The herald., 1896-12-15

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doubling Ward up, who finished the
round by clnching.
Eighth round-Anthony rushed Ward
and Jack came back with some hard
swings OH head and neck, but Anthony
did not seem to mind them.
In the ninth Anthony went at Ward,
trying to corner him in order to use his
| right. but the little Jersey man very
! cleverly got away each time. Anthony,
| however, got in mis- left on the face,
bringing blood from a cut on the nose,
At the call of time Ward was very tired
The tenth and last round was fast
| from the start with Anthony forcing
| Ward about the ring and trying for a.
knockout. Ward countered beautifully
but his blows lacked punishing power
and he was decidedly weak at the close.
Young Mitchell" who had been an
nounced as referee, 'in the interest of
fair sport" surprised great many peo-
pie by deciding that Ward had the bet
ter of the contest. Anthony would Ger"
tainly have won in a finish contest. 1t
is said Ward broke the bones of his right
hand back of the knuckles in the fourth
round The odds We're 10 to 31a on An
thony,
MILLS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Dec. l4.The arena o.
the Broadway Athletic club was throng.
ed tonight with host of sporting men 10
see Jen Mace of England. the ex-cham-
pion heavyweight, aged S5 years, spar
six rounds for scientific points with
Mike Donovan, the veteran boxing ir
structor of the New York Athletic club.
Mike Donovan formerly held the middle
weight honors and although 49 years of
age he can still hold his own against any
of the club members and outsiders who
visit the boxing room in the Mercury
Foot club building. With such old tim
ers as Arthur Chambers. Billy Edwards,
Barney Aaron and Roone. Harris on the
program to renew acquaintance in the
roped arena after years of rest, there
was scarcely 6. chance OF the beneNt be-
ing failure. 1t was truly q veterans
reunion, and the warm welcome accord
ed to John l.. Sullivan when he entered
the building proved once more, if that
were necessary. that the "big fellow"
still has, a, warm corner In the hearts OF
the sporting fraternity. John l., was
recognized the minute he entered the
inner gates and although his right hand
was bandaged it was eagerly grasped by
hundreds of men who stood up in their
seats, while tn big pugilst's left was
kept buy dofing his silk hat in acknowl
edgment of the rounds of cheers with
which h was greeted as he made a cir
cult of the house.
The friendly exhibitions which pre-
ceded the Mace Donovan bout were each
of three rounds duration. Jim Hall of
Australia and Pete Burns of Harlem
made things lively in the next. and
whenevr either one landed the specta-
tors applauded. Prof. John Donaldson
then had a lot of fun in three rounds
with George Rook once we'll known in
sporting circles. Donaldson was too
clever for the old-timer.
When these two left the ring there
were cries for John L. Sullivan, and in
response the ex-ohampion made a short
speech in which he thanked all those
present for his warm reception, and
said in conclusion that It remained for
the boxers of the present day and their
managers to make boxing one of the
leading sports in the athletic world.
Those two old adversarjes. Billy Ed
wards of this city and Arthur Cha ulbers
of Phiadel pflia- were next in order and
the yboxed three very short rounds.
Every effort of the men was fully APP
plauded and they were both cheered as
they leg the ring.
Bob Armstrong, the big colored heavy
weight boxer from. Chicago, was then
pitted against Tommy Kelly, the Eo-
boken lightweight cyclone. This un-
evenly matched pair put up a very
amusing bout of three rounds.
Barney Aaron and Dooney Harris
We're greeted with cheers when they
appeared for A three-round bout.
George Dixon was then introduced
and it was announced that he would
meet Jack Downey at the club on Jam
uary 4. George (Kid) Lavigne was also
introduced and bowed his acknowledge
ments.
Jim Corpett and Jimmie McVey
boxed a three-round exhibition. Cor
bett made an excellent showing. He
looked to be IN prime condition, and
was very quick In his movements, He
was called on for a. speech, but did not
respond
| Jem Mace and Mike Donovan entered
| the ring al l o'clock. ParsOn Davies was
| appointed referee. Both men wore long
white trousers, and Mace had a green
stripe running down the side of his
| garments.
| in the first round Donovan was de
| cidedly the quicker man, but they Sim
ply tapped each other and Donovan
did the greater part of the Leading.
| In the second round Donovan tapped
Jem on the face, and the Engiishman
| stopped for a few seconds 10 removs
his artificial teeth, which caused a
laugh at his expense. Donovan also had
| the call on points in the second. Mace
landed TWO left taps on Mike IN the
early part of the third round. Donovan
jGbbed his right on the body and face
and swung a. right on the neck AL
these blows were very light Donovan
was still the faster man. They mixed uJ
in the fourth and last round and ther
shook hands. The rounds were only two
minutes duration each, and the decis.
ion was left 10 the spectators, who al
shouted. "a draw"
BEAZII. ACCEPTS.