The San Francisco call., 1896-11-10

Badly Battered During the Battle Hith
Dick ~ Brien.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 9.-Popular
prices and an attractive programme
served to crowd the Union Athletic Club
to the doors tonight. The principal
event was a twenty-round encounter be-
tween "Scaldy Bill" Quinn, who halls
from the Pennsylvania coal regions, and
Dick o Brien of Boston. 1t was the sec
ono "go" between the colored boy and
the Bostonian, as they had previously
fought draw. There were fully $500 peo-
pie present when the opening bout, ten
rounds at lib pounds, between Mike Scare
OF Boston and Charley Kelly OF New York,
was announced. Sam Austin was referee.
In the last round Sears punched his man
right and left on the jaw and quickly had
him on Queer street, but the New Yorker
was strong and stayed the distance. The
referee awarded the decision to Sears.
The next pair was two local celebrities.
Kid Mcfarland and Harry Peterson, who
were scheduled to go ten rounds at 14O
pounds. Mcfarland was declared the
winner.
"Scaldy' Bill and O'Brien got into the
ring at 10:40 O'Clock. O'Brien was looked
after by Jack Burns. Danny Mcbride,
Billy Anderson and Derb Upton. Bills
seconds were Charley White, Frank Pur-
cell and Sammy Meyers. o Brien weIg ned
loo POUNDS ana quinn scaled l4S. IheV
shook hands at 10:45.
After O'Brien had tapped his man
lighly twice Bill cane in with a couple of
wild swings from which the Boston boy
got away. Scaldy rushed in and swung
right and LETT on the jaw sending O'Brien
to his knees. Bill seemed willing to take
all O'Brien could send in.
In the second round Scaiey came into a
right on the neck, but it did not feeze
him O'Rrieu sAuf hofh hands fo fho n n
and had Scaldy ratified. but failed to fol-
low up. Quinn sent hot left to the wind
before the pell rang.
Scaldy was very wild in the third and
O'Brien landed several times on the Jaw,
but his blows lacked force and the colored
boy only smiled. He seemed to want
O. Brien TO wear himself out.
O'Brien opened the fourth with a sound
| ing whack on Bill's spine. But-the lat
ter came back twice on the wind hard.
They mixed things up toward the end oil
the round and O'Brien had almost got his
man out with right and left handlers
when the bell rang.
but o Brien could not hit hard enough to
put Scaldy out.
Both were pretty well done up at the
end of the sixth, but o. Bren had the
round well in hand. He blocked most OF
Bills leads and the latter's swings when
they landed with their usual force.
In the seventh the Boston man jabbed
until he had Bills face bleeding, and the
coIored boy was very weak, but game.
Sca!dy was staggering around the ring
and o Brien had his nose almost mashed
into his face, but the bell again saved
Bill.
1t was only question of time in the
ninth, and if O'Blien could have landed
really hard blow, Scaldy would have
gone out, but Dick was too tired and the
gong cam to BIZ s relief
Bill came up full of night in the tenth,
but o. Brien was too clever for him and
stopped the rush. Scaldy's nose and
mouth were bleeding and his left eye was
nearly closed. but, despite the punishment
he was receiving, he was game and on his
feet when the round closed.
Scaldy put his left hard on the body
three times and swung a right on the
jaw, but left on the neck from the Bos-
ton man sent Scaldy to his knees and took
the steam out of him. Quinn's lip was a
fearful sight Again and again o. Brien
forced the negro to his knees, but could