St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-12
NO ORDINARY FIGHT.
The Big Mill Which Is to Come
OFF at New Orleans We'd
neSday.
Both Dempsey and Fitzsim-
mons Confident in Their
Ability to Win.
A Long Succession Of Victor
les Credited to Both
Pugilists.
FitZsinmons Takes a Brace
and Knocks Out Five Men
in a Night.


ship of the world Wednesday night.
The match is looked upon as one of the
greatest ever made. 1t was arranged
by the Olympic Athletic club, OF New
Orleans, and the battle will be fought
under the auspices of that organization.
Many thousands of dollars will be
Wagered on the result, and prominent
sporting men from all over the world
will witness the dispute between two
pair of famous fists. The purse is
$4,000, the largest ever fought for, of
which the winner will receive $1,000
In addition to this. $1,000 a side
has been wagered by the princi-
pals, so that the victor will clear
$4,000 for his nights work. No pugilist
living is better known than Dempsey,
"The Nonparel" During his ring
career he has engaged in forty-fye bat
ties, and only once met defeat. Demp-
sey's friends, for the first time, seem to
think there is prospect of his defeat.
lie is certainly going against big odds.
FitZsimmOns, who stands fully six feet
one inch. is a rawboned fellow, has a
tremendous reach, is strong as an OK
at any weight. 1t is apparent, there
fore, that Dempsey has the worst of it
in the matter of height and reach. but
what the "Nonparie4" lacks in these
two respects he will undoubtedly make
up i'm the way of using both his head
and his feet, which heretofore have
always played an important part in all
of the champions battles. He is UNI
uueStIonably one of the greatest gener-
ais that ever stood in a ring. He is
cleverer sparrer than FitZSimnons and
has long reach, but it is not to be COM
pared with that of the New Zealander.
While the latter is said to be awkward,
he is tricky and a hard hitter and has a
way OF getting there and doing so very
quickly. too. What makes DempSey's
friends afraid. however, is belief that
the "NonpareiF' is not the man he once
was. His defeat by La Blanche, while
undoubtedly an accident, has neverthe-
less shaken confidence in Dempsey
little. as it proved that there was pos
sibilty of his defeat, despite his phe-
nomenal career in the ring.
Different styles of Fighting.
The easy way in which Fitzsimmons
defeated Billy Mccarthy in the Cali
fornia club is well remembered. At
the time a great deal of surprise was
expressed that it should have taken
Dempsey much longer time to finish
Mccarthy than it did Fitzsimmons. The
''Nonpareil," however, is not by any
means a fast fighter. His style is that
of worrying his opponent down with
occasional right and left-handed jabs
that have telling effect in a
long-drawn contest. As he has
frequently stated himself, he is not
a knocker-out. but finish fighter. He
does up his men gradually. Dempsey'S
Judgment and wonderful endurance
have been great factors in all his bat
ties. 1t is not, as a rule, until a fight
has progressed for some time that
Dempsey's superiority over his op-
ponent becomes clearly apparent. He
is much better in finish fight than in
Il limited round contest, and is better
with bare knuckles or skin gloves than
with large gloves. If his battle
with Fitzsimmons was to be
with the ''bare 'uns" instead
of with large gloves, Dempsey's
friends would feel that the victory of
the Nonpaliel was almost certainty.
Dempsey is also better under London
prize ring rules than under QueensberrY
rules, because he is such fine wrestler.
FitzsimmOns is certainly remarkable
uSHl6I. Lie cdoG dHQ III
which he polished off Arthur Upham is
another evidence of that. 1t is true that
JTpham is very inferior man, and that
Billy Mccarthy, the Australian, is by
no means a great tighter, still the re-
markable ease and rapidity with which
the New Zealander conquered both of
them shows that he is no ordinary
fighter.
Dempseyss Successful Career.
Jack Dempsey was born on the famous
Curragh of Kildare, in Ireland, on Dec.
Is, 1862. He was but STRIPPING when
his parents left the old country to reside
in America. He SHE'D his castor in
in the ring in 1884 against Billy Dacey,
and Dempsey was thought to be far
outclassed. The battle began at
O'Clock a. m. and was over in fifty
minutes. Dacey got terrible thump-
ing and had all his championship as
pirations knocked endways for
stepped into the ring he was facing Tom
Henry, an Engtishman. The battle oc-
Cured in John Thompson's theater. in
New York, and was a most desperate
one throughout; each man received a
bloody smashing and both were badly
off at the end of the mill. Dempsey
looked like whipped man after the
fourth round. At that time Pat Sheedy,
who was betting Oh Demsey very heaY-
lily, crossed over to his corner. and,
touching Jack on the shoulder,
said: well, Jack, old man. L
guess it's all up with us this
pops" and Jack, looking up and
smiling, said, gOod-humOredly: "You
haven't seen me fight yet. but watch me
now" True to his promise, he went
savagely at his adversary. AT the end
of the sixth round Henry looked as if
ne had been shot out of cannon. The
trySt lasted about twenty minutes.
Dempsey was now full-tledged cham
DiOn, and his idoliZers could be counted
by the hundreds. On all sides Dempsey
was thought invincible. and few men
went against him in the hope of doing
better than either getting draw or
winning the small end of the gate.
Dempsey now thought he'd make a
trip through the country, and with this
end in view went to New Orleans to
fight Charles Bixamos. They battled
for five rounds, when BiXamos, who
was game man, was put out. Jack
went to Frisco, where he and Mitchell
engaged in terrible tongue-lashing.
which resulted in nothing. Dempsey
defeated several men while IN Frisco,
among them Jim Zorro. His next en-
gagement was under London rules with
keenan,, and it was most desperate.
Jack won two other fights while west,
and the Pacific slope people looked
upon him as thorough hero.
Battle With La Blanche.
Arthur Chambers enmity grew in
proportion to Dempsey's eonquests, and
he searched the country to find con-
queror for his hated foe. He pitted
stick Fogarty against him, and cleverly
had his man trained and in fit form. A
terrible fight occurred, Jack winning in
Just two hours, with a badly bruised
hand, and the supremest contempt for
the man who would have bin disman-
tied of the cloak of pugilistic glory.
But Dempsey's greatest battle were his
first and second meetings with George
La Blanche and his great scientific
show with Donovan, the cleyerest of
the clever men in the middle weight
brigade. Dempsey met La Blanche at
archmOnf 0Dp Island ono cold fnorp.