The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-23
INDIGNATION OF THE SPORTS.
The battle-ground Must Be Trans-
ferred to the Continent.
Prince Of wales Was Going 70 Attend.
and Pelicans We're Knvious Of Or
monde Ciub-Lonsdsle and Richard
X. Fox Determined on Having the
Affair Come on.

. large one. nor had it paid for admission.
That was because the meeting took place,
not at the Ormonde Club, but at Lambeth
police court. the ring being the commodi-
Gus ornamental dock. Justice Part
ridge acted as referee, and his
clerk got ready to act as stakeholder If
anything in the way Of recognizances
wanted taking care of. McAuliffe. with
bis moustache clipped of, was the first to
enter the dock, and then came Slavin, who
sat down with bitter little laugh. Three
minutes later both men were sent away
under $4,000 in their own recognizance
to appear in court again at IL o'clock
tomorrow, with the additional caution
from the justice that they would better not
fight tonight. They were not absolutely
forbidden to fight, or even charged to keep
the peace. They were simply put under
bonds for appearance in court tomorrow,
dead or alive. But they did not fight to-
night.
They will appear in court tomorrow and
will then be bound over to keep the peace,
which will send them to the other side of
the English channel to fight, II they mean
to tight at all. So for the present ends
the pugllistic event which the principal
hackers have been talking about and
blowing about for weeks. have all along
maintained that there would be either no
fight at the Ormonde Club. or that il the
fight was allowed to come of It would not
be square fight. Today's proceedings
justify the prediction and sustain all have
said against Ormonde.
The Ormonde Club has played game of
gouge from first to last Here is exactly
what has happened: This club, which Is
mainly composed of men who for the best
of reasons have been obliged to
leave the Pelican and other sport
ing clubs of London, to gain
some preslege and dill the empty Golfers,
arranged this fight. Madden and Nc
Auliffe, who were anxious to get some
foothold in England, entered into an agree
ment with them. Its probable that they
will rue the day that they did.
The fighting room Of the club Is small.
and will barely hold 200 people. so its secre-
tary, Creighton Temple, began long way
ahead to find men who would pay high
prices for tickets. His charges have been
from 10 guineas TO so guineas, according to
the length of the mans purse. Even
applicant, except reports of the press, was
obliged to become member of the club,
with charge Of guineas as an initiation
fee and liability, and the annual subscrip-
ton. Newspaper men without exception
were charged 10 guineas each for tickets.
All the money was paid in by Saturday.
After Temple had got his money he went
to Inspector Chisholm. of the Lambeth
district, where the station almost adjoins
the clubhouse. and gave him full par'icu-
lars Of the fight. Chisholm promptly OBJ
tanned warrants Saturday afternoon for the
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in his pocket from Saturday till today,
men closely watched. Temple knew
deter him from selling additional tickets,
pared to fight, both expressing themselves
found that newsboys were selling papers
on the streets giving an account of the ar
rests based on information supplied them
at the Ormonde club.
It was past court time, so Justice Partridge
did not linger over the case. He did not
prohibit the men from fighting. He
simply hoped they would not
fight, and let them go on their
own recognizance to appear tomorrow
morning. When the principals in the fight
were discussing what action to take in
court, McAuliffe's hackers suggested that
it would be 10 take the gloves into court
to let the justice see them. This Temple
declined to do. Every move made seemed
to be for delay.
The general opinion is that the Ormonde
club does not and never did intend to have
the fight come of in its clubhouse. Even if it
was obliged 10 refund the cost of tickets to
subscribers, it can retain the s, 900 paid as
initiation fees by the new members who
ioined the club expressly to see the fight.
No word was sent out to the subscribers,
90 the clubhouse was filed tonight with
men who had come to see the fight and
Temple was not there. Some man who
vas authorized to speak for Temple tried
hard to disseminate the impression that
the suppression was due 10 secret informa-
ton given the police by enemies Of the
club, but nobody believed him.
saw McAuliffe in bed an hour after it
was time for him to be in the ring. He
expressed himself as sorry the fight had
been stopped.
McAuiiffe declared that he was so sure of
whipping Slavin that he was prepared to
fight him for $500, or even for nothing.
Madden was almost heart-broken. He and
McAuliffe came here without much money,
having actually gone in debt for
the expenses of training. Slavin also
professed profound regret at the failure.
There seems to be no doubt that both prin-
cipaIs are innocent of any trickery. how
ever much their packers may have in
dulged in it Thus the matter stands.
Everything depends on the judges de-
cision tomorrow, and after he has seen the
gloves. if he binds the men over to keep
the peace there viii be no fight in this
country.
R.K. Fox has made an offer to put up
81 500 If Lord Lonsdale will find q similar
amount to let the men fight. where they
please with bare knuckles. Lonsdale has
promised TO meet the men tomorrow after
the judges decision has been rendered to
consider this proposal
This is the first time the polics have
taken such arbitrary action in England
about an advertised boxing contest with
gloves. They would not have done so this
| time if the Ormonde club had not taken
| infinite pains TO bring about such aresult
after deluding the public into the belief
| that they meant fair play all along
| LONDON. Sept 22-ENew York Herald
| Cable. 1.-The Herald correspondent had an