| Show BRUTAL PRIZE FIGHT Joe McAuliffe Defeated by Jackson I TWENTYFO UB SOUNDS FOUGHT Mo4uUfle Shows Pluck but the Australian Is Too Much for Him Ztlnc Notes SAN IfBANotsco December 28ThOi contest between Joe McAuliffe thf champion heavy weight of the Pacific Coast and Jackson the colored champion of Australia which occurred at the California Athletic Club has created more interest than any similar event before held on the Coast McAuliffe had a clear record of vior tories and the recent battle with Mike Conley in which the Ithaca Giant was defeated in less than five minutes added greatly to the admiration of his friends and gave the sporting public confidence in his merit It was generally conceded that McAuliffe would win his hardest battle tonight for Jackson had won a high reputation since his arrival here six months ago and had given the highest evidence of his ability in his match with Godfrey last August iq which the Boston pugilist threw up the sponge in the ninth round when it was plain that Jackson was in every way his superior ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE which intensified the interest in this matter was the understanding that the winner wonld be open to fight any man in the world the California Athletic Ath-letic Club having offered a purse of 6000 for such purpose The betting had been vary lively for several weeks past and it is generally believed that avery a-very large amount of money was wagered on the contest McAuliffe was the favorite by odds from 2 to J100 to 90 with the larger odds prevailing When the men stepped into the ring to night there were fully 2000 spectators present There was also a icene of excitement in the street outside the buildings Great cowda collected there and kept up a continual round of cheering throughout the fight As the men STOOD IK THE RING McAuliffe appeared to have the advantage advan-tage so far as weight and height were concerned His weight was 220 pounds while Jacksons is a little overv2pO McAuliffe was six feet and thrcequaxL ter inches in height and Jacksori six feet and onequarter Jackson had a little advantage in reach Hiram Cook of this city was referee McAnJiifes seconds were Barney Foley and George Bowers Sam Fitzpatrick and Tom Meadows performed the same Office for Jackson TIME WAS CALLED at 925 In the first round the men sparred cautiously at first Soon McA Mc-A liffe led off with a right and caught Jackson lightly on the ear This was followed by an interchange of sharp blows McAuliffa made several heavy lunges and got one on Jacksons neck which the latter countered and the round closed SECOND ROUND McAuliffe led with leftLbut fell short Jackson returned with right and caught McAuliffe well in the breast Hot lighting and several clinches followed Jakssn next struck McAuliffe on the ear and caused blood to flow The round was generally in Jacksons favor THIRD EOOJD Some very heavy hitting by both at close range In this round the Australian Aus-tralian was pounded more severely Mo Auliffe caught him once on theside of his head and caused him to stagger across the ring Jackson strucBiout terrifically but fell short l FOURTH ROUND The men sparred cautiously foraful minute when McAuliffe led out savagely sav-agely but Jackson escaped by jumping aside Jackson planted a light one on McAuliffe which the latter returned FIFTH ROUND f Jackson opened the round by getting light blow ou McAuliffes forehead he followed this up quickly and forced McAuliffe against the ropes H then forced the big Californian around the ring at a lively rate but did little jlam age SIXTH BOUND i Jackson had so far displayed wonderful wonder-ful quickness In this round he struck McAuliffe several staggering blows on the head and forced him to the ropes He also succeeded in jumping quickly avoiding several return blows which were aimed at his head SEVENTH BOUND The men retained the utmost good humor and would smile every time an advantage was gained by eithar In this round McAuliffe got in a swinging blow on Jac sons chin which the latter lat-ter returned Verylittle was done during dur-ing the round EIGHTH BOUND The previous light round had rested the men some and they opened the round lively Jackson caught McAu liffe in the wind basket twice and was apparently directing his blows to that spot Jackson continued to force his adversary around the ring and had by far the best of him v NINTH BOUND There was no reason to believe that the fight would come to a close very soon Noprrticular damage had been < O 4 < w < > > i done by either though Jackson had the best of the fight He continued to drive right at McAuliffes head but the blows were light TENTH BOUND Jackson again forced the fighting and pounded McAuliffe several times in the face The latter returned them and caught Jackson on the neck which caused the co bred man to slip to the floor ELEVENTH BOUND McAuliffes eyes began to puff and his ear was still bleeding Jackson appeared none the worse He continued con-tinued pound McAulifto in the ribs but the latter did not seem to be much annoyed by it Two hard blows were interchanged in the face and the round ended TWELFTH BOUND Both men were evidently getting a little tired and hardly a pass wasmade by either throughout this round THIRTEENTH BOUND This round was a repetition of the twelfth FOURTEENTH ROUND Jackson caught MeAuliffe lightly on the chin and again by the throat the latter knocking him against the ropes McAnliffe looked for an opening but the scientific Australian did not feel Inclined In-clined fo give him one FIFTEENTH BOUND Ja kson forced the fighting and pounded MeAuliffe on the ribs and gave him one hard one in the nose which he followed up with several others oth-ers Jackson appeared to think he had the Californian whipped and continued to force him around the ring SIXTEENTH BOUND Jackson opened the round with two right handers on McAnliffes nose which he followed up well McAuliffe led out savagely several times but Jackson jumped aside quickly and escaped the blows SEVENTEENTH BOUND McAuliffe oaught Jackson lightly on the jaw but the latter returned well and rained half a dozen hard ones on McAuliffes head which seemed to daze tfie latter a little EIGHTEENTH BOUND Jackson gave McAuliffe a terrific one in the ribs which sent him lightly to the floor When he rose Jackson forced I him on the corner and pounded him in the head unmercifully It looked as if McAuliffe would have to go down but he managed to stand up under the blows until the call of time saved him from a fall NINETEENTH ROUND xk E t cO Jackson pursued the same tactics andtried to get lii adversary in the corner again and succeeded in getting him against the ropes where he again rained blows on his head but failed to get knock down Me Anliffa did very little bat make an attempt to defend himself TWENTIETH BOUND In this round Jackson again had the advantage and pushed McAuliffe hard inflicting considerable punishment 1 TWENTYFIRST BOUND MoAuliffe came up at the call of time looking considerably the worse from the severe pounding he had received re-ceived in the few preceding rounds Jackson continued to force matters but gained very little advantage Mac led out several times but seemed unable to reach Jackson TWENTY SECOND ROUND Jackson struck McAuliffe a terrific blow in the mouth which he followed up with three others McAuliffe was beginning to stagger and was over the ropes when time was called TWENTYTHIRD BOUND Jackson folio wed up with the advantage advan-tage and evidently had McAuliffe in avery a-very bad way He forced him from one corner to another and struck him several savage blows in the face which caused blood flow freely TWENTYFOURTH BOUND Jackson rushed the fight very hard in this and placed several smashing blows on the Californians face He again got him in a carper and sent in three terrific blows which caught McA Mc-A squarely in the mouth and sent him down in a heap in the corner Ten seoonds were counted off and the Californian failed to rise amid great cheering on the part of the spectators Jackson was declared the winner McAuliffe was carried to his corner by his seconds and soon revived |
