The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-09-10

ADMISSION clear OF the motley throng on the
outside. The club building was q blaze OF
light. The arena is a double stored affair,
with sitting room for something over 5000.
The ring is in tho center, and there never
has been o prettier battle ground than it
presented this evening under the brilliant
rays OF a dozen big electric ligh's. There
was a 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 embraced
representatives OF every state and nearly
every leading power of the world.
KELLY SEES THE FIGHT.
There was no cheering among the crowd
until a slimly built young man in a plain
business suit and a soft hat pressed his wav
through the boxes and made his way to the
box. 1t was Jack Sicily, the great amateur
who is to fight George Dixon. The crowd
let its lungs loose in q mighty shout when
Sicily pressed forward. He said he felt in
the best form in his life, and then settled
down to enjoy the fight, while s. 900 pairs
OF eyes were leveled at him. There was an
event hat happened at the door just before
the fight began that was not on the cards.
Thomas L. Harris Of Louisville presented
himself with two slim y built young per.
sons, handed up his tickets and started for
the arena. Something in the appearance of
Bardet's officers. who followed them.
Of the party was of the male persuasion.
The other two were girls and gave them.
selves away. Ofcourse they did not Get in:
on the contrary they were put under arrest
and taken outside. Mr.. Harris was told
he could see the fight alone and his COM
Panions retired crestiallen to don their own
HInfhac Tho vNs n AL -Ckl-
1an'pi In promptness. Myer had the
longest WAY. to, come. but was first on the
ground. After his days rest in Carrollton.
he got into a carriage with Alt Kennedy
and his trainers and drove rapidly to the
lub The Myer party went quickly to
|. WITH A CROWD AT rHE1R. HEELS &
Sno Bill was stripped. .sMcAuliffe and his
body guard reached the club q triie later
and went to their room, where they waited
for O'Clock to- come. While The pueiiists
waited the sports continued to gather unfil
the amphltheater wa nearly full. 5 A few
minutes before 8 o'clock a tail man with a
small camera hoped over the wire fence
n took a snap shot at the crowd with
ne ring In the foreground. A minute
aiterward johnny Foster came in with =
gloves to the satisfaction of the police
authorities and the fight was ali
but ready to begin. Ex-Mayor
au1l1ot entered. the ring ut ten minutes
speech %admonishins the assembisge to rs-
main perfectly quiet and declaring that the
nxht you'd be strictly on the square. Im-
med ately 8 ter this speech Prof. John
Dnhy, p acted as referee, entered the
arena, followed closely BY Capt. William
contest. The men weighed at s:45. Never
atl37a and McAuliffe at 1874. Capt. Bsr.
rett examined the scales upon which IN
gloves were weighed, and, finding them iii
right, nodded his consent to the referee. The
with red wooden tape. Tbsy wsrs thraxn c
inithe ring BIZ the captain. 10 wait he pick-
ing Up ,? sflle seconds III the i1Sp. sky
I'VE hundred people were safd 70 bs So
ent, and even that number Ssiisd 10 fl tss
arena, whose 81 pty seats the rainy wsathsf
held accountable for. Prof Dnifv ~.
nounced that Jim Coiyfiis, Of Bastot,. wotid
az as ~timekeeper for McAuIifHe, while
George X. Clark Of Chicago would Act for
Myer. Rube n. Frank acted as Official
t~inlekeeper.