Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-19

about eight seconds. As soon as he got
up, Conley forced matters and landed
several times. As he rushed in Lawson
let 60 his left in piston like style and
then fell down. 1t looked as if the
Australian would succumb. owing to
the superior weight of his antagonist.
Lawson got hot one on the bread
basket and went down third time. It
looked as if Conley had a walkover.
THE SECOND ROUND.
This round opened up lively. Conley
looked a sure winner. The antipodean
went down several times, once without
being hit He generally went down
after hitting his opponent good and
hard. In fact, Lawson was hitting
Conley good and hard, but his constant
going down gave his hackers the heart
disease.
1t dawned upon the spectators in the
third round that Lawson was more foxy
than was supposed. 1t was noted that
after Lawson got up, every time he met
Conley with left hand jab as the latter
rushed in to give the Australian the
coup de grace. 1t was evident that Con-
ley had shot his bolt, as the race horse
reporter is wont to remark, and at
the end OF the third round the
aspect had changed very materially.
Conley was clearly groggy, and clinched
Lawson. The latter landed several
times effectively enough to knock out
man of his own weight, but not quite
heavy enough to floor his man. Conley's
blows now lacked steam, and while he
was groggy, Lawson was clearly dis
tressed.
TRYING FOR LAwsoN's WIND.
The fourth. fifth and sixth rounds
were very much alike, and all were
fairly exciting. Conley continued to be
groggy, while the colored man tried to
get in a knock out blow. He tired him
self every round in the operation. Con-
ley hugged his opponent at every
opportunity and invariably made
the clinches. At times he struck very
low and there were constant cries Of
foul. Just as there were, every time,
Lawson would go down, whether by de-
sign or accident. The cries got to be
trife monotonous. Conley looked as if
he had enough during these three
rounds, but once made rally, much to
the surprise of his followers. In the
meantime, Lawson was going about his
work in a businesslike way, getting home
much as he pleased and occasionally
indulgirg in kangaroo talk, especially
when the fight was the hottest. This
antipodean dialect must have upset
Conley.
THE LAST ROUND.
The seventh round brought the fight
to close. Clinch followed clinch. The
colored man was spry while Conley still
showed signs of distress. The combat
ants were slow in breaking away. The
referee finally caught hold OF Conley by
the arm, pulling him away. The opera
ton threw Conley several feet. There
is well-known quotation from Shake
speare which begins: "There is tide
in the affairs of man, which, if taken at
the flood, leads on to fortune.' This
was the tide that Conley had been wait
ing for several rounds. Here was his
golden opportunity. 1t did not lead on
to fortune, but it saved him heavy
knocks.
KNOCKED OUT.
He pulled off his gloves, and with a
show of anger refused to continue the
fight. His seconds argued with him,
but without result. The trifing act of
the referee had hurt the feelings-the
tender feelings-of pugilist. The ref
cree announced that Lawson had won
the fight, and declared all bets off. Con-
ley was Missed for his pusillanimous
cnnd1nt