The record-union., 1897-04-24
Is Declared the Champion Bantam
Weight of the World.
The Fighter From the Antipodes
Clearly OutcIassed in Point of
Science by the American - Bob
Armstrong Makes prewett Quit i'm
the First Round, After Delivering
Four Blows Which Drew Blood.

SAN IAA4NOISCO, ADrll Five
thousand people saw Jimmy Barry and
Jimmy Anthony. bantam weights. fight
twenty rounds before the National Ath-
letic Club, the organization that con-
Quoted the Fitzsimmons- Sharkey fiasco
The arrangements were very poor and
the big crowd was exceedingly uncom-
Portable in the hot arena. The fight
was for a purse of $1,000, - per cent.
to the winner. The men fought at 11I
pounds. They were well trained and
entered the ring at 10 O'Clock.
Very little time was wasted, as Barry
set the pace. He led time and again,
and got away without a return.
In the second round Anthony led but
failed to land. Barry jabbed his right
and left into his face. 1t was evident
that Barry was the cleverer man of the
two, but his blows did not seem to hurt
the Australian
In the third round, after Barry had
landed several right jabs without re-
turn, Anthony became aggressive.
whereupon Barry swung viciously, but
missed and fell to the floor
In the fourth Barry led with his
right, but was hotly countered He then
landed with both hands three times
without return, and the round closed
with Anthony swinging wildly
Barry was confident that he had sized
up his man when the fifth opened, and
he landed a stiff right on the Austria
lian's face, and followed it up with
right and left on Anthony's jaw.
Both came up smiling for the sixth.
Anthony rushed, but was cleverly stop
ped by a left on the nose. Anthony
poked his left into Barrys stomach.
and received right in the face as a
return. Barry led several times, but
his blows seemed to lack steam.
In the seventh Anthony cleverly
stopped a lead, and the round closed
with Anthony fighting hard
Little or no fighting was done in the
eighth. but in the ninth Anthony
showed some signs of improvement, for
he stopped all his opponents blows and
landed several times on the Chicago
boys stomach.
In the tenth Anthony fought very
hard but Barry was evidently taking
no chances. He rushed, but was stop
ped.
Ia the eleventh Barry landed a right,
and tried again with a left swing. but
Anthony made a quick duck and got
out of the way. The fighting was slow
during the rest of the round.
Barry went after his man in the
twelfth, and landed whenever and
wherever he pleased, but he could not
put the little man from Australia out.
In the thirteenth Barry landed twice
on Anthony's nose without return, and
pushed him hard. Anthony rallied,
bfv, nd "a Chi0nan al
over the ring.
In the fourteenth Barry poked An
thongs sore nose again, and as the
gong sounded punched him on the
neck This was decidedly Barrys
round.
In the fifteenth Barry did all the
fighting, landing rights and lefts on
Anthony's head, jaw and stomach.
In the sixteenth Anthony came up
with a black eye, but was strong. Bar
~. just as the round closed, swung his
right on the Australians jaw, and the
latter went to his corner in a groggy
condition.
Anthony came up fresh for the sew
enteenth and stopped a left lead for
the face. Barry then jabbed him sew
eral times on the nose, and he slipped
to the floor. He got up quickly and
received q light counter on the jaw.
Both of AnthOny's eyes were in
mourning in the eighteenth, but he was
still strong. The only important blows
struck in this round were a right on
the foreigners jaw and a stiff left on
his nose. Barry plainly outclassed him
as far as cleverness is concerned.
In the nineteenth round Barry was
much the stronger of the two, and
countered on his opponents jaw. An
thony landed a right hook, but there
was no force to the blow, and Barry
upper-cut him saVagely.
The twentieth and last round was all
Barry's, as he smashed his opponent ON
the eye and jaw repeatedly. Although
Anthony was still on his feet when the
round closed the referee announced that
as the contest was for points, Barry
was clearly entitled to the decision and
the purse, and was the champion ban
tam weight of the world.
Bob Armstrong (colored) made Pru-
EFT. the local colored heavyweight, quit
in the first round. Armstrong hit his
man four times on the face, and when
Pruett saw blood he quit.