Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-31
STOP TIE FIGHT.
Cool swindle-An Audience out of Pocket
-Trfumphant Police.

Triumphant Police.
For some time preceding yesterday there
was advertised glove fight between Mike
Brennan, of New York, and Dan Carrigan,
alias Welsh, alleged to be of Chicago, to take
place at the Metropolitan Theater, in this
city, last night. It was understood that the
men were in earnest, and that 800 had been
put up by each. 1t was also understood that
a local celebrity was the money manager, SO
for as the house, its receipts and expendi-
lures were concerned. He was represented
| By q man by the name Of Jack Sullivan. A
young man by the name of Cavsnsugh sus-
tanned some relationship to the management.
1t was distinctly announced by the city press
some days ago that the Police Commissioners
and the Chief had decided that no hard.glove
| fight should take place. Whoever opened
the house, aid took the peoples money, knew
this. Thesame authority knew that the articles
| signed by the two men called for hard gloves
Several days ago Captain Woods called upoa
| Cavsnaugh and warned him that a hard
| glove fight would not be permitted. Csva-
naugh produced pair Of large soft gloves
aud informed the Captain that they would
be used.
Lest night large audience assembled at
the Metropolitan Thester, and soon filed
that building with the fumes of cheap
cigars, in the midst of which few
genuine cigars that were burned stood no
show The gallery was packed, and the
Dress s-circle and orchestra well filed. There
were present all kinds and condition of men.
and solitary women. The State Capitol
was quite fully represented even the dignity
OF the law department gave the light Of its
countensnce to the entertainment. The entire
city press. Of course, was well represented,
brass dollars enabling that ever-plesent
section of the body polite to occupy front
seats.
II the public entertain any doubt about
this city having an efficient police force, it
was disabused last night, for the stage wings,
the aisles and the corridors were scintillated
with stars, regular and special. Owing to
the double-headed authority over that
double details were ordered to be pres.
ent, and so it happened that eight Of
the regular force cut Of the twelve, with
a small regiment Of specials, were on hand
to see a sloggiDg match carried out according
TO law, while a city Of % coo people was left
TO the tender mercies and consIderate sympa.
thies Of the gentry that prey upon honest
people and unprotected householders It is
fair to say that majority of the Police Com
missioners were not present.
As the hour struck the $3.50 audience
grew impatient, and exercised the American
privilege Of calling for the rag to be
" histed." while tough citizens sprinkled
throughout the heuse garnished the r0r pOpui
with the choice idioms and pungent adjec-
tives of cutters and dives. Thereupon an in-
divilual came to the footlights and attempted
to quiet the sssemblags, and requested it to
quit smoking. So far as his confused utter
ances could be understood he counseled the
audience not to make a collective fool of it
self. entirely forgetting that there was no
law in this State against peopole being
"cussad" fools fact which every
person in the audience fully realized
before the performance was over and sll, ex-
cept Ghe men who maintain the dignity of the
free list, including the reporters, can this
morning measure by the absence of silver
dollsrE-gone, they know not where.
The curtain was finally rung up. Harry
Maynard, of San Francisco, appeared as
master CT ceremonies. l. is to be said of Mr..
Maynard here that his conduct of the entire
evening was creditable to himself, and really
gave the affair shadow of honesty. MIR.
Maynard is sn eX.pugilist, but he demon
strated last night that he knows what is and
fav0rs fair dealing
Two youngsters, Ramsey and Riordan,
ChLl6 ON6T blt IbDES ob Cs-U NlVA pttlUW"Iih6
gloves tied to their wrists, and punched each
others heads in a feeble-forcible way for
twelve uninterestiDg minutes. Two meo,
Norton and Rice, then spared three
rounds with considerable skill, Norton
being the best man and exceedingly
coltIsh, dancing about the stage like water
on hot griddle. The manner in which this
couple slapped each other with the stuffed
pillows, and puffed and blowed and
cavOrted on the stage WIS highly edify-
ing, and must be remembered by the auditors
as an exceedingly interesting and beneficial ex-
hibitiCn, and which it is to be regretted all
the Sunday. school scholars in the city did not
witness, on the principle that one good desc
Of forbidden fruit often cures.
Harry Maynard, ex.light weight cbsmpion,
now came forward and made a speech. He
said the art Of self-defense was q glorious
thing. Boxing and rowing have no equals as
exercise. Every boy ought to be taught how
to handle his fists, rather than the knife and
pistol. The audience thoroughly approved
this sentiment, and applsuded it to the echo.
The curtain then went down for a ten minute
intermission, and the audience turned to rest
on its elbows on the backs Of the seats,
which occasioned D. J. Simmons to propel
himself to the front and inform all bands
that there was "plenty of time to 90 out.
The majority understood this TO mean that
"man outside wanted to see them" and i'm
mediately retired. Strict adherence to the
truth of history demands that it should be
recorded that the members of the press re-
manned with the minority.
When the curtain again went up, who
should spring into the ring but Harry May
nard and young colored man by the name
of Slaughter, and they forthwith began to
feel for each other with the stuffed pillows,
andthe scenes that followed were indescribably
ludicrous. Maynard is an accomplished
boxer. and the best dodger in the country.
Slaughter is young giant, twice the size of
Maynard, but wholly unskilled. He sawed
ths air and best vacancy with his arms in q
vain eDdeaVor to give Msynard's nose an
extra tilt, while the sgile champion punched
him OF pleasure, and finally knocked him
silly" and sent a red stresm coursing from
his hostrils. Slaughter got enough early, and
all endeavors to bring him into the ring again
proved futile. Whereupon John McFetrish
walked to the footlights and announced that
sudden illness Of Mr.. Slaughter prevented bis
re appearance.
Brennan and Carrigsn, for whom the audi
tors all this time had been waiting, now ap.
peared. Brennan, thin, wiry, agile chap,
appeared to be extremely anxious for fight,
and trained down to a weight of 13S pounds.
II his breeches and stockings had been a
few incnes shorter he would have been in the
state of nature in which he made his debut
on earth. Carrigsn weighs 165 pounds, and
appeared less anxious to be pummeled,
Patsy Hogan, of San Francisco, was chosen
referee.
Chief Karcher, fanked by officers, backed
by City Attorney Anderson, appeared in the
wings. The Chief demanded the gloves to
be produced. When they were brought out
they proved to be hard gloves, with which
genuine fight could Be easily car
ried on, and a mans face broken
up in no time. Then ensued scene
OF COZ fusion, the pugilis's seconds, hackers,
bottle. Rolders and hsngers-on crowded around
the Chief. When Brennan was seen dancing
about the stage rel with anger, aud Patssy
Brannigan was observed to stamp his feet
with rage, people knew what the decision
was. Maynard came forward and announced
that the Chief had refused to let the fight go