The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-16
TOURNAMENT POSTPONED.
THE BAN4AMs pHo ESrERED
FAILED 10 APPEAR.

And the Medal Is still in the Possession
of the Scottish american Athletic
Cuban Interesting Exhibition Giver
by %SIuggers and Others-Bo wiling, Etc
The boxing tournament to decide the
championship in the 105-lb. class at
tracted a large audience to the rooms Of
the Scottish American Athletic Club last
night. The bouts were postponed as
three of the men who entered failed to
m~aterialize, and although the club men
were willing to go on it was decided to
defer the contests until the big tourna-
ment for all classes to be given during
the winter. @R
1t is difficult for the Scots to get boxers
to come here unless the competitions are
open to outsiders only and the club mem
bers are excluded. The club has pro-
duced so many good men that the out
siders are not inclined to come to be
defeated, as in aclose Ego" the audience
naturally forms the opinion that the local
man is entitled to the decision and the
referee does not wantt to antagonize the
spectators.
1t is so not alone here but in every city,
as the bouts in Brooklyn last Thursday
prove. Mccarthy was entitled to the de-
cision in his "gO" is the opinion of those
who are fair enough to admit that
Candin was not. There are many Others
who claim that on points both the Jersey
City men won.
small measure only last night. The club
gave a fine exhibition that pleased all.
PENN HI BALL.
The entertainment was opened with
Terry Audrey and Peter Closterman.
They had three rounds OF two minutes
onnl II ~ .-sT.-~N~l- I-,A
was too heavy for Audrey and the latter
would have dropped in the last round had
time not been called.
r. Alexander and p. r. Rooney next
donned the mitts, and they had q rattling
give and take.
Messrs. Winters, Cleary, Burton and
Woods four men bounded about like
sorts of hand springs and s~omersaults,
and one of them, a good contortionist,
twisted himself into all kinds of knots.
They received hearty and well earned
applause.
O'Day, the stranger of the Scots. and
Willie Kenny, of the New Jersey Club, had
a wrestling bout, catch as catch can.
ODay was the heavier mar and the bet
ter man, but Kenny was quick as a cat.
O'Day fastened his strangling hold on
Kenny and turned him on his back in
2 minutes 81 seconds. Kenny avoided
that grip in the second bout, and fire.
quently got an advantageous hold on
O'Day, who squirmed out a dozen times.
Kenny got a good neck lock and secured
the fall in 7 minutes 20 seconds.
MCCARTHY n MORAN.
The champion Cal Mccarthy and Chap
pie Moran were introduced and they. OF
course, gave the scientific exhibition of
the night with the gloves.
Alexander Gallagher and j. Candin
had three roundg. Gallagher is a. vicious
hitter and he twice knocked Candin
through the ropes. The latter, although
twenty pounds lighter than his opponent,
made a plucky fight and once put Gal
lagher on his back with a singing right
handler.
The Scots M~ascottes, the little darkies,
had a hot fight as they always do their
best to knock out each other.
Ed. Closterman and Pat Cahill, the
champion amateur middle weight, were
in the windup. They are both clever
and some pretty leading and countering
marked the three rounds. Mr.. Nettle
was master of ceremonies and Al.
Camachio officiated as referee.