace was going to try
to knock me out, when in reality he only
intended to show me few points in
boxing All of these bouts were fought
under Marquis of Queensberry rules.
next fought Arthur Cooper under Lon
don prize ring rules, defeating him in
three rounds. Then came my fights
with Jack Murphy and jim Crawford,
both of which were fought under Lon
don prize ring rules. | defeated
the former in four and the lat
ter in three rounds, knocking them
both out. After this | left New Zeal
and and went to Sydney, sparring for
the first time there at Larry Foley's
Athletic hall, where | defeated Bris-
mead, a heavyweight, in two rounds.
He weighed 10 pounds to my 14S
pounds. The fact is, never fought at
over 14S pounds until l came to the
United States. | next defeated Jack
Greentree, middleweight, in
three rounds. Dick Sandal, who,
after | left New Zealand, got
to be amateur champion there, was
the next to meet me. | defeated him i'll
four rounds Then l defeated Bill
Slavin, brother of Frank Slavin.
bested him in seven rounds. | then
fought Eager, who recently fought
draw with Starlight, the colored mid
dleweight champion of Australia, and,
though he wore three-ounce gloves
while | had OIL eight-ounce, L beat him
in three rounds. defeated Conway,
champion of Ballarat, Ill three rounds.
Victims to BraVny Fists.
"My next battle of Importance was
with Dick Ellis, who was and is now
considered a good one in Australia, he
having fought three draws with Lang,
the Well-known Maori heavyweight,
two battles being under London rules
and one under Queensberry. Ellis
weighed 10 pounds against my 14S
pounds, but beat him in three rounds
just the same. next fought jim Hall,
champion middleweght of Australia,
Tor the championship, defeating
him in five rounds. Then | fought
Starlight. the colored middle-weight
Queensland, knocking HIM out in nine
rounds. My last fight in Australia was
with Prof. West,i heavyweight who
used to exhibit through Australia, adj
vertising to knock any man out in four
rounds. | knocked him out in two min
utes. Coming to San Francisco. i'm
mediately got on a match with Billy Nc
CarthY to fight at the California Athletic
club. | fought HIM with but very little
training, as had been in the country
only fourteen days when we met, knock
ing him out in nine rounds. L could
have finished him in three rounds, but
wanted to give the club members
show of sparring for their money. My
last fight up to date was with Arthur
Upham. | defeated him in five rounds
at the Audubon club, New Orleans. OF
course hope to add Dempsey's to
the list; but then [ haven't defeated
him yet: and he may prove to be too
much for me-"
Fitzsimmons will step into the ring at
9 o'clock Wednesday night. The men
are to weigh at the ring side, and must
weigh not over 154 pounds each. Mar
quis of Queensberry rules will govern
the battle.
Tuesday night the Audubon club will
tender Dempsey reception, at which
Jack McAuliffe will spar four rounds.
Mike Conley, Arthur Upham, the st.
Joe Kid, Prof. Herman Bernan, Jake
Sullivan, All Burke, Andy Rowen, Tom
my Warren and others will appear. 1t
may be stated now without fear of vio-
lating confidence that James j. Cor
bett, of San Francisco, will referee the
mpsey-FitZsimmon fight Wednesday
night.
The WeIter-W Weight Championship
New ORLEANS, La, Jan. 11,-Mon-