The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-02

furned ssvae,iy and rsplied: ssWhss
s6ebt., sirg Tvs aeen 10 .fgntss presums
you rsfsr TO ~ hiesdfng contestw
aTvsnty-6vs thoosnnd doilsrs.r Major
McIauehlin continued, - ~ cAb jnited
him orsr IL cehb1est0nes. ~cAn ~ RAISED
q sny meeting 81 tlse Califoenia club for
purss 10 b fought for. The groaf contests
whjch have made the club famous have
been fought In great axmoFy building i'm
medtaseiy ACROSS tie street from Tie club.
This pisn avoided interfesencs with the
regular exercises u ths members Of the
club and their apparatus. much Of which y
costly and 1eiica1sly adjusted. The juven-
he membeFs 81 ~ club. Of whom there arc
. aood many. aso not permitted until y
pears Of 49, 10 b present, even
In their membership capacity,
~ The contests The ring b twenty-four
feet square. raised six feet from the center
Of the axmosy door. and s0isdly con-
structed. All around this stage or ring are
tisrs Of raised seats, rising. twenty rows in
height. from the floor to the ceiling On
them 100 club men may readily find &C.
commosfations. Immediately over the ring
y . powerful electric arc light which
makes every movement Of the contestants
visible from every part Of the room. On
one sids Of the room and q near the ring
- possible is the press gallery. with tele-
graph instruments. messenger boys and
every convenience.
mo one u allowed on the stage or paat-
form during . contest except the two prin-
cipais and tho roeeroe. An electric clock,
with gong attachment. stands 1t one end
Of the room and when the gong sounds the
seconds get down from thu platform. feav-
ing their principals in their respective cor
ners. The seconds sit below the corners.
on the floor, In chairs specially provided
for them, until the round Is over.
Now. here il one interesting and char
scteristic feature Of thsse contests. Meth
er the seconds nor any one else, club OH
Ger, club member, no matter who he b, -
allowed TO speak word Of any kind TO
either Of the contestants during the prog
ress Of the round. For the express pur-
pose Of preventing any violation of this rule
and also to prevent any c0mmunica-
ton with the contestants In the
way of aid. advice. etc, two Of the direc-
tors Of the club sit at two corners Of the
ring on the door and watch everything that
is going on. A member actually forfeits
his membership il he speaks during the
contests to the principals, seconds or
referee. During the McAuliffe-Ja Jackson
fight, Jackson being colored man and
stranger. and McAuliffe the pride and pet
OF the club, not one word was heard against
Jackson, who won. and even when he en-
tered the ring he was received with Just as
vociferous cheers Is was McAulifie himself.
The referee for all big contests Is Hiram
Cook. . moneyed man, a gentleman and
true lover of sport. Mr.. Cook knows per-
fectly oil the rules Of contest and is chosen
by the board Of directors He receives $50
. contest: no other officer OF the club re-
csives any compensation for his services.
The defeated man under Mr.. Cooks rul-
ings has never failed to acknowledge openly
that he had received the very fairest treat
ment all around; with one exception, Ike
Warren"