The herald., 1897-03-12
THE JOKES-DEMPSEY MATCH
Declared q Draw After a Fifteen.
Round Exhibition
JONES BROKE HIS HAND
Ia the Second Round, but PIuckily
S.aid TO the Wind.Up
rlsde No Complaint Until After He Left the
Ri1g = This Acevedo-De Courssy
rlatch Also Ends Unexpectedly

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demonstrated by the large aceience
which had assembled for the exhibition
last evening. The gymnasium was com-
fortably filed among those present be
| ing number of well known citizeng, who
manifested the keenest interest in the
proceedings. AS usual, the best of order
was maintained, and there was nothing
to offend the taste of the most fastidi-
| Gus.
| A few minutes before o'clock John
Brink, the official referee of the club
| entered the ring and announced that the
first event on the program would be
four-round go between Texas Frenchy,
| the French wonder, and Young Sandow.
the German "phenom" He was closely
followed by the gladiators, who took up
| their positions in their respective cor
ners. Frenchy was the larger man, and
| outclassed Sandow at every point. On
| the call of time the men came together.
and after little preliminary fiddling
| there was a mix-up. from which San
| dow came out with blood running from
| his nose as a result OF a stiff punch on
that organ. The round was concluded
without further incident, and when
Sandow retired to his corner 1t was evil
dent that he was beaten. He came up
to the scratch, however, for the second
| round al the call of time, and managed
to get through by frequent clinches and
keeping out of the way of the aggres
sive Frenchy, who had him going fast
when time was called. Sandow refused
to go on for the third round, claiming
chat his hand was hurt, and Frenchy
was given the decision.
The second event was four-round ex-
hibition between Joe Cotton, the color
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Dan Long, formerly of San Francisco,
but now of Los Angeles. Long, by the
way, is the man who was knocked out
by Jeffries in San Francisco in one and
half rounds. He is much larger man
than Cotton, having marked advant-
age in height and reach, but is apparent
ly deficient in punching powers. 1t was
friendly bout throughout, and the four
rounds were absolutely featureless,
there not being a knock-down or drop
of blood spilled during the contest.
The referee then announced that the
next event would be a six-round con-
test between the lightweights, Acevedo
OF Los Angeles and De Coursey of San
Diego, in which there would be a deci-
sion. When the men entered the ring it
looked as II Acevedo would have every
thing his own way He had a great ad-
vantage in height and reach, with the
additional advantage of sixteen pounds
in weight, tipping the scales at 1877
pounds to 121 pounds for De Coursey.
The men went at each other viciously.
and 1t began to look as If there would be
hot contest Acevedo scored the first
knock-down, after which he fouled De-
Coursey. but as no harm was done. the
referee warned the men, and ordered
them to go on. Shortly after Acevedo
fell in his corner but was quickly on his
rect, none the worse for his contact with
the floor. and shortly after closed De-
Coursey's left eye with vicious right
hand punch. The round closed with
Acevedo having the best of it, but
squealing about what he called De-
Coursey's unfair tactics.
The second round opened with hot
hghting on both sides, Acevedo appar-
entity having things pretty much his own
way, but keeping up a continual kick
at the referees decisions and threaten
ing to quit. The men got somewhat ex-
cited and several times refused to break
away at the referees call, when Brink
announced that if they did not break
clean at the call, he would give the fight
to the man who obeyed the order.
In the third round Acevedo scored a
knock-down, the first of the contest. De
Coursey remained down until the timer
counted seven. when he scrambled to his
ieet and finished fresher and stronger
The fourth round opened hotly. and 1t
was give and take for the first minute
the referee having frequently to caution
the men on the break-aways. De Cour-
sey's eye was entirely closed and he had
skinned himself when falling against the
ropes, but he pluckily kept up the fight
Acevedo in the meantime was keeping
up continual squealing at the referee
and finally refused to go on. He was or
dered to resume the fight, but again re-
FUSED and was counted out the referee
giving the decision to De Coursey
The action of Acevedo was unaccount-
able, except on the ground that he felt
that he had met man smaller than him
self that he could not put out. He clear
ly outclassed the San Diego lad at every
point, and 1t was the general opinion
that he would have been the winner if
he had stayed to the finish.
The event of the evening, the 15-round
exhibition between Young Dempsey and
Harry Jones, was then announced
Referee Brink announced that this con-
test would be conducted under the mar
quis of Queensberry rules, as interpreted
by Referee Siler, who will officiate at the
Corbett-F -Fitzsimmons fight, that is, that
no hitting would be allowed in the break
aways, the men breaking clean at the
call of the referee and stepping back, and
in case of knock-down, retiring to a
distance of ten feet. Phil Percival was
announced as time keeper for the club,
Walter McStay for Dempsey and Char
ley Bernard for Jcsrs. Jones was Sec
onded by George Hall, his trainer, as
sisted by Young Gridley, while Demp-
sey was looked after by Joe Cotton and
"Scotty."
When the men entered the ring Demp-
sey looked sure winner. He was taller
than Jones and had the advantage of at
least ten pounds in weight. besides be-
ing in the pink of condition. Jones, on
the other hand, has only had twelve
days training. during four of which he
was under the doctors care for grip
and consequently did not show up at
his best
A detailed description of the match
is unnecessary The first round opened
up lively. Jones appeared to be conf
dent, while Dempsey was, to say the
least, decidedly nervous. There was nc
advantage on either side at the call of
time. Jones is a cheerful sort of indi-
vidual, with q very comical smile, which
he wore during the evening, the stiffest
punch having no effect apparently. In
the second round Dempsey slipped and |
fell but quickly scrambled to his feet |
uEinjured. After this round 1t was no. |
t:ced that Jones only fought with one |
hand, apparently keeping the other in |
reserve for a Knockout blow II an op-
portunity offered. One round was sub |
stantially the same as all the others. |
Jones was constantly on the aggressive