St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-22
DEAD TO THE WORLD.

From all appearances the prize fighter
Is fast losing his grip on the COM
munity. Prize fights are becoming
scarcer and scarcer every day, and If
this sort of thing keeps up the ''pugs"
will soon lose their vocation entirely.
Especially is this so in the Northwest.
Here in st. Paul and Minneapolis,
year or so ago, dozens of prize fights
occurred every week, while now,
where the permanent tlStlc arenas
were, is nothing but vacuum. 1t
may be said in justice that Minneapolis
was the first to inaugurate a crusade
against public exhibitions of fistic PROV
ess by forbidding the famous Washing
ton rink to be used for such purposes
any more. The last fight of any note
that occurred in that city was the one
between Jim Fell and Patsy Cardiff
as big a hippodrOme as was ever sprung
On a patient public. And nobody is
sorry. either, that the pugilists have
been relegated to the rear. as at the best
they are not very intellectual set.
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In consequence of the lack of appre-
citation on the part of the public at large,
most of the pugilists have migrated,
and it would be very hard to Scrape to-
gether enough talent even for benefit.
John Donaldson has gone out to San
Francisco, and so has Tommy Warren;
Patsy Cardlff-well, he is dead to the
world: Dannie Needham is in Ashland,
Wis; Frank Shepley, in Helena;
Charlie Gleason, in Denver; ..
II. Smith. the Lord knows where;
John Clark. in Duluth: Duncan Nc
Donald, in Helena; Fred Engle, The
Ilnx ict hor
cert saloon; Billy Wilson. somewhere in
the West; Tom jefferson, along with
Wilson: Prof. Hadley. nobody knows;
1.-The Black Pearl" blackening boots at
the West hotel, Minneapolis, and so on
and so OH. Some are dead and some in
Jail, and where the rest are nobody
cares very much. But they are not
here, that is certain. But several years
ago they were here and did good
business, too. in their line, but the
tickle public was against them, and the
results are the above. Pat Killen is
here, however, although how long he
will remain now is question. Some
say that he intends to retire from the
ring, and perhaps that would be the
best thing he could do.
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When Pat Killen was making his
trip through Montana, bon. Albert
Scheffer was on a visit to Yellowstone
Park. He got off the train at Living
stone one afternoon. and, shOuldering
his grip. walked across to the hotel.
Now, Mr.. Scheffer has a splendid
physique, and walks as upright and
straight as an arrow. 1t so happened
that Pat Killen was expected to
arrive in the town that day to
give one of his exhibitions, and possibly
Stay some local celebrity. So when Mr..
Scheffer. in his flannel shirt and SLOUGH
hat, got off the train and started across
the street the crowd which had been
waiting for Pat thought sure it was he,
and Immediately followed the banker.
Mr.. Scheffer wondered why he was at
tracing so much attention, but on sec
ond thought felt sure it must be that his
famous drunkards' law, passed IN the
legislature last winter. had preceded
him, and people were following to see
what kind of a man it was who had
fathered such a bill. But upon reach
ing the hotel he was informed that the
populace imagined he was Pat Killen,
the priZe-fghter. History fails to state
what Mr.. Scheffer's feelings were upon
this information.