Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-24
THE CALIFORNIA BOY.
"Reddy" Gallagher Succumbed in
Thirteanth Round.

"Reddy'' Gallagher Succumbed in the
Thirteenth Round.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 23.-The fight
tonight between Johnnie Hergitt, better
known as YoungSMitchell,' ''California's
representative middle-weight pugilist,
and "Reddy'' Gallagher, attracted more
interest than any similar event which
has taken place in this city since the
Corbett-J ackson contest, and the rooms
of the new Occidental clubwere crowded
at an early hour in the evening. The
fight was for $4,000 purse, $3.50 of
which went to the loser. Betting was
brisk, and from odds of $100 to $40 on
Mitchell, it varied to nearly even money
before the fight began.
MitchelPs weight was 154, and his
seconds were Jack Dempsey and Sam
Fitzpatrick. Gallagher weighed 153,
and his seconds were Bob Masterson
and Jimmie Carroll. Peter jackson
acted as referee.
The battle opened at s 80, with Gala
CHER feinting for an opening, Mitchell
breaking ground. Gallagher got in two
hot lefts in the wind and one in the eve.
His terrible left played havoc with
Mitchell's head and wind. The latter
was unable to counter effectively. Both
men appeared in the pink of condition.
Mitchell was somewhat feshier than
his muscular opponent. Gallagher
stopped Mitchell's rushes easily, once
with straight left on chin.
The sixth was marked by hurricane
fighting, Gallagher scoring straight lefts
on Mitchell's chin, but lacking shade
of Knockout effect. Mitchell also
scored on Reddy's jaw, and the close OF
the seventh saw Gallagher lacking
steam.
From the eighth to the thirteenth
round honors were about even, though
Mitchell was apparently the more conf
dent of the two. Both men were ex-
changing blows for muzzle, and Gala
gher's injured optic was bleeding freely
in the twelfth from frequent left hand
visitations.
In the thirteenth Gallagher came up
trihe dazed, but landed two straight
lefts under Mitchell's chin. The latter
suddenly came back at him with right
on the neck and a left on the chin.
Gallagher reeled and fell on his side.
He made slight effort to rise, but fell
back and was counted out.
The spectators, at the close of the
hard contested fight, expressed surprise
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ment. All but his more intimate friends,
as they watched Gallagher's powerful
left handlers land on his chin and neck
in the first five rounds, wondered how
long Mitchell could last. Gallagher
never failed to land when near enough,
and Mitchell at best could but clinch
when he did not break ground and drive \
his right into the ribs. In the third
round, however, during close fighting,
Gallagher suddenly WINGED and made
motion as if struck by an accidental
blow in the groin. He became des
perate after this, and did not
parry Mitchell's blows or counter SO
well. Gallagher's desperation seemed
to restore Mitchell's equanimity, which
was at first somewhat disturbed, and he
started in to fix things, smiling as he
did so. Several times in the succeed
ing rounds Gallagher was forced to turn
and flee from the San Francisco boys
two-handed smashers for his head.
When Gallagher's left eye began bleed
ing afresh in the twelfth round, Mitchell
made it his mark and countered SO ef-
fectively that the Denverite was rem
dered almost groggy. He retained much
of his prior force and cleverness, how
ever, and Mitchell's chin was again the
object of his attention. Despite this the
latter's face was almost un
marked. The end of the contest
came suddenly. A couple of blows were
exchanged on either side when rapid
right-bander at close range full on the
chin, accompanied by left smash back
of the ear caused Gallagher to fall for
ward and drop, completely knocked out.
1t was some seconds before he recov-
cred. The contest, considering its des-
perate character, was remarkable for the
little bloodshed. Mitchell was cheered
uproariously at the close.