The sun., 1890-01-26
THE PASTIMES BIG SHOW.
sOuE or NEW YoRK'S BEST AMI
THURS BATTLE ron HoNORa


4 Great Crowd See the Preliminary Boutt
for the New York state champion III ~
There Yves Some Hard Hitting.
The preliminary boxing bouts OF the cham
rionships for the State OF New York we're held
last evening under the management OF the Pas
time Athletic Club at ParepA Hall. Eighty.
sixth street and Third avenue, before gath.
ering which completely jammed all parts o
The building. So great was the crowd that
hundreds were turned away, and those who
wero fortunate enough to get within the main
entrance had to indulge in imprompu scraps to
get anywhere from which view OF the pro-
ceedlnRs could be obtained.
The boxing was Of most lively order. but
the presence OF Police Captain 0'Conner caused
the utmost order 10 be maintained. The off,
cials were: Referee, II. L. Burmeyer. N Y. A.
G.; Judges, d. ]. Cornell. NJ. A. c., and DR.. Ra-
mon Guiteras. N. Y. A. C.: Timers, X, Stoll, N.
Y, A. G.. and 8. u. Loe p A, O.; Announ GER,
Frod w. Burns.
The bouts consisted OF three rounds OF three
ntnutes' duration. The management was ex-
oriIent and there were no delays between tho
contests. Several times tho exciting nature Of
1t wns Gueled In each case by Fred Burns
petEe0 tive I9t we IF nS g. and B. ysn
Lexington A. q, The former was u trl1e the
Gson AZ PS the FG%ds w' sysy
Iastime i. &; and J, j; Hibbits National <. q
o"nds q but TN %He' Ho H5Ss s evensd Fs Tp TS
matterr. On the iudRcs, disagreenG the ref
barlo, National A. g., facing I. Higgins, Pas;
ous shs Hsns laf8S was nS aPa bS
ieG., Tho fourth bout PRODUCED 4. Mpiroy and
three rounds were OF the hurricane order anI
the way Mproy, swung his arms caused much
number Of hard hits. aud received the decision
The ldrsI bout IN the, i2o- Eopnd class was be-
Ss S dd th s%fn and bs stTRSSd
est disnnprobnton was shown when he was
annonnced ann Hs the winner. The second bout in
md +. Schnccrlng Pastime A. G. The first
two rounds We're tGmo compared with what
terri bic smuggling, aud both were punished So
yerclvi Each went TO his knees g and was on
with m4oh APPLAUSE and some misses.
h @ il nS class
OF the Pastime 4. G. The first round was give give
and take, but in the second Stevenson put In
risen to his feet than Stevenson caught him on
the Jaw with q swinging right-hander and
tho bout for the referee declared Stevenson
the winner.
The second bout was between H. Dunn and
Owen Harvey, both OF tho Pastime A. G. One
round was enough to settle the contest, for
Dunn. in the three minute contest, was sent to
the floor half dozen times. At the call Of
time the referee declared the bout finished and
DECIDED that Harvey had won.
The third bout In this class was between J. |
Mullen. West End A. G., Newark and NJ. j.
Dinan. Pastime A. G. The Newark man Is a |
Glenn ghter. and, although his opponent was |
good. he WAS not the equal OF Mullen. The lat- |
ter led the better, and put IN the most effective
blows The decis ion that he had won was uni |
versally approved.
The final bout OF the evening was between
the middle weights j., ]. Van Houten, West |
Side A. G., and NJ. McAulffe Bridge A. G. The |
weight limit was l5S pounds. Much eXpecta-
tion was shown when they appeared. The
first round was tame. although the Bridge A
G, man was the agGressor. The second round
was livelier. McAuliie pursuing the same tac-
tive in the third round, and forced the fighting
vigorously. His blows told. and Van Houten
became very groggy. The latter went to his
knees, and the round ended by the referee
them and deciding In McAu!ifie's
favor Van houten was in q dazed condition
and made no effort TO resist his adversary's
attacks.
The finals will tako place next Wednesday
evening at the same hall. beginning at s |
O'Clock.