The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-21
SWIPES WAS NOT THERE.
SPORTS IN JERSEY CITY.
Carey Was Ready, but His Rival Could
Not BE Found-Hoboken Boat Clubs at
Variance Lafayette Tennis Clubs

Carey Was Ready, but His Rival Could
Not BE Found-Hoboken Boat Clubs at
Variance Lafayette Tennis Clubs
Tournament.
Where is Swipes-where, OH where is
he?
This was the chorus of a hundred
anxious sports last night. Swipes had
IN engagement to meet Jack Carey, OF
this city, a graduate of the Scottish
American Athletic Club. A purse Of $500
was the inducement. Swipes had trained
for the event and was ''it,' so the experts
who had seen him declared. Carey was
in great form the practical judges ayerred.
Betting was even, and an exciting battle
was anticipated.
Tickets were sold at three dollars each,
and went like hot cakes. Swipes u
quite a lively trade in tickets over the
river, and exhausted his supply. 1t was
not until late yesterday that the holders
of tickets were given the ''tip' where to
go. They ~journeyed to the saloon of a
sporting man who had an interest in the
fight, and he whispered where the ticket
holders were to assemble. This was @
down town hall. 1t was rumored there
that they were to go to a resort out OF the
county. They were willing.
WHERE'S SwIPEs?
Are the men here?" was the query.
'Carey is" was the reply.
The hands o. the clock continued on
their journey and the crowd began to
grow anxious and impatient. The room
in which they were c~ongregated was close
and stufy. It is a large room but the
crowd was great.
While the p~asteboard holders were
wondering why they were detained
several men were hustling.
Joe Quirk, who was managing the
affair and Eugene Hornbacker We're rush
ing about looking for traces of the miss
ing Swipes. He had left his training
quarters on Thursday and had not been
seen since by his friends in the me-
tropolis. Some had heard that after dis
posing of his tickets he had started for
California. His hacker was ignorant of
his whereabouts and was mad at the I'M
professional conduct of the fighter, who
had never before 2 shown the
white feather or acted in an erratic
N His action, too, would injure
his reputation as a reliable m and no
one would care to trust him again. He
had better be whipped than dodge an en-
%gagenlent. $svipes knew this, but Swipes
WIS missing.
AFTER A SUBSTITUTE.
The managers did not want to disap-
point the men who had bought tickets,
and they sought some one to substitute
AOI Vllb hpSCAt ASAtCt. 1HCy lOuLQ OaC
who was III good condition. One report
said 1t was McGuff. the Irish feather
weight. Another report had it that it
was Happen of Philadelphia.
While they were looking for an OPP
ponent for Carey the large gathering at
and in front of the hall had attracted the
attention of the police, who, suspecting
what had brought them there, ave
notice that the fight would not take place,
as they would shadow the crowd and
have them raided, even if the battle was
outside the limits of Jersey City.
NO FIGHT.
The managers returned with the sub
~stitute, when the threat of the police was
made known to them. The fight could
not take place on Jersey soil, that was
certain. A conference was held and a
resort on Long Island was selected. They
were about to move when Carey's hacker
discovered that the substitute was several
pounds heavier than his man and he OBJ
jected to conceding this advantage
even to accommodate the crowd. That
settled it and the match is off. The
money will be refunded.
The unreliable Mr.. Swipes will expert
ence great difficulty in future in selling
tickets for any engagement he has made.