St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-06

| regard to the champIon's girth was not
| satiated, but their discussion about the
/ contest was unreStrained and flowed
I with the placidity of running brook.
/ The early slump in the betting had
aroused the spirits of the band of Nc
| Auliffe men Ill town, and the Myer men
were depressed. McAuliffe and his
friends
Preserved a Reticence
about the condition of their man that
was oppressive, and no one but small
circle of light-weightS saw the champion
in his room, which he did not leave dur
| ing the evening until his friends came
to take him to the club. 1t was this
| secrecy which kept McAulitfe q favor
ite. The rain which poured on the
roof the evening passed slowly, the sup
pressed excitement growing as the hour
of the fight drew near. The rain chased
| the sports down to the club earlier than
they would have gone otherwise.
Chief Caster sent down large body
of burly officers to keep the crowd in
| order. The police stood IN the pelting
rain and kept the streets leading to the
avenues of admission clear Uf the mot
| ley thrOng on the outside.
I The club building was a blaze of light.
| The arena is dOuble-StOried affair,
with sitting room for something over
| 5000. The ring is in the center, and
| there never has been
Prettier Battle Ground
than it presented this evening under
| the brilliant rays of dozen big electric
lights. There was double row of press
| seats around the ring, with private
| boxes between them.
The crowd was as varied in character
| as it was large in proportions. 1t en-
braced representatives of every state
| and nearly every leading power of the
world. The gentleman and tough sat
| side by side, and one was as well be-
haved as the other under the restraint
| of perfect police discipline. The nota-
bles who saw the fight were many.
| Here are some of them:
Charles E. Davies. Charles Johnson.
! Jimmy Wakely, Warren Lewis, Moses
4 Gunst.., George r. Clark, DOminick
| O'Malle ley, jim Campbell, Tom O'Rourke,
| w. Re }nOds, Joe Goddard, Joe Choyn-
some Dan Murphy, Steve Brodie. Tom
Ryal Young Skelly, jimmy Carroll,
| Broc yn:' Joe Cannon, w. w. Naugh-
l ton, irry Killien. Tom Wilhelms, Chris
Fitz raid, Hugh Keogh, Lon NJ. House
mar .oe Murphy, Peter Donahue, 6. c.
| Swi ourne. Lor Sullivan, "OneEyed'
| Conl.olly. George Dickinson, Leonard
| Trolly. Walter Schlieter. Arthur Cham
ber, The Kid George Il. McNichols,
| Nick Seeger. Alfred Smiley, c. A.
Clark. George Kent Bauser, Lionel
| A. O'Neill, Mayor McCarrol. of Frank
| lin, La; Charles Rich. of Sullivan
| Kilrain fame; Bud Remand, Honest
! Jack'' Curly, Chief of Police Caster,
| Bat Masters on, Conway. of Troy;
John Ferguson. Ed Mclaughlin, Pete
Clark. Aired WeiIand. bantam G. w.
| Whitfield. Harry Weldon, Billy Norton,
Ned Thurman, Henry p. Sherman, Bart
] Johnson.
1 Jack SKelly Appears.
There was no cheering among the
1 crowd until slimly-built young man,
!, in plain business suit and soft hat,
| made his way to the box. 1t was Jack
| Skelly, The great amateur who is to
fight George Dixon. The crowd left its
! lungs loose in mighty Sho ut when
| Skelly pressed forward. He said he
| felt in the best form of his life, and
| then settled down to enjoy the fight,
| while 5000 pairs of eyes were leyeled at
him.
There was an event that happened at
the door just before the fight begun
| that was not on the cards. Thomas l..
| self with two slimly built young
| persons. handed up his tickets
| and started, for the arena. Something
/ in che appearance of the trio attracted
thu attention of Capt. Bardet's officers,
] wi 5. followed them. 1t turned out that
| 0nsy one of the party was of the male
persuasion. The other two were girls
| ard gave themselves away. OF course
| they did not get in; on the contrary
they were put under arrest and taken