The evening world., 1889-03-25
IT WOULD STOP BLUFFTNG.
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE $1,000
CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE.

Frank eteveusou's Reply 70 Al Smith
Regarding the Carney-McAuiine Fight
Was John LIS Recent spree n Ruse o.
htevo Brodie Will Jump, Despite the
Rochester Polico-Hopper and Gibbon.
to Fight.
The e1. 900 championship stake idea IN ex-
citing widespread interest and is an absorb
ing topic of discussion among the sporting
fraternity. The sporting people say the
donors of the championship belts should,
without further delay. insert in the articles
governing the retention of the belts q clause
TO the effect that 81, 900 challenges must be
accepted. II the aristocrats Of the prize
ring consider 81, 900 such q trifing sum, why
can they not be their own hackers? From
the way they argue 81, 900 bills must be
plenty with them. They surely could
readily afford to back themselves, then
the half of the stake which the hackers
exact would go into the champions
own pockets. They could then clear the
thousand-dollar stake for themselves, minus
training expenses, besides their outside bets
and their share Of the gate receipts. On this
subject Mr.. Burt Miller, representing the
sporting element Of Rochester. says:
why should fighters want IS. 900 for q
few minutes work? OF course the time and
expense of training must be taken into con-
sideration, but they would be amply repaid
by q $1,000 stake besides what they may
make outside. II seems to me pugilIsts
shouldn't expect to receive the earth for
o few rounds at boxing. Besides. they
could fight o%ftener.. and the difference
would be made up that q Sporting men
10 INV mart nf the oorntry ara IN fouor 80 o,,oh
o rule being established.
Mr.. Frank Stevenson takes exception to
Mr.. Al" Smiths remarks anent the Carney.
McAuliffe battle and the other spicy obser-
vations made by that gentleman to the writer
Of this column published in Fridays EVEN
ING WORLD. Says Mr.. Stevenson:
when Mr.. Smith makes the statement
that ! had one dollar wagered on the result of
the fight he utters q deliberate falsehood. and
when he saws ! had my gang there he doubly
f~alsiies. / left this city with but two men,
one Of whom was in the purse and the other
was Q reporter. When ! was asked to referee
the match by the McAulife people l refused.
when n of my bosom friends, a hacker of
Carney, asked me to do 80 az a favor to him l
accepted the thankless position, as l knew
that all he wanted was fair play and that the
bride me. as Mr.. Al Smith did at the ring
side, after the men had fought nearly four
hours. Mr.. Smith came over to me and de-
clared I was the best referee he had ever
seen, and that he would see that I refereed
al the contests at the New York Athletic
Club MT Racquet Club of this city in the
future. 1 have yet to learn that he is the
owner of those clubs or that they ever agreed
10 accept the man Mr.. Smith selects as referee.
! refereed that fight in the fairest way. and
During the fight he came over and tried to
bride me further to decide the match in
favor of Carney. by telling me when 1 got
back to New York I should go to Bells and
get the best suit of clothes and o~vercoat his
establishment contained. and that he would
pay for them. l sent him about his business.
Mr.. Smith further says robbed him out Of
his money by not declaring the fight in
of his W .up-it was all that of
q prominent club man, recently deceased. He
further says | invited the crowd to break up
the fight. h is a falsehood. and he knows
1t. Mr.. Smith himself was the FIRST man to
break into the ring. Friends of both prin-
cipals drew revolyers and flourished empty
wine-bottles, and ! postponed the fight to
prevent murder being committed. did not
and explicitly that the battle must be fought
to a finish before the stakes would be de-
hvered. Contrary to agreement, my name
appeared in the papers as referee. This was
so unfair that refused to referee the post
poned fight"
There is Q surprise in store for somebody.
The redoubtable John i. Sullivan is still
" on deck" His alleged inirmities do not
materialize worth q cent. He appears to be
In the finest physical condition., and the
story about his neck having fallen away
greatly from its former size is untrue. His
entire appearance is that of the well-seasoned
athlete. Johns figure Is full, but not f1abby.
As regards his stomach. j. Lawrence laughs
when questioned about it. and continues to
stow away bone and matchmaking material
in q way that astonishes the walters of the
Vanderbilt Hotel. John has not been indulg-
ing in altar Of whiskey to nearly such an ex-
tent O. reported. This has been q little ruse
What will the harvest be? Indications are