New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-18

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TAs annual spazrns exhibition for ne amusement N
Incidentally for the instruction Of members Of the Nom
top door Of tho clubs specous house at sxtav& 80
Ftynfhst last night Only members of tho club and
few of their friends admitted and there wore
enough onookers present 10 comfortably nl the room
raised platform twenty four feet squarc-known d
pugistic phrase 24foot rng-had been erected II
the middle Of the gymnasium door and ropse
were stretched about this to prevent IA
contestants from mbling over on the noor Tie spee1
tors occupied chairs arranged for them tho four sdee
Of the stage
Among those present were Roscoe Conklne. COED
Judge Of the scientific points Of boxing oDonohus
A. v De Goicouris and Albert r. Wheeler vceprssdent
and secretary Of the club Inspector Byrnes and Captains
Williams and Killiles who miss q opportunity -
see good sparring Dr. Cattnach, Ed" Kearnsy anA
Benny" wflliAma
There twelve boxing bouts and although conS1ds
siderable hard hitting INDUCED In and blood was
drawn In two three instances Hfeelng whstsvsP
was shown BY Of the conestants w. g. Morse acse4
as master of ceremonies" and II. Buermyer the sD
champion amateur heavyweight of America dscAded -
to the merits Of the men
The FIRST bout between HaAs and Hornbasksr, two
active young festherweghts who fought three lively
and 1ssn'n declared N &. face winner bis
sp@ a3nss sss Rs and pear
their evident fear Of each other Kinney pounded the
stage pretty hard with bis feet but unable TO do much
pounding with his hands and had somewhat tho
worst OF II when the third OF the minute rounds
was concluded Kearus and Dfscoll light wetghts did
they retired the former Lad an ugly cut on left lower
lip and the latter seemed dared by the blows that be had
received Lynch and McGinty the fourth pair take
the platform also INDUCED IN some susgng" but dis
played more science than their predecessors
pleasant relief 70 the monotony OF the programme N
troduced at this point, was the olubswnEns Of =
Smith, the champion clubswinser Of the Brooklyn Ath'
letic Association. he handled pair OF silver
trimmed, ebony nve-pound clubs with remarka-
bic skill Another variation was wrestling
match, best two in three falls. catch-ascatchcan,
between j. Quinn, the champion middle weight. and
the first In two minutes and twenty seconds and the sec
ond In three minutes.
After Van Houten and Mcmahon had made a few Wild
passes at each other IN the nine minutes allowed
TO them, Manning and Johnson, nghtweghts. were IN
oduced and revived the interest OF the spectators By
their bard hitting. Manning although much smaller
than his opponent. the expert and countered
often and with such force on Johnsons nose
that seemed he would fatten II out before the bout
finished The third round stopped By the referee
at the end Of minute and twenty seconds owing 70 the
severe pounding that johnson was receiving
The bout IN which the most interest centred that
between johnny Regain aprofessona lightly weight and
" Tom Rookey, amateur midde-weght champion. AZ
the end OF five rounds the contest had been so nearly
equal that the referee unable TO give decision and
q sixth round was fought Regan declared the VIC
tor but the decision unsatisfactory 10 majority OF
the oookers KOokey thrown down tn the last three
rounds but sprsng 10 his feet in a second
Bouts between Graham and Zwingler, Tommy Dan
and Kinney and Davis, finished the evenings entertain
ment