St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-17

hours of WakefulneSS ana Su1feTlngS,
The sports are more and more inclined
to give voice to their opinions on the
grace and beauty of the Delsartean ex-
hibition in question. They point
out the fact that they were
kept in waiting for two days
and nights in the company of
as grimy a gang of toughS as one could
find in weeks journey, while waiting
for the tip as to time and place; that
they were charged $50 per capita and
bundled into cars with seating capacity
for about half their number, the un-
lucky ones being compelled to stand in
the aisles and on the platforms through
out the journey to the place of meeting;
and that, after being hustled about like
drove of cattle all night, without food
Or drink, they were further compelled
to stand five hours in order to witness
the spectacle of two men Squaring off
at each other and doing less damage
than is frequently done by a couple OF
half-trained louts pommeling each other
on the stage of cheap variety show.
They are willing now to admit that they
were angled for and
LANDED AS SUCKERS"
in the finest style of the art. They
aver, with more or less heat, it was
merely money-making scheme, so
managed as to yield every dollar which
could be squeezed out of it. An inter
view with "Billy" Madden, trainer and
manager for McAuliffe. lends color to
this statement. ReSenting an averment
to the effect that he proved himself a
poor manager, "Billy" triumphantly
points to his balance sheet, showing
receipts to pail the appetite of pugilistic
avarice, and expenditures which. if i'll
vested in rye bread. would but have
sharpened the hunger of the famished
throng who thirsted for blood without
quaffing it in the opera house in North
Judson, Ind, and ''Billy" naively eX-
plains that the cost of even this
barruecide feast would not have been
half so great had it not been nnf0rtu,
nately necessary to declare a dividend
rapaciouS sheriff. Turning sadly from
this gloomy picture, however,
"Billy's'' face lights up and he
metaphorically licks his chops at the
prospect Of another ''go'' for even big
ger money. He declares that when the
two men come together again it will not
be in the neighborhood of Chicago. He
fancieS that there are fruitful fields in
the environs of San Francisco, and sug-
gestS that NcAullffe would be willing
10 meet Myer under the auspices of the
California Athletic club. provided-al-
ways provided-that that organization
will put up purse to be spared for to
draw. "We will fight for the stake
now up and the purse besides. That
will make nice little pot,'' says
"Billy." Various excuses have been
offered for the unexpected and embar-
RAISING fiaSco at North JudSOn, when
the two men, each having reputation
as 'tknockerS-out," faced one another in
ring for nearly five hours without get
ting scratch. The most commonly ac-
cepted is that
1T WAS A PUT UP JOB
from the start and was engineered to
make money, not only by the sale of
tickets, but by batting some athletic
club or coterie of sport-loying men into
offering big purse for scrap in pri-
vate." The Tribune publishes the fol-
lowing interview with man-about-
town: II have often wondered how
long the people would consent to be
'gulled.' PriZe-fighting is queer fake.
Let me tell you something. There never
was a sporting event, except special
horse race stake, when as much as
$1,000 was put up to stay. It's pulled
down within an hour after the time it
goes up. They all talk about Billy
Madden's bad management 1t tell
you he's the 'smoothest duck next to
Pat Sheedy in the sporting line, so far as
making money is concerned. Alf Ken
ntdy and he split nearly $1,000 between
them. OF this amount Myer and Nc
Auliffe will probably get S., 200 each. The
rest Billy and Alf stow away. But
about the fight?n Eight? There was
no fight. There was no intention of
having fight. The boys went down
there for gate money. [ don't blame
them. Who would not make couple
thousand dollars in one day? 1t is more
than Billy Myer would make at his
trade in two years. The fake was
advertised and the suckers gave up
$40 to see it. Besides car fare on a
special train chartered by the manage
ment to carry their $40 victims, who
were informed that one price would
cover the entire expense. The toughs
did not give up nickel-not even cal
fare. 1t was not the inside men who
bet their money. The
SUCKERS DID THE BETTING.
Calf Kennedy's money did not go.
That was simply bluff to add color to
the proceedings. To Illustrate how pat.
ent the fake was to inside men,
have only to tell you that old ronnders'
like myself went out and got breakfast.
strolled around town, and then Went
back to see the show. Take two of the
weakest men that ever lived and if they
get into 'scrap'-a real honest fight, !
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