St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-10
A MISERABLE FIAsCO.
The Advertised Slugging a Disgrace
full Failure.

The pugilistic boom which this section
of country has been called upon to endure
for two or three months has waned lately
and came to a sudden termination yester-
day. 1t was freely predicted several weeks
ago that one or two good entertainments of
this kind would be followed by hippo
dromes which would effectually kill all good
pugilistic sport, and after Yesterdays iasco
it is probable that no smuggling excursion
will be able to draw enough money to pay
for fuel for the steamboat.
Perhaps hundred men and sixty ''kids"
went down on the steamboat City of ST.
Paul, yesterday. to see the Gilbert-GOld-
smith fight. This affair had not been prop
erly managed and hence the slim attend
ance. Those having the arrangements in
charge explain by saying that they were so
uncertain of the two principals that they
dared not make particular efforts TO attract
a crowd. The inefiiciency of the manage
ment, or rather the entire lack of any Or
gained effort to conduct affairs was evident
throughout, and but for the forethought of
one of the lovers of the fistic art, there
would have been no gloves to put upon the
contestants hands. There were no stakes,
and a skirmish about the grounds resulted
i'll the finding of the stakes used i'm the Will
son-Cardiff ring and these were brought
into service. The fight however, came of
about quarter of mile from the scene OF
the Wilson racket.
Goldsmith failed to materialiZe yes
terday, his courage ooZing out at the final
moment, and after much delay a scratch
match was arranged between Gilbert and
man named Sullivan. These two are old
antagonists, and when time was called got
fnrr Oh n 81 L,
mentable lack of true science, and the af-
fair assumed rough-and-tumble phases al
most from the start.
THE TWO HAM-FATTERs WENT DOWN
in the second round, fouls were claimed,
the seconds howled, the crowd yelled and
hOoted, the referee lost his head, Sullivan
left the ring and scene of confusion en-
sued. Some one finally called for deci-
sion. A momentary lull in the din followed,
when the referee gave the fight TO Sullivan
on foul. At once Gilbert became wild,
made rush for the referee and the two en-
gagged in q lively, rough and tumble. The
crowd Joined in, and there was at once
free fight OF proportions that babe
fair 20 become gigantic. There
seemed every likelihood of some
one being badly hurt, but the
melee quieted down very suddenly for some
ineXplicable reason. A funny in
cident was noted. A b-a-a-d man from
the Sixth ward, who was making himself
and his big navy revolver exceedingly con-
spicuous, was tackled by bootblack, who
hit the tough good clip over the head with
his backing box, OF course the kid
GOT \ GOOD KICKING
from the rough, but if he had laid open the
buffers head he would have been entitled
to vote OF thanks. A beer stand on board
the boat, and also a drinkery on the
grounds, contributed 10 the general fight
and the great wonder is that this influence
did not prolong the affray, and entail more
serious consequences. The whole thing
was disgraceful display and a miserable
travesty on sport. Lovers of good boxing
and clean and scientific hitting were dis
gusted with the outcome, although it was
not expected that there would be much
science shown by the two who were
advertised to play the prominent parts.