Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-25

ping brother of Joe and Barney. was
matched for 100 pounds against Chris
tie. They fought at Sandringham one
terribly bleak morning in 1877. There
were only about 60 present, and we
had some difficulty In getting there.
Thompson practically won the. fight in
the firt round by terrific right hand
ed Jolt on the paw. Christie, although
well beaten, stuck to it for nine rounds.
when Tom Curran, who was Christie's
second, skied the towel Jem Mace
and Joe Thompson were seconds for
Jack Thompson.
Peter Jackson's Defeat by Farnan.
at was in 1884 that Peter Jackson
came out, and he was matched to fight
Farnan at the old Vcitaria hall about
August, 1884. They fought five rounds,
and during the first three 1t looked as
jackson would eat Farnan. Then Far
nan got in that right handed hit of his
and toppled Jackson over. Jackson
either gould not or would not get up.
and Farnan was declared the winner.
Later on the pair met again at the
Haymarket, in Sydney. After two
rounds Jackson positively refused to
come out of his corner, and. as the
roughs rushed the ring, the fight was
declared off.
IT noticed that about is years after
the first fight between Farnan and
Jackson, Jackson claimed he was drug
ged. He was long time in coming to
that conclusion, but he could not claim
he was drugged the second time. Lees
went to Sydney to fight Jackson for
the championship. Lees would not
stand up to Peter, and so far as run
ming was concerned he was a batter
man than Jackson.
Slavin the Rough and Ready.
"a
came down from New South Wales He
was rough and ready customer, who
did not know much about fighting, but
he spent good deal of his time at
Foley's rooms boxing. They tried to
get a match two or three times with
Jackson, but think Slavin was under
the impression that he was not clever
enough. Jackson at that time had just
fought Mick Dooley for the champion
ship and beaten him handily. Shertly
after this Jack Burke, the Irish lad ar
rived in Australia, and he met Foley
at the Darlington grounds. It was a
farce Of fight. Foley was wofully
out of condition and mud fat, and the
AFFAIR ended in a draw. Burke came to
Melbourne, and after beating Newton
easily he fought Frank Slavin, and at
the end OF eight rounds the Marquis
OF Queensberry. who was the referee,
declared 1t a draw.
Now Joe Goddard doomed up on
the pugilistic horizon. At the start OF
his career he was a rought and crude
fighter, but he quickly polished off all
the second raters. He was then match
ed to fight Mick Dooley at the Sydney
Aamateur club, and he won easily
They had second fight at the Mel
bourne Athletic club and Goddard won
again. Joe Choynski. the American
heavyweight, who was then top
notcher arrived in Sydney from San
Francisco, and he fell a pretty easy
victim to Goddard in Sydney. A return
match was then arranged to take place
at the Melbourne Athletic club rooms
After looking a guinea to a gooseberry
on Choynski winning in the third
round, Goddard won in the fourth. II
was a terrific fight while it lasted. The
| great John L. Sullivan visited Austria
| liza at this time. but he was debarred
by his theatrical contract from engag-
ing in any contests. But his sparrina
partner, Jack Ashton, was matched
with Goddard, who polished him off in
| quick order.
shortly after that Peter Jackson
took another flying trip to Australia
| from America, and he was matched Il
box Goddard for the best of eight
rounds at the Crystal Palace, at Rich
mond. Goddard scarcely gave Jackson
look IN, but Prof. Miller, who was
referee, gave the following extraordi'
| nary verdict: Gentlemen. taking Peter
| Jackson's reputation into considera-
ton, give the fight draw There
were not five men in the assembly who
did not think that Goddard had won
Sam Allen was sitting next TO me. and
| he had laid 100 pounds to ten on Peter
| Jackson. Before the decision was an
| nounced he turned to me and said:
Bill, old man, I'm gone for my 10C
pounds In fairness to JaclpSon's mem
| DRY, should say that he was just oui
! on a holiday trip, and I don't think ht
took this match seriously"