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The Crib cube Entertain-ent-Rice Gets .
ChanPionshiP Decision rron. 9arnett.

The Crib Club'e Entertaihment-Bico6 sets
ChanPionshiP Decision fro- Rarnett.
The Crib Club Of Harlem gave their an
nual athletic entertainment at Parepa Hall
Third avenue and Eighty sixth street, las
evening" Frank Bunham. the President had
promised to give good show. and he gave 1t
Every seat in the house was taken. and Q
fringe of men four and Ave deep stood up be-
hind the chairs. Jim PilkinRton. the we'll
known osrsman. Metropolitan A. O., was mas.
ter OF oeremenies.
There were at least two remarkable features
about this show. It began pretty nearly on
time and opened with three interesting bouts,
The FIRST was between Cal Mccarthy. the 115-
pound champion boxer Of the world. and Chap
pio Moran, the 105-pound champion OF Amer
lea; the second between the little colored mas
cots. Jesse and Marcellus Bellheld, and the
third introduced Pat Cahill. the amateur
middle weight champion OF America, and his
club mate, Ed Closterman. captain OF the SCOT
tish American A. G. The coons" made
the house roar q dozen times In each
OF the three rounds by their vigor.
Once. when Morsey. the smaller OF the
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them apart; The two, coupless gave really
ACCORDINGLY. When Cahill was introduced. not
as the champion, which title he will hold until
cam cam htRIetic HE % Gin6 . of Jersey CITY, he vas
pISH TraSE BOYD. 30 the western light weight and
came next They made rattlins set.te. 10
which the heavier man got in come hard
the spectators again became enthusiastic over
i swinging By j. g. HSrrs ). .S Z. % and there
and and Spider Mills Miller. feather we weights "of Of
the the. Hornbasher A. c. ;SRRcned pot three rec
sSpped MeP the face nafs dnrns
on the stomach IN return, and John CumminGs.
a. wrestled CATCH ca style tyI
CUMMINGS did all the work in the first meet.
finally thrown in fourteen minutes. Butler did
the work in the second bout, and won the fall
in less than three minutes;
si1;TqSad sS between Matt Rice, Varqns ,. 3; b
gold watch and the, 11O-pound Championship
Of New York would have to be declared of, as
Barnett had failed to appear and should be de-
Rice was praised for his sincerity in comm & to
time. and got three cheers. Hardly had tho
with wi his teacher Fred Cavanash. than Ba nett
known he got voIley Of applause. and b ran
Siacrity al that showed he meant business,
The announcer had to take it all back, and
Gently gave Gal MCCARTHY his hands full for p
while. kop, big Oscar HorptHcher ri 3R busy f0
Barnett got ready to spar a one round bye
with his brother Charley. to even up Rico's
fully as fast. as RIoes, and brought down the
hobse.
AZ last after Bennett had rest res. q 2t half an
ship contest. Bennett had his brothers, Flor
rie and Ghsrley; for seconds, al, and i Fred & CAY
ray stood just outside OF Rices corner to lend
PTessn banbam sd as
the watch. At the call Of time the house be-
came still as Quaker meeting as the boys
barnett ied frst. but his right fell short of
Rices stomach. and Rices, right missed Bar
head in down hand
against the ropes by a left handler on the
breast but Barnett came back with two dezsrs
the chewing Of gum when the second round
opened; The boys SPARED for while and
Rice led his left short for the
blows followed before Rice got in on his mans
face with his left and the side of the head with
bis right, receiving one good punch In the face
Rice led in, the, third with his left on the
1Hf s tha @P %
varuna lad tried the same thing again. but
,owy y Sh gsn the
Rice had The better of the first, but barnett
and was epplauded' In the fifth Rice
played rapid tattoo on the east siders face.
put had to take two rib roasters In return.
Barnett tried to upEpssF cut with his right but
so far, and the spectators began
o get worked up. Rice went at his opponent |
en- times In the sixth round and each time the |
york was about like this: Rice landed with |
light and left on Barnett's face. and Barnett sent
Il the head The crowd was getting excited. |
or the business was hot. In one dash Barnett |
rave Rice a rlght-handed swinger when the |
after was looking TO see II there was chance
II his falling through the ropes. and the Brook
yn chap went down on his side nearly over on
o the floor.
The work in this round was pretty fast. but
ould not yet decide. The seventh was the
harvest OF all while 1t lasted. Barnett got In
hree E l, hard faeers % % and swung one hand or the
ave been all day with Matt. AS it was, Dar-
ett bad him breathing hard by two sound
7hacks on the stomach. Rice was not slow In
oundinR either. He smashed Barnett in the
ace ; with great vim three or four times. and
essiop. After this had been going. on
Or about a minute and half, Bar
ett rushed Rice more than half way
cross the ring to the south side. When they
ouched the roDes the latter. which were loose
cells on the floor beyond. with Barrett landing
n top. A CRY OF foul was raised and the ref
rec sustained 1t, giving the victory to Rice on
hat ground. 1t is likely that the pair will
ONE together again.