The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-13
FOUGHT TwENTY-ONE ROUNDS.
Larry Mcdonald Won the Fight
VIII lilly Duke.


In the sDarring match between Larry
Mcdonald and Billy Duke az the Pastime
Athletic Club last night the decision was
awarded to Mcdonald after an extra round
had been fought
The bout was 20 be for twenty rounds
FOR decision. II the referee could not
render decision at the end OF twenty
rounds another round was 20 be ordered,
the decision to be given 70 the man having
the better Of the last round. When twenty
rounds had been boxed Referee Morris
decided that the contest was draw and
ordered another round. At the end Of
which he gave the decision 10 Mcdonald.
j. ne decision was a fair one and seemed TO
pLeass the spectators
The bout was one OF the best exhibitions
on spaIrln8 ever seen in Savannah. IL was
tuil OF clever work and could not have
peen cleaner OF faiTer. Both men seemed
~ Vie with each other in trying TO be fair.
Inere was not a drop of blood shown,
Wnich, considering the hard punches on
p1lh SIDES. was rather remarkable.
AiclIOhtid showed up in the ring a little
heavier than Duke, but he has trained
down considerably. Both men We're in ex-
Selleht condition ana might have stood
sektIal more rounds.
Dukes attendants were Joe CounIhan
anu hearn- In McDOnalds corner were
Motifs vas referee and Louis Smith acted
as tlmekeeper- The rounds We're two min
uses each with one minute rest.
Inc nrst round opened easy and was
Spent IN sparring. Mcdonald immediate
~ became the aggressOr, and PLAYED for
Lux vino. In the second round Nc
RohaId got In on Dukes face and wind.
Larry's nose
The men exchanged face and body blows
IN the third round while Mcdonald CON
unued to try for Dukes wind. At the
tnd OF the round McDonald got in two
terrific upper cuts on Dukes mouth and
nose IN the fourth round neither man
ana much, but Mcdonald got in two stir
punches on Dukes face as the gong
sounded. Mcdonald had the better Of the
I nrst r tnree rounds, but in the fourth hon
The NTH round was tame. but there was
SoiIe hot Work in the sixth. Mcdonald
JdDDeu Duke twice on the nose and sew
eral times on the wind. Duke caught
larry on the jaw, and followed with two
sun punches on the nose and mouth.
NothinB much was done in the seventh.
me eighth round wEs hot stun and was
IuIl OF nard lighting. Mcdonald landed
repeatedly on Dukes face and Duke got
IN TWO or three jabs in return.
me next three rounds We're about even
Mcdonald landed Oftener than Duke
whose blows fell short or caught Nc
Donald on the back when he lodged Duke
landed two heavy blows on L4arry's mouth
IN the twelfth and again on his wind
Whlie Larry caught the Duke a couple
OF light punches in the face
From the thirteenth to the seventeenth
round the sparring was about the same
as the previous rounds. In the seven
teenth Duke punched Mcdonald a good
one on the nose Duke appeared much
Iresher here, and began to get into the
game.
There was some hard fighting in the
next three rounds, with the advantage
with neither man, and, while Mcdonald
had the better of the match, in the first
part OF the match, Duke showed up so
We'll that the referee ordered an extra
round. This round was McDonald's.
though Duke got in some good blows
After this Referee Norris gave the de-
cision as aforesaid
There We're four preliminary bouts be-
fore the big match, in which well known
colored boxers took part. The first was
between PPssum and an unknown. The
unknown threw up the sponge in the
fourth round, as Possum was making 1t
too hot for him. Brown of Yamacraw and
Maxwell, from the Fort, boxed four
rounds to q draw.
Adam Reed and Big Henry, both of
them nearly seven feet tall boxed four
rafting rounds to a draw. Two light
weights ended this part of the entertain
ment In four round draw, in which the
representative of Frogtown was awarded
the decision These preliminary bouts
while they made no pretense at being ex-
hlbttions of science, were amusing and
the crowd enjoyed them.
The crowd was an orderly one and
numbered about 200. Men of all classes
were present, from the sport and man
about town to the politician and business
man.