Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-06
MACK BEATS BILLY.
McAuliffe the Champion Light
weight Ring Fighter.
MEYER BEATEN IN FIFTEEN ROUNDS

| The "Streator Cyclone" Meets More
| Than His Match in Nearly Every Round
| knocked Down i'm the Second and
| Fourth and Laid Out Completely in
| the Last, Going Down Twice-A Great
Crowd of Sports Witnesses the Battle.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5.-Although the
| first fight of the carnival was not begun
| until 9 o'clock or theI eabouts the Olympic
| club house was besieged before yester-
| day afternoon by hundreds of men who
| live in this city and all parts of the
| Union. Before y o'clock the arena was
uncomfortably full of men who paid SIS
| for box seats, $40 for lower seats and 81. 50
| for seats in the gallery, and when ex-
| Mayor Guillote made the formal an
nouncement that a contest for the light
| weight championship of the world was
about to take place he received rousing
| cheer. AS the eX-mayor finished his brief
| speech, Professor John Duffy, the official
! referee, climbed through the padded
ropes.
The Men in the Ring.
The men weighed in a few minutes be-
| fore 9 o'clock. The limit was 1873 pounds.
Meyer scaled at 1915 and McAuliffe 1928
! 1t was $40 p. M. when Mc'Auliffe entered
the ring accompanied by his handlers,
| and was only moderately cheered. Meyer,
| who followed a minute later, was loudly
| cheered, showing that he was the favorite
| with the large majority. The men, wear
ing only trunks, shoes and stockings,
shook hands at 9:l5 and returned to their
corners. At 9:25 time was called.
McAuliTe Pushes Things
1t was evident that McAnliffe was not
going to let the fight drag. He led as
a the in the center of the
ring. The first round amounted to little
and neither had the advantage, Meyer
getting one good one on Mack's stomach.
In the second round Mack got in three
bad ones and then Knocked Meyer down
twice, causing him to look groggy. In the
third nobody was hurt, the exchanges
being light. In the fourth Meyers got III
a sumner on the stomach and knocked
Mack to his knees but Mack returned the
compliment by again flooring Meyer. In
the fifth there were some sharp exchanges
but neither vas hurt much.
Both Men Look Tired.
In the sixth there was little effective
work done. Both men looked tired, and
did wild fighting. In the seventh there
was a hot rally, both men landing with
out much effect, however. In the eighth
Meyer got in two heavy ones on the breast
and wound up by flooring Mack in the
clinch. In the ninth it was Mack's round.
He knocked Billy down Twice. meyer
groggy. In the tenth the exchanges We're
light In the eleventh Meyer was slow on
his feet, but little work was done.
The Close of the Fight.
In the twelfth Meyer could do nothing,
Mack hitting where he pleased, and in the
thirteenth Mack did not try to do much.
In the fourteenth Meyer got in a fearful
Highlander on Mack's ribs and two in
the stomach. In the fifteenth both landed
heavily at first, but Meyer went down
again. Mack hit him where he pleased,
and Billy went down again and stayed
there six seconds. When he got up it was
only to go down again beaten man.
After the fight Dick Roche challenged the
world to fight Mack at 1873 pounds for
$4,000.
William Henry Allen, an inmate Of the
Minnesota Soldiers Home, has fallen heir
to "a, OO0, 600 by the death of his brother in
California