The San Francisco call., 1897-04-24
JIMMY ANTHONY
WAS OUTCLA ASSEO
Barry, the Champion Ban
tam, Won a Well Mer.
tied Decision.
Twenty Rounds of Scientific
Fighting in Woodward's
Pavilion.
Armstrong Whipped Pruit in
Punch, and Rubenstein. De.
feated C,oley.
Good laws me, Mr.. Armstrong. don't

Good laws me, Mr.. Armstrong. don't
hit me any more. Use stopped now"
This is what Sam Pruit, big, husky.
colored man said to Bob Armstrong, his
opponent, las: evening at Woodward 5
hand jabs in the mouth.
1t was the last event on the National
Clubs programme, and it ended in dis
NAL failure.
Pruit and Armstrong were to have had
ten-round bout, but Pruit was not a
"dead game" pug, and ne quit early in
the game.
The first event was four-round contest
between Ike RubHnstein of Sacramento
and ice Cooney of Chicago. Referee Cook
gave decision in favor of Rubenstein,
and the announcement was received with
boots and catcails. Rubenstein had GER
tainly the better of the first two rounds,
but in the last rounds of the fight Cooney
scored a strong lead and had his opponent
on queer street. when the contest fin
ished. Rubenstein dill not By any means
prove that he was game fighter. as he
withered in the last part of the game and
looked beseechingly at his seconds, as if
he wanted them to throw up the sponge
The event OF the evening was az0-round
contest between Jimmy Anthony of Aus
iralia and jimmy Barry, the champion
bantam or this country. The fighters,
who scaled in at 115 ounds, could not have
been in better trim for a long race. The
betting was strongly in favor of Barry,
who sold for $40 as against $6 on Anthony.
The contest was not for the champion
ship of the two countries as many people
supposed, as championship battles are to
a finish only. The fight was very in
teresting because of the science an gen.
eralship displayed by the cont estants.
Anthony was the aggressor fromstart to
finish, but he was outclassed bya IN ore
clever man, who, by cunning moves and
pretty arm work, drew the Australian s
fire, which spent itself on the atmosphere.
Anthony tried time and again to get
within close range of his game, but instead
of sending out straight left leads, he swung
at Barry's head or body and fell short
almost invariably only to receive a clip
under the ear or straight left or the
eye, which medicine, however, was taken
by Anthony with apparent relish.
The rounds were pretty much the same
up 10 within the last six or seven, when
Anthony, finding that he was outpointed
in straig ght-hitting and ducking, made
some desperate attempts to land a right
swing or left hook on some vulnerable
spot. Barry was careful not to mix too
often with his powerful opponent, antici-
psting that a chance blow might send him
10 dreamland.
However, when the little fellows did
get to close quarters and an exchange OF
compliments resulted, the American
champion proved to the satisfaction of the
referee and spectators that he was pretty
good at a mixture himself, as he landed
at least two blows TO the one he received.
Anthony's stopping was very clever, but
each time he essayed to land a right hook
or attempted 10 cross his oppone mt, he fell
short and clinched &c AVOID return.
There were many opportunities which
he missed taking advantage of for good
stiff uppercut and as consequence ne
lost what might have resulted in 4 victory
to him. The Australians leads were gem
eral!y short. He calculated distance
badly and several times he left openings
alter missing wild swings which Barry
should have taken advantage of, but the
American was not there to take q chance
OF being knocked out.
Barry's figuring on distance was excel
lent, and when it came to in-fig hting he
proved himself the master OF the man
who was supposed to be crackerjack at
that game.
Neither man was punished to any ex-
tent, as the contest was clever exhibi-
ton OF good sparring instead OF slogging,
which the spectators are more accus-