New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
~PARtING Al TIE MANHATTAN III

OVER 5000 PEOPLE SEE THE FIRST PROBES
SIGNAL TOURNAMENT.
The initial professional boxing ana wreSuIh- 'o"'""
ment Of the Manhattan Athletic Club was he'd III ''c
,ymna,ium Of the clubhouse last night Sph''ou' "'
Tho c,mna.nm va, 1t could not accommodate" the
crowd There 10 ainnteur features inc p"''''
benc simply for long erern,' rs the contestants
mt n That means money. Judges were dispersed
rIh pnin,ct NEGATIVE being Tcf,ree e. l.
uusbc, samuel j. Cornell and George \. Avery were
the timehccper'
Then, was but on. wrestling bout, but ~ The match
IA. between Sebastian Miller aud Hugh Le'niTl' TN
Instructor II the club. that one contest was worm I"
dozen ordinary bouts. The time limit was lofty
minutes, william Johnson. the champions c'llarhnd
u,,v wrestler Wa the referee. Leonard ala WONDER
full worl. considering that he weighed but l'' p'iA'
10 Miller, Eli pounds The first bout was eaten a.
catch can and Leonard gained the first hl In .
minutes and 20 seconds. The second bout was
Gracco Roman and Leonard again got the accison. al
though no fall wa gained Lc'h"W "' u'c p'"c'
WORK aud loudly apphudei
The remainder II the night vas devoted to boxing
and lovers of clover sparng had nothing TO complain
o. The first bout between william Clarke, 81
Brooklyn, aud j. IIaean, OF Philadelphia. Weighing
about 10 pounds each. Neither man ala mu'h eN-
cnon In ;hc first three rounds. In the fourth round
&, w,s ANYBODY, battle but CLARKE did Tie better
vork I'm the fifth round. lIagaE was the stronger
man and swung his arms like n trip hammer Clarke
WIS fortunate I'm generally cvadng the terrific swings
The referee gave the fight to liagah anna
mingled Kisses and cheers. chance blow IN me SKIN
round which staggered Clarke, settled the battle.
Tho battle between Sailor" Brown. Of this city. and
Professor Gerhald Of Louisville. was exciting. The
men weighed 100 pounds each. Gcrhagdt h. the box
ing instructor Of the Louisville Athletic club The
battle was OF the hurricane orier Gcrhard went down
I'm the frat round and Brown was covered with blood
In the second spectator arose and shouted that tho
bout should be stopped but he was Queted and pre-
| yall-d upon Ia retire Brown fought TO better nd
yantngc In the third round. and the call OF time saved
Gerharrit Both men dazod aud went TO the same
CORNER The sailor" showed desire 10 bite. Gerhadt
went 10 the noor four times In tn" fourth round but
showed II pluck aud endurance worthy 81 better
| cause Gerhardt seemed dazed tight through the
fight going to the floor for the eighth time, Brown
hitting him at wal After the second round Gerlardt
did not know whether ho Manhattan Island or In
| his beloved Kentucky. His courage was remarkable.
| Erovn won but he woIld lever have stood half the
punishment.
The battle between Jack Hopper OF this city. aud
NJ OBrlen Of Philadelphia, was lively one while IL
| lasted Thc Quaker City man was dressed only In
trunks fighting shoes ard porous plaster. But
Uoppcr is not Hopper OF old. and OBren punished
him ne he pleased. The call OF time saved Hopper.
The second round lasted only minute and Il sec
ords WHOM Hopper went TO the Moor for good.
The bout Of the evening was between " Bill" Dunn
| tbo champion OF Nc"-Jtrncy, anu eluNln, OF
AUSTRALIAN. brother OF Frank Slavin. Both men have
| h.eu training for several weeks. olavn weighed 100
I nounds and Dunn siN pounds lighter. slavn's
prother and Jacks Tips" Sheehan the Ausaan's
! seconds. -,
The hattie was lively one, Dunn doing most of tho
| Gpbtnr I'm the first two rounds. the betting being
| 3 To- In favo" OF Dunn Dunn hit with both hands,
while the Australian depended upon right hand swing.
In The third round SnvinS brother yelled Fight
him lack and this seemed TO add energy 10 Slavin
From that time out the Australian steadily improved
| Dunn trld running tactics and did all he could to
| avoid unIshment. At the end Of the sixth round
| shcrfan offered bet Sl00 to $50 that slavin had
| won. No one took the bet McCafrey decided the
| INT Ia "a draw