The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-28
M'AULNFE VS.. CRITIC.
A Well Fought Battle Between the
Two Lightweights.
THE FIGHT GIVEN TO MAULIFPE.

But in the Opinion of the Great Crowd
of Sports Present the Decision Should
Have been Given to the Australian,
who Was Loudly Chesrea.
CoNEY ISLAND, N. Y, Aug. 2s.-Never
before In the history of the Seaside Ath-
letic club did such crowd gather within
its walls as that which assembled last
night to witness the fight between Nc
Auliffe and Critic and the several events
preceding that combat. For the minor
battles Jimmy Carroll, of Brooklyn, acted
as referee. and for the McAuliffe- Critic
contest William Matsy More, of the New
York Athletic club, served In that capac-
lity.
At $40 o'clock Homer Lane and Joe
Ryan appeared for the collar and elbow
wrestle. Ryan easily beat his opponent,
getting the first fall in tifty-nine seconds
and the second in two minutes and fifty
three seconds. The affair was tame and
one sided.
| Next came the boxing contests. Connie
Sullivan, of New York, appeared against
John Madden, of Brooklyn. Both fighters
weighed l05 pounds. In the sixth and
last round Sullivan led off Intellectually,
and was short and weak in his attacks.
Towards the end he rallied somewhat,
and Madden visibly weakened, but in the
closing moments 1t was plain that Jack
was Comics master, and so said the
referee.
Al O'Brien, of Philadelphia, fought
Charles Burns, of Cincinnati, eight rounds
at 135 pounds. The fight ended In the
fourth round with victory for o. Brien.
At 1910 the fight of the evening was de-
\ ri MI ~ sIrn
Dunno, Con Riordan, H. Tuthill and Billy
Selleck. McAuliffe's seconds were Eddie
: Stoddard, Jimmy Carroll, Jack Sheehan
and Benny Murphy.
| McAuliff was first into the ring. He
was received with wild enthusiasm, and
/; bowed his acknowledgment frequently.
!: The Australian followed shortly after
. McAuliffe and was loudly cheered.
First Round-McAuliffe led off and
they closed. Then some pretty spar
ring followed, McAuliffe putting in four
points and led at all times. A good bout
ended after brisk rally, in which Critic
made good impression.
Second Round-Mac led with his right
over CRITICS shoulder, and then Critic
got in three good punches, following this
on the face. After sparring Critic punched
the big fellow in the neck and face and
began to take comfortable lead when
the gong was welcomed by Mac.
Third Round-After carefully sparring
Critic was effective with both on Macs
face, but rallying he uppercut Critic with
the left in hard style.
! Fourth Round-Mac came up the worst
of the work, and his left eye was rapidly
closing. He seemed weak in his attack,
and worked slowly, when Critic landed
two beauties and put his man on the
ropes. 1t was now all going Critics way
and Mac was wilder than ever, getting a
fearful left in the face. Mac sent a sweep
ing right handler after Critic, but missed,
| the latter ducking Critic went after his
man in good shape and twice got home on
his swollen face. He had just got a
straight one from Critics left when time
was sounded.
From the fifth to the seventh round
Critic had decidedly the best of it, but in
the eighth and ninth Jack showed up to
better advantage, though he by no means
had the Australian defeated.
Tenth Round-Mac began with good
body blow. They then closed. and on
opening Jack again got there He now
went desperately to work trying the
knockout. He rushed wildly twice. and
then went wild in what might have been
finishing blow. They frequently clinched,
and kissing WAS loudly indnlged in. A
terrible set 10 was in progress when the
round ended.
The referee gave the bout to MeAuliffe,
which called forth storm of disapproval.
There never was such demonstration
against referees decision McAuliffe
attempted to speak, but was howled
down by the crowd. Critic protested Wig
orously against the decision, and was APP
parently supported by a majority of the
spectators. Critic also attempted to
speak, but the police interfered and re-
quested him to leave the platform. He
was loudly applauded as he stepped from
the ring, and when McAuliffe was leav.
ing the groans were deafening