The morning call., 1895-02-06
HOT FISTlC PUNCHES.
The Olympic Clubs Boxing
Contests.
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT.
Some Really Hard and Clever Bouts
We're Seen.
THE MEN WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL.
kenealey Was Again Disappointed and
Dalton Stood as a ChOpping.
Block Before Miller.
THE MEN WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL.

IL was poAIIlS night, anu DIS usual Ine
lovers of fistic sport were on hand in full
| force to witness tirst-class entertainment.
The results were as follows: J. Nc
Mahon defeated G. Murphy; w. f. Britt
defeated w. Smith; F. H. Smith defeated
j. A. Fields; G. Cathcart defeated f. Nc
Ginnis; ]. A. Mckinley defeated N. Sulli-
van; S, Carter defeated F. Gilbert; ]. W.
Reay defeated M. Kirchner; B. Brown de-
feated W. J. Feldcamp; J. F. Miller de-
feated M. J. Dalton, who had taken w. J.
Kenealey's place.
How the boxers lost and won handsome
prizes will be seen in the following account
of each bout.
1t was 8 O'Clock sharp when George Muir
ply and J. Mcmahon, both of the Olympic
Club, entered with their respective attend
ants within the rubbered, roped ring.
They weighed 120 pounds and looked to be
in first-class condition. The boxers had
scarcely taken their positions when the
spectators shouted, Chow many rounds?"
According to amateur rules only four
rounds were allowed
When time was called Murphy went
right at his quarry, but the contestants
had not boxed more than half . round
when Murphy was brought to his knees.
He was up quickly and again at it. The
game was give and take, and Mcmahon
was having much the best of it. Murphy
was downed a second time,.bu he got up
again and gave Mcmahon some hard rights
on the body, with an occasional Jolt on the
jaw. Mcmahon had the best of this round.
| Both men were a bit cautious in the
second, and Murphy stopped Mcmahon a
few times with straight let's in the mouth;
| the points were about evenly divided. In
| the third Mcmahon chased Murphy, and
| the latter turned quickly and caught his
| opponent on the neck with right which
| took the dash out of Mcmahon. The latter
was, however, the aggressor, and came
within an ace of knocking Murphy out by
| a left-hand stop which was followed by
| right on the jaw. Mcmahon had the best
of this round. At the beginning of the
| fourth McMahon's mouth and eye bled
| from hard rights, but he was all over
! Murphy, and the latter stopped some very
stiff punches. Mcmahon was brought
down by a well-directed shot which caught
| him on the point of the jaw. He was up
and fighting, though, when the gong
| sounded. The decision was given in favor
| of Mcmahon.
The second match was between w.
Smith, Olympic, los pounds, and w. f.
Britt of the San Francisco Athletic Club,
1903 pounds. The little fellows danced
around the ring for a minute before an
|
| land and he chased Britt all over the ring;
| both swung wild and no blows of any note
were landed. In the second round the
! bantams went at each other hammer and
| tongs; at the finish Britt was bleeding and
| Smith wore a small shanty over his left
| eye. The third round was hot. Britt's
| blood was up and he punched Smith good
and hard and the latter did not like his
medicine and ran from Britt to avoid
punishment. In the fourth round Britt
led off and caught Smith hot shot in the
stomach. This was followed up by a
smash on the jaw which took all the fight
out of Smith. 1t was an easy victory for
Britt, and the San Francisco Club scored
it's first victory over the Olympic Club.
Smith must have congratulated himself
that he was not knocked out in the last
round.
The next bout was between F. II. Smith,
an Olympic Club favorite, and j. A. Fields
of the Acme Athletic Club of Oakland.
Fields weighed LA pounds and Smith 113
pounds. The Acme Club man was built
like quarterhorse. Smith looked more
OF the athlete, and resembled Jim Corbett,
especially in his pompadour. The first
round was rather tame, and honors were
about evenly divided. Smith landed the
cleanest blows. Fields guard was very
open, and he repeatedly fell short when
trying for Smiths body. Smith, after hay
ing taken the measure of Fields, punched
the latter as he pleased and finally brought
the Acme man down with a good right
punch on the jaw. As Fields got up the
gong sounded.
In the third round Smith completely
smothered Fields and the latter was all but
gone several times. Fields took his medi
cine and remained on the floor until the
gong sounded. Smith was tired punching
his stocky opponent. Smith hit Fields
an awful left-hand smash on the jaw in the
fourth, which must have injured Smiths
knuckleS. All that can be said In favor of
Fields is that he is game and took a good
stiff punching. He was not in it with
Smith. Smith won of course.
The fourth bout was between F. McGin-
mis- (113 pounds) and Charles Cathcart (129
pounds), both of the Olympic Club. In the
first round McGinnis, as he led for Cath
carts stomach, was stopped on the jaw by
the latters left duke and brought to his
knees. Cathcart had the best of the round.
In the second round McGinnis' big nose
grew more ponderous by degrees until it
finally resembled Mount Tamalpais at sun
set. McGinnis got clean knockdown,
but was up and at it again as if nothing
had happened. In the third Cathcart had
it all his own way and in the fourth some
body said to McGinnis that his name was
McGinnis, and the prophet was right, as
Cathcart had made target out of him and
IeIlIeu MCOl1HlS Will u very DlOOuy IHOuGn
and highly ornamented nose. Cathcart
won.
The fifth bout was looked upon as the
principal event of the evening from a
scientific point of view. It'was meeting
between ]. A. Mckinley, the clever Aus
tralian amateur, and now of the Olympic
Club, and S. Sullivan, the crack sparrer of
the San Francisco Athletic Club McGin-
ley weighed 1873 pounds, which was one
pound more than Sullivan. Sullivan was
the aggressor, and went at Mckinley
sayagely at the start but after he got a
few hard stops he cooled down. Mckinley
showed the most generalship and caught
Sullivan some hard ones on the jaw and
stomach. Sullivan landed some good body
blows. The second round was very hot.
Sullivan forced the pace, and every time
he rushed he got crossed by Mckinley on
the jaw. Twice Sullivan was sent reeling
to the ropes, but he proved game chicken
and came back repeatedly for more hot
medicine. Mckinley received some hard
smashes, but Sullivan certainly got the
worst of the game.
Sullivan rushed again in the third, but
was met each time by a straight left in
the mouth, which was Invariably followed
by jolt on the jaw. Sullivan's right fire.
quently landed on McGinley's stomach
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