The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-06
POOR JACK DEMPSEY.
reuldn't Whip Billy Mccarthy
in Twenty Rounds.
s,s sRm HAS LOST ITS FORCE.
- x,srhsrt Challenges Jack MeAa-
uGs-worad's EieyeIs Eeeords
Breken-Ths Races.

xrw Ogt Eaxs. Sept. a-Jack Dempsey
- Bs,sy Me- artiy. Of Australia, fought
.x,.x battle tonight in the arena Of the
.-a.torlum Athletic Cub before o large
.,-1ssnoe. Both men we're carefully
,.<ssed and entered the ring promptly 81
s.,esoek. followed b. their seconds. Each
..r,ssed sA.r share Of applause. bat the
s-..tsnx 70 Dempsey clearly showed that
+. friends were in the majority. The
.sn.es. ass confined TO twenty rounds
sahn Duffy vas referee. Dempsey Has
80 20 enter, fixing The scales himself
~ weighed i4s pounds. Mccarthy
.,sshed l54 poEnds. Time was called At
s:gs p n.
y;rss round Mccarthy led for the stofn.
- Dempsey missed a right swing for
- head. Mac was on the aggressive
,.npsev scored body blow. Dempsey
$500 right on the head, and they both
Isndsc heavy swings on the head aud iefts
AZ The AVS.
sseossd round Mac scored right one
40 ghe bodY. Both landed on the head,
~ Australian lighting for the body and
D~mpsey for the head. Dempsey missed
leff swing FOR the head, and caught Nc
fsFshy on the moss n moment later.
Dsnpssy scored body blow on the neck
saa Oh the body a moment later, receiving
& return q iefthander. Mac caught q
h<asy iefthand swing ON the jaw. The
raund closed Ia Dempsey's favor.
Third foand-Dsm psey landed left on
lie nose. ard the men clinched. Mae
rizsrd two vicious rights, but ran into a
heavy righs on the Jaw, Dempsey landing
snorhsr right on the jaw which nearly
froeked Mac down. he received terrible
IA nh t0E al
vi Dempsey landing left on the nose
Fourth round-Dempsey landed a heavy
ats o. his opponents nose and got away.
Eafh men scored blows on the head
psmpsey got 3 heavy swing in the ssom-
seh. and the right a moment later in the
zane place. This was Dsmpsey's round.
Fsgth round-Bosh men fell nearly 10
she ground. Mac recovered and nearly
ELL through the ropes attempting 10 land
night A eilnch followed. Dempsey
foorsd left on the nose and = right on
Che body. Dempsey was now the Ag-
gressoF. and landed left and right on Mac.
sixth rouud-McCaTtny was the ag-
rreasor Dempsey landed ON the Jaw
Dempsey seemed 10 score heavy blows at
Kill Mccarthy did a heavy swing that
carried Jack of the ground. He caught a
Jeff one IN the jaw. Both landed heavily.
seventh found-The men commenced by
eilaching- Dempsey landed BODY blows
after tbs break-away. The Australian
iofcsd Dempsey into the ropes and landed
sfghs without getting q return. Dempsey
fsturned rights on the face and head, and
kad mnch the better of ths round.
Eighth round Mac clinched. lie missed
aFiTht on the jas aud nearly fell through
the ropes Dempsey continued bis ter
rife rights in Lac body, landing iefts on
the head. and fell on the ropes. Several
fsinehes ia this round were mainly due 20
Dsmpsey's geaeralship. Dempsey landed
tso rights on the jaw just as time was
called.
From this until the twentieth round
Dempsey did all the execution, but he
could not knock out his game opponent.
The purse Of s. o01 vas divided.
lBilly Mccarthy is very poor fighter.
Nhen he came 70 this country about six
years ego Dempsey whipped him ia
twenty ght rounds. aud the two went ON
alonr. visiting Seattle and other towns on
she Coast and giving sparriug exhibitions.
fizslmmons whipped Mccarthy In nlne
rounds. and Aieck Greggsins, who cant
fght much, also defeated him.