The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

san francisco, April 23.-Five thou
sand people saw Jimmy Barry and
Jimmy Anthony, bantam weights. fight
20 rounds before the National Athletic
club, the club that conducted the
Fitzsimmons- Sharkey fiasco.
The arrangements were very DOOR
and the big crowd was exceedingly IN
comfortable in the hot arena. The fight
was for $4,000 purse, 70 per cent to
the winner. at lis pounds
Very little time was wasted, as Barry
set the pace. He led time and again.
and got away without return.
In the second round Anthony led but
failed to land. Barry jabbed right and
left into his face. 1t was exident 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 iabs without re-
turn, Anthony became aggressive,
/ whereupoE 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
e1o Not4nOcut lIidl he nGQ
sized up his man when the fifth round
opened, and he landed a stiff right on
the Australians face and followed it
up with right and left on Anthony's
jaw. Both came 10 smiling for the
sixth.
Anthony rushed but was cleverly
stopped by left on the nose. An
thony poked his left into his opponents
stomach and received a 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 signs of
Improvement, for he stopped all his
opponents blows and landed several
times on the Chicago boys stomach.
In the tenth both fought very hard,
but Barry was evidently taking no
chances. He rushed but was stopped.
In the eleventh Barry landed a right
and tried again with a left swing, but
Anthony made d 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
18th and landed whenever and wher- |
ever he pleased, but he could not put |
the little man from Australia out
In the 18th Barry landed twice on |
Anthony's nose without return and |
pushed him hard. Anthony rallied. |
however, and rushed the Chicagoan all |
over the ring.
In the 14th Barry poked Anthony's |
sore nose again, and as the gong |
sounded punched him on the neck. |
This was decidedly Barry's round.
In the 18th Barry did all the fighting. |
landing rights and lefts on Anthony's
head, Jaw and stomach.
In the 18th Anthony came up with
black eye, but was strong. Barry, Just
as the round closed. swung his left on
the Australians jaw, and the latter
went tC his corner in a groggy condi-
ton.
Anthony came uD fresh for the 18th
and stopped a left lead for the face.
Barry then iabbed him several times
on the nose. and then slipped to the
floor He got up quickly and received
a light counter on the jaw. Both of
AnthOny's ewes We're in mourning in
the 18th round. but he was still strong.
The only important blows struck in
this round were a right on the foreign
er's Jaw and a stiff left on his nose
Barry plainly outclasses him as far
as clevernesS is concerned.
In the nineteenth round Barry was
much the stronger of the two. and
,ountered his opponent on the Jaw.
Anthony landed a right hook, and
here was force in the blow and Barry
lppercut him saVagely-
The twentieth and last round was all
3arry's as he smashed his opponent on
he eye and the jaw repeatedly.
Although Anthony was still on his
eet when the round closed, the ref
rec announced that as the bout was
or points, Barry was clearly entitled
o the decision and the purse, and was
champion bantam weight of the world.