The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-08-11
Special to the REcoRp-UNIox.

Speclal 10 Inc IlECOhD-ONlONs
SAN Francisco, Aug. JOHN Burge,
the Australian, and Billy Lavigne of
Saginaw, Mich, light-weights, engaged
in finish fight for 81, 200 purse at the
Pacific Athletic Club tonight. Frank
Purcell of Salt Lake and Martin Mulverhy
of Haywards were announced for ten
round go prior to the finish fight. Pur-
cell knocked his man out in the third
round.
1t was announced before the contest
that the LaBlanche swing had been
barred, yet Purcell tried it twice in the
third round, causing tumult that was
quoted only by the police entering the
ring. Referee Allen ordered the fight to
continue, with the result that Mulyerhy
was knocked out, and the referee gave
the decision to Purcell, as he stated, be-
cause of the conduct Of Mulverhy's sec
ondS in their attempt to assault him.
Manager Harrison, however. oyerruled
this decision, holding that the contest
was not To the satisfaction of the directors.
1t was $3.50 O'Clock before the fight be-
tween Lavigne and Burge commenced.
Mike Sullivan was referee. Lavigne had
q great advantage in hight and reach, and
during the first three rounds Burgess Ell
forts to land were not successful. In the
third round Lavigne caught Burge with
both hands and nearly dropped him, but
in the fourth and fifth rounds Burge
scored some staggering right-handerS on
the jaw.
From the sixth to the ninth round
Burge shaped up better. He would drop
his head and take Lavigne's half-arm
jolts in the face at close quarters, without
a return, but would swing his right on
bo hood or l-i1naxrc 1 oN.i
The next five rounds were slow. La
vigne avoided close quarters, and neither
man had gained any particular advantage.
The next three rounds were little
warmer. Burgess ribs were marked and
he had lost tooth.
The seventeenth to twenty-first rounds
were much like the preceding rounds.
From the twenty-first Burge went in
desperately, but Lavigne's shifting saved
the latter much punishment.
The contest looked no nearer a conclu-
sion in the twenty-third than at the COM
mencement.
The only thing to vary the monotony
of the next four rounds was Lavigne's
gallop around the ring in the twenty
seventh, with Burge in hot pursuit.
.Burge was getting tired, while Layinges
confidence was on the increase.
The twenty-ninth and thirty-first
rounds were marked by some hot ex-
cIdUSeS.
In the thirty fourth Lavigne caught
Burge one of the hardest blows of the
fight, a lett-arm jolt on the face, sending
the Australian to the ropes.
From the thirty-seventh to the thirty
ninth Lavigne scored some hard left
drives on Burgess jaw. He was depend
ing wholly on his left, having injured his
right hand early in the fight. The close
of the thirty-ninth was marked by hot
exchanges, with honors about even.
In the forty-tirst Lavigne tried the
pivot blow, but did not land. The spec
tators cried Foul" as the referee had
announced that he would bar that blow.
The referee ordered the men to continue
the fight, however.
The contest proceeded slowly, and at
1912 o'clock the men had fought forty
seven rounds.
At the end of the fiftieth the referee
stated that there was no prospect OF a
finish, and declared the contest a draw.
Owing TO the fact that Lavigne injured
his right hand, the contest had resolved
itself into an exhibition of his cleverness
at jabbing with his left and getting away.
Burge made several desperate efforts dur
ing the contest, but was handicapped by
the Saginaw mans hight and reach.