The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-10
THE SPORTING WORLD.
THE OLD MARQUIS" Il BROKEN
HEARTED.
PLACED N 4 LONELY DUNGEON
CELL.
nIs.RtIN ANDIpE DIAMOND CHAN
pIONsHIP.
Jake THINKS lie VIII win the Rattle
WIN sullivan wiiiihe sight Come
Ofr ~ the souin s-Nuiii,an Drow-
iDG IN Favor.

ff'ft
hearted lie gave one of his fsmous
sOirccS one night last week at his farm,
aud the usual kn0ck-dOwn and drag
out style Of betting prevailed. The Old
man hal everything his own way until
near the close II the festivities. when
there came tapping and a tapping at
the old barn door. Presumably, the
old man thought. it was some late
conner for he walked over and undid
the faaenings with great and refresh
ing clolucss.
gllt was late comer. indeed, but too
early for the MARQUIS, ' who. when he
saa who the visitor was, fell back into
the crowd and ga-ped:
"Gawd4lmitey Tia sher II .'
That is lust who it was. aud the old
man and ds friends were Walized OF.
The old man IS wife wanted To fight the
sheriff. and She was taken into the car
riage and driven 90 llackensack. where
court is ntld. The charge against the
MARQUIS is aiding and abetting prize
fight and b. looks as though he were m
0n it for al lci.tsiX months, II not Ion
ger. a fight up the country took me
to wiiaiu few miles OF Hackensack
tie other day. and / ram over 10 see the
.od gentleman. llc SGT n his cell, a
picture Of d.spair and Encouragement.
'Th hull thing was put up job. '
Doc s4id. You know / was dom big
business Out there. and I made lots OF
money. au the boys tho { ! didn do II
SQUARE au ihey jest kicked. ! had a
rurtv lively time of it for "a while. and
fhon rot 'cm an cooled down 'ceptn
one. an he wanted all the money he d
ever loss 60 me-. an when he SAID he
was going o. Oh sheriff with TN hUll
business emu. kcd him out for keeps.
LAM. b'ro-h. he went am did 10, DANCED
= he didn't. Tnets wot brings me
lcfo with my old woman and my gray
naifs. lt's q shame ter use cd sport
like me this way. Say. kid, T ye glt
mc out l'il give yer dolier elp me
Gawdalmiiey.
Ilci- sull there in bis little dungeon
cell. and although Dee has retained two
of thc best criminal lawyers ln the
county. the chances are that he Will not
give any more of his entertainments for
revenue only fer some time to come \
man -ucn as he. who has always been
m thc habii 0i ordering and beng obey
ten. finds 10 hard Go be- forced 90 get
INTO cell and stay there until he Is
given permission To- come out.
.tk8 kilrain came 10 town the other
day and deposited tne great diamond
.hamui1r-hip belt with the man who
holds ihe stakes for ihe coming fight T.
sd. Crdge. lie had O. d0 this. for Sui
hvau had given notice that unless the
belt was put up by June sth. when the
Iual Genl-its axe t0 Doe made. that he
W.uid claim the stakes. kllrain went
l0 tha police Gu-cifc office, where he
met "a bIg crowd Of sporting men, and
/ thsy gave hum an informal reception
which lasted haif an hour. Consplcu-
ous among tne fancy were Charley
Mitchell. Gus Tulhill Jack Dempsey b
hacker. Professor Mike Donovan. of the
New York Athletic Club Frank Steven.
sou. Billy Jordon. of lhe California
Athletic CLUB. Harry iiay nard. Young
Mitchell. OF California. johnny Reagan
and Richard Is. Fox. and ". +. Hard
Ing. the man who knows more sports
ana more about sporting matters than
any other porting editor 10 the count.
almost
From tine G0-src office. Kurain. ac
Ic.mpanicd by Mr. Harding. Charlie,
Mitchell. Frank Stevenson and Chrh
+ Clarke. went 90 the Office occupied bl
+ Nr. CrIiee. on west iIweniy-elghtl
street. with lhe belt locked up ia q bll
.atchel. Alter taking "a receipt for the
+ trophy. he remarked:
Il have not the slightest idea that
afr -oing % loose either the belt or the
battle. and 81 you will be arounl about
thc 18th of July l Will call upon yot
and get il with % little pocket money
/ be-'lr-.
After drpositing the belt the part,
went out 0n shopping expedition an'
bsueht the training clothes % be u,,'
by the fighter while preparing for hi
battle wlth the champion. The Outi
included everything that is necessary t
put "a man u conditlOn-such as sweat
ers. dumb-bells, indian clubs, shoes
caps. snnd bags and the rest of the llttl'
u'3v things used on such Cccaslons
Klirain has gone TO Boston % see IN
fi.nd Jim ktcnan. wh0is very sick ther
but he Will return 90 night and be her
iu time % ue present at the tossing FOL
'chOice of battle grounds at Charley
johnson place over in Brooklyn 10
morrow. The Kilrain party are con
-ideriug as hard as they can the ole
~ the New Orleans syndicate, who
offers au extra purse OF elO,OyO 10 haN
the fight come oil near that city. Ih
ground they offer Is over 2OVo mile
Iauaq from this city, aud every spor
lthat leaves here To see the fight VII
have To- be prepared 20 give ug abou
two week, time and $3.50.
The Sullivan party VIII, it is like y
choose the same grounds IN case the
VIA the toss, so that II can be prett
certain t0 say that the fight Will com
of i'm the South. Sullivan likes th
south: be says tine people lhereare goo
land square and like good sport, aud q
not allow themselves 10 be ruled b
petty prejudices advanced by sO-calle
hum niarians. who believe tha
lanythng in the way G
sports or sporting is only
passport 90 that bourne from which n
traveller without being scorche,
KIirain. on the other hand, does no
care 20 20 South. aud says that be pre-
fers % 20 10 some cooler place. but b
will hghc near New Orleans. b caus
there are 10 chances II police intel
ference.
Al tier was received from Eli. Gu
ran. "a well known aud wealthy Buifal
contractor. Yesterday, by Sullivan
hackers, saying that be would give u
champion -JO0. win or loose. If i
would keep sober until after the iigh
Currau. Il is reported IN sporting CT
cies. has put cut lot of money th'
Sullivan Will win in the coming fgh
aud the offer is only made TO proVic
against any mistakes on Sullivan 3 pa
occurring.
When the battle-ground has been d
cided Killain will 20 to the Ten-Ml
House, lsst outside of Baltimore, an
train under the care Of CnaTl'
Mitchell and johnny Murphy. sui
/ van, as has been announced. will pl
himself into good condition at Wrestl
Nulloon's country place. at Belfas