The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-12


men we're ordered 10 shake hands. Ihey
both wore knee breeches. but were bare IRON
the waist up. The gloves they wore welghed
a good four ounces.
The clock was set in motion and when a
red light first came out with bang. the Dg1t
began. From the very outset OF The Dhttie
McAuliHe force matters. lie went over 10
Gibbons corner and smashed away there tie
showed great speed and power. Dus oiDoons
cOuntered couple OF times on Jne
BrooKynite's face and body and when the
first round was over 10 was even. Even
Gibbons friends were surprised thar he
should do so we'll at the start In tue second
round McAuliife had the best OF II. lie goS
in a couple Of his noted straight arm right
handlers and cut Gibbons badly under the
left eye Gibbons did not stop 20 wipe away
the blood however and he returned hne
highlander on Jacks cheek. McAuliiie Ieit
the blow and kept away from repetition
BLOOD BEoUGHr AGAIN.
When Gibbons came out Tor the third round
he was looking all right. but one dash at ms
LETT cheek reopened the cut and sent the
blood flying again. The Paterson lad was
game though, and went back st bcAulhe
with "A dash. Macs shifty tactics we're, how,
ever. shown 10 great advantage. lie jumped
away from his opponents rushes with the
nimbleness of q cat and would come back al
his man with look On his tace that meant
business. H. right went ont with yci0uS-
ness and il could be- seen that he wanted -
end the battle briefly. He was up against
some hard flesh however and hac TO take
back some sti raps Oh the face. There we're
several clinches in the fourth round. and II
seemed as though Mac was as wiling 20 rest
in them as Gibbons. When he broke away,
though. he renewed his attacks without any
sign Of weakness His two hands were lying
Oh Gibbons body fast bat the latter succeed
ed in lodging Two of the Brooklyn man
lead for the head. Gibbons also planted
rafting right -hHnder on Macs cheek. Nc
Aulife had much the best OF the round.
In the fifth round McAulife had his man
fairly daZed He deiiyeref-twO right handlers
on Gibbons jaw. and Austin t0ttered little.
McAulife thought he had II then, but Glb-
bons was not done yet.
CAUGHT ~ THE JAW.
As McAulife came at him over IN his own
corner Gibbons let 20 his right in a swinging
Blow and eau, 1T Mchulile full on the Jaw.
McAuliie fell back two steps and Tor IA mo-
ment it looked a. though he wa going 10 fail
over on his back. but he knew too well how
to handle his feet. 50 to speak. and he re-
mained head up. He did not Ike that crack.
either and gave evidence Of hls dislike by u
lovely smile that might be given bya man who
had tut been refused a loan from a
friend on whom he counted with certainty.
He apparently intended 10 finish his oppo-
nent lust about that juncture. but that OBJ
structi0n he met with made him alter his pro-
gramme The round ended with the men
sparring The new electric clock had done
its work perfectly. 80 far there not having
been q single break or hitch.
When the sixth round was called Gibbons
came up with surprising freshness lie GER
tainly had been well thumped up to that time
but he had also given McAulfe taste Of
some severe medicine too. His lett cheek was
looking badly. and when McAulllie @ Int II again
as he promptly did. the wound opened again.
and there was another stream Of blood. He
was not badly winded, it IS but talr to say.
While he had been IN his corner he talked
with his seconds quite easily. lie made q
crack at McAulife's head. but missed and
then Jack went at hun once more. McAull1e
cot in one more on the bruised cheek, and a
cinch followed.
UNwRLcOME VISITORS.
They were pounding each other at close
quarters at ayig0rous pace, when Police Captain
Hayes made his way through the ropes and
declared that the fight must end. There was
n great hullubaloo, and the men went 10 their
corner Everybody hoped that peace might
be patcbed up with the authorities. but II was
no llse The Captain said II must stop. Then
the house expected b hear the referee say he
would have 10 make 1t draw, but he
did not. He shouted 50 loud that he
could tG utIu hlIlDSi lNU lou AWhl
that ''McAuife has won." Whom the news was
communicated to Gibbons he was As mad a
man as was ever seen in a ring. He ran over
10 McAulife's corner and cried out that ho
had been cheated. OF course McAuliie did
not think 80. so the Paterson man jumped 70
the ropes near several reporters and said:
This decision is given against me-" he cried
"because / have IA little blood on my face.
It's an outrage. am not defeated. could
90 on fighting this way for two hours. and
I'm ready TO do it," Later IN the evening
Gibbons sought out Referee Dunn and pro-
tested to him. Dunn said be could not
change his decision, and 1t had 70 20, and
that settled 1t.
M'AULIFFE WrEPs.
The general opinion among the truthful
snorting men as expressed in the hotel cor
ridors late tonight is that the decision was
Unfair b. Gibbons. on the ground that the
articles of agreement called for finish fight
and there WAS no finish. TheIpoint is accen-
tuated by the fact that when the match was
made McAuliffe wanted IL 10 be- fifteen rounds
but the Gibbons party. approaching McAu-
Haa's cleyerness and seeing that he might
win on ponts in a stated number OF rounds.
insisted that the terms should be 20 q finish.
and McAulife finally signed the articles with
a clause TO that effect inserted therein. IL is
not often recorded that the winner OF fight
weeps on hearing the decision. but that Is
what McAulifIe did.
,ynU nkE TIEn THE nTUER