The herald., 1897-04-24
Swing and Slug for q
Pretty Purse
AN AUSTRALASlAN BANTAM
RATIFIED BY A ROOSTER FROM
CHICAGO
semichy and Vernon, Survivors of
Wednesdays Fatal Fights, Fac
ing Charges of Granddaughter

| SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.-Fivs
thousand people saw Jimmy Barry and
Jimmy Anthony, bantam weights, fight
twenty rounds before the National
Athletic cub. the organization that con-
| Quoted the Observation-Disclosures fiasco
Arrangements were very poor and the
big crowd was extremely uncomfortable
| in the hot arena. The fight was for a
$4,000 purse. rs per cent to winner. The
men fought at 115 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 return. In the second
round Anthony led, but failed to land.
Barry abbed right and left into his face.
1t was evident that Barry was the clev-
erer 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 hotiy 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 stiff right on the Autsralian's S
face and followed it with right and left
on Anthony's jaw.
Both came up smiling for the sixth.
Anthony rushed, but was cleverly stop
ped by left on the nose. Anthony poked
his left into his opponents stomach and
received a right in the face as return.
Barry led several times. but his blows
seemed TO lack steam. In the seventh
Anthony cleverly stopped 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 hard, bus
Barry was evidently taking no chances
| He rushed, but was stopped.
In the eleventh Barry landed a right
and tried again with left swing, but
| Anthony made a quick duck and got ouL
of the way. The fighting was slow dur
ing the rest of the round.
Barry went after his man in the
twelfth and landed whenever and wher
ever he pleased, but he could not put the
little man from Australia out.
In the thirteenth round 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 fourteenth Barry poked An
sounded punched him on the neck. This
was decidedly Barry's round.
In the fifteenth Barry did all the fight
ing, landing rights and lefts on An
thongs head and stomach.
In the sixteenth Anthony came up
with a black eye, but was strong. Barry.
just as the round closed, swung his right
on the Australians jaw and the lattg--
went to his corner in groggy condition.
Anthony came up fresh for the seven
teenth, and stopped left lead for the
face. Barry then jabbed him several
times on the nose, and he slipped to the
floor. He got up quickly and received
light counter on the jaw.
Both of Anthony's eyes were in mourn
ing 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 was concerned.
In the nineteenth round Barry was
much the stronger of the two, and eoun-
tered his opponent on the jaw. An
thony landed right hook but there was
no force to the blow, and Barry upper
cut him savagely.
The twentieth and last round was al.
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 bantam
weight of the world
Bob Armstrong (colored) made Prev
lit, the local colored heavy weight. quit
in the first round. Armstrong hit his
man four times on the face, and when
Prewitt saw blood he quit.
SCRAP SURVIVORS
PHILADELPHIA, April 23-The cor
oner's jury today returned a verdict that
Bitly Vernon, the pugilist who died after
d fight with Leslie Pearce on Wednes-
day, "came to his death from hemor-
rhage Of the brain, the result of an in
jury" The verdict made no rec
ommendation as to where the blame
l. -.
censured. The Delaware county au-
thorities will now take charge of the
case.
SAN JOSE April 23.-Matt Semichy.
who killed Kid Evans in a prize fight
Wednesday night has been held for trial
in bonds Of $4,000 on a charge of man