The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-18
THE FIGHT is OFF.
Ellingsworth and Lucie Will
Not Meet.
THE FIRsT-NAMED MAN IS SICK.
La Blanche May Fight Lucis-The Jap
strangies Schumacher ut Butte.
Rendering Him Unconscious.

The finish glove contest TO have taken place
next Wednesday night between Mike Lucie and
Joe Eliingsworth. the famous middlew eights
for purse of LOCO, gwen by the Seattle Ath-
ieiic Club, has been declared of
Ellingsworth. who has been sYduously train
ing at the race track for more than month
past found himself unwell about ten days ago.
He became lethargic, his appetite forsook him,
and his customary run in the morning utterly
untitled him for the lighter work of the day.
Ellinesworth believed he was suffering from
light touch of malaria and kept his illness to
himself, thinking he would scome around in
q day or two. He even worked the harder to
prevent the possibility Of Disappointing bis
friends and the club members, but be grew
worse. and on Saturday night came to the city
and notified Secretary McGary Of his condition.
The latter took Ellingsworth to DR.. o. p.
Askam, who made thorough examination OF
the pugilist and found he was troubled with q
bad case OF kidney complaint. The physician
gave certificate TO the club directors, advising
them that Eilingsworth would not be able to en-
gage in any severe exercise for al least six
weeks, If then. Lucie wa Immediately noti-
fed; ne gave up training and arrived in town
yesterday
The abandonment of the contest will occasion
the keenest disappointment to the club MEM
bers and patrons of sport in this city, for the
match was looked forward to ~ one of the best
that could possibly have been made. Lucie and
Ellingsworth are regarded as two of the clever
est middleweights living, and the similarity OF
their styles precluded any possibility OF the con-
test being q one-sided affair.
So great was the interest taken in the event
that delegations from Portland, Port Townsend
ana Tacoma had arranged to come here on
Wednesday. In San Francisco and Los Ange-
les, where Lucie and ELingsw0rth have fought
respectively, the outcome was awaited with
Oh
the result.
The club directors are much cast down
by Eliingsworth's sickness They had
yisi ed both him and Lucie twice .
week at their training quarters, and
saw to it that they needed nothing to better
their condition, hoping to bring the men 10 the
ringside in the finest of trim for a battle that
would give the club national prominence.
Nike Lucie. accompanied by Secretary Nc
Gary and director of the club called 1t the
PosTINTELLIGEScER Office last night. Luce was
in superb condition. The color of his skin and
the brightness of his eye showed how conscien-
tious had been his training
This is a sore disappointment for me-" said
he. 81 never worked SO hard in my life, and
feel stronger and better than any time since
entered pugilistic career, and felt so sure of
winning. too, that / advised my friends to put
their pile on me. wish you would say that
am open to meet any middle-weight living"
"And we are ready to give q good-sized purse
to any good man who'll meet him." interrupted
Mr.. McGary.
"LaBanche will be here Tuesday. Will you
fight him?" the reporter asked.
eve been aching to get q chance at the
Marine ever since he fought me in the Cali
fornia Club two years ago" replied Mike, "but
George won't give me another 60. When was
matched against Carroll last winter the
Golden Gate club directors asked m II ne
would sign the winner. He said he would
fight Carroll, but rot me, thinking l would
ea>ily whip Jimmy. But I'll 60 the Marine
and allow him to come into the ring at any
weight he chooses."
La Blanche may possibly accommodate Lucie.
The man who lowered Jack Dempsey's coors
just one year ago, winning 5000 in cold cash,
is now almost without a cent. He opened q
fine saloon in San Francisco, bat paid little Ct
tenton to business, and this, with q rascally
partner, ruined him. Under the circumstances
he might take chance with the man whom he
once defeated