The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-16
CAHILL Beat CALLAN
1t Was A Stiff Battle, But
the Champion Won
the Decision.
HUDSON COUNTY TOURNEY
Two Games Bowled-Terrapins Won
-~Excelsior's Shoot-Handball,
Sword and Ring.
COUNTY TOURNEY

Pat Cahill and Nick Callan met last
night. The champion quit the ring with
another victory. 1t was an earnest, hard
fight and one CT the judges decided In
favor of Callan. but his colleague very
properly declared that Cahill had excelled
in scientific points, and the referee coin
eided with him. An audience of four
thousand assembled at the Metropolitan
Opera House to see the battles. They
were disappointed in n feature as
Cahill and Hammer did not meet in the
final bout. This disappointment was
caused by the obstinacy of film Butler
and his manager, who delayed the meet
ing for an hour. Butler was averse to
meeting Hammer, and the reason was
plain when he was finally induced TO
enter the ring. He was either out
of form or is outclassed by, MS
opponent. The hard battles had left
Cahill and Hammer in q condition
of almost absolute helplessness and tn 0
bout was abandoned until some future
date. Four lively bouts preceded the
meeting of the middleweights and Pat
Looney, of this city, was defeated. lie
wore himself out with fruitless rushing
and when tired was an easy marx Tor ms
adversary, J. Holmes, of the Greenwich
A. O.. Tie latter is a capital general,
cool and self possessed. When Looney
rushed he invariably was stopped and
found Holmes left a battering ram, In
the third round Looney was weak ana
Holmes fought him to his corner where
Looney collapsed and the referee stopped
the fight.
The first bout was between F. Talli-
strand OF the West Side A. G. n w. A.
Hearn of the Stars. They are in the $50
pound class. Referee Norton was acct
dentally upset in this affair. Hearn's
nose was bleeding at the finish and both
were groggy. He was declared the loser.
Eddie Pierce of the Nonpariels met w.
Fraser of the Montgomerys. They are
125 Founders. The latter was outclassed
and was groggy in the first round.
Pierce'S fighting was hardly or the FAIR
order. Fraser was knocked over in the
second round and didn't seem in a hurry
to get up. Inspector Williams ordered
the fight stopped.
Mike Sheridan of the Crescent Rowing
Club and Barney Mullens Of the West
Sides now met in the lis pound class.
Sheridan forced the fighting a little too
much. winded himself, received some
undercuts that staggered him in the third
round, and lost the fight.
The audience waited three-quarters of
an hour for the first pair of middle
weights to appear. Hammer finally en-
tered the ring, n after ten minutes and
no sign of Butler, left and dressed.
Then the tardy, Butler appeared
and after another long delay
ring costume. Butler was aggressive at
the start, but Hammer woke up d
pounded the Varuna Boat Clubs man as
he pleased. If he had had a little more
stay In him he would have put Butler
out in the third round. There was no
IoInx H. n~1tticr rnLi1l rnI ro1lnr In fhn
ring. and the industry of the seconds in
forcing the hair back in the gloves from
the knuckles indicated that the battle was
for keeps. Callan has the advantage in
height n reach, and apparently had it
in weight last night. They were wary
opening. Cahill exoelled in points in the
round Jas he did the most leading. 1t
was clean, fair long arm work. In the
second round Cahill rushed Calian
and did it successfully. With a
singing right handler he laid Callan on
his back. Callan, who is a clever short
arm fighter, tried to draw Cahill into
close quarters, and succeeded once, but
the champion avoided short arm work.
although Callan several times followed
him about the ropes in the vain hope of
getting Pat n a cornar. The third
round was marked by fierce fighting.
Each seemed eager to get in the knock
Oup 1loWs OuiAdh was VIII elA0o WACh
time was called. The judges disagreed
and the referee ordered an extra round,
despite the fact that Cahill had q positive
advantage in points. In the fourth Cahill
quickly landed his right and then his left
hard on Callan's jaw. The latter rallied
at the close again and got Cahill into
CLOSE quarters. The judges. John o.
Loughlin, of the Lorillard A. c.. and
Billy Madden disagreed, and Charley
Norton, the referee, awarded the honors
to Cahill. The decision angered the adj
mirers of Callan and they demurred.
Cahill should have had the decision at
the end of the third round.
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