Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-20
STOPPED BY THE POLICE.
The Marine Knocks Burns Silly in the
 First Round.

The Marine Knocks Burns Silly m the
 First Round.
 Six hundred men and boys comprised the spectators who witnessed at the City Hall last evening what was advertlse as sthe strongest athletic bill ever presented in Waterbury" The performance was opened at S:25 with a fair oontortlon act by couple of young men. Then a consumptive looking fellow i'll dark trousers and a gauge wrapper swung the Indian clubs Roach gave very good ex- hibition of clog and reel dancing and was recalled. The pug;listic portion of the programme was varied by Coleman, New Haven Irish comedian, who delighted the audience. His rendition of 'Duffys Grand Opening Night brought down the house, and gave he as an encore recitation entitled .'On the night wrestled with Mike. The first bout was between Tom Allen of New York and Tom Greene and was rather tame affair. Terry Hollywood and Jimmy Quigley, local light weights, were the participants in the next set-to. Qulg- lev wore drab knee brooches and brown stockings and Hollywood was attired i'll black brooches and white stockings. Holly wood is a muscular fellow with knotty looking arm, but Quigley is the taller, and while his arms do not look as brawny as Hollywood's they get there just 1 touched his opponent lightly. The third round was toss up as to who had the advan- tage and the pair retired to their dressing rooms amid the plaudits of the spectators. Mike Gillespie of New York and Paddy Lee of the same village were put down to spar, but Lees place was taken by Ike Williams of Bridgeport, and Ike stood up we'll before the New Yorker, but Gillespie I is undoubtedly far the better man scientifi- cally. George Adams of this city stood up three rounds to New Yorker named Brick who was not down on the programme. Brick is a fine looking fellow and quite scientific with his dupes, and every time Adams touched his fine physique, which was invariably returned with two for one, the spectators fairly howled. Jack Curran and Jack Williams, two New York feather weights, gave very clever exhibition, Williams gaining the sympathy and ap- |, plause.
 What was announced to be the event of the evening proved fasco. It was after 10 o'clock when George Le Blanche, the Marine, who wants Jack Dempsey to whip him again, rose from his corner and bowed to big and little admirers of the manly art. Mike Burns of this city shared also in the applause as he took his place in his corner. The contest was to be four rounds, Mar quis of Queensbury rules. Burns spared on the defensive and it looked at first as ii the affair was going to prove fake. There was an exchange of few light face and body blows and the men closed. They part ed and suddenly the Marines left was seen darting into Burns bread basket, and the To- cal pugilist fell to the floor. He staggered tc his feet and after few intellectual attempts to stand up to the Marine time was called
 Burns came up from his corner in the sec ond round decidedly groggy, and after s few blows LeBlanche knocked him all over the stage and Burns again fell to the floor
 Time was called and the men sought thei1 corners, but they never came to the scratch in the third round, because ot the interference of Chief Egan, who stop ped the set-to. The Marine advanced tc , the front of the stage and said:
 "I did not come here to brag or fully the town, but always mean to be square and when I stand up to man mean to knock him out as soon as I can."
 The crowd seemed satisfied with this and quietly dispersed, wondering at Burus audacity to stand up to such a man as the Marine. The management fulfilled its promises better than any one had antici pated