The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-22
Mr.. DAILY A CHAMPION.
Newspaper Opinion Is That He Should
Have Gotten the Decision Over
-. Layigne. ~. Ea

Jne IolloWlng 20 say OF v. j. Morlarlty
(Jack Daly).
Kid Mccoy acted as referee of the La.
vigne-Daly bout at Cleveland last Thurs
day night. and at the close Of the eigh-
tenth round he was guilty of n most as
tonishing act. Going to Lavigne's corner,
Mccoy informed that boxer that honors
were easy, which In effect was that neither
had any advantage at that stage OF the
contest
This information was also given by Nc
Coy to Daly's handlers, whereupon Fitz-
patrick instructed DAILY to rush in and set
Ahot pace for tho remaining Two rounds
The Wilmington boy did so, and the pre-
Donderance of opinion Is that DAILY had o
decided advantage at the close of the
twentieth round. Mccoy decided the battle
drawn one to Nhe disgust of large
number Of those present.
| At the close of the bout Fitzpatrick and
Lavigre met.
What do you think of him, Kid9"
asked Fitz with a genial smile.
Hes too tall for me; that's all, f" replied
the Saginaw boy.
The Bulletin said Of the Wilmington
| pugilist.
The Daly-Lavlgne fight at Cleveland on
Thursday evening shows what drink will
do for man, and have no doubt but
that Lavigne is regretting that he ever be-
came SO partial to John Barleycorn. The
accounts of the fight differ. but most Of
them agree in saying that Daily had
slight advantage. II Is extremely doubt-
full If DAILY could even have stayed twenty
rounds with Lavigne nine months ago.
but since that time the kid" has been on
succession of wild sprees, which have all
tended to weaken him and ruin his iron
| constitution.
| Unless Lavigna makes a speedy refor-
nation, his downfall will be even moro
rapid than his advance and the ring will
| berobbed of one of the best men who ever
ever donned the gloves In defeating Ed
die Connolly, Dick Burge Walcort Ever
conclusively that he was the champion of
| the world, and 1t will be q pity II he fol.
| lows in the footsteps of such cha pions as
Sullivan and McAuliffe
How many OF those who witnessed the
| amateur championship held at tho Acad
emy of Music, this city some five or six
years ago thought that Cornelius J. Mori.
| weight class on foul, would some day
fight a twenty-round draw with the light.
weight champion of the world? And yet
that is what Morlarity has done, accom-
| plishing the latter feat under the name of
Jack Daly. When he made his appear
ance in the amateur events he was n jolly.
looking young chap, with capacity for
uahluR puHisuInoub3 anu eVon tneu n6
came IN for an unusual amount of praise
from judges of boxing who discerned that
he was above the average
On that occasion he showed that he was
the possessor of a splendid right hand,
which he used to good advantage, and has
since continued to improve that useful
member. Daly's draw on Thursday EVEN
ing now opens up the path for bright
future, IL he can be persuaded to keep
from drink lnlu Ia xUi1lin r. tn Nrh
at the drop of the hat, but no sooner does
he get hold Of a piece of money than he
gets few companions and they have a
drinking bout, taking champagne when
money is flush. On one occasion after
boxing at tho Arena, he opened about
twenty-five quart bottles of wine among
four people, and his bill for the four hours
carouse came to $100
DID DAILY WHIP LAvIGNE?
The Baltimore Sun says:-It Is now
said that Jack DAILY, Of Wilmington, had
the better of George Lavigne in their light
at Cleveland on March II, and that kid
Mccoy" tho referee, acted in an unuc.
countable manner.
1t was at the close of the eighteenth
round that the boxers were wondering
how they wore getting along and Mccoy
gave the information that up to that point
there was no choice between them. Then
Samuel Fitzpatrick, Daly's hacker, in.
structed Jack to set hot pace, which he
did. The judges who were present said
that DAILY In the two succeeding rounds
had decidedly the advantage and should
have received the benefit sOf the decision
which, however, was given as a draw.
After the match Lavigne admitted that
DAILY was too tall for him. DAILY said Lavi-
gne played for his heart, but was always a
bit too late with his blow. Both Cans and
Wolcotf. Is it said, have challenged DAILY,
who, by the way. announced in The Sun,
just beforeshis match with Lavigue that
he was ready for Cans. Jack was met by
brass band when he returned 10 Whining.
ton.
LAvIGNE ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 2l.--Ir view Of
the statements which are being published
regarding the match between Goo.
Lavigne, Of Saginaw, and Jack DAILY, OF
Wilmington, in this city last Thursday
night Lavigne's manager announced to.
night that he is willing to put up any sum
from IS, 900 to $l0,000in Cleveland or New
York for fight to a finish between tho
two, DAILY to be allowed his weight oflast
Thursday night which was four pounds
more than that of Lavigne
The New York Press says: When Kid
Lavigne separated from his manager, Sam
Fitzpatrick, I thought he had made a mis-
take and said SO. Sam handled matters
for him very cleverly, but fighters have
very little gratitud as n rule, and only a
few of them have intelligence enough to
appreciate the full value of cool, level
headed business man in looking after their
interests and keeping them from worrying
or fretting over them. Thoy know that the
manager divides earnings with them, but
they do not recognize the fact that he aids
materially inobtaininng them. Fitzpatrick
looked tho field over and finally got Jack
DAILY. of Wilmington, under his wing. |
Though in another state Wilmington is |
virtually an outlying ward of Philadelphia |
peopled principally by shipbuilders and |
other hard working mechanics 1t has an
athletic club or two and In one of them
Dniy learned how to box bit He has kept |
on adding to his tlstic loro month by |
month for several years, and to-day he is
jack in his class. which is really tho |
light wclter- weight. He Is we'll made
quick as a flash and tough and wiry as a
wildcat.
When Fitzpatrick pitted him against |
Llvigne good many of the cOnnoisseurs |
OF the game thought that he was foolish,
or that he was hard up, and for ready coin
was willing to take the small end of a !
purse. He reasoned that there was a
DAILY to win; that there was possibility
that he might stand off the Kid in ,hs
contest, or at the very worst it would
not ineffably stain Daly's record to be
beaten by the light weight champion of
the world In letter to me few days
before the contest Sam wrote:
"Daly might surprise you st. Patrick's
Day" Well, he did surprise me, but not
half as much, presume a. he astonished
Lavigne Henot only went the full lumber
Of rounds (twenty) but in several of them
NE clearly Outfought Lavigne, and in the
final ono he had him SO groggy that many
of the spectators believe that had it been
to finish the Saginaw boy would have
been defeated. That the champion was
only able to make draw Of it speaks vol
umes for Daly's work. Perhaps we may
now learn that Lavigne held Jack too
cheaply, and, expecting to hammer him
out in eight or ten rounds. did not train rs
he should for the longer route. The out
come of this affair will probably be match
for finish contest. But Sam ri zpatrick
laughs in his sleeve at his former protoge,
who certainly gained no fresh laurels at
Cleveland Thursday night.
Jack Bennett, Of Mckeesport, before the
bout, challenged its winner. Bennett is a
lad who has yet to make his metropolitan
debut, but he is a corker, even If he Is not
known here. / saw him box DAILY four
roundsin PHILADELPHIA O couple of years