Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-18
THEY FOUGHT ON A BARGE
a Prizs Fight B~swe~. Il n,..ens
and Varsey In New Yerk 9arS~v.

~ey N New NOrk B0rbor.
NV fokk- August ls-The or,cer, of the steam-
boat patrol ran alongside the oarre z Nyerr an s
O'Clock tnis morning and arrested los persons Who
Raechs ~,1Sssng me Saay me Pri1e nght 6etween I.
nhooe-welght champion OF EnglAnd TIE night
naa Just ended IN NArleys beng knocked out at
ene en1 Oh Ine thlrd round which OCCUPIED eight
minutes Capt smith when he hosrsied me
parge, found n number of leading celebrities en-
sSeo ~ new occapations FOr Instance, Jack
dempsey was acting As stoker; Snapper Garrison
as bartender; JACK FAllon, OF srooklya "a a
salesman az the lunch counter ana 10 on
,s,sns 1s wers y9dge- Newton. OF ooney
Johnny" Kelly, JACK MeAunne. George W. wooI
Abe Coakley, Frank FarreL jim keenan. OF Bos-
Were all put under arrest. JACK Denpseys er,er,s
20 disguise himself and escape arrest caussa rnucn
menimenI he hurtiedly visited the engineers
donned nremans jumper.
After some delay a complaint was nna,ly made
under sections As and 46l OF the PENAL code
charging LaBlanche and yarley with engaging n.
prize night Both demanded an eHanination
through their counsel varley Is pretty badly used
up. both eyes being closed and lips cut LABianchs
escaped almost unhurt HIS hands were badly
pulled and swoolen. The corrected list foots uI,
ninety persons all told Justice Powers held
LaBlanche ana varley IN $500 each for TRIAL Ths
Others were discharged.
DETAILS OF TIE FIeHr
The ring was made on the dancing platform.
LaBlanche was the rrst 20 enter the ring. HIs
weight was l56 pounds Jack FallOn and Frank
Loren were his seconds and Warren Lewis kept time
Charley Costan and Jim Dacey looked after hiu.
while Harry Webb kept time Al twenty minutes
past time was called. ana the men begau
| their battle. From the start THE Marine- began
| the rushing tactics for which he Is famous They
had no sooner faced each other than out shot hi
| left on varleys right eye. cutting the skin. III
followed this up with another night and left IN
quick succession IL was evident from the star
| that the Englishman was oyermatched. Varies
could do nothing but take punishment "The Ma,
rne, inflicted on him LeBlanches left visited
varley's nose and a crimson streamed flowed
First blood was claimed. Narley seemed lncApabl,
all through the round 20 do anything but take hiI
terrible punishment Time was called with Var.
ley's eve badly swollen and bloody nose In add
| tion.
When time was called for the second rounG
George went right 20 work again. and his rushes
| with upper cuts. were 50 nerce that they almOe
| knocked varley out He landed terrible blow Il
| the region of Narley's heart. and the latte
| dropped 10 the moor like log. Narley was =
groggy at the call OF time that hls seconds had q
| assist him TO his corner. His np was cut cleaI
through and his left eyeld was In the same condl
ton. lie never landed an effective blow on IN
Marine at all
The third and last round was very short, onlJ
| thirty-five seconds The marine saw that rarlel
| was his game. and he commenced 70 punish han
| right ana left varley finally turned and quit
| and Charley Norton, his second, threw up III
| sponge, and the fight and money was awarded {,
the marine. Queensoury rules governed the con
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