| Show THE SLUGGING MATCH LAW ORDER AND DECENCY SET ASIDE MDONALD WINS A BRUTAL I 1 CONTEST it another of those events which are a disgrace to the civilization ofee of be age t yat id a reproach to the am officers ra of ale t the e place in the opera house oo on saturday duncan mcdonald and od herbert slade met in a encounter 10 for a side and the door which ich latter must have been considers consi derk I 1 ae as there were fully 1000 stripped present the lighters fighters were Derson fi to the waist the rest of their nina being covered with tights noi those who lio officiated otherwise than as p grcia bici A lots were prof as s cefere pt benedict and IT T J kelly 19 timekeepers time keepers and charles lang and S A halter seconds seconda for mcdonald and T micks and harry kendall kendal pecolor second toa slade the fight commenced shortly after 9 0 aud and for comparatively unobjectionable tio being in the main a display of bad skill the blows later inter here bere and there being beine light and of no consequence but this kind of a was waa not what the audience ex peeled and had been prom promised ased and ser ona flotto to say criminal business soon begab p it became evident from the bitting and general tactics that iut mischief was meant tb aba it was to be a fight with all that the term implies Im implies flies that it was in short to tote J a vio violation f aaion of the laws of the territory and of humanity slide the maori is a powerful jow erful fellow bix feet in height and weigh lm 9 over pounds being very baab mcdonald la Is the same height goul 29 25 pounds lighter and quite quit lithe and active the advantages lined gained were about even till the ninth and last round when genuine ring as began and the maori in guarr guarding low blow exposed the upper part ar of his bis person and mcdonald cdo u I 1 taking advantage advantage of it sent I 1 in a terrific blow on 8 blades des neck which IC sta staggered ered him and before ke he could ua r recover cover blows were rained upon v n hi bam so thick and fast that he fell on als hands and knees after making one or two ineffectual attempts to rise he be succumbed completely and out at full length on his bak back belue being carried off the stage as amp and apparently as lifeless as a bag ofia is 8 knocking 10 eking out it is also kg for a 11 prize and being conill in a ring wat was a ring fight all of i the law of the territory strictly sabe I 1 to yet this exhibition was teed to be exactly what it was were a number of officers in the tog i Y yet et not a move was made to ibber t er preventing or stopping it class of crimes is to be winked question arises as aa to why the city should not be extended to |
