The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31
FAST AND CLEVER
FIGHT TO A DRAW
Jimmy Barry and Sammy
Kelly Are Evenly
Matched.
For Twenty Rounds. They Punch
Each Other in a Scientific
Manner.
Vicious Swings, Fierce Rallies and a
Copious Flow OF Claret Mark
the Contest.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. S0.-Jimmy
Barry of Chicago and Sammy Kelly OF
New'York boxed avery fast and scientific
twenty-round draw at the Broadway Ath-
letic Club toni yht. Barry was the aggres-
sor after the first round, but was nearly out
with left swing on the jaw in the fifth.
He revived wonderfully, however, and
forced the pace after the eighth round.
Kelly showed remarkable cleverness, and
his advantage OF height, weight and reach
stood him in good stead. Barry put up u
great battle and many Of the spectators
thought he had shade the better of the
argument, but it was a very even thing
and the decision was good one.
The betting was 100 to so on Barry. The
opening bout was between Billy O'Don-
nell of Memphis and Jack Hannigan of
Pittsburg They were advertised to go
ten rounds at 122 pounds, but O>Donnell
simply punched Hannigan's face into
mass Of biocd and mad him all but out in
the sixth round, when the referee stopped
the bout in one minute and thirty seconds.
The second pair were London" Camp
bell of Philadelphia' and Jack Smith OF
Norfolk, Va. Campbell got the decision.
There were about 2500 people present
when Barry and Kelly got into the ring
Barry seconds.were Joe Choynski, George
Dixon and Bob Armstrong Kelly was
looked after by Larry Burns, Paddy Moran
and Frank Peabody. Dick Roche was
referee and Jim LaVeIle umekeepeT. The
fight by rounds:
Barry opened with left that was stopped
He tried the right and missed, getting light
right in the body. They mixed ii up evenly,
both landing; then Kelly went in and forced
his man against the ropes, putting Dotn handS
on the face, and Barry clinched. Kelly tried
again and repeated and for time IL looked as
ii Barry was in trouble.
In the second they exchanged swings and
Barry sent hard left on the nose Kelly shot
his left TO the wind, but Barry retaliGted with
one on the neck.
Barry opened the third with left on the
mouth and followed it up with right on
the body, which he repeated. Kelly rushed
but was coun tered hard on. the wind. Both
landed lefts on the face. Kelly rushed ana
missed, Barry putting left on the neck
Barry came In with a hard right on the jaw,
and before the round closed sent right ana LETT
to the body and face 1t was Barry's round
Both were bit wild in the fourth Barry
landed a oorking left swing on the jaw, but
Kelly evened up with hard one on the body.
In the fifth Kelly landed terrible lett
swing on the jaw that sent Barry down, and
the Chicago boy took nine seconds to get up.
Kelly rushed at him, but though very tired he
managed 10 stay.
Barry came up strong for the sixth and sent
in three blows on the head without return.
Kelly landed hard on the wind, but Jimmy
countered on the neck. Kelly sent another
left to the jaw that sent Barry's head back,
but the little fellow sent his right tn the nose
and KeIly's blood commenced to fly. Twice
before the bell rang. Jimmy sent the left to the
sore nose and mouth.
Barry showed. some OF his old-time clever
ness and hitting power in the seventh, and
punished Kelly badly in the face. Kelly ap-
peared little weak, but put one hard swing
on the wind. Barry was guarding his jaw
carefully.
The eighth was about even, and toward the
close both were sparring tor wind.
Each was staggered with rights on the wind
in the opening of the ninth. Barry then sent
his right 10 the ribs and left to the jaw, but
Kelly came back hard on the wind.
Barry made the damaged nose bleed again
in the tenth, but a smart uppeT-cut on the
mouth drew Barry's claret 1t was an even
Kelly had a bit the best OF the eleventh, but
Barry showed great cleyerness.
& Kelly sent his right TO the jaw couple of
times in the twelfth and Barry was beginning
to appear tired. as the weight was telling on
him.
Barry came up refreshed by good handling
for the thirteenth and landed right and left
four times on Kelly'S Jaw.
Barry sent his man TO the ropes with LETT
on the jaw In the opening OF. the fourteenth
ana followed it up with two great rights and
left Then he forced Kelly all around the
ring, raining left swings On the face and body.
Kelly was very tired and was strictly on the
defensive when the bell rang.
Both were tired for the fifteenth Just as
the bell rang Kelly landed left on the face.
Kelly countered hard on the jaw once in the
sixteenth, but Barry had q Bit the best OF the
round.
Barry had Kelly on the run at the end of the
seventeenth round, but Kelly old some clever
work at the start.
Both exchanged hard lefts on the tace and
body in the eighteenth, but q straight left on
the mouth at the end drew the blood afresh
from Kelly.
Kelly left an opening in the nineteenth
which Barry was quick to take advantage of,
and he sent in a vOiiey OF rights and lefts be-
fore Kelly recovered: Barry had clearly the
best of all the exchanges that followed.
Barry sent his man half way to the floor
with jab on the throat in.the twentieth, and
some hot rallies followed, which were fairly
even up.
The referee canad it draw