The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-11
BURNS AND AsHToNs BENEFIT"
A Pretty Fake Worked on the Public by
Providence Fighters


Manager j. +. Smith of the Metropole
club has had two experiences with fight
ers during the past week which may serve
him in good stead in future dealings with
men of their profession. In both instances
Mr.. Smith has been given "throw down"
and made monkey of. The first case
was that of the match which he arranged
between O'Connell and Kerrigan VINO
broke the articles Of agreement with the
Metropole and went to the Coney Island
club, because there was a little more
money there, and gave Mr. Smith the
laugh. The last instance occurred last
night when Burns and Ashton were to
have had benefit at the Metropole club.
Anybody would think that when bene-
fit is arranged for two men in their
native town that they would at
least try TO satisfy their friends who
have paid their money to See them per-
form. Not SO with Burns and Ashton
They took the tickets, sold them, and
then gave their friends and Mr.. Smith the
"hi-lo." They seem to think that by
doing this kind of business it is an easy
way to get money and that they are
smart fellows" A fighter as a rule
hasn't any more sense than the law
allows, but it would seem as if the biggest
mug" in the business would no more
than to do as Burns and Ashton did last
night in the city where they live. They
may want another "benefit" sometime,
when benefit means something
more more than thar money enough to
ride down to Cranston's. The time has
been. and it wasn't half century ago
when to both Burns aud Ashton the pro-
ceeds of "benefit" like that of last
night would have been as good as 81 900 is
to them now. They may be broke"
m tOn II ha ,ot
word to say against the ability OF Burns
Ashton never did amount TO anything
But as men, and by that mean men with
sense of honor neither of them is lin it. "
Those who were at the Gymnasium last
night will not soon forget the throw
down" that they got from this pair
who were billed as the ''stars' of
the entertainments. To begin with
John l.. Sullivan, whom Ashton, as
his sparring partner, had faithfully
promised would be there, did not mate
rialize. and Ashton himself did not even
put in an appearance, but the least said
about where he was and the condition
that he was in. the better. Suffice it to
say that he and John Barleycorn had
been having run-in and Johnny scored
the most points. Brooklyn Jimmy Car
roll came on from New York to put on the
gloves with Ashton. but the Providence
heavyweight was in no condition to be
seen in public, and so Carroll had to be
satisfied with formal introduction to the
audience. Burns was the only one of the
pair who was to be seen, but he did not
put his hands up, although he had prom
ised to have Hank Brennan on hand to
wind up the entertainment with him.
Catannach aud Herrlck gave an inter-
esting exhibition, and the set-tos were
between Lynch and doc" Reynolds,
Roach aud Gleason, Mack and Moran,
and Falvey and Whitford. AS far as
Manager Smiths part of the entertain
ment went it was all right. Against that
the audience had nothing to say, but of
Burns and Ashton their remarks could
not be construed as being complimentary.
T. w. A