Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-12-30

ton was very angry when he received
the word and Immediately declared
the fight OF, saying"We are not run.
ming our club in the interest Of losers"
A good game man is one of the kind
that wants the winner to rake all. but
that's not the idea OF the Coney Island
Athletic Club. They do not believe
in shutting the loser off with shill>
ing, as that would be neither right or
just. The loser is certainly entitled
to little over bis training expenses,
but when = pugilist makes feature
Of the amount the loser is to receive,
it makes the club giving the purse
feel very weary. Under the circum-
stances q first-class fight can scarcely
be looked fer, as the moment . man
gets punished little bit and he feels
bis chances Of winning are dubious,
he takes the first opportunity offered
to "lay down" and thus avoid further
punishment. The larger the amount
given to the loser the hummer the
fight is going to be. 1t is the greatest
mistake n club can possibly make to
allow too much for the losing end.
If man wants to see fsst>class fight.
ing he wants to look at q contest
where the winner takes all. Il. will
then see fight we'll worth going a
long distance to see, especially if the
men are anything like evenly matched
in science and strength.
The kid glove f hit to finish last
week between Classy and Mccarthy
showed the New York sports very
conclusively the difference between
big and small glories. Both boys
were at weight and fought at frac>
ton under los pounds. The finger
were cut off their kid gloves, leaving
much stronger brace and protec tion
for the knuckles than ii they were
bare. Every blow struck by either
man landed with a sickening thud
and when it landed the man struck
knew he was bit. The blows fell like
hail and something had to give way.
1t was an even thing during the frs
round, but in the second Mccarthy
landed good clean right handed ups
, percut on Glassey's jaw, which foored
him till after he was counted out.
( 1t was desperate fight while it lasted
The boys were as quick as a streak of
lightning and the manner which the =
showered their blows upon one
! another was sickening to behold.
Classy closed McCarthy's right eve
early IN the first round and had his
left we'll decorated by the call OF time.
| Mccarthy was the stronger Of the two
and after twenty seconds of cyclone
] fighting in the second round Glasse,
was knocked insensible. His fall on
the concrete floor did not do him any
q good. Both boys we're very badly
= punished. Casey is the lad who
. broke McGuinis' jaw in two places
about three years ago in kid glove
! fight to = finish. McGuinis was pres
: ent at this fe h, and he and his friend.
lost considerable money betting on
, Classy.
: The bidding for the McAulifre-
, Burge fight has commenced betv eeu
b the Coney Island Athletic Club and
a the Crescent Club OF New Orleans
5 Burge got frightened when the figure.
reached 100000 and he could no,
0 sign too gu ek. No, SO, however
I with McAulifre, who played his card,
to even greater advantage than the
+, wary Fitzsimnons. Jack trumped
, up some little imaginary grievance
against the Coney Island Athletic
e Club and expressed a strong prefer
ence to fight in New Orleans. TIC
, cap the game along NcAuliffe's back.
ers were in favor of having the fight
take place in the North, so the bidding
between the two clubs was of the
' most spirited character. McAulffe
kept out of Judge Newton's sight
but frequently met Captain Williams
When the Crescent's offer reached
$4,000 it was thought that the
Islanders would throw up the sponge
and let the fight go South. Such,
however, was not the case. The
Coney Island Club want the fight and
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