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Show JACK DEMPSGT WHIPS FOGARTY. '"rther Particulars of the "Mill" ojrarty's Jaw aud Rose Broken. New Yobk, February 4. Last Thursday night week it was arranged by Arthur Chambers Cham-bers and Gus Tuthill that Jack Fogarty and Jack Dempsey should meet in the prize ring for $2,500 a side and a purse of $1,000, to be subscribed by forty men, each of whom should contribute $25 for the privilege of witnessing the battle. It was also agreed that the battle should take place in this city last night. Notice of the arrangement was given to the select few, and matters progressed pro-gressed quietlv. The forty gentlemen approached ap-proached readily paid $25 each for tickets to the "mill, and received a tip as to the grounds. TO AVOID POLICE INTERFERENCE The ticket-holders were divided into squads, who were met at various resorts by guides who conducted them to a hall up-town, where a ring was pitched. The Grand Central Hotel was the principal rendezvous, and there gathered Al Smith, Jere Dunn, Frank Stevenson, Gus Tuthill, Captain Tuthill and several others. About midnight word was given for the column to move, and they journeyed jour-neyed to the trysting-place. In. the meantime, mean-time, however, BOMOBS OF THE INTENDED BATTLE . Had spread, and as indications pointed to the gymnasium' of the New York Athletic Club being the place of battle, Captain Kil-lillea, Kil-lillea, in whose precinct the club-house is, went there with two officers and searched the place. He found no preparations for the battle. The parties who were to see the fight had meanwhile assembled at the plaeo selected, and wagers on the result were made. DEMPSEY WAS THE FAVORITE j At $103 to $80. By the terms of the match the winner was to take the entire amount of the stake, $6,000. Alf. Powers and Dave Campbell seconded Dempsey; Arthur Chambers Cham-bers and Billy Edwards looked out for Fogarty. Fo-garty. "The contest was one of the fiercest on record, and was governed by London rules. The men fought one hour and forty-seven forty-seven minutes, and finished in twenty-seven rounds. In the last round DEMPSEY BROKE FOOABTY'S JAW, . And finally knocked him out by breaking his nose. Fogarty displayed a great deal of pluck and some skill, and, like his adversary, adver-sary, fought with the ferocity of a tiger, but Dempsey's heavy hitting proved too much for him. |