Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-21

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-The thee hundred
patrons of pugalism who went down into
Indiana to witness the recent meeting
between Meyer and McAuliffe, have not
become reconciled TO the result, and
newspapers of this city show dispo-
sltlon 70 remove The mantle of charity
which was at the time allowed to hide dhe
too evident short comings of that
alleged exhibition of manly art.
In fact, with the passing of tim e, and the
restoration to them of their customary
vlgor from the drain put upon it by
thlrty-slx hours of watchfulness and
fasting, the sports are more and moe
inclined to give voice to tleir opinions
on the grace and beauty of the del
sartlan exhibition in question. They
point out the fact that they were kept
waiting for two days and nights in the
company Of as grimy gang of toughs as
one could ind in weeks Journey while
waiting for tip as to the lime and
place; that they were charged twenty
dollars apiece and then bundled into cars
with standing room only; 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 speetacle ofsstwo
men squarring off at each other
and doing less damage than is frequently
done by couple of half-traiDed louis,
pomelllng themselves on the stage of a
cheap variety theatre. They are willing
now to admit that they were angled for,
and landed as suckers i'll the finest
style. They aver, with more or
less passion, that it was mere
ly money making scheme
so managed as to yield every
dollar that could he squeezed out of it.
An interview with Billy Madden, trainer
and manager for McAnliff, lends color TO
this statement. Resenting the averment
that he had proved himself g poor mana
ger, Madden points triumphantly to his
balance sheet, showing receipts to satisfy
pUgilistic avarice and expenditures
which, if invested in rye bread, would
have but sharpened the hunger of the
famished throng, Who thir5ted for blood
in the Opera house at North Judson.
Billy furthermore vainly explains that
the cost Of the affair would not have been
even half So great, had it not
been, unfortunately, necessary to declare
a dividend for the rapaciOus sheriff.
Turning sadly from this gloomy picture,
however, Madden's face lighted up at the
prospect of another ego" for even bigger
money, as appears probable from 1nfor-
nation conveyed in these dispatches last
night regarding the talk by
both Myer and McAuliffe about
the necessity for having another
eight" before the stakes were taken
down. In anticipation of this second
gathering in of shekels, Madden declares
that when the men come together again
it will not be in the neighborhOod of
| Chicago. He fancies that there are more
| fruitful fields than these northwestern
states to be found in the environs
of San Francisco, and he suggests
that McAuliffe would be willing to meet
Meyer under the auspices of the Califor-
MIA Athletic club, providing that the Or
ganization will put up purse TO be
| spared for to draw. This, with the
stake money now up, would make 6
nice little pot, according to Madden's
| ideas.