The times., 1898-05-24
JACK DAILY WON ON A FOUL
Mcfarland Made a Dirty Fight
and Rightly Lost.
HIT HIS MAN WHEN DOWN
Should Have Been "a Twenty-Five
Round Go, But DAILY Wus Declared
Winner in the Fifteenth-Lots
of Hard Hitting With Honors
Even,

New York May 23.-Jack Daily. the Will
mington lightweight, received the verdict
of Referee Charley White in the bout
with Kid Mcfarland at the Lenox Ath
letic Club tonight because of a foul COM
mitted by the latter in the fifteenth round
of what was slated to have been twenty
five round battle. 9s
The fight while it lasted was a fierce
affair. in which science, speed and hard
hitting predominated, with honors APP
parently equally divided. But the deci-
sion was more than justified, for the
reason that Mcfarland was guilty of un-
doubted foul tactics on several occasions
prior to the last offense.
In the ninth round Mcfarland hit Daily
when he was down, but It was regarded
by the referee as unintentional. Again in
the twelfth the Kid landed blow under
the belt which looked like an accident,
while in the thirteenth round he was once
more guilty of punching his opponent
when the latter was half down in a clinch.
In the fifteenth round Mcfarland con-
tinued to hit in a clinch after he had
been ordered to desist by the referee, ac-
NViHlitS ~ cAl iCCiiitIb maui ~ NA'N
men before the bout 1t was a direct vio-
lation of the rules, and the referee could
| do nothing else but disqualify MOZART
land.
AS TO the fight itself Daily demonstrated
| that he has improved wonderfully in
every respect especially in hitting. His
clean. fair tactics make many friends
for him, and no fault was found with the
| outcome of the encounter. Mcfarland
| fought well and with his usual clever
ness, but he marred his work by showing
that he has yet to learn how to control
his temper.
In the last round Daly's leg was wrench
ed in fan. He had Mcfarland in trouble
in the eighth round, but the latter was
too strong and shifty to suffer knock
| down. Many sporting men said the
referee could have disqualified MOZART
land earlier and have. met with the ap-
proya Iof unbiased spectators.
The fight was well attended and the
crowd made Daily light favorite in the
early evening at about 100 TO so. II was
nearer even money when the bout began.
however.
The preliminary was a hot twelve
round go at 100 rounds between Kid Rob-
| ertson, colored, of Chicago and Billy
Moore, of Syracuse. The referee declared
the bout a draw.
The main contest of the evening was
lively from the start Rounds l and 2
were about even with most of the fighting
at short range, but neither man much
| hurt
In the third round Mcfarland began
raining lefts on Days nose. but was met
with some hot counters.
In the fifth the Kid had Jack on the de-
fensIve and a hot left in the eye made
Daily back away, only to receive some
hard lefts on the stomach. One of the
punches nearly sent DAILY down.
In the sixth, Daily. with rattling right
on the head, drove the Kid 10 his corner
and both got in heavy body blows.
Round seven was Daly's.
In the eighth Mac began with a hard
left that made Jacks head rock They
slugged like wildfre in the corner and the
referee had hard time breaking a
clinch.
Mac. lost his head in the ninth and when
DAILY slipped down struck him twice.
There were cries of foul but the referee
ordered the men to go on. Both were
bleeding badly.
In the next round. in a clineh, Mac.
used free hand on the wind.
In the eleventh DAILY sent the Kids
head back with a corking left as they
came to the scratch. Both landed warm
body blows. Days eye was a sight and
| the Kid made a mark of it with his long
| swings.
In the twelfth Mac aimed punch at the
stomach, and as DAILY jumped in the air,
the blow landed below the belt. 1t ap-
| peared an accident. Mac then rushed
and had DAILY on the defensive until the
| end of the round.
Daily opened the thirteenth with heavy
| onslaught and the Kid was staggered.
| Mac steadied himself and in the mix-up
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