The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
BARRY IS CHAMPION
CLEVER CHICAGO BOY DEFEATED
ANTHONY FOR THE BANTAM
WEIGHT SHONoRs.
AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT.
FHB AUSTRALIAN OUTCH.ASSEn nv
THE AMERICAN FIGHTER AT
ALL POINTS.
EVENT.
Match Pulled Or by the Club Re-
spOnsib1e for the Sharkey-Fitz-
simmons Fiasco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April o.
Five thousand people saw Jimmy Bar
ry and Jimmy Anthony, bantam
weights, fight twenty rounds before
the National Athletic club, the organi-
cation that conducted the Fitzsimmons-
Sharkey fiasco. The arrangements were
very poor, and the big crowd was ex-
ceedingly uncomfortable in the hot
arena. The fight was for $4,000 purse,
rs per cent to the winner, at 100 pounds.
The men were we'll trained and enter
ed 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 jabbed right ana 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 Aus
tralian. In the third round, after Bar
ry had landed several right jabs with
out return, Anthony became aggres-
sive, whereupOn Barry swung vicious
ly, but missed, and fell to the floor In
the fourth Barry led with his right,
but was holly countered. He then land
ed with both hands without return, and
the round closed with Anthony swing
ing wildly.
Barry was confident that he had his
man when the fifth 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 up
smiling for the sixth. Anthony rushed
but was cleverly stopped by a left on
the nose. Anthony poked his left into
Ctn aah
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 p 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
stepped. In the eleventh Barry landed
right and tried again with a left
swing, but Anthony made quick duck
ana 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
however and rushed the Chicagoan all
over the ring. In the fourteenth Barry
poked Anthony's nose again and as
the gong sounded, punched him on the
neck. This was decidedly Barry's round.
In the fifteenth Barry did all the fight
ing, landing right and lefts on An
thongs head. jaw and stomach In
the sixteenth 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 to his corner in a groggy
condition.
Anthony came up fresh for the sew
enth and stopped left lead for the
face. Barry then jabbed him severa,
times on the nose and then slipped to
the floor. He got up quickly and re-
ceiVed light counter on the jaw
Both Of Anthony's eyes We're 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 is concerned.
In the nineteenth round Barry was
the stronger Of the two, and countered
his opponent on the jaw. The TWEEN
tieth and last round was all Barry's, as
he smashed his opponent on the eye
and the jaw repeatedly. Although An
thOny was still on his feet when the
round closed, the referee announced, as
the contest was for points, Barry was
clearly entitled to the decision and
the purse, as we'll as the bantam weight
championship of the world