The Jackson-Slavin Prize Fight.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6892, 13 June 1892, Page 3

The Jackson-Slavin Prize Fight.

Melbourne, May 31. — News has been received that the prize fight between Frank Slavin and Peter Jackson, arrangpd by the National Sporting Club for £2000, was won by Jackson in ten rounds. On the opening, Slavin forced the fighting at a territic pace. During the third round both men seemed considerably pumped, but they recovered considerably by the fifth round. Jackson punished Slavin severely in the eighth round, and in the tenth round dazed him by a heavy blow on the face, knocking him sense Jess. The fight lasted 38 minutes. The victory was tremendously popular. There were 1200 persons present. The betting was 6to 4 on Slavin at the start, but a lot of money was forthcoming about Jackson, who weighed 14st 41b, while Slavin turned the scale at 13st 31b. Parson Davies and Joe Choynski Beconded Jackson, while Burrows, Tom Williams, and Jack Slavin seconded Slavin. Lord Lonsdale was the timekeeper for Jackson, and Piesse for Sla\in, and A. Inglis was referee. On commencing the fight, Slavin tried his hardest to get in his heavy right-handers on his antagonist's body, but Jackson proved himself too clever a boxer, fighting away with his long left. In the second round the fighting was terrific, Jackson hitting oftener than, though not so hard as Shivin. In the third round both seemed exhausted, but so tar the contest was fairly even. During the fourth round Slavin tried rushing tactics, but Jackson kept him off. In the fourth round both recovered, but Slavin fought rather wildly, and several times crossed his legs and almost fell. In the sixth round Slavin inflicted tremendous body punishment, and in the seventh Jackson appeared to be tiring. In the eighth Jackson constantly smashed his left into Slavin's face, and towards the close nearly knocked him down with a heavy right-hander. In tho ninth round Jackson landed three heavy blows on Slavin's neck, and the latter went weak into his corner. In the tenth, after boxing half-a-minute, Jackson landed heavily right and left on Slavin's face, the latter became dazed, whereupon Jackson fought him round the ring and knocked him out in two minutes, amid tremendous cheering. Slavin attributes his defeat to deficient training. Numbers of the nobility were present.

The schooner Halley Bay ley, at Sydney from the Solomon Islands, brings news of the murder by the natives of a trader named Harry Nyberg at the island of Santa Anna. A Russian firm had carried on business in the islands, and made Santa Anna its headquarters. A few months ago a native was shot during a disturbance, and Nyberg was Buspected of being the assailant. Soon afterwards he came to Sydney for a fresh supply of goods, and was returning, when he was attacked by the natives and killed. They seized his goods and set lire to his Itore.