The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-28
NJ lI1lcr i% GBIFFO
A Well Fought Battle Between the
Two Lightweights,
THE FIGHT GIVEN TO MAULIFFB.

But in the Opinion OF the Great crowd
Of sports Present the Decision should
Have Been Given TO the Australian,
who wus Loudly Choerso.
CoNEY ISLAND, n. Y. Aug. 2s-Never
before In the history Of the Seaside Ath-
letic club did such a crowd gather within
its walls as that which assemh'-d last
night to witness the fight betw ecu 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 Mstsy More, of the New
| York Athletic club, served in that capAc.
ity.
At $50 o'clock Homer Lane and Joe
| Ryan appeared for the collar and elbow
wrestle. Ryan easily beat his opponent,
getting the first fall In fifty.nine seconds
and the second in two minutes and fifty
three seconds. The affair was tame aud
one sided.
Next came the boxing contests Connie
Sullivan, Of New York, appeared against
John Madden, of Brooklyn. Both fighters
weighed 1O5 pounds In the sixth and
last round Sullivan led Of Intellectually,
and was short and weak in his attacks.
AbWhIuS lhe emu ne Edllltu bOnthuhbt
and Madden visbly weakened but in the
closing moments it 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 1876 pounds The fight ended in the
fourth round with a victory for o Brien.
At 1910 the fight of the evening was de-
clared on. Griffo's seconds were Mike
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
MoAulifTe and was loudly cheered.
First Round-McAuliffe led off and
they closed. Then some pretty spar
ring followed, McAulitfe putting in four
points and led at all times. A good bout
, ended after a brisk rally, in which Critic
made good impression.
Second Round-Mac led with his right
over Griffo's 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
p
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
e of the work, and his left eye was rapidly
Z 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 Grffos way
and Mac was wilder than ever, getting
fearful left in the face Mac sent sweep
ing right handler after Critic, but missed
| helatter duckng Griffo went after hi,
man in good shape and twice got home OIL
his swollen face He had just got
straight one from Griffo's left when tim,
was sounded.
From the fifth TO the seventh roun,
Critic had decidedly the best Of it, but II
the eighth and ninth Jack showed up t,
better advantage though he by no mean
had the Australian defeated
Tenth Rouud--Mac began with a gocJ
body blow They then closed and OF
opening Jack again got there, He nov
went desperately TO work trying tn,
knockout He rushed wildly twice, anC
then went wild in what might have beer
finishing blow They frequently clinched
and Kissing was loudly INDUCED in. !
terrible set to was in progress when th
round ended
The referee gave the bout to McAuiffe
which called forth a storm of disapproval
There never was such a demonstration
Againstrs referees decision. McAuliff
, attempted TO speak, but was howle
down by the crowd Critic protested Wig
orously against the decision, and was az
parently supported by a majority of tn
spectators. Critic also attempted +
speak but the police interfered and re
quested him to leave the platform IL
was loudly applauded as he stepped fror
the ring, aud when McAuliffe was leay
ing the groans were deafening