, 1890-09-25
A BLOW AT THE RING.
McAuliffe and Slavin Arrest
ed in London.
THE MANLY SPORT AT A LOW EBB
A Strioter Enforcement of Law
Than Ever Before--Riohard
X. Fox's Views.

LONDON, Sept. 22.-McAuliffe was ar
res ted at his lodgings In this city to-day.
Upon his arrival at the railway station
Slavin entered cab and was immedi-
ately placed under arrest. He was con-
veyed Immediately to the Lambeth po-
lice station, where both prisoners were
arraigned and bound over to keep the
peace in $1,000 each, to appear to-
morrow.
Richard X. Fox, of New York, in an
interview denounced the arrest of Slavin
and McAuliile as an outrage. He said
that 1t was proposed to have prize
fight, but only limited round contest,
with ordinary gloves. and that there
was no reason why the police should in
terfere. Both men were in splendid
condition and anxious to have fair
contest and the police had no reason to
anticipate a breach of the peace. The
fl ight was nothing but what often occurs
openly in England and America.
Bempte, the president of the 0rinonde
Club, said that he believed the manage
mcnt of the Pelican Club was at the bot
tom of the matter. II the fight had
been arranged by the fashion able West
End Club the police would not have in
terfered. In his opinion, tho Pelicans
were jealous, and he had expected all
along that they would try to stop the
fight. lie did not believe there was any
thing "snidc' about the fighters, who
were both anxious To see which was the
better man.
In court the police inspector. justify
ing the arrests, said that IL was to be n
genuine prize fight. He produced q
copy of the articles, and said that the
gloves as exhibited In the windows Of
sporting paper were smaller than
ordinary gloves, and were thinned
around the knuckles.
The secretary of the Ormonde Club
said that the gloves were ordinary box
ing gloves and that the contest was to
be in accordance with the bloomsbury
rules. No breach OF the law was in
tended. He added that the police had
been melted to make the arrest by
jealous enemies of the club.
The inspector denied that the police
had been incited.
The magistrate directed the polio to
produce thev1oves before deciding as to
the illegality of the fight. He added
that II in the meantime the prisoners
should venture to proceed with the fight
he would deal with them severely. The
suddenness Of tho arrests prevented the
ueIeusc CouHsc@ IL
morrow the legal question will he argued.
At q meeting at the Ormonde club to-
night IL was decided that IL an adverse
decision was rendered the match would
be decided on the continent.
CABLE TO THE POLICE GAZETTE.
NEw YoRK, Sept. pa special to the
Police Gazette says; Many rumors are
being circulated about the fight. Billy
Madden, McAulitie's trainer, claims
that Slavin is afraid of the American,
and believes he did not want to meet
him. A well-known American says
that the arrest of McAuliffe is due to
the fact that Slavin has trained oil, and
those who backed him had the Amer
lean arrested to save their money.
AT meeting of the Pelican Club to-
day Lord Lonsdale and Richard X. Fox,
of New York, decided that, rather than
to SEQ the match fall through, they
would, II the authorities prevented it,
put up between them the same purse
offered by the Ormonde Club, and would
bring the fight Oft on the continent.