The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-30
Mccarthy Beat Asst in
a Hard Fight.
HILLMAN DEFEATED SMOKER
LIGHTWEIGHTS FOUGHT WITH
VIM AND DASH.
Doc Flynn, the BIoodMaker, Whipped
Jack Dennis in One of the
Hardest Contests Seen
in the Club.

One of the most interesting boxing
entertainments given by the Olympic
Club was witnessed last evening by an
| exceptionally large gathering of mem
bers, among whom "the Kissing bri-
gade was strongly represented.
The first event was a siX-round bout
between the weller weights Gas pounds,
Al Hillman of the Sacramento Athletic
Club and A. Smoker of the Manhattan
Athletic Club Smoker appeared much
lighter than his opponent, who could
easily pass for a middle-weight. Hillman
was the aggressor, but each time he
rushed at Smoker he stopped well di-
rected lefthand lead with his nose. The
pace cut out by Hillman was a bit too
hot for Smoker, who had bellows to
mend at the end of the round. Hillman
won a good lead in the second, his op-
ponent saving himself from a knockout
by lodging around the ring and clinching.
The third was tame, and in the fourth
Smoker went down twice and was al
most out of the race when the gong
sounded. In the fifth and sixth rounds
Hillman showed marked signs of
fatigue, and Smoker landed some clean
blows. The judges awarded the bout to
The second welter-weight event was a
hot six-round contest between j. +: Nc
Carthy of the Olympic Club and +. Asst
of the Manhattan Club. The first round
was all in McCarthy's favor. but in the
reminded his opponent that the fun was
about to commence. As soon as the men
toed the scratch for the third round the
Swede (AsD stopped McCarthys rushes
by swift right and left jabs in the face
and body. The exchanges were of the
warmest kind to the finish, when McCar-
thy caught hard right handler on the
jaw as the bell sounded. Asst had the
best of the fourth, meeting his opponent
ing on Mccarthy The fifth was give and
take and both men felt the effects of
hard bump OF, the floor. The sixth was
very exciting. Mccarthy kept pegging
away at Ast's face while the last named
boxer was painting McCarthys body a
bright red. Just before the finish Nc
AstS face, which brought d liberal flow of
claret from the SWede'S nose. Mccarthy
won the decision amid shower of Kisses.
the contestants. still Mccarthy had a
shade the best of it,
Joe Doyle, the elongated boxer of the
Olympic Club, won decision over Shorty
Grossman of the San Rafael Athletic
Club. If Grossman had had a golf stick
he might have, reached Doyle's chin at
some point in the game.
Steve Vicini, who was booked to box
Smoker, was overweight, and Hillman
The semi finals of the lightweight class
Obs pounds) were the next on the pro-
gramme.
Dan Barry of the Manhattan Club. The
first round was evenly contested. but
when the boxers met in the second round
Kane, who was more muscular than his
adversary, forced the lighting and at
close range he certainly had the better
OF the game. During mixup near Bar
rvs corner Kane planted a hot right
handler on Barry'S chin. which felled the
Manhattan man, who was apparently in
dreamland. Barry struggled to his feet
before the tenth second was shouted by
the referee. and was downed three times
but managed to keep on his pins until the
round was finished. His seconds, seeing.
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Kane.
ing was the most exciting of all the
bouts 1t was a siX-round ''go" between
Jack Dennis of the Olympic Club and
Doc" Flynn of the South End Rowing
Club. Flynn has Il reputation for draw
ing blood in large quantities from the
men whom he has met and consequently
Dennis fought very carefully for a few
rounds. The first round was about half
over when in mfxup Flynn smashed
Dennis. with. the heel of his right glove
over the left eye, cutting a deep cash
from which the claret flowed literally.
The second was rather tame, but the third
was stem wtnder. Dennis was stung by
challenged Flynn to rally at close
quarters. When the gloves We're flying
Dennis happened to land beauty left on
Flynn's chin and the blow had sufficient
steam in it to send the receiver to the
floor. Flynn was up quickly and the
fight was fast and furious until the gong
for corners sounded. Dennis had the best
of this round.
The fourth, fifth and sixth were as ex-
citing as the most exacting ringster
could possibly desire In straight punch
ing Dennis scored a lead, but Flynn got
in the hardest blows by uppercutting
Dennis with right and left each time the
Olympic man ducked to avoid punish
ment. Flynn having had the best of the
first and second rounds, the judges gave
him the decision, which. however, dis
pleased number of spectators The en-
however highly
factory it being the best of it's kind wit
messed by the members in many moons.
The judges were S. Carter and F. NJ
Cerini and the referee was AL Smith.