The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-06
DUFFY KNOCKED CLEAN OUT
StlVerthOTn Won the ThundGrbOIt
Fight in Eight Rounds.


After Duffy Had Been Knocked Down
Three Times in Succession-Silver-
thorn Winner From the Start.
Three hundred people saw the Silver
thorn-Duffy fight last night at the Thun-
derbolt Driving park. Duffy was knocked
out in eight rounds.
The crowd would have been much
larger had a report not been circulated in
the city that the fight had been post
poned. AS early as o'clock, the cars
went crowded and the people amused
themselves the best they could during
the long and tiresome wait. Billy Burch,
the veteran turfman and bookmaker,
tried to sell pools, but met with little sue
cess. He then offered to bet $50 even
money on Duffy, which was Immediately
covered. This started the ball going,
and several other bets were made. Each
man was backed by his admirers, but in
no instance were odds given.
Mayor Fennell, of Warsaw, at the re-
quest OF the management, had a number
of deputy marshals at the park, but they
were not needed
Jem Hubert, of Boston, and Jack
Spaulding were in Duffy's corner, and
Gus Myers and Billy Veronee looked after
SlIverthOrn's interests.
IN THE RING.
A few minutes after 10 o'clock the men
with their seconds, entered the ring, and
a little latter Jack Dempsey, the referee
made his appearance.
The 24-foot ring was enlosed and the
! spectators sat in the grandstand, while
those who had bought reserved seats
were at the ring side. The ring was il
Eliminated by sixteen electric lights, and
each blow was clearly seen.
1t was the same ring that was used when
Corners and Haley fought before the
Savannah Athletic Club in 1890 HALEY.
1t will be remembered, was knocked out
IN tWenty-fOur rounds. When Dempsey
entered the ring he examined the first
pair of gloves that were shown him and
pronounced them too light and against
the law, but said the next pair
were nearer the re quired weight aud told
the men to choose from the last pair exam
ined. At 1918 clock the referee Jumped
into the middle of the ring and called
| time
THE FIGHT ON.
Duffy and Silverthorn shook hands in
an unusually friendly manner, and
got to work at once. Both
were chary at the start, but
Duffy soon assumed the aggressive and
landed on Silverthorn's jaw Silverthorn
responded with a swinging right hand
blow. Duffy became excited and Jumped
for Silverthorn, who cleverly lodged the
! powerful blow, and struck out hot lick
on Dufy's wind. One spectator offered SO
| even on Sllverthorn at this juncture,
| which was taken. The men did some hot
! fighting, but Clinched often. The round
ended with hOnors even.
In the second round Duffy forced the
| tlReting, but Silyerthorn watched his
| chance and landed wicked right-hander
on Duffy's face. Silverthorn then began
moving around the ring, with Duffy fol-
! lowing, waiting for an opening He hit
| Sliverthorn against the ropes, but the
! latter quickly recovered, and drove sew
eral hot blows on Duffy's face and body.
This round was in Silverthorns favor
sILvERTHoRN THE AGGREssoR.
In the third round SilverUhorn changed
! his tactics and forced the fighting, but
! Duffy landed with terrific force several
| times. 1t was thought that Silverthorn
had fouled his man, but Dempsey ruled
! otherwise. Silverthorn then commenced
TO punish his antagonist and the round
| ended again in his favor.
Both men came up fresh in the fourth
round and thoroughly warmed up to their
work. a few body blows were passed.
when Silverthorn landed again on Duffv's
cut eye. Duffy made several attempts to
| reach out, but his blows were cleverly
! lodged. He became excited and Sill
| VerJhorn kept raining hard and we'll
! timed blows on his face and body.
The gong saved Duffy, who was being
severely punished
DUFFY WEAKENED.
/
| the fifth round. Silverthorn landed
| again on the face and the men clinched.
! 1t was Silyerthorn's round, and he pun
| ished Duty with heavy blows about the
! mead and chest. Duffy was game. but his
! blows showed plainly that he was weak
ening, and again the gong saved him.
Duffy was in bad shape in the sixth
| round, but fought with an earnestness
| IhaJ was remarkable considering his
condition. He seemed to have regained
! confidence and landed effectively on
| Sliverthorn's face. Both men did a lit
| tile sparring and the round ended with
! honors again even.
Duffy came up much refreshed in&the
! seventh round, but no lighting was done.
the round ending with but tTo or three
| light blows
THE FINAL ROUND.
! The eighth round opened with DUFFY
! lanulng hot blow on the head and fol-
! lowing with right hand swing. Silver
| thorn was cool and calm. and
/ closely watching his opening, he
/ hit his man a powerful blow.
| knocking him to the ground AS DUFFY
| rose he was knocked down again. The
| third time he rose Siverthorn floored
| him. AS he got up for The fourth time he
| staggered, and as he fell the gong
sounded. The fight would have contin-
| ued in the ninth round. but the referee
said he was not there TO allow brutality.
! He would have been inhuman, he
said, TO allow Duffy to go on, and
he declared SilverthOrn the winner of the
contest on points. The decision met with
| satisfaction, and the fight ended.
Duffy was a favorite, and his defeat
was a surprise to many. He was heavier
than SilverthOrn, but at no time were the
chances in his favor.
The winner gets IS pen cent Of the gate
receipts and the loser 35, after all ex-
penses have been deducted There was
no purse.