Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-05
SPORTING.
Notes OF h Amusemenfs Affected ~
the Toughs and shOrt Hairs.

/ Notes OF the AmuserneutS aHcctou -
IN Toughs and shOrs Hairs.
A dog fight, in which the fayo-ite CANNES
of Two well known citizens played ssar
parts drew a large audience OF sporiinS
men 10 a South SIDE saloon, Saturday night.
There was q lively cooking main in the
cellar of a popular south Side saloon, sat
urday night. in the course Of which quite q
number of gentlemen chickens yielded up
their lives and made their exit from this
vale of tears. The usual select audience
which an affair of this kind attracts was
present, and considerable money changed
hands.
1. 1883, the Mace. Slade Police Gazette
| Champion Pugilistic Combination was OF
gsnized. 1t comprises Herbert ?. Slsde.
! The Maori champion heavy weight plsiiist
| OF Austraiis, James Mace, the champion
~pugiist of the world, James Kelly andJer.
nv Murphy, the chaIDpton boxers oil New
| York. Who have figured in numerous bat
ties and whose With the gloves
i'm the arena always makes a sensation,
and HAIRY Monroe, the Police Gazette ath-
lete and club swinger. Richard X. Fox,
proprietor of the Police Gsz-tte, is the gen
ersi manager; WIN. 4 Harding, Richard
X. FOx's msnsger; Henry j. Rice, Mace's
manager: anu John Ahrens, Treasurer. The
COB DlDhllDu Will NlSll Ill tuc pliuS'Pai
cities in the United States and Canada.
! Mace and Siade will appear In full mig
! costume in all the exhibitions, aud Maze
will display the champion belt of England,
which Heenan. and Sayers fought for; his
Australian champion belt, the American
champion belt and other tropaies.
Yesterdays Pittsburgh Ledder says:
The large cooking main, which took place
Yesterday in Il shanty within a few miles OF
Pittsburgh, mention Of which was made IN
the Leader, IVES continued this morning.
Twenty one battles were fought The first
chickens pitted against each other were
thoruughbreds, aud were from Philidel.
phia and Greensburg. The stakes were
$50 a side. 1t was a hard fought battle
and wss won by the Philadelphia bird, the
Greenshurg rooster being gaifed TO death.
About 81, o changed hands on this battle,
and the betting was done principally by
the Eastern sports. The next battle was
between a red and a ~red-and-black bird,
representing Pittsburgh and Allegheny,
for 500 u side. This tight did not last long
Ms the Allegheny bird dropped dead, and
but little money chan !ed haHds. The third,
fourth and fifth battles were all scrubs,
and five and ten were placed on each main.
They were between Uniontown, Braidock
and Pittsburgh, and all of them were won
by BradduCk. About one hundred dollars
changed hands. The sixth battle was
between Woods run and Allegheny for 800
a side. This was won by the Allegheny
cock. Tie next five or six fights were all
small brushes between the boosters roos-
tiers. They were all for five dollars a side.
Only a few dollars changed hands on these
contests. The next was tween two Char
tiers and Connellsviile cocks for So a side.
The fight lasted some time, but they were
finally Withdrawn. The most important
battle Of the main then took place. 1t WAS
between two Philadelphia birds and was
for $50 a side. 1t was II hard fight and one
OF the birds dropped dead in the pit. 1t
WIS said by some of the sports that more
money changed hands on this fight than
any during the whole main. What the
exact amount was could not be learned,
hut it was thought TO be in the n~eighbor.
hood OF two thousand dollars. Several
other small scrubs took place, but little
money changed hands on them. This
ended one Of the largest cooking mains
that has taken place in Western Pennsyl-
vania for some time.