St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-31


hundred policemen kept order in the
club house, where a surging mass had
assembled with the expectation OF being
admitted.
1t was ITO o'clock when Jackson and
Slavin made their appearance in the
ring TO begin the fight. Lord Ions
dale opened the proceedings with a
speech, and the usual preliminaries
occupied only few minutes.
In the first round Jackson led off with q
light tap on Siayin's body Prolonged spar
ring then ensued. Slayin did not force the
fighting at great rate, as had been expected
of him; and Jackson. though he did not hit
with much force. kept his long left arm con-
stantly In Siayin' s face. Twice Slaviu elinched
and was ordered by the referee to break
away. He then tried to land his right on
Jackson but the latter jumped away and the
round ended evenly.
Round Two-The instant time was called
Sfayln made savage rash at his antagonist,
as though he intended to anninilate him,
but jackson always had his long left arm in
Slavin's face. Three times Slayin rushed to
close quarters with the same futile result.
Jackson then took the initiative and drove
his left and right in quick succession On
Slayiu's BODY Slayin appeared to be firing
as the round closed
A Hot Rally.
Ronnd 1hrea-The round opened amid in
vinin the mouth andleft eye, and the eye began
to snow signs of closing Slayin kept bear
ing in, but try as he would, he always failed
10 land mis- dangerous right oil his antagonist.
In the last minute of the round a splendid
rally occurred, when Slayin hit harder and
jackson struck more frequently. Roth were
hard at work when time was called.
Many bets were won and lost OH this
stage of the contest, AS many WagefS had
been made that the fight would not last
three rounds.
Round Four-After the call Of time SIavin
was the first to get TO work. Jackson seemed
to have already taken his rivals measure.
Every time Sfayi1l rushed in he met the
negro'S left Jackson having shade the best
of the exchanges.
Round Five-Bo:h men started in and
fought through the round at a terrific pace,
each doing his utmost to win.
Round SiX-Slavin worked Jackson into
corner and landed two heavy blows on his
ribs. The negro jumped out and landed
a swinging left and righto on Slayin's head.
Round Seven-Jackson time after time
banged his left in Slayin's face, and before
the round was half over Slavin's left eye was
nearly closed.
lt Odds on Jackson.
Round Eight-Jackson was now perspiring
freely, but he seemed to be fresher than his
opponent. He again banged away at Slayin
for all he was worth. aud had the best OF the
rOulQ al the EfllSn. OUOS Oh SIX TO IOuI DelUR
laid OH him at the close.
ii Round Nipe-SiaVin made grand effort
to keep on equal terms with Jackson, but
received several more singing left-handed
blows on the mouth and eye. Jackson was
shooting his right with great effect and had
the best of the exchanges when the two men
were ordered to their corners.
Round Ten-Slavin came up very game,
but he was weaker than he looked. After a
few exchanges, jackson landed a swinging
.1O6 11r.r low in
ing him against the ropes. Before Slavin
was able to recover JACKSON was on him with
both hands. Slavin became daZed from the
effects of this terrible punishment. The
negro fought him all around the ring, and
succeeded in knocking him out in the first
two minutes of the round.
jackson was then declared the victor,
amid terrific cheering. jackson tipped
the scales at 1913 pounds and Slavin at
1S5 pounds. Jackson'5 seconds were
''Parson'' Davies, joe CboyinSki and
Jem Young. Slayin's seconds were his
brother Jack, Tom Williams and Tom
Burrows. Mr.. Angle was referee. All
2 the arrangements for the fight were adj
mirable. and the contest was one OF the
fairest seen in long time.
SIavIn Nearly Dead.
At the close of the fight SIavin, as he
lay helpless and disfgured on the floor
of the stage, appearing to be almost
dead. He presented IL woeful appear
ance and showed very plainly the effects
of the terrible punishment that had
been administered to him by his dusky
antagonist. He lay motionIess on the
hard boards with his eyes tightly closed,
his face badly swollen and dis
colored and his body covered with
the blood which flowed in crimson
streaned from the wounds caused by the
sIedge-hammer blows dealt by Jackson.
The latter, too, had lost some blood and
showed MARKS of the terrible encount-
gagged, but he was in a compare
lively fresh condition when the
fight was over and when Slayin had
been officially declared ''out'' and Jack
son had been announced as the victor.
the negro walked away without any as
SiStance from his seconds and was aD-
parently able to continue the struggle
much longer. He appeared not very
greatly the worse for the encounter.
Gossip of the Will.
An innovation was having the ring
twenty feet iu diameter Instead OF TWEEN
ty-fOur. Among the solid bets recorded
are one of $500 to f200 on Slayin, made
at the Victoria club, and one e2OO to
El00, also on SIayiD. at the Criterion.
Should Sullivan win from Corbett on
Sept. the championship will not be at
fected. as Sullivan claims he is too COOL
to fight a cUiored men. If Corbett
should win, he will DOUBTLESS he called
upon to meet Jackson.
jackson and Slavin have been match
ed to fight before. The arrangements
were made before the men left Austria
liza, but they have. never faced each
other in the ring up to date. 1t IS
claimed that Slavin was the cause of
the failure of each match. They have
both fought and whipped the same class
of men. As rule, Slavin has
put his men to sleep more easily than
the dusky fighter has accomplished the
same feat