The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-13
FORCED TO FIGHT,
How Mckenzie Defeated
Gus Herget.
Results in a First-Ciass
Battle.

The Palo Alto Athletic Club gave the best
exhibition OF isticuffs that has been wit
messed in this city for long time.
The event OF the evening consisted of a
finish contest between Gus Herget, brother
OF Young Mitchell. the Pacific Coast middle
weight champion, and George Mckenzie of
Australia.
The betting was so peculiar that a strong
suspicion of crookedness induced the officers
of the club to make Inquiries, and they
learned that Mckenzie had concluded to
make sure thing OF il and allow his OPP
poneBt to win.
The betting was $40 70 So. with Mckenzie
on the short end. Referee Harry Maynard
game By announcing, just as the men had
taken positions in the ring, that all bets
would be off.
Tne announcement fell l!ke thunder
bolt on the Mckenzie contingent Ii is
hardly necessary TO say that the Australian
pUgilist appeared anything but pleased
man. He looked fat and lazy as he sat In
his lOw-backed chair. evidently c0ntem-
plating what he had best do to save the
price Of trip to his native heath.
lie was seconded by Barron, Walker and
Allen. his countrymen.
Hergets condition was splendid. de
had trained down as fine as silk and had
as his attendants his brother John, Sam
Fitzpatrick and Jack Mctirath
Herget scaled 1873 pounds, and according
to friends of Mckenzie the latter weighed
in private yesterday morning l43 pounds.
There Is one thing certain and it is that
he was far from being in fighting trim
He put up great fight. which was all
owing TO Harry Maynard's system of deal
ing with takers. He had to win oreo witt
out bread money. The outlook was despet.
ate and none were better aware Of Ii than
Mr.. George Mckenzie. the Australian.
The fight was, to the surprise of all pres
emf, great one. Although Mckenzie WIS
the winner In the twenty-seventh round ne
will carry with him for some time testimn-
| mails on his face of Herget's left-hand yisi-
| taiions
From the first to the fourteenth ron nd
| Herge. held a winning hand.
Finally Mckenzie realized that he had had
| about enough of that sort of thing. and.
acting under the instructions OF the very
| clever and hard-hitting fighter Barron, he
| opened fire on Herget in the fourteenth,
round.
Mckenzie appeared as IL he had awoke
from stupor. He changed his tactics com
| pletely and make desperate attempt to
| bring the contest to an unexpected con-
| elusion by punching his opponents law ONT
| of its natural shape. Herget surprised
| his friends by his very clever dncking from
right-hand swings and chops, which were
| coming at him like hot shot.
| He returned the fire well, but It was very
| apparent that his forte was not short-rapge
| fighting. When the gong sounded the con-
| testaBts to their chairs Mckenze's nose
was painted bright red and his Inns were
not dissimiar In size to those Of the colored
| folk. Hergets face was as white as a
| sheet, but otherwise 1t did not carry any
| signs Of punishment.
| The fifteenth was tolerably warm. The
| principal features of the bout were the
clever ducking of Herget and the terrible
body punches which Mckenzie delivered nj
I close range.
| AS the battle wore on Mckenzie appeared
to be growing stronger, while his opponent
| was becoming weak.
| Both were fighting as gamely as chickens.
anybody's fight.
Hergets right hand seemed to be of little
use TO him. He could not place it 10 apy
1 good advantage on any part of his on
ponenPs anatomy. Mckenzie, on the other
hand. was doing valuable service with his
| right duke. He found resting place for il
under Hergeps left elbow. ana the blows
that the latter stopped with his side were
| beginning 20 show their effect
| In the latter rounds of the battle McKen.
zie was fighting desperately. and Though his
! lett pepper was closed and his nose twice
/ It's ordinary size he was the stronger man.
| and, bar accident, must win.
10 the twenty-seventh round Herret. who
was toe weak 20 stand out any longer. went
down from body punch. A second time
| he went TO the tto0r, and before Mckenzie
who was pretty weak on his own pins. could
deliver the coup de grace Young Mitchell
Jumped on the platform and threw mn the
sponge In Mckenzie's favor. This ended
the contest, which was one Of the best wit
messed In this city for many years.
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