The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-11
IT'S Light WENT OUT.
Cable Athletic Clubs Star
Fighter Was Beaten.
PLUCK AGAINST SKILL.
Race Track War-Beard Of Con-
troll Beaten-Football Notes.

The Cable A. G. had a star, q pugilsStic
star. He twinkled like a star of the first
magnitude and was stationary. The star
was in the path of another. They cel-
lided last night. The Cable twinkler
was shattered. Into fragments it went
and its light has gone out. The star
gazers who witnessed the collapse were
gathered at Woods Hall. Tho majority
were admirers of the Cables luminary
and were sad when its glim was doused.
The star was Frank Lane. He met
Hugh O'Neill of the ScottIsh-American A.
c. in a four-round special bout.
Both had carefully trained for the event
and each was confident. Ian was at
tended by Mike .Hartnett, john Hartnett
ard Pat Connolly. The seconds for
O'Neill were Andy Hart and Bob Wilson.
George Wood and VIII Crowley had the
watches. The referee was Pat Cahill.
1t was fortunate for O'Neill that Cahill
was In the ring or there would have been
trouble. In fact. a merry row would
have been precipitated. When it was
apparent that Lane was beaten and was
almost dom for in the second round. Mike
Hartnett rushed in and attacked O'Neill.
The referee very promptly lnterfered. If
he had been a man OF less skill and OF less
courage. his interference would not have
arrested the row. He was determined
thai the battle should continue for the
stipulated four rounds unless either was
beaten before that. They feared him
and the fight was continued. There was
bowling and disorder. 1t was evident
that there would have been a rush
for the ring if anyone was rash enough.
The sturdy Canill and his powerful digits
were there to keep out trespassers. and
they noisly stayed out. The fight went
on until Lane was given his quietus in
the first round. He went down n out.
O'Neill was aggressive from the start.
He rushed and they had a wrestling bout
O'Neil landed two stiff punches, one on
the jaw, the other on the wind. Lane re-
taliated with a hard one on O'Neills Jaw.
i the second round Lane sent in one
that started a leak in O'Neill's nose.
Lane directed a vicious swing and landed
on O'Neilps head. O'Neill planted a
corker on Lanes neck that caused an at
tack Of conclusion of the brain. He had
Lane shakey and would probably have
ended it then had not Hartnett jumped
in. Before the referee had cleared the
ring time was called. Lane was temper
ariLy saved. He recovered wonderfully
and when the third round began
and went at his opponent.
O'Nein was taken by surprise and, before
he recovered, he received a hot one that
sent him down. In the fourth aud last
round both men were wary. They spared
for a long time, waiting for an opening.
O'Neill found it and drove in an upper
cut. Lane responded with q weak one on
O'Neilt's ear. Lane was forced to the
ropes. He was a goner. O'Neiil landed
one on his jaw, and Lane went
a fsrsG IL He b WAS fe pluck p f bs sent tent
down again. Once more the defeated but
valiant fellow mechanically arose only to
become the target for a hard blow. He
dropped again n e no more. 1t was
a clean knock out. A few minutes later
when Lane revived and realized he had
been beaten, he wept. This battle was
the feature Of the exhibition given by
the Cable Athletic Club. The enter
tainment that preceded it was an
excellent one. The first event was
a boxing bout between John Hartnett
of the Cables and Eddie Murphy of the
Waynes. 1t was equal to a fight. Hart
nett seemed bent on putting Murphy out.
but Murphy was just cleve enough to
save himself. O'Brien and O'Donnell OF
the Nassau A. G. gave a burIesque exni-
bition, but it was overdone. A good
turn was done by j. Booth and I. Cor
coran of the Pastime A. c.. Farrell and
Hardy of the Lorlllards put plenty
of ginger In their bout. Thorn
hill of the Gables, a capital and
graceful swinger of the Indian clubs was
introduced, Dan Courtney, the master Of
SoASmobAOs, s0uS' anu ~ we'll plCoSCu INC
audience thai he was twice encored. r.
Barry and j.. O'Connell of the Scots had
aspirited bout and O'Connell's nose was
tapped. A special bout between Mike
Hartnett and Strong was an
nounced, but the latte, it is said,
had failed to appear. HartnetG had
stated that he would meet Cruden, Of
Hoboken, after dfsposing of Strong.
Cruden was on hand. The master OF GER
emonies stated that as Hartnett was
down to 102 pounds, and Cruden
weighed lis, the meeting would be post
poned until sone month frem last night,
when they would meet at los pounds.