Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-20
nm. rIeHr nm NOT oomn OFF
A Crowd OF 80 sports raticd TO Sec
sBoden aud DAVIS scrap.


sBOdsn aud DAVIS scrap.
II would have been hard to And a more
diaApD dated crowd of sports. than were
the 90 who jouEneysd to q summer resi-
dence on the 3tRta liae MT far from CLAY
mont on Saturday night to see Mike
Bodtn, tho Ksnuck, and Bill Davis, both
Of Philadelphia, fight to finish with
small gloves for a purse OF @l50. The
q ht Vas to have taken place in sitting
room which WIS without furniture or
carpet az wA8 the remainder OF the house,
the plOce being an actual summer man
sion. The crowd which was made up OF
Wilmington, Chester aad Philadelphia
sporting men, arrived a. the scene Anouf
~ O'clock aud after wait Of An hour i
wax given out that everything was ready
for the mill to begin. Bodsn Lsd in the
meantime arrived with hiG second BIZ
Bailey, colosed, Of Philadelphia, but
Davis came not.
The crowd filed into the house and in
auired an1iOusiy for Davis. "He left
Wilmington accompanied by his second,
Jimmy MoBalo, aud In charge or cab
driver tonight" said the manager Of the
fight prospective, land tbs csbnan Was
given explicit directions ss 10 where to
| 90. eau give no reason why Davis has
no. arrived. II LOOKS rs though he had
either Lost heart or lis party had lost its
Z way" Ihe solving OF tuis pscYienl was
LETT to the crowd, but the latter vas Too
mad altar travelling something less than
a dJzsa miles to taink Of anything other
/ than to cast msle4letions upoa toe much.
desired Davis. After awhile it was ar
fauged that Bodan and Bailey, bis sec
Old, should mte. in genuine tinisa
hght with tao ounce gloves Tor purse
oi S75. III they dou': aght TO the sat
iaIallt0n Of oil, said the aEtanger, "eEca
man will get hack his So This was q
far propagation, but tbs would be spec
tatG were loatn 70 give up the iunte 20
acB the substitute mill. They say they
hid CONS 10 see Bodeu and Dayia fl gut
aud woulj not care to nee any other con
tea, jast then. All hands then departed
and .hs lcg..ity IN which tbs hSht vas to
have Skeu place once more assumed ~
accustomed ql!etude.
This waa tGs f9arln attempt to bring
Bod6u and Dsyi. together sud thu man-
agagl OF tha do.ired aaHt announced on
S.t4,isy night Tat no more etforts 10
this dlr5 elton w9Uii be nude. Success.
sty0 efforts have BEEN ILade to have
the utll oOlns oil in Philadelphia, New
+ JtfrgT ana nlhi2 10 tlla lochlLyi Du'
they lave III failed Both men sry
heGyy-weizhts and had they met on ss.
mr. Ivy night good lghs would have en-
sued.
Davis was Beeu in tnis city early OF
Saturday evening and u IL mystery
what became OF hiui lns7llnch rs ha va
IN charge OF prosumgJiy tru3 ell aut
experienced driver. II looks Rs though
, he had lost heart while on the wsy to the
place where the fight was to have oc
; cured although 1t may BE- that the drive
could not find the place. The local p1lIe'
/ got wind Of the affair late in the evening
! ami q delegation ia charge OF Sargean
Tucker went to Schuetzen Park ant
+. other places in that neiGhborhood IL
q sesrch OF the participants, bat the Law
/. preseryers had wrong clus and returned
|. empty handed.