St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-28
SPORTS AT MARKET HALL.
The Place Crowded With Spectators
to Witness the Various Spar
ring Matches.
Chief Clark and Captain Bresette Interfere
in the Last Bout and Ended the
Show.

in the Last Bout and Ended the
Show.
The McAlpine smuggling show at Market
hall last evening drew good
paying house. The audience was
pretty well balanced in point of color
about one-half consisting of ''colored gentle
men" of as many shades as the possibilities
of Indian ink from sable, black, sooty,
brown, dusl6y, yellow and swarthy cream.
The first bout was between Louis Liverpool
and the ''Black Star of Minnesota When
the men peeled it was at once obvious that
the "Black Starr had the advantage in
physique, for Louis had been putting too
much beef on his ribs of late and did
not look like staying. The first
round showed some good play and
pretty sparring on the part of Liverpool, who,
if he had forced the fighting would have
knocked out his man, but he let up on the
star. The second round was called in favor
of the black star, Louis not having gained
his wind did nothing but receive his punish
meut with good grace and a smile. The
third and last round was short one lasting
barely minute, but during the time Louis
again showed some neat and graceful work
A long and tedious wait interviewed before
Joe Thomas and Frank TAYLOR
were introduced as the contestants
for the silver cup to be fought for in four
rounds of three minutes. 1t was to he
friendly bout, said the master of ceremonies.
and so it proved to be, for the men, brethren
of color, did little else but hug each other.
1t was, however, a most exciting set-to, and
the audience was worked up to a frenzy
watching the ''outcome,'' not of the fight,
but of an innocent pocket handkerchief.
''The Queens Lsce handkerchief and no
other handkerchief ever made so
great a sensation and excitement
on any stage. The contest was
declared a draw, and the NJ. c. announced
that another round would be fought to decide
the contest after the evenings programme
was finished.
Some very clever tumbling by j. II.
| O'Brien, formerly of Barnum's circus, pre-
pared the way for a set to between w. II.
| Butt, dusky diamond of st. Paul, and the
veritable Tom McAlpine, of fame and re-
nown, who Is to encounter J. Barnes, of ST.
! Paul, with hard gloves, for $500 side
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make short work with his antagonist. Butt felt
shy of his man ana evidently much in fear
of him, but still he got in some telling
strokes, breaking the champions guard with
every hit. In fact McAlpine had no guard
He appeared to be as blind as bat and as
groggy on his pins as a superannuated cross
country hack-stif- jointed, clumsy unscien-
tifc and blind. He only got in one blow
and that but a cuff on the left cheek of the
negro. But then the McAlpine was playing
possum for the edifcation of
Barnes and to get his money on. The New
Yorker however can get all the money on he
wants without resorting to baby play. This
set to was the least interesting feature of the
whole show.
Paddy Norton, creamy skinned Singer
OF Chicago, next douned the gloves and
shook the Upper of Tom Jefferson, yellow
boy Of st. Paul. These two men made some
very good play, Jefferson being particularly
agile and handling his digets with consid-
cradle skill. But the big bout was
the fight between Big Sullivan, of ST.
Paul, and c. a. Smith, the champion colored
pug;iist of America, for $50. When the men
peeled there could scarcely be a greater con-
trast. Sullivan is tall, wiry man, with
brawny limbs and sinewy without An ounce
OF flesh on his bones, and though his biceps
do not appear to be particularly we'll Gevel-
oped, yet he looks IS though he might be as
tough as wire. The darkey is also tall man,
but shorter than Sullivan, with a neck
like bull, legs like mile
posts and arms like q blacksmith,
u little too fieshy, perhaps, and somewhat
pussy, bat evidently powerful man and one
who can stay. j. Barnes was appointed
timekeeper, and j. Mcdonald, of Minneap-
oils, referee. When time was called the
darkey spared confidently up to the center
OF the stage and tried to plant his left upon
the potato trap of the big one, but the
Sullivan evaded the blow and fell upon
his antagonist like a ton Of bricks, forcing
him back TO his own quarters. The darkey
rallied aud delivered sumner from the
right upon Sullivan's left cheek and sent him
to grass. This seemed to infurfate him
springing to his feet he was on the Niger like
tiger, fighting him all round the stage, taking
and giving blows as thick as hail. anc
heavy enough to fell an OK; at length the
men locked and the time keeper parted
them. At it they went again the Irishma1
forcing the fighting like demon, driving
the darkey to the wings and knocking him
half through the canvass, when they agaI
locked and were separated. 1t was
hard time now for the tim;
keeper, who had all he could d.
to separate the men who appeared to b.
reused to demoniacal frenzy. The excite
ment in the hall was intense, the whole audi
ence rose from their seats and rushing for
ward, surrounded the stage. Chief Clarl
and Capt Brisette at this juncture sprant
upon the stage just as Barnes called time
The chief at once forbade the figh
proceeding, and the whole thing was thu
brought to a quick termination, much to tn
disgust of the audience. Sullivan had thu
bark raised on his left cheek, and the RICH
brow laid open, and his right eye appeare,
as though itw2s going into mourning, while
, the coon had scalp wound from which tn,
claret flowed freely. After the affair was al
over several of the audience, who seem +
have confidence in the Irishman, got to
gether and arranged for the ''fnish" at tn,
| same time and Mace with the Rarnes-McAl