1897-11-06 Joe Gans ND6 Wilmington Jack Daly [Arena, Philadelphia, PA, USA]

1897-11-07 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 9)

DALY A DISAPPOINTMENT.
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Instead of Punching Gans, He Makes an Exhibition of Himself.

The wind-up at the Arena last night was a disappointment to the majority of the spectators, who thought that Daly would punch Joe Gans full of holes. Instead of punching the Baltimore colored lad full of air vents Daly made an exhibition of himself. It is true that Gans did not hurt Daly to any extent, but if a decision had been given on points an impartial referee would have been compelled to accord the verdict to Gans, who outpointed and outboxed Daly from start to finish.

After the bout Daly was vigorously hissed, and to some of his tormentors in the upper galleries he responded in language more forcible than polite. There was never a stage in the six rounds when he had Gans in trouble. Some of his leads were ludicrous, the majority of them falling short, and the others falling harmlessly on the back of the colored lad. Gans, on the other hand, showed surprising cleverness by the evasive tactics, and every now and then landed in good style on Daly's wind.

In only one round--the fourth--did Daly land with any telling effect, and then he got in a right-handed swing that counted for keeps, but the round was too far gone for him to take advantage of it.

In the preliminaries Dan Dougherty and Harry Crawford made a rattling good go. Tom Sweeny, of New York, quit in the second round of his bout with Joe Dougherty, of this city, and "De Kentucky Rosebud" and John Henry Johnson made an even break of it. Pepper Griffin, of this city, managed to stay the six rounds with Jim Janey, of Baltimore, but the latter had all the better of it.


1897-11-07 The Philadelphia Record (Philadelphia, PA) (page 8)

VERY TAME BOXING BOUT
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Jack Daly and Joe Gans Give a Poor Display.
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PEPPER GRIFFIN KNOCKED OUT
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Jim Janey Puts Him to Sleep With a Punch on the Jaw--Jack Bennett Defeats Tommy Ryan.
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The opening programme of the weekly boxing contests usually given on Monday evenings at the Arena, Broad and Cherry streets, but which will hereafter be given Saturdays, took place last night. The house was well filled when the first bout was put on. The principal go of the evening, the wind-up, was between Jack Daly, of Wilmington, and Joe Gans, colored, of Baltimore.

On the whole, the contest was disappointing, and did not satisfy the sanguinary expectations of those in attendance. Throughout the entire bout both men put up a scientific set-to and at its conclusion neither had much the better of it. Most of the leading was done by Daly, but his leads were generally evaded by Gans, who delivered a good stiff punch in return. At no stage of the bout did either man show a disposition to mix it up, and their merits were undecided when the six rounds were finished.

Pepper Griffin in his bout with Jim Janey, also colored, of Baltimore, gave one of the worst exhibitions ever witnessed at the Arena. From the start of the "go" he ran around the ring, followed by Janey, whose attempts to make him stand and fight were amusing. Griffin, when he saw he couldn't get out of the road of a punch, dropped to the floor and remained there until time was almost up. The shouts of the spectators of "Fake!" "Take him out," etc., were unheeded by Referee Crowdhurst. Griffin kept up these tactics, and some moments, when cornered by Janey, would make a fierce return. The hope that he would continue to box in his old-time form entertained by some of the audience was not realized. Finally Janey, by a couple of well-directed punches on the jaw in the sixth round, compelled him to drop to the stage. Then the audience saw, that it was not Griffin's usual "bluff," but that he was really out.

Walter Edgerton (the "Kentucky Rosebud") and John Henry Johnson put up six red-hot rounds. They were always willing to go at each other, and received rounds of applause for the "go." Johnson found Edgerton a slippery customer to deal with, his hardest efforts being easily dodged by the Rosebud. Toward the end of the final round Edgerton got in several hard blows that had a telling effect on Johnson.

Joe Dougherty found Tom Sweeney very easy. They were to box six rounds, but after Dougherty had made two terrific rushes at Sweeney, which he dodged very cleverly, Dougherty landed a hard one in the stomach that made Sweeney go to the floor. He did not arise and showed no inclination to continue, so the contest was stopped. Sweeney has not been having the best of care lately and was in no condition to fight.

Dan Dougherty and Harry Crawford put up a pretty bout, with honors about even. It was announced that the wind-up on Saturday night next would probably be between Jack Bonner and Joe Butler. The former has already signed a contract, and the latter is expected to agree, as he is known to be anxious for another trial to show his mettle.


1897-11-07 The Times (Philadelphia, PA) (page 11)

DALY AND GANS BOX A DRAW
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The Going Throughout the Six Rounds Was Very Light Work.

There was a fair crowd at the Arena last night and the show was quite up to expectations. The principal feature was the bout between Jack Daly, of Wilmington, and Joe Gans, the clever colored boy, of Baltimore. The men shaped up nearly one size, Daly having a slight advantage in height and reach.

Both men were cautious in the first round. Daly landed two of his famous chop blows without much damage. The round was clever and scientific, but very light and neither men showed any marks.

Very little work was done in the second. Gans worked for the stomach and landed twice lightly. Daly landed a chop and two swings on the head near the end of the round. In the third, Gans again landed two light ones on the body, and Daly evened matters up with two good ones on the head and one in the wind. There were few blows landed in the fourth round, both doing light work on the body. Daly landed a left on the head as the round closed. In the fifth Gans landed three very light taps on the body, and Jack landed a hard left on the head. Both exchanged swings on the head without any damage as the bell rang. There was no material advantage when the men shook hands for the last round. Both men exchanged light swings, and although Gans did a little forcing neither seemed over-anxious to mix it up, and the bout closed with honors even.

The first preliminary brought out two clever bantams in Danny Dougherty and Harry Crawford. The latter had all the best of the weight, but Danny kept away from him and jabbed his opponent with straight lefts. Crawford made a rally in the sixth, but it was all Dougherty's bout.

A party who was introduced as Tom Sweeny, of Brooklyn, next came on for a "go" with Joe Dougherty, the hard hitting local. The bout just lasted about one half minute. Dougherty missed two right swings and then landed a right over the heart and the New Yorker went down on one knee. Dougherty attempted to help him up, but Sweeny refused to come and after sitting there for about ten seconds Referee Crowhurst waved his arms and then helped the Brooklyn boy to his seat. It looked about as near to a rank quit as anything ever seen here.

For a cycloramic display of wall-eyed swings and a conglomeration of all sorts of punches and odd capers, the bout between Walter Edgerton and John Henry Johnson was all right. There were not many blows struck, but there were enough tried to knock out a half-dozen men. Johnson had a slight lead in the first part, but his exertions and four or five hard lefts in the last two rounds had him very tired, and the honors were slightly with the Bud.

Pepper Griffin put up one of the worst exhibitions of boxing, if it could be called such, that has ever been seen at this club. He had Jim Janey for an opponent, and from the first punch looked as if he was scared to death. Janey knocked him down in the first round, and he was long enough down to have been counted out. Griffen was a regular punching bag for Janey, and he was knocked down at least a dozen times. After Janey had hit Pepper so often that it became tiresome to look at, Griffen was finally knocked out by a right-hand punch on the jaw. Janey made himself popular and was nearly as much disgusted at Griffen as were the spectators. One feature about Griffen was that he took all the punishment, but he lost this credit by his awful exhibition of running, back-turning and dropping to avoid blows.

1901-02-13 Joe Gans W-DQ5 Wilmington Jack Daly [Eureka Athletic Club, Music Hall, Baltimore, MD, USA]

1901-02-14 Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD) (page 4)

GANS WAS TOO MUCH FOR DALY.

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COLORED LAD WON DECISION IN FIFTH ROUND.

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Smashed Almost Into Unconsciousness, the Wilmington Man Persisted in Breaking the Rules by Fighting in Clinches, Holding and Wrestling, and Was Disqualified, So that Joe Won His First Battle Since His Defeat by Terry McGovern--Dusky Boxer Proved as Great a General as Ever, and that He Has Lost None of His Powers Either as a Defensive Fighter or a Hard Hitter.

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Joe Gans was given the decision over Jack Daly in the fifth round of a singularly fierce contest at the Music Hall last night. After two minutes and five seconds of the fifth round Referee Charley White sent the men to their corners and announced that Gans had won because Daly had been disqualified for holding, hitting in clinches and wrestling, all of which were violations of the rules, for which offenses Daly had been warned both by the referee and the police officials. In holding and in every way violating the rules of the combat Daly simply practiced a subterfuge to save himself from sure defeat.

As their previous performance had led people to believe, Gans and Daly made one of the very best fights ever seen in this city. It was Gans' first appearance since he was knocked out by McGovern. The colored lad had prepared faithfully for what he considered the beginning of another series of battles, to lead to another contest for top honors. Jack Daly, although he has been on the turf many moons, was also in excellent condition. The men were out to fight pure and simple--a fact that gave the contest its great value from the standpoint of a vicious struggle between veteran ringmasters who spar not for the beauty of the movements, but to do as much damage as possible to their opponents. They were aggressive, and wasted no time in fiddling or waiting for openings. Daly is notorious as a rough fighter, while Gans has an excellent reputation for living up to the rules.

Referee Warn Them.

Before the men started Referee Charley White, who had come from New York to run the mill, called them into the center of the ring and explained clearly that the bout was to be with clean breaks, no hitting in clinches, wrestling or holding. This was considered something of a handicap for Daly, who is credited with being best at infighting. Daly agreed, but from the start of the contest he continued to hold, fight in clinches and wrestle. Gans was willing enough to break at the word of the referee, but when Daly continued to chop on his kidneys, Gans sent in a few short arm-hooks that had terrible force and made Daly wish he had tried some gentler method. All through Referee White had a struggle trying to break the men. He forced his way between the struggling pugilists several times, and once warned Gans. He repeatedly warned Daly, but it did little good. Gans had the better of the battle all through. His quick, tigerlike movements seemed to defy Daly's well-known quickness of eye, and the dusky lad whipped his fists over Daly's defenses and landed blows on the face and body that would have completely knocked out a boxer of less strength than Daly. Gans was himself again, and his blocking was splendid. Daly made furious rushes, but Joe warded off the blows with neatness. The men were quickness personified. Daly's leg movement was fine, but even at sidestepping Gans outpointed him. Both were aggressive, and Daly stood up to his gruelling as all who knew him thought he would. He kept boring into Gans, and sometimes made the colored lad break ground, but it was not for long, as Gans was as eager to smash as was Daly.

Daly Refuses to Break.

From the start Daly rushed into clinches, and then almost refused to stop holding, and all the time he was trying to chop up Joe's kidneys in the way Wolcott defeated Fisher in this city. At long-arm fighting Daly was not in it with Gans. The colored man's hitting powers were tremendous, and the blows that he rained on Daly's eye, jaw, mouth and body continued to convince Daly that he might hold and wrestle to save an entire defeat. Although constantly warned, Daly continued these tactics until in the fifth round Referee White gave it up and sent the men to their corners, declaring Daly disqualified and Gans the winner. That Daly continued to hold to save himself was proven when, after the fight, he told Mr. White that the decision was a just one. At the time Daly was very groggy. He had withstood an inordinate amount of punishment, but he was growing weak, and his legs were going back on him. There is no reasonable doubt but that Gans would have knocked him out, as the colored man was his superior at the game in every respect--at blocking, hard hitting, judgment of distance, foot work, the use of his legs and his equal in aggressiveness.

Value of Good Police.

There was absent from the contest any symptom that would give the slightest suspicion of a fake, and it was refreshing to go through a battle in which no wise Willie sent out his voice in the land to flatter his own powers of observation by declaring the set-to a fake.

Between the rounds Deputy Marshal Farnan talked to Daly, evidently warning him against roughing it. The reason that boxing shows can take place in this city and are prohibited in many other places is because of the intelligent police supervision of such men as Deputy Marshal Farnan and Captain Cadwallader. By prohibiting hitting in clinches, roughing it and holding, the police here have succeeded in cutting out much that is bad about pugilism, so that it is tolerated here under proper control and regulations. The men fought from the tap of the gong, and being veterans and in good condition they gave such a genuine battle as is pleasing to the oldest ring enthusiast and that first inoculates the novice with that germ which makes him, in time, a veteran. During the battle Daly tried his famous chop blows, but Gans blocked every one of them and would always counter with terrific long-arm jabs. After the contest Gans said that the stomach blow that he gave Daly in the second round and the right-hand wallop on the jaw in the fifth made Daly so groggy that he knew he was facing a knockout, and wilfully violated the rules to save himself.

The Fight by Rounds.

The following account of the battle by rounds gives an excellent idea of how the blows were delivered.

First Round--Daly leads left and ineffectually swings right and clinched. Daly aims left and right, but Gans side-steps out of harm's way. They clinch and fight hard for each other's kidneys. Daly sends left to Gans' nose. There is fierce infighting, and Referee White had great difficulty in breaking them. Gans gets best of infighting and smashes Daly hard, long rights and lefts.

Second Round--The sparring opens easier. Gans lands left on face and has best of a short exchange. Gans lands hard right on body and stomach as they come to clinch. Daly leads and Gans blocks. Round closes with a clever exchange. No advantage.

Third Round.--Daly leads left and they make a clean break. Gans blocks left and right and they fight viciously with short jabs. Daly crosses left to jaw and Gans counters on wind. Daly slips forward and just misses getting a right uppercut that would have put him to sleep. They make rapid exchanges of long arm blows. Out of a mix Jack scores on nose, but Joe soon makes good with a wallop on body. At the end of round Gans shows the master and that he can handle Daly.

Fourth Round--Daly leads straight lefts; Gans blocks. Gans misses left straight; leads and lands hard right swing on face. Clinches follow. Daly follows Joe to ropes and lands right on body. Both punch hard in a clinch. Daly slaps right hard over Joe's kidneys as they clinch. Daly strong, but Gans shows to the good.

Fifth Round--Both come strong, and at once clinch. They clinch again, and White has trouble separating them. Daly whips left to kidneys. They collide and fight while hanging on ropes. Gans lands smashing right to jaw. They repeatedly clinch, and White fails to break them apart. White sends Daly to corner, and gives fight to Gans for Daly's holding and clinching. Gans wins.

Daly's seconds were Kid Howard, Billy Whistler and Scotty McIntire. Gans' seconds were Al Herford, Herman Miller and Harry Lyons.

The Two Preliminaries.

The first preliminary was between Joe Howard and George Leonard, colored lads. Howard won by outclassing his opponent. Herman Miller and Tom Wallace are running a serial-fight contest. Last night was their fifth attempt to smash each other into submission. After eight rounds Miller was given the decision. Miller is certainly a better boxer than Wallace at the present time, but Wallace keeps away from Miller's fists enough to keep alive. After the bout Wallace challenged Miller for a 20-round bout, and offered to bet $100 and put up a forfeit of $25. Miller now has affairs on with Wallace and "The Texas June Bug." Miller protests against the appellation "Highlandtown Duck," explaining that he is no longer a resident of Highlandtown, and that he is not a duck, but declaring his great desire to again jump on the "June Bug," just the same.

It was announced last night that the next contest would be between Tim Callahan, of Philadelphia, and Harry Lyons, February 28, at Germania Maennerchor Hall.


1901-02-14 Baltimore Morning Herald (Baltimore, MD) (page 4)

DALY DISQUALIFIED IN THE BOUT WITH GANS

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Wilmington Man Repeatedly Violated the Rules, Holding in the Clinches, and the Fight Was Given to the Baltimore Boy in the Fifth Round

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The Gans-Daly bout, scheduled for 20 rounds last night at the Music Hall, came to an untimely end in the fifth round, when Daly was disqualified for holding in the clinches after being repeatedly warned.

Up to that time the battle had been all Gans' way. At no time did the Wilmington lad have even a look-in, and when he resorted to foul tactics in the fifth he was virtually out of it. Another round would have finished him. The men were to fight under straight Queensberry rules, and were so instructed by the referee, Charley White, but Daly began to violate the rules from the start and the referee's patience was sorely tried all through the bout. Finally, in the fifth, the violation became so fragrant that there was nothing left for the referee but to order the men to their corners and give the battle to Gans.

The fight while it lasted was fast and furious enough to satisfy the most exacting critic. Jack Daly has the reputation of being a rough and aggressive fighter, and he fully lived up to it last night. He started out like a whirlwind, and attempted to carry the war into Africa from the word go. But he found in Gans a tough customer and soon realized that the colored lad could do a little rough fighting himself. After the first two rounds the steam was taken out of Mr. Daly, and instead of being the aggressor he had all he could do to stand Gans off.

The Baltimore champion showed up in fine form. He had all his marvelous skill in leading and blocking, and besides a fierceness and aggressiveness that have not generally been credited to him. Whenever he landed a blow it told, and he landed too often to suit Daly.

The first round opened with fast fighting. Daly began rushing tactics at once, but all his leads were cleverly blocked and in the end he was met with a succession of left hooks which staggered him. The men fought furiously throughout this round, and the referee had his hands full separating them in the clinches.

The second round was a repetition of the first for speed, and ended with Gans ripping a stiff right in Daly's wind.

In the third Daly began to back away from those sharp left hooks, and it began to be clearly apparent that the Wilmington man was outclassed.

The fourth round opened with aggressive tactics on Gans' part. He went right after his man, and at the close staggered him with a hard right on the jaw.

When the bell sounded for the fifth the men came together, and there was a season of fierce infighting in which Gans showed up like a past master. Daly was done for and kept holding in the clinches. The referee cautioned him and tore the men apart, but the Wilmington fighter paid no heed. He was holding on like a drowning man to a straw, and there was nothing to do but to disqualify him. The decision was an eminently just one, and Daly admitted after the fight that the referee was right.

Gans was seconded by Al Herford, Harry Lyons and Herman Miller. In Daly's corner were Kid Howard, Billy Whistler and "Scotty" McIntyre. Charlie White, of New York, refereed.

This was the fourth meeting of the men. In one bout Gans was given the decision, while the other two were draws. Tomorrow night Gans will go to Hartford and meet Jack Downey.

As a curtain raiser to the evening's entertainment Joe Howard and Geo. Leonard, two colored lads, boxed five rounds, Howard getting the decision.

Preliminary to the star bout Herman Miller and Tom Wallace met for eight rounds. The bout was a pretty one and pleased the spectators. Wallace started off well, but at the end Miller wore him down and was given the decision.

Wallace afterward made a public announcement that he would meet Miller and stop him in 20 rounds for a side bet of $100. Miller promptly called this bluff and deposited with the sporting editor of the Herald $25 as a forfeit to bind a match. This money will be up three days for Wallace to cover if he means business.


1901-02-14 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) (page 6)

GANS IN FIVE ROUNDS

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Referee White Stops Daly For Hitting In Clinches.

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HE HAD NO CHANCE TO WIN

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Many Believed He Would Have Been Knocked Out A Few Seconds Later On--The Preliminary.

There were nearly 1,000 persons in Music Hall last night to see Joseph Gans and Wilmington Jack Daly box a 25-round match. It lasted less than five rounds, Daly being disqualified by Referee Charles White, who had come from New York to officiate.

There was no dissent when the referee sent Daly to his corner and awarded the battle to Gans. The referee gave as the reasons for his decision Daly's continuous holding and hitting in clinches, despite numerous warnings.

The fifth round lasted 2 minutes and 5 seconds, and it was the general feeling that had the round gone the full 3 minutes' limit Gans would have stopped Daly, despite the latter's tactics. Daly did not object when the referee sent him to his corner, but two minutes later he objected to the decision which awarded the fight to Gans. Then Daly said Gans had been doing as much foul work as he had done. On the other hand, Gans said he had taken much of the fight out of Daly in the second round, by a punch upon the abdomen and early in the fifth round a stiff left on the jaw had put Daly at the mercy of the enemy. Daly knew this, said Gans, and showed good judgment in getting disqualified, instead of waiting for an inevitable knockout.

Baltimorean's Good Shape.

Gans was in good shape, but Daly did not appear to be trained for a contest that was to last over three rounds. At 3 P. M. the men weighed. Daly tipped the scale at 135 pounds, but Gans did not raise the beam. As soon as the weighing was over Daly remarked that he had only weighed 134½ pounds an hour before when he emerged from a Turkish bath. Then Daly was handed a pint bottle of something that looked like strong beef tea, which he drank. He dressed and started off with his trainers for a hotel, where it was said he slept until 9 P. M. Gans dressed leisurely and went out for a short walk.

Gans appeared confident of winning. He was much interested in his trip to Hartford, Conn. He said he would start for Hartford this morning with his manager, Al Herford, and would there tomorrow night box Jack Downey. There was nothing to prevent his leaving on an early train today, as he escaped any sort of hurt last night.

When Gans and Daly entered the ring last night Referee White called them to the center and explained the conditions of the fight. The guaranteed purse was $1,000. The winner was to get $750 and the loser $250. The men were to box 25 rounds; the boxing was to be under Marquis of Queensbury rules, but with clean breaks and no hitting in clinches.

Daly had "Kid" Howard, "Billy" Whistler and "English" Scotty in his corner. Gans had Al Herford, Herman Miller and Harry Lyons. Ernault Gebhart was official timer.

The battle by rounds was as follows:

Daly's Fierce Start.

Round 1. Daly started in fiercely and forced Gans to a clinch. It was the one clinch in the fight in which no hitting was done. They broke at command of the referee, but Daly was back at Gans like a flash, and a quick, fierce mix at short-arm work ensued. During part of this neither man had but one free arm.

The referee butted in and sent the men to their corners. he cautioned them about such work and again repeated the main conditions of the fight--that neither was to hit in clinches. They both verbally assented to the ruling, but had not faced each other for 10 seconds before a second mix ensued and rules were thrown to the winds and the referee was kept busy breaking the clinches.

Gans showed in this close work that his boxing away from home, where he has had to protect himself when hitting with a free arm was permitted, had made him clever at this work. Daly was aggressive, but he did no hurt.

Gans' Straight Blows.

Round 2. Gans tried left straight blows for Daly's jaw. Daly took several of these, but now and then succeeded in doing what few boxers had done--reach Gans' body good and hard. Gans shifted his tactics and Daly did the leading. This was Daly's error. Gans blocked him neatly, and, though Daly succeeded in landing three blows on the face and head, Gans, who had awaited his chance, shot his right into Daly's abdomen and the blow did much damage.

Round 3--Daly did not profit by his sad experience, but again started to lead for Gans' face. He landed lightly twice and thought he had a mark he could reach. He aimed a half swing for Gans' jaw. It was what Gans was waiting for; Gans moved about two inches, Daly missed. Gans was prepared to cross Daly, but when Daly missed he slipped to the floor. Gans had to change his blow from a straight counter to an uppercut. He did it, but not in time or the battle would have been over then and there.

Daly laughed, but Gans, while Daly was getting to his feet, struck one glove against the other and looked a picture of a man who had let a good thing slip by. Just before the end of the round Gans got in a good hard one on Daly's body.

Tried Finish Too Soon.

Round 4--Daly again started to lead, and after a second futile attempt Gans got a left on Daly's jaw that turned the Wilmingtonian's head toward home. Then Gans started in to finish matters, but Daly was right there and got in a couple of facers. They were not strong enough to do much damage, and Gans of all men knew it.

He went at Daly fast and strong, but the gong prevented his ending the matter, as he looked determined to.

But This Ended It.

Round 5--Gans started in to finish the work left undone in the fourth round. Daly went to a clinch and did some wrestling. Every time Gans led Daly went to a clinch and jabbed and hit whenever he could get a free hand. The referee showed much patience. Several times White forcibly broke the men apart. There was not much fight left in Daly, and his method of losing was one that an old ring general like he would naturally resort to.

Gans and Daly have fought four times. Gans had one decision before last night's. The other two were draws.

The Curtain-Raisers.

The first preliminary was between Jos. Howard and George Leonard, colored, featherweights. It was billed for five rounds, but Manager Herford stopped it in the middle of the fifth round, after Howard had knocked Leonard down, and he awarded the set-to to Howard. Neither was much hurt.

The second preliminary was between the old-time rivals, Herman Miller and Thos. Wallace. They had met three times previously. Twice there was no decision and once the decision was given to Miller.

In last night's 8-round set-to Miller had the battle well in hand from start to finish and at the end of the bout was awarded the decision.

Wallace then challenged Miller for a 20-round fight, and Miller posted $25 to find the match for a side bet of $100.

1898-12-27 Joe Gans W-PTS25 Wilmington Jack Daly [Lenox Athletic Club, New York, NY, USA]

1898-12-28 New York Evening Journal (New York, NY) (page 8)

JACK DALY NO MATCH FOR JOE GANS
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The Colored Lightweight from Baltimore Gives Him a Hard Drubbing in a 25-Round Boxing Match.
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The Fast Work of the Negro and His Effective Blocks of Hard Swinging Blows Confuse His Opponent.
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There was a strange boxing contest at the Lenox Athletic Club last night. Jack Daly, who for some time has been posing as the very next thing to a champion of account of a twenty-round draw with Lavigne, met Joe Gans, the colored lightweight from Baltimore. The men boxed twenty-five rounds and it was one of the nearest things to a procession for twenty-four of them ever seen in New York.

Gans made Daly look far, far from a championship possibility and again the wise wonder about that Cleveland draw with Lavigne. It was Gans all the way to the last round when Daly made his usual grand stand finish and set the mob howling. But there was no chance of even a draw. Gans had followed him for better than an hour, feinted him into hard knots, jabbed him in the body, hooked him in the face, marked him, bruised him, belted him with the right, and altogether proved himself the superior boxer, fighter and general by his perfect attack and wonderful defence.

Daly fought as he has never fought before, with desperate earnestness and savage persistency, but Gans understood him to the last awkward lunge and swing, and was never in danger. He left the ring without a mark, while both of Daly's eyes were on the close, his nose beaten and bleeding and both sides of his face bumped to a fare-you-well.

Indeed it was strange that a man who could draw with the champion should be so thoroughly outfought by Gans. Of course it may be that this uncanny colored lad is the man to follow Lavigne. It is certainly not Daly. The two men hardly class.

Gans All the Time.

This is the first time that Gans has appeared in New York with a first-class, roughing, mixing proposition. It is true he met Ernst, McPartland and Ziegler, but none of them go Daly's galt. Barring the first mentioned, none of them makes a specialty of taking long chances and going any old way to hurt. Each has a certain style somewhat resembling boxing. Daly is the real, rough and ready, go-get-him fighter, and it was interesting to see what Gans could do to such a man.

He did a lot of things. First, he started in feinting to try Daly's nerve and eyesight. For one whole round he did little else and in every instance Daly was puzzled to a point where he was forced to land. It was the same savage left chop for which Daly is noted. Again and again he tried it, but each time it was blocked solidly.

Gans would step in till his foot passed Daly's and bring his body forward slowly. The feinting was perfect and Daly would break before it constantly. Gans would follow him with the same glide and Daly was indeed at sea.

Nothing of note happened until the second round, when Gans drew a left lead, and crossing it with the right, dropped Daly to his knees. Then he followed him and got the left to the face. Daly came back with his inevitable chop, followed by a swinging right, but Gans got inside and smiled as the hurricane passed over his head.

Daly Badly Rattled.

Up to the sixth there was nothing to it but Gans. In fact, to that round Daly seemed to be hopelessly confused by Joe's feinting and the unexpected left hand. He led often but always when Gans expected it, so it went to the bad.

In the sixth he began rushing in deadly earnest, and mixed Gans up in some furiously fast affairs, but Gans's defence and perfect eyes saved him from harm. Daly was all over his arms and shoulders, round and overhead, but the clean work was being done by Gans.

Round after round it went on the same, Gans would feint, slip in, feint until the chop came down. This blocked, he would begin again and finally getting Daly confused, would reach his face with the left. Again and again he would wait until Daly was about to break ground, then in with a left hook that would rock him. He would stab his left to the body, draw a lead, then a mix and come inside with a short right, as they came together. On several occasions the right all but set Daly star gazing and every one left a welt.

Daly fought as best he knew how and with a gameness worthy of the highest praise, but Gans knew things he had never dreamed of and blocked him perfectly.

In all the roughing mix-ups which Daly forced, where punches and swings were going both ways and coming from all directions, Gans was never once caught unawares. He would block the left high, and it seemed the chance for the right was perfect, but as often as it came, he got under it and laid close.

Daly tried every trick in his repertoire. He swung and came back with back-handed. He chopped and then swung the left savagely, but between the gloves and their mark Gans's brown arms always intervened. When it grew too warm he ducked out of things with marvelous judgment and speed. Do what he would, Daly could not find him fair.

Gans' Right at Work.

In the latter rounds Gans's right became more active. Daly began trying with his own good hand at the body, but Gans soon discouraged him by crossing fair on his jaw. Twice Daly tried a lead with the right for the jaw without his preliminary left. The first time it was simply stopped, but the next Gans blocked him high and crossed with his right fair on the nose.

Toward the close Gans did a lot of hunting for a chance with the right. He managed to reach now and then, but never "for fair." Daly grew cagey, as he wished to shake hands at the final bell. Of course it was good and fast for the last two. Daly saved for a finish that would make the hair and the "one per throw" boys stand.

Gans's continual jabbing and the occasional rights which he got home had Daly's face unfit for publication, but Jack made a finish. He never stopped. Left, right, left back, right again until he was tied in a knot around Gans's neck. He made 'em howl and yell "Put 'im out, Jack," but there was really nothing doing beyond the wear and tear.

In the last round he got his left on the face a few times, and for a time it looked that he would have an advantage for one round at least, but Gans finally caught him ducking and nailed him fair with right and left. It finished in general disorder, with Daly smiling the same old smile. But Gans had beaten him all the way.

Gans is clever to the last degree, and is fit to talk about championships. His one fault is his unwillingness to keep close and busy after a good punch. Once he gets the confidence to go to them and never lose an advantage he has a chance with any man alive. There is a story going that "Spike" Sullivan wants to meet him.

RIGHT CROSS.

1898-12-28 Syracuse Standard (Syracuse, NY) (page 3)

GANS WINS ON POINTS
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The Colored Baltimore Lightweight Beats Daly.
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SUPERBLY FOUGHT BATTLE
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Scientific Work for 25 Rounds and a Fair Decision by Charley White.
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Special Dispatch to The Standard:

LENOX A. C., NEW YORK, Dec. 27.--Joe Gans, the colored lightweight of Baltimore, received the decision of Referee Charley White at the end of a 25-round glove fight with Jack Daly of Wilmington at the Lenox A. C. to-night. In science and generalship Gans gave a superb exhibition. For nearly 20 rounds he outpointed Daly with considerable to spare. Daly's strength, which at one time seemed to be waning, came back in the last five rounds, which enabled him to make a very strong finish. But on points--that is to say, blows landed, headwork, shiftiness and a general style--Gans had an undoubted advantage, which forced the referee to make the above ruling. There was some dissatisfaction after the verdict had been rendered, but that almost always happens. Gans is now in line to fight some of the top notchers in the lightweight class.

There were 3,500 men on hand and more coming when a redhot preliminary was put on between Jim Janey, colored, of Baltimore, and Dan Sullivan of Boston, for 10 rounds at 148 pounds. In the third round Janey rushed Sullivan to the ropes, where he was on the point of accomplishing a knockout, when the referee, Charley White, got between the men and declared Janey the winner.

Daly was in fine shape apparently when he took his corner. He was in the hands of Sam Fitzpatrick, George Lawlor and Tony Stennard. Gans, too, was in splendid condition. His seconds were Al Herford, Jack McCue, Jim Doherty and Jerry Marshall.

The conditions were 25 rounds at 135 pounds. The men agreed to box under Queensberry rules with a clean break-away.

Round 1--Daly led with his left but Gans was too far away. Daly tried a couple of swings, Gans blocking and putting a stiff left on the neck. Gans then reached the short ribs with a left and missed a swing for the jaw.

Round 2--Gans swung a clean right to the jaw and Daly dropped to one knee. Gans blocked a couple of wild swings for the head and then sent in a left to the chin.

Round 3--Daly tried an onslaught and got his left to the nose. They exchanged swings and worked to a clinch. Gans then planted a couple of straight lefts on the nose.

Round 4--Gans put a hard left on the body and Daly rushed into a mix-up where the Baltimore man held his own. Another left on the wind made Daly rush again only to receive a hot smash on the mouth. Gans put in some more body blows until Daly drove him to a corner from which he escaped nicely.

Round 5--Daly opened with a rush but his heavy swing was stopped. Gans continued to outpoint his rival at long range. The last minute was all in favor of Gans.

Round 6--Gans proceeded to fight at long range, getting in blows on the body and nose. Then Daly began to rush harder than before and also landed his first effective blows. It was Daly's round and the crowd was happy.

Round 7--Daly kept up his rough rushes but Gans showed magnificent defense, and scored a resounding body blow with a right. Gans again reached the stomach, but Daly in a mix up made him slip down.

Round 8--Gans threw a left across on the neck. Daly sent a solid right over the heart and repeated the attack but Gans ducked. They got into a fierce sluggy rally with honors about even.

Round 9--Gans forced Daly to the ropes where he landed on Jack's mouth. Daly then ran with a hard right on the neck and proceeded to rush until he reached the mouth. Daly then roughed matters and in powerful punches landed.

Round 10--Daly rushed into a clinch, Gans protecting himself cleverly. Daly landed a heavy right on the stomach while Gans put a shaky jolt on his chin. It was Gans's round.

Round 11--Gans tried close work, Daly crossing him on the neck with a heavy right. They fiddled around until Daly put a left squarely on the nose and a right on the side of the head. The round was Daly's.

Round 12--Gans landed a corker on the mouth. They mixed it for a moment until Gans broke away. Another rally showed that Daly was the harder hitter.

Round 13--Gans met a rush with an uppercut on the neck. Daly got in another rush and both landed heavily on the head. Then Gans saw an opening for a left and he sent so hard to Jack's nose that the blood came.

Round 14--Gans quickly jabbed Daly's nose and Daly, evidently angered, tried roughing. Gans again caught Daly off his guard with a quick left uppercut on the nose. Daly rushed with a right for the body, but he received a small hurricane of smashes in the face.

Round 15--Daly went on with his rushes and wild swings, while Gans, with consummate skill, put in punches wherever he saw openings. A left on the jaw made Daly's head wag.

Round 16--Daly rushed into a clinch, and after the break tried a vicious swing that flew high. They got into another rally, Daly showing to an advantage, with a couple of hard drives on the head.

Round 17--Gans continued to show his wonderful cleverness by his clean, fair fighting, while Daly did not land more than one good blow in the round.

Round 18--Gans landed several jabs on the damaged nose. In a corner both landed and then at long range Gans sent a swift right to the throat.

Round 19--Daly was the first to start things with a left on the forehead. Daly rushed and Joe got away only to turn quickly and hammer Jack's nose. Daly reached the neck with a heavy jolt.

Round 20--Daly promptly rushed. Gans just stepped aside and rapped him on the jaw with a beautiful left. Daly tried more rushing until Gans shook him up with a terrific right on the neck, followed with a left on the nose.

Round 21--Daly tried a couple of desperate swings, but the Baltimore man got away, whipping in sharp drives to the face and neck. Then Gans did a little rushing on his own hook and his sharp, cutting blows put Jack on the defensive.

Round 22--Gans met a rush with a heavy right on the chin. Daly got momentum by bounding off the ropes and landed right on Gans's ear.

Round 23--Daly threw in left and right swings on the neck. Gans working both hands on the wind. Daly came again and Gans almost lifted him off his feet with a straight one on the chin. It was Daly's round.

Round 24--Gans seemed slightly tired and let Daly begin operations with the usual rush. Jack bored in with heavy swings, but had to let up when Gans caught him on the jaw with a left. Daly kept on with his attack in the last minute, but his blows were not effective.

Round 25--Gans opened with a quick left on the nose. He put another on the same spot and the blood began to flow again. But Daly was full of fight, and with a heavy smash on the eye made Gans retreat. Daly rushed like a tiger all through the round and landed some fine smashes, with the result that Gans was on the defensive at the end. Gans got the decision on points, which was just, but half of the crowd hooted.


1898-12-28 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) (page 11)

GANS OUTPOINTS DALY.

Baltimore Boxer Wins the Fight at the Lenox A. C.

Joe Gans of Baltimore received the decision over Jack Daly of Wilmington last night after twenty-five rounds of uninteresting boxing. The decision did not meet with the approval of a large part of the 4,000 spectators in attendance because of the fact that Daly did most of the leading, but they did not seem to take into consideration the fact that Daly's leads were almost invariably blocked by Gans, and that the latter did the forcing, and that his blows were clean and well placed. Daly made a very poor showing and Gans' defensive tactics tended to make the bout at times very tiresome. Gans was by far the cleverer of the two and his defensive work was admirable. The foot work of both men was at times very pretty, but Daly showed the uselessness of good leg work without the ability to back it up with effective hitting powers. His peculiar left chop he was unable to land, Gans blocking it in almost every instance, at the same time stepping inside of his right swing. Gans sent his left repeatedly to the face and
scored a clean knockdown in the second round with a right swing one the jaw. On the whole the work of the Baltimore boxer was remarkably clever and were he more aggressive he would prove a hard proposition for any of the aspirants in his class. Referee White's decision was good and the only one possible under the circumstances.

The men contented themselves with light sparring in the opening round, but in the second Gans stepped inside Daly's chop and landed with his right on the jaw. Daily dropped to the floor, but he was up immediately and rushed in with a left drop and a swinging right, but Gans was not there. Gans then jabbed his left twice to the wind and was working Daly around the ring when the bell rang, in the third Gans jabbed his left to the face repeatedly. Daly tried again and again, but could do nothing.

Gans was blocking and getting inside of Daly's swings in wonderful style and it was not until the fifth round that the latter was able to land a blow, his right twice visiting Gans' ribs. Gans was constantly reaching the wind with his left and was making Daly look very foolish.

Jack was a trifle better in the eighth, getting a good right to the heart. He was forcing the fighting and leading left and right continually, but Gans' blocking was too much for him. The eleventh was a little livelier than any of the preceding rounds. Daly sent his right hard to the body and both swung lefts to the head. Daly swung his right viciously, but always fell short and just before the bell sounded Gans sent his left flush to Daly's mouth.

In the thirteenth Daly grew careless while breaking ground and Gans hooked his left hard to the nose, scoring first blood and keeping it going in the next with another left hook. Daly seemed to be growing tired, while Gans looked as fresh as ever. In the eighteenth he livened up and reached Daly's head with right and left and several times Jack barely missed some of Joe's swings for the jaw.

Gans was looking far a chance to get his right to the mark, and in the twenty-second missed it by only an inch, landing with force enough to rock Jack's head. Daly tried hard in the last rounds to regain his lost ground. But Gans met his rushes every time with stiff counters. Jack landed a left chop several times, but Gans had too much of a lead to lose and received the decision.

The preliminary bout was the warmest affair ever witnessed at the Lenox Club. The principals. Jim Janey of Baltimore, and Dan Sullivan of Boston, were scheduled to go ten rounds at 148 pounds, but it was evidently the idea of both men to shorten the schedule, for they started in with a shower of swinging rights and lefts that left each so weak at the end of the first round that they were scarcely able to stagger to their respective corners. Both were soon bleeding from the nose and at times both were so weak that had either the strength to follow up his advantage by a single blow he could have won out. Janey finally caught his man with a right swing on the jaw in the fourth round and he went to the floor and on regaining his feet Janey rushed in and sent right and left to the head in rapid succession. Sullivan was practically knocked out and the referee stepped in and ordered them to their corners. Janey received the decision.


1898-12-28 The New York Herald (New York, NY) (page 10)

GANS RECEIVES THE DECISION.
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Hard Fight of Twenty-Five Rounds with "Jack" Daly at the Lenox Athletic Club.
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"Joe" Gans, the colored pugilist, of Baltimore, Md., defeated "Jack" Daly, of Wilmington, Del., after twenty-five rounds of hard, clever fighting at the Lenox Athletic Club last night. The referee, "Charley" White, gave the decision to Ganz on points. Although a just one, it was received with mingled hisses and applause.

The conditions of the contest called for twenty-five rounds at 135 pounds. They agreed to fight with no hitting on the breakaway. Gans' seconds were "Al" Herford, "Jack" McCue, "Jim" Dougherty and "Jerry" Marshall. Daly's were "Tony" Stannard, George Lawlor and "Sam" Fitzpatrick. Gans was the favorite at 2 to 1. Daly had the advantage in height. The opening round was mild. Gans was the more scientific boxer and his feints frequently caused Daly to make peculiar moves. In the second round Daly led with the left and fell short, when Gans sent his right across and caught Daly on the jaw, the latter being turned around and falling. Daly was the aggressive in the early part of the sixth round and outpointed the colored lad. Toward the close of the round, however, Daly received a right on the jaw.

Gans had the best of the seventeenth round. He had a splendid opportunity to score a knockout, and missed. He said, "I won't get another chance like that, Jack." In the eighteenth round Gans showed pronounced superiority. Once he caught Jack with his left on the jaw with such force as to stagger the Delaware lad, who had all he could do to draw himself together in good shape. From this point to the twenty-second round Gans outpointed his man. In the twenty-third round Daly scored with the right and left. Daly improved in the twenty-fourth round and again carried off the honors. In the twenty-fifth and final round Gans took the initiative and scored with the left on the nose, bringing blood. Daly retaliated with a left on the neck, but he received a smart uppercut in return. Gans was declared the winner.

In the preliminary bout "Jim" Janey, the colored welter weight of Baltimore, defeated "Dan" Sullivan, of Boston, after three rounds of hard fighting. Sullivan was rapidly being pounded into a state of collapse when the referee stopped the bout.


1898-12-28 The New York Times (New York, NY) (page 4)

Gans Defeated Daly.

"Joe" Gans, the colored lightweight of Baltimore, and "Jack" Daly of Wilmington, Del., fought twenty-five rounds last night at the Lenox Athletic Club. Both men fought hard from start to finish, with Gans cool and aggressive and the Wilmington boxer rushing in wildly in every round. Daly was badly punished, and when the referee awarded the decision to Gans in the final round the latter had scarcely a mark on him.


1898-12-28 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) (page 6)

The Baltimore Boxers Win Their Fights At The Lenox Athletic Club.
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GANS A VICTOR ON POINTS.
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He And Daly Finish The Limit Of Twenty-Five Rounds.
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Cautious Sparring And No Risks Of Defeat Taken By Trying To Put Out His Opponent--James Janey, The Colored Welter Weight, Has An Easy Job.

New York, Dec. 27.--The Baltimore crowd that came here to see the 25-round fight between the light-weights Joseph Gans, of Baltimore, and Jack Daly, of Wilmington, Del., before the Lenox Athletic Club, are doubly victorious tonight, for Gans won and his companion, James Janey, the colored welter weight, of Baltimore, defeated Daniel Sullivan, of Boston, with ease in four rounds of the scheduled ten-round preliminary bout.

Gans and Daly met at 135 pounds and went the limit of 25 rounds, the colored boxer from Baltimore getting the decision from the referee. Gans outpointed his man through nearly all of the fight, but with that notable caution and carefulness which is his strongest point next to his skill with arms and legs, he refused to jeopardize his safety by taking risks in order to put his man out, though he was always on the alert for a chance to finish his opponent.

Some spectators were dissatisfied with the verdict of the referee, but the majority agreed that Gans had clearly won. He was a favorite in the betting at 100 to 80, and those who were affected by the odds looked for Daly to be an easy mark for the Baltimorean; hence some surprise was expressed at Daly's showing.

Little was done in the first round. In the second Daly tried left and right, but was blocked. Gans stood off, waiting for an opening, and sent a right swing to the jaw, dropping Daly to the floor.

Daly got up inside of three seconds, only to get a couple of hard lefts in the wind, and despite many earnest endeavors with both hands the Delaware man was unable to reach the colored man's body, Gans kept punching Daly in the face, drawing blood from the nose.

Both men fought carefully throughout, and in some rounds no damage whatever was done. Daly continued to force matters, but without effect, Gans being too clever. Gans watched closely for an opportunity to plant a knockout blow, and was quite willing to let Daly do the hard work.

Round 25--They shook hands and Gans went right to his man with a left on the face. Daly sent back a left chop on the neck. Gans put a hard left on the face and Daly sent his to the neck. Daly's nose bled again and Joe sent a righthand uppercut on the breast. Daly kept chopping his left on face and neck, and Gans landed a hard left on the neck. Another left chop from Daly drew a hard left from Joe which landed on the head. Both men fought wickedly toward the close of the round, but neither had any apparent advantage.


1898-12-28 The Sun (New York, NY) (page 5)

JOE GANS VICTORIOUS.
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HE CLEVERLY OUTPOINTS JACK DALY AT THE LENOX A. C.
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The Colored Lightweight Makes a Remarkable Showing--Outclasses His Rival in Science, Headwork and Style--Jim Janey Scores Another Win for Baltimore.

Joe Gans, the colored lightweight of Baltimore, received the decision of Referee Charley White at the end of a twenty-five-round glove fight with Jack Daly of Wilmington at the Lenox A. C. last night. In science and generalship Gans gave a superb exhibition. For nearly twenty rounds he outpointed Daly, with considerable to spare. Daly's strength, which at one time seemed to be waning, came back in the last five rounds, which enabled him to make a very strong finish. But on points, that is to say blows landed, head work, shiftiness and style, Gans had an undoubted advantage, which forced the referee to make the ruling.

There was some dissatisfaction after the verdict had been rendered, but that almost always happens. Daly was rather severely bruised about the face, while Gans bore no marks to speak of. Gans is now in line to fight some of the topnotchers in the lightweight class. He is a remarkable boxer, but not a very heavy hitter. He was heavily backed last night, as he generally is, by a crowd of Baltimoreans, who went home jubilant. Spike Sullivan says he wants a crack at Gans as soon as possible.

The excellence of the card attracted a crowd larger than the average, a delegation of Baltimore sports being among early arrivals at the clubhouse. The steam heaters in the building were a little too much of a good thing, and the crowd soon took coats off under protest. There were 3,500 persons on hand and more coming when a red-hot preliminary was put on between Jim Janey, colored, of Baltimore and Dan Sullivan of Boston for ten rounds at 148 pounds.

The moment the first bell rang they were at each other in hammer and tongs style. Both used heavy swings that landed squarely on the head. First Sullivan went down, bleeding from the nose and mouth. Then Janey was floored. When the round ended the crowd was wild with excitement. In the second round Janey had a slight advantage, but Sullivan fought like a tiger. In the third round both were tired, bleeding and groggy. Janey had some reserve strength in the fourth and soon scored a clean knock-down. Sullivan took nine seconds and then staggered to his feet, almost blind from blood. Janey rushed him to the ropes and was on the point of accomplishing a knock-out when the referee, Charley White, got between the men and declared Janey the winner. The time of the round was 2 minutes 4 seconds.

There was so much Gans money floating about that the betting, which opened at $100 to $80 on the Baltimorean, was soon lengthened to 2 to 1. At this price the local talent hooked on with large wads. There was not much enthusiasm when the principals entered the ring, although 4,000 persons were present. Daly was in fine shape apparently when he took his corner. He was in the hands of Sam Fitzpatrick, George Lawlor and Tony Stennard. Gans, too, was in splendid condition. His seconds were Al Herford, Jack McCue, Jim Doherty and Jerry Marshall. The conditions were twenty-five rounds at 135 pounds. When the rivals shook hands Daly showed that he had the reach. The men agreed to box under Queensberry rules, with a clean break away.

First Round.--They sparred easily for a moment. Then Daly led with his left, but Gans was too far away. More sparring, and cries of "Fight!" from the crowd followed. Daly then tried a couple of swings, Gans blocking and putting a stiff left on the neck. Gans then reached the short ribs with a left and also tried a swing for the jaw with the same hand, but it missed. Daly seemed to be drawing his man on toward the close.

Second Round.--Gans had a beautiful style, and was shifty on his feet with a superb defence in the way of blocking swings. Daly stood still a moment as if waiting for his man to come to him. Gans darted in swiftly and swung a clean right to the jaw. Daly dropped to one knee and Gans made a motion to strike him again. When Daly got up he was laughing, but at the same time he took good care to use his legs. Gans blocked a couple of wild swings for the head and then sent in a left to the chin. It was Gans's round.

Third Round.--Gans was the more scientific boxer, according to the experts around the ring. In fact, Daly seemed to appreciate the fact, for he was very cautious. Jack finally rushed, but Gans's footwork was a revelation. Daly tried another onslaught and got his left to the nose. They exchanged swings and in a warm rally in Gans's corner they worked to a clinch. Gans then planted a couple of straight lefts on the nose and Daly grinned. Gans's round.

Fourth Round.--Gans began forcing things at once. He put a hard left on the body and Daly rushed into a mix-up, where the Baltimore man held his own. Another left on the wind made Daly rush again, only to receive a hot smash on the mouth. Daly fell short with two left drives, but Gans nailed him on the eye with a hard jab. Gans put in some more body blows until Daly drove him to a corner from which he escaped nicely. It was beautiful science.

Fifth Round.--Daly got a shower bath in his corner and came up feeling fresh. He opened with a rush, but his heavy swing was stopped as if Gans had a shield. It seemed almost impossible to land a telling blow on the Baltimore man, while the latter continued to outpoint his rival at long range. Daly began to come to close quarters with attempted body blows, but he was beaten off with lefts in the face. The last minute was all in favor of Gans, his opponent laying back.

Sixth Round.--Daly's chance for victory appeared to be in a mix-up, where he could get in a heavy punch on some vital spot. Gans knew this well enough, so he proceeded to fight at long range, getting in blows on the body and nose. Then Daly began to rush harder than before and also landed his first effective blows. One body smash made Gans hustle away, but Daly kept after him up to the sound of the gong. It was Daly's round, and the crowd was happy.

Seventh Round.--Daly kept up his rough rushes now, for he saw that they might bring him success. He was aware of the fact that Gans could outbox him, and that the only way to win was by a knockout. Gans showed magnificent defence, though, and later scored a resounding body blow with a right. Gans again reached the stomach, but Daly in a mix-up made him slip down. Gans leaped to his feet, but the bell stopped further work.

Eighth Round.--So far it had been a most interesting encounter. When Daly came up Gans threw a left across on the neck. Daly rushed and sent in a solid right over the heart. Daly repeated the attack, but Gans ducked, and Jack's back-hander went wide. They got into a fierce slugging rally, with honors about even, and the crowd, by bursting into cheers, showed what was wanted.

Ninth Round.--Gans gradually forced Daly to the ropes, where he landed on Jack's mouth. Daly then ran in with a hard right on the neck, and proceeded to rush until he reached the mouth. "Watch that back-hander," said Gans to the referee. "Go on and fight," replied White. Daly then roughed matters, and in powerful punches landed he had an advantage. They were at long range when time was up.

Tenth Round.--Daly stood still for a few seconds until Gans quickly tapped him on the eye. Then he rushed into a clinch, Gans protecting himself cleverly. Daly soon landed a heavy right on the stomach, after which they indulged in give and take, Daly's head wabbling from a jolt on the chin. Gans then outboxed Jack for a short spell until the latter drew away. It was Gans's round.

Eleventh Round.--Daly danced half way around the ring, Gans following, but no blows were attempted. Gans then tried closer work, Daly crossing him on the neck with a heavy right. Jack rushed, but Gans was too clever and easily escaped. They fiddled around the ring again until Daly dashed in with a great left squarely on the nose. He followed with a right on the side of the head and Gans clinched. The round was undoubtedly Daly's.

Twelfth Round.--Gans avoided a rush in neat fashion. Daly tried another and all of his swings were blocked. Still Jack ran in again, but this time Gans landed a corker on the mouth. They mixed it for a moment until Gans broke away. Another rally showed that Daly was the harder hitter. Jack then brought his legs into play and worried his opponent not a little. A second before the bell Daly landed hard on the ear.

Thirteenth Round.--Gans fell short with a left for the face, but he met a rush with an uppercut on the neck. Daly got in another rush, and both landed heavily on the head. They worked around the ring, feinting, jig stepping and sparring, until at close quarters they exchanged swings on the neck. Then Gans saw an opening for a left, and he sent it so hard to Jack's nose that the blood made its appearance without delay.

Fourteenth Round.--Daly's seconds were busy fixing his nose when he was forced to come up again. Gans quickly jabbed it with his left, and Daly, evidently angered, tried roughing. But Gans's cleverness was apparent all the time, and Jack soon took the defensive. Gans hustled a bit now and for a moment he caught Daly off his guard with a quick left uppercut on the nose. Daly rushed with a right for the body, but he received a small hurricane of smashes in the face. Gans's round.

Fifteenth Round.--It was now merely a question whether Daly could stay the limit or score a knock-out. Gans was outclassing him so persistently that the Baltimorean looked all over a winner, barring accidents. Daly went on with his rushes and wild swings, while Gans, with consummate skill, put in punches wherever he saw openings. A left on the jaw made Daly's head wag, but still Jack rushed. Gans was very fast, while his opponent was a bit weary when he took his corner.

Sixteenth Round.--Daly's nose was swollen and sore when he toed the scratch. He rushed into a clinch, and after the break tried a vicious swing that flew high. He then tried a mix-up, but Gans was all there with clean-cut smashes on the nose and mouth. They got into another rally, Daly showing to advantage with a couple of hard drives on the head. Gans rushed, and as Daly slipped down the colored man made a hit by helping his rival to his feet. Daly was tired in the legs at the end.

Seventeenth Round.--Daly's nose was bleeding when the round began. He looked a bit disheartened, too. The speedy Gans, on the other hand, was confident and at the same time careful not to let Jack get in one of the dangerous smashes that were still in his gloves. Gans also continued to show his wonderful cleverness, and by his clean, fair fighting won the majority of the crowd. Daly did not land more than one good blow in the round, while Gans got in a dozen.

Eighteenth Round.--Daly's legs were not in the best shape now, for they were bridged a good part of the time. Gans began to fight at closer range and landed several jabs on the damaged nose. Daly tried a couple of rushes, but Gans was too nimble. In a corner both landed, and then at long range Gans sent a swift right to the throat that made Daly stagger. Jack came back hard just before the gong sounded.

Nineteenth Round.--Daly was the first to start things with a left on the forehead. He came again with a great swing that passed over Gans's head. Daly rushed, and Joe got away like a sprinter, only to turn quickly and hammer Jack's nose. Again Daly rushed, and this time he reached the neck with a heavy jolt. They mixed it near the end, with honors even.

Twentieth Round.--Daly took a drink out of a black bottle and smacked his lips as he came out of his corner. He possessed renewed vigor, it seemed, for he promptly rushed. Gans just stepped aside and rapped him on the jaw with a beautiful left. Daly tried more rushing until Gans shook him up with a terrific right on the neck. Joe followed quickly with a left on the nose, Daly retreating. Jack, however, rallied and both were hard at work when time was up.

Twenty-first Round.--Daly tried a couple of desperate swings, but the Baltimore man got away as if on springs. Daly kept coming, Gans putting up a pretty defence and also whipping in sharp drives to the face and neck. Then Gans did a little rushing on his own hook, and his sharp, cutting blows put Jack on the defensive. Daly rushed toward the close but did not harm. Both were tired.

Twenty-second Round.--Gans did some neat blocking, but Daly with rough tactics beat down his guard in a rally near the ropes. Gans, a moment later, met a rush with a heavy right on the chin which made Daly clinch. Daly got momentum by bounding off the ropes and landed right on Gans's ear. Gans laughed and then they sparred lightly to the end.

Twenty-third Round.--Daly ran in with a left on the nose. Then he got Gans into a corner and threw in left and right swings on the neck, Gans working both hands on the wind. Daly did more rough attacking, and reached the body with a right. He came again, and Gans almost lifted him off his feet with a straight one on the chin. Daly braced and rushed some more, Gans meeting him with uppercuts. It was Daly's round, much to the surprise of those who thought he had shot his bolt.

Twenty-fourth Round.--Gans seemed slightly tired and let Daly begin operations with the usual rush. Jack was desperate and also inclined to be rough. He bored in with heavy swings, but had to let up when Gans caught him on the jaw with a left that came straight from the shoulder. Daly kept on with his attack in the last minute, but his blows were not effective enough to make any great impression. He had the round, though, on work.

Twenty-fifth Round.--Gans opened with a quick left on the nose. He put another on the same spot, and the blood began to flow again; but Daly was full of fight and renewed strength, and, with a heavy smash on the eye, he made Gans retreat. Daly rushed like a tiger all through the round and landed some fine punches, with the result that Gans was on the defensive at the end.

Gans got the decision on points, which was just, but half of the crowd booed.


1898-12-28 The World (New York, NY) (page 4)

JOE GANS WON FIGHT FROM JACK DALY.
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Little Negro Outpointed the Wilmington Man in a Twenty-five Round Battle.
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TOOK THE LEAD AT THE START.
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Daly Went to the Floor in the Third Round from a Terrific Right Hand Swing on the Head.
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HE RECOVERED AND FOUGHT HARD.
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Gans Had More Science, Much Better Judgment and So Held Daly Safe All Through the Bout.
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Joe Gans, the clever lightweight negro from Baltimore, defeated Jack Daly, of Wilmington, in a scientific fight at the Lenox A. C. last night.

Daly did most of the leading, but the negro countered hard with both right and left, knocking the white man down with a right swing on the jaw early in the fight.

The referee's decision was received with mingled cheers and hisses, but the best judges considered the decision just.

There was one of the largest crowds present since the Corbett-Sharkey fiasco.

Entered the Ring at 9.30.

Gans was favorite in the betting and a crowd of Baltimore sporting men who were present put up money on their townsman at odds of 100 to 75.

Gans entered the ring at 9.30, followed by his seconds, Al Herford, Jack McCue, Jim Dougherty and Jere Marshall. He was greeted by slight applause as he walked across the ring. His habitual stolid expression was still with him.

Daly appeared a few moments later, smiling and bowing to his friends. His seconds were Sam Fitzgerald, George Lawler and Tony Stannard.

Both men seemed to be in perfect condition, and weighed 135 pounds.

They consulted in the centre of the ring a short while and agreed to fight under Queensberry rules and to break clean.

Round 1--As they came to the centre Daly was swinging his arms in his wild, reckless, awkward fashion, while Gans moved cautiously. Daly led for the face and the negro blocked. They sparred for about a minute and exchanged light taps on breast and face. Neither struck a good blow during the round.

Gans Scores a Knockdown.

Round 2--Daly continued swinging his arms, while Gans kept his hands up in front of him. Daly led for the face and missed. Gans slipped in and swung his right square on the jaw, scoring a clean knockdown. Jack was up in three seconds, smiling, while the stolid expression on the negro's face never changed. Light taps on the face and a chop that Daly landed on the top of Gans's head completed the round.

Round 3--Daly tried his right-hand chop without effect. The negro was agile as a cat and got away each time. Daly landed a straight left punch on the nose and then a light right on the stomach. He put another light punch on the nose and received a jab on the mouth from Joe's left.

Round 4--Daly began to mix it up, and they exchanged hard jabs on the head and face. Gans ripped his left into the stomach and Daly crossed his right on the neck. They mixed and Joe stepped inside Jack's guard and shot his right into the neck. Daly's swings were wild and the negro ducked out of danger.

Round 5--Daly began to chop with his right, but was blocked each time. He was very strong, but the Baltimore man was too clever. They mixed, and Daly put two hard punches over the heart at close range. They were the best blows he had delivered thus far, but they seemed to have no effect on Gans.

Round 6--They sparred a few moments, and as Gans led Daly stopped him and landed hard on the neck, and a little later he ripped his left into Gans's stomach and got away without a return. Daly rushed, and as his fists went around the neck Joe gave him a heavy punch in the jaw.

Round 7--Both men were fresh and still fast. Jack rushed and Joe ducked and clinched. A moment later Gans received a light tap on the neck and another hard one in the stomach. Both countered on the body lightly as the bell rang.

Daly Gets Best of the Round.

Round 8--Daly swung his left and missed a wild right swing; he then rushed, and as they came together he shot his right hard to the ribs. He followed it up with a smash on the face and later put another hard one on the ribs. It was clearly Daly's round.

Round 9--Gans led for the face and as they clinched both countered lightly with lefts on body. Jack rushed several times but was unable to land. He came so fast, however, that Gans could not land either. They exchanged jabs on face as the bell rang.

Round 10--The condition of the men was perfect; both were strong and comparatively fresh. They sparred cautiously for a while and then Gans rushed. His left landed square in Daly's face, but Jack came across with his right on the neck and turned the negro around. Joe jabbed his left to the face again and got away without a return.

Round 11--Gans became the aggressor and backed Daly around the ring. He jabbed his left in Jack's face and then swung his right to the body. As they danced about the ring Jack shot his long left out and landed fairly on the nose. They sparred until the end of the round.

Round 12--They mixed it up at the start of this round. Daly rushed, and they exchanged rights and lefts at close range three times. Jack rushed, and both were hooking and swinging with one arm free. Neither could land an effective blow, and they were clinched when the bell rang.

Round 13--Each one led once during the round. Gans caught Daly with his left on the nose and brought the blood, and then Daly rushed without effect.

Round 14--The fighting was very slow and only two good blows were delivered. Jack swung wild with his right twice, and each time Joe side-stepped him and sent his right on the neck.

Round 15--They livened matters in this round by taking turns at rushing, but neither got in a good blow, all the swings were wild, and they were beginning to get tired. Daly's nose was bleeding.

Daly Slips and Falls.

Round 16--Daly swung with his right and Joe side-stepped and sent his right to the neck. Jack hugged with his left arm and put in two terrific right hooks in the side. A little later Gans rushed his man to the ropes and Jack's foot slipped out; he fell. He was tiring badly when the bell rang.

Round 17--Daly began to rush at once, but Gans blocked each time and seemed to be waiting to cross his right. Daly was tired, but continued to rush.

Round 18--Gans put his right and left on Daly's eye and mouth and Jack returned it with a hard jolt in the stomach that made Gans wince. They both put rights and lefts hard on body and neck. Gans rushed and Daly crossed him with a hard right in the face; they were clinched when the bell rang.

Round 19--They sparred for half a minute and then Daly chopped for the face, the blow was blocked and both swings wild; they danced about the ring and Joe jabbed his right on the mouth. Jack swung viciously with his right, but Joe ducked. Gans rushed and they exchanged lefts on the body.

Round 20--Both came up fast and Daly rushed without effect. Gans was still waiting with his right, but failed to find an opportunity suited to him. Jack rushed again with his chopping blows and Joe stepped aside and shot the right into the ribs, the round ended with them sparring.

Not a Blow Delivered.

Round 21--The round was slow and neither man delivered a single blow. Daly did all the leading, but was blocked each time.

Round 22--Daly led for the stomach, and Gans uppercut him hard with his right. They danced around the ring for the rest of the round, with an occasional clinch.

Round 23--Daly put two hard right punches in the ribs. Gans swung for the jaw as he came in, but missed each time. Jack continued to rush Gans, but neither could land hard. Daly's nose and eyes were marked, while the negro was without a scratch.

Round 24--Daly continued to lead, and they clinched constantly, without damage to either. They were clinched when the bell rang.

Round 25--Both came up fast, and Gans led for the jaw. Daly blocked and crossed on the neck with his right. Daly shot his left on the nose and again in the stomach. They exchanged rights as they clinched, and the next time Gans uppercut, Jack put his left in the face hard, but missed a right swing. Gans landed a left swing on the jaw, but Jack swung and landed with his right on the head. It was the fiercest round of the fight, and White gave the fight to Gans on points.

The preliminary was a veritable slugging match between Jim Janey, a Baltimore negro, and Dan Sullivan, of Boston. They pounded each other terribly until the middle of the fourth round, when Referee White stopped the bout to prevent Sullivan from being knocked out and gave the bout to Janey. Both men were knocked down repeatedly and were bleeding profusely.