The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-01-20
Dempsey Was Defeated at the BE
ginning of the Thirteenth
Round.
The Australian Forced the Fight
ing From Round First. Demp-
sey Knocked Over The
Ropes i'm the Seventh
Round.

DeIDpSe WAS huOCHcu Vu'
simmons at the beginning Of the
thirteenth round last Dight, before
4, 500 spectators.
The men smiled at each other from
their corners as they awaited the
weighing of the gloves by the chief of
police. The official was careful to an
ounce, and he was at work when both
men stripped to weigh in. Dempsey
eyed his opp ,nent narrowly as he
stepped on the scale, the Australian
weighing 1909 pounds. Dempsey
weig hed l474 pounds. There was a
few minutes delay while the gloves
were being weighed and the men put
On their clothes once more lest they
should be chilled. Dempsey, at
this juncture, offered to bet
Fitzsimmons 81, 900 that he would
win, but the lank one declined with a
smile. Jimmy Carroll heard of the
offer, and minute later he got a
81 900 bill from Maj. Mclaughlin of
San Francisco, and walked over to
Dempsey's cnrner to take the wager.
The chief of police, however, stepped
into the ring and ordered Carroll to
desist, shouting. "the first man who
makes a bet, l will send him to Jail. /"
Tuthill called the Major, "I'll take
YOUR word; does the bet go" The
chief again interfered and threatened
to arrest anybody who bet. After a
minute or two Fitz crossed the room
and spoke to Dempsey, holding out
his hand with smile. Jack grasped
ihe profered hand and shook it
warmly, saying a kind ward
to the antipodean, whose face beamed
with good nature. 1t was a little
piece of human nature and st the
crowd applauding. Five minutes
passed and this merged into ten be-
fore the police officials were satisfied
that the gloves were all right. Car
roll won the toss for g'oves. The In-
nocent looking mittens were speedily
drawn and tied, and everybody took
along breath and awaited the opening
of hostilities. McAuliffe bathed
Dempsey's face, arms, shoulders and
chest in alcohol and kneeded & EN-
vigorously to keep up the cirulation,
the big building being as cold and
cherries as a barn. Carroll followed
suit.
The fight opened briskly but was
not serious until the seventh round.
On the seventh round Fitz rushed
over to Dempsey's corner, and as
usual opened hostilities. Dempsey
drove his right into Fits neck, but the
lank one came on as pitiles as he left
and repeatedly upper-cut Dempsey,
bringing the blood from mouth and
nose. He foored the Nonpareil. and
before the round was half over be had
Dempsey hanging through the ropes,
and all but out. He rose in time to
save himself, however, and chung to
his big opponent in the endeavor TO
save himself. Dempsey was SO weak
he could scarcely hear the referee call
TO break, and he was bathsd in his
blood when time was called.
On the tenth round Dempsey came
up very :bloody and Fitz seeming to
have plenty of wind. 1t was Fitz-
simmons round ell through, ami it
locked certain that the battle would
end with this round. FI'z led off
with two good blows OH the cheek.
Dempsey replied, but fell short. Fitz
followed with blows on the throat and
heart. but RETAINED from Furnishing
dempsey as he could have done. A
number of blows were exchanged.
Fitz gave Dempsey several blows on
the ribs, when Dempsey fell heavily.
He arose weak, but was knocked
down twice. He rose again. but was
so weak that he could scarcely stand.
The third fall he could not rise, and
the ringing Of the gong for time alone
prevented bis being knocked out.
The eleventh round was pure butch
cry, nothing like it ever being seen in
tina annals of glove contests Dempsey
was slaughtered being knocked down
seven times. Fitz urged his plucky
opponent to throw up the sponge, but
Dempsey, blinded by his own blood,
declined.
Round u, and last, was hOrribls to
look at, and there was a sigh of relief
when Dempsey, after being repeated
ly hoored, rolled over, mosned in his
agony, and was relieved by oblivion.
Died I'm ROCKVILLE
MIS-. David Clark died at her
home IN Boonvllle yesterday morning
snd her funeral took place from the