The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-08
GIBBONS BESTs DAILY.
Tho Bangor Boy Knocked 0ut in the Thirty
First Round.

NEW ORLEANS, March There was
more than usual interest taken in the fight
tonight between Austin Gibbons of Pater-
son, n. j., and Mike Daily of Bangor, Me.
Among the spectators were some OF the
most prominent sporting men of the
United States. Gibbons was the favorite
in the betting. although DAILY had many
strong supporters among the eastern dele
cations. Both Gibbons and DAILY were
under the stipulated weight. Gibbons
claimed that he had never felt better in
his life, while Daily looked rugged and in
good shape to stand a hard fight. Profes-
sor Duffy was referee. The mill was a
long-winded affair, and resulted in vic
tory for Gibbons in the thirty nrst round.
DAILY going to the floor from a right-hand
swing on the jaw and failing to rise in the
allotted eight seconds.
Both men were full of fight throughout.
DAILY commenced the battle by rushing at
Gibbons and planting stiff right on his
wind Gibbons, contrary. to expectations,
STAYED right in front Of his man and re-
ceived many hard blows with both the
right and the left, and only hit back when
he got good opening. During the rest in
the third round Mitchell told Gibbons
that he would give him within 500 Of the
winners end for his chance of winning,
bous. The last offer was taken by Jimmy
Colville.
Gibbons forced things after this, and,
with his advantage in reach, scored many
good plays. Daily in the eighth gave his
opponent some nasty right and LETT
swings on the jaw, and in the tenth sent
the Jerseyman reeling with a terrific right
hand blow, and received the cheers Of the
crowd. The next round ended with Daily
groggy, Gibbons having gotten him to the
ropes and punched him severely. N the
twelfth round DAILY jabbed him on the
hose and drew first blood. Before the
round ended another jab ia the nose
caused the blood to flow afresh
Upon the fifteenth round the men were
cautious In this round there was a
terrific battle at close quarters, and Glib
bons started the blood from Daly's month.
Daily was growing weaker, and the gong
alone saved him. In the seventeenth
round Gibbons was the fresher of the two.
He landed hard on Daly's jaw, when they
clinched and fill. In the eighteenth round
Gibbons opened with his left and again
started the blood from Days mouth. In
the nineteenth DAILY was knocked against
the ropes and later had to clinch to save
himself. In the twenty-ffth round another
terrific battle at short range occurred.
DAILY was getting groggy and was bleeding
from the ears. In the next round DAILY
the neck. Gibbons upper-cut DAILY and
latter fell to his knees to avoid punish
ment
In the twenty seventh round DAILY again
falls to his knees to save himself and the
referee cautions him against falling un-
necessarily.
In the twenty-eighth round DAILY keeps
fouling, Gibbons using his knees on the
Patersonian's body, and the referee warns
him again.
Gibbons knocks DAILY through the ropes,
but the Bangor boy gets up as the gong
sounds. In tbe next round DAILY IS con-
tinually fouling with his knees, and is
agaid cautioned. Gibbons gets in on him
again, and DAILY comes back on his oppo.
nent's head.
In the thirtieth round both are tired,
though Daily seems to have an enormous
capacity for punishment, Gibbons Jabbing
him repeatedly on the mouth.
In the thirty first and last round Gibbons
rushes Daily, swinging hard on the jaw.
Daily made two swings, but missed both.
They exchanged good left handlers on the
head. Gibbons gets in another and Daily
comes back with right swing on the jaw.
Both are staggered. Gibbons swings his
right on Daly's jaw, flooring him. The
referee counted eight before he arose, but
Daily rushes at his opponent, who swung
his right with all his strength. 1t reached
Daly's chin, knocking him down again.
DAILY was unable to rise and the referee
counted him out. President Duffey de-
clared Gibbons the winner amid great
cheering
Time of fight 2:03.