The morning times., 1896-01-17


a member OF the fislic gentry hailiug from
Newark, in six rounds OF bloody fighting.
The fight was one Of the riercest seen
In this section in a long time. II was a
case OF go-as-you-piease, ca tciI-caD
bar room scrapping from the beginning OF
the second rOuud until Gordon went all to
pieces at the end OF The sixth aud Jack
Daiy threw up The sponge in his behalr.
good night and Il Deter program drew
4 fair-sized crowd to the clubhouse, and
by y o'clock, when the preliminary bout
was put on, fully 800 sporting men were
grodped around the ring. Others struggled
IN after the preliminary had started, and
| when the gong sounded there were as
many as 4OU in the house.
The appetite sharpener was a ten-round
go" between Spider Kelly and Hughey
Lyons. 1t only took seven OF these ten
| for the latter to prove that he was the
best man of the two, and caused Kelly TO
quit.
KELLY COUNTED OUT.
There was no doubt that Kelly did quit,
| as wnen Lyons hit him he went down, and
| then not satisfied with the position that
he assumed when he struck the floor, he
rolled over on mis- back and allowed himself
, to be counted out.
| Jack and Mike Morris looked after
Lyons, while Jack Mccarthy, Jack Sis
l son and Jack White did a like service
| for Kelly. Jimmy Lynch, jockey, horse
| trainer, scrapper, and all-round sporting
man, orficiated as referee, and performed
his duties in this capacity as he does in
everything else that he undertakes, in u
| No. l style.
| The boys did very little fighting until
| the seventh round, when Lyons must have
| been given a dose OF Honest" John
| Croker's world-famed speed producing
dope, as he sailed into Mr.. Kelly, and with
| jab, swing, and couple or well-di-
reoted uppercuts, soon had his man 50
| tangled up that he was glad to get
| out OF trouble by suddenly connecting
with the floor, and so giving the OBJ
| liging Mr.. Lynch u chance to put him
| out OF misery.
"Teu aud out" said Lynch, and the
| three Jacks picked Kelly up, and u very
! short time had him in good condition TO
| lake very lively interest in the stellar
| attraction.
There was quite little betting going on
over the Gordon-Raedy fight, and when
they appeared in the ring the crowd was
worked up TO a high pitch of excitement.
THEY CHEERED RAEDY.
The Washington boy was The first to
make his appearance, aud when he stepped
into the ring yell went up that nearly
shook the roof off OF the clubhouse. Pat
was well looked after, being takeu in
Howard Wilson. his trainer, and his brother
Mike. William Yates he'd the watch for
him.
Jersey" soon followed, and as he took
his place in his corner looked TO be every
bit match for the Swampoodle pet. doc
Ray, Tommy Costello, the DRY Dock
Kid Frank SwitZer and Jack Daily, his
trainer, had him in charge. S. ID. Jackson
held the watch for him. William Green
performed like service for the club.
After a brief speech from the vo!uble Mr..
Lynch, in which he stated the conditions
under which the men were fighting, they
were called to the center of the ring and
given their Instructions. When sized up
they appeared to be very evenly matched,
both as TO weight and reach. Pat looked
to be a little finer trained than Gordon, who
was a little too fat.
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
The fight by rounds follows:
Round l-After sparring Off ior q moni-
ent Gordon was the first to lead. He
landed lightly with his right but was coun
tered ON the neck. Raedy then made a
try for the face but fell short and Gordon
got back on tie Lody with a straight left
hand Jab. Toward the c.ose of the round
the men both woke up and a few hot ex-
changes followed. When the gong sounded
they were clinched in Raedy's corner.
Round 2-The fun started at the sound
of the gong and the fighting that marked
this round was repeated in all OF the fol-
lowing rounds. Pat started In on Gordon
and it was a case of wild swings first with
the left and then with the right on both sides.
They kept away from each other during
this round. Pat seemed to have somewhat
the best OF it as he shO wed more science than
Gordon.
Round 3-As the gong sounded the men
jumped up and rushed at each other like
-..-l.N
hand swings that hurt the Jerseyman a
good deal, and the next time he saw one
coming, he ducked, and clinching, refused
to break. Lynch got in between the men
and after hard fight succeeded in break
ing them. He was mixed up with the men
during the remainder of the battle and
by the time it was over, was covered with
blood.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
Round 4-Gordon had weakened by this
time and did not want to go out and fight.
He>was bleeding from the nose and his left
eye was decorated with series OF ridges.
This round was characterized by lot
of wrestling. Gordon nearly went through
the ropes during one of these clinches.
1t was plain to all that Pat had him all but
gone.
Round 5-When the gong sounded it was
plain to all that Gordon wanted to quit
badly. He had to be forced out of his
corner, and when he did get into the
ring struck out feebly and when he got bold
OF Pat refused to break. Jimmy Lynch |
fought like good fellow to get them apart,
but he I'd all be could do to do so. The |
round ended with Gordon a mass of blood |
and so groggy that he could hardly stand. |
Round 6-Daly was willing to throw up |
the sponge at this juncture, as it was ap-
parent that Gordon was done for. He |
was boosted out of his corner, however, |
and went out into the center of the ring. |
Pat rushed at him like mad bull, and |
they both went down together. This |
was repeated several times during this |
round, and by this time both of the prin- |
cipals. as well as the referee, were covered |
with blood.
Gordon went down just as the gong |
sounded and had to be carried to his |
corner. He could not come out when !
the gong sounded and the fight was |
awarded to Raedy.
Both sides made innumerable claims of |
foul during the contest. but there was SO |
much of this work done that 1t was inn
possible to see who started it or when it |
was done.
NOTES OF THE FIGHT.
Howard Wilson issued challenge to Jack |
Daily. The latter said he would accept |