The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-02-10
AN EXCITING BATTLE.
How Mahan Got the Decision Over
Morrisey.
Eight Hot Rounds With Gloves-Mor-
risey Knocked Out by the
Hard Floor.

The fight last night between Billy Ma
han of San Francisco and James Morri-
sey of this city, was one of the most
cIosely-contested and sensational affairs
of the kind that ever took place in this
city. 1t came off at Armory Hall, and
was witnessed by about three hundred
persons. IT was after Ii o'clock when
the principals entered the ring, and but
little time was lost in the preliminaries.
Tom Norton was selected as referee.
Morrisey was seconded by Tom Fraker
and Robert Dobbs, and Mahan by Tom
Barry and Dell Murphy. The men were
of equal hight, and apparently about the
same weight but Morrisey lacked the
strength of Mahan. His shoulders and
arms were light in comparison with those
OF the San Franciscan.
He was far the cleverer of the two, and
landed probably three blows to Mahan's
one, up to the last two rounds, when his
strength failed him, owing to the I'M
usually hot pace at which the men kept
up the battle.
AS soon as time was called for the first
round they went at it, and it was give
and take for the full three minutes,
Morrisey, however, scoring the most hits,
and good hard WhackS at that.
In the second round Mahan cross-but-
locked Morrisey and fell on him with
all his weight, and whenever the men
clinched he would manage to get his
elbow into Morrisey's neck or face in the
breakaway.
The third round was warm one like
the others, Morrisey landing many hard
blows on Mahan's body. He also got
in several smashers on his face, but no
serious damage was done.
In the fourth round Mahan opened
with CHANGING blow on Morrlsey's
cheek, and the latter responded with one
IN the face. Mahan rushed again, but
Morrisey met him with straight left On
the cheek and aright-handed rib-roaster.
Mahan kept on rushing, however, and
some hot exchanges took place in Nor
rlsey's corner, where Mahan had
crowded him.
Inc NTH was very exciting round.
Mahan got in an occasional light one on
the face, and Morrisey invariably re-
sponded. Mahan rushed and Morrisey
received him with a terrific left on the
mouth, which brought the claret. Be-
lore Mahan could recover he got two
more in the same spot, and down he
went. Both men were tired, and if Nor
rlsey had had little more strength he
could have put Mahan out then and there.
Some hot lighting followed before the
close of the round.
From this on it was evident that Nor
risey was getting too weak to land a
Knockout blow, or to avoid Mahan's
rusnes. the latter being the stronger.
Still Mahan did not hurt Morrisey. al
through he frequently landed upper-cuts
and body blows, except that he was
wearing him out.
The eighth round ended the fight
rather abruptly. About the middle of it
Morrisey made a lead, when Mahan
ducked, and catching his weak opponent
on his shoulders, he raised himself to
his full hight and threw Morrisey heavily
to the floor
The fall knocked the breath out of him.
and he could not rise. Wild yells OF
Foul" came from every quarter of the
hall, and the crowd and police broke into
the ring. There was great excitement,
and probably more than nine-tenths of
those i'll the hall insisted that Morrisey
had been grossly fouled
Referee Norton said he did not see anv
foul, however, and amid wild yells of de-
rlsion and anger awarded the fight to
Mahan.
The presence of the police probably
prevented the angry auditors from hand
ing someone rather roughly.
With the exception OF being bruised
from the fall, Morrisey did not have a
mark on him.