The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-16

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t"h"i Gets tho Decision Over Cnii"n.
between 1900 md 4. 600 pcrsons. residents
Of New york. prookIvn md Jersey civ we've
huncoed into tbe hsli,f thnt thcv war. wtnrss.
inc nm amateur hoxiny tournament in tho
Metropolitan Opera House Inst evening, They
IN ture tho Kind o, nntronnsc smch Affairs MS
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mont deserves. There never was more
d,5i.,r,tc swipllo ncrnetrat cd nnon tbe snort
ine public than this alleged tournament Lust
II ,o,,d ,o vol, 70 ,row ~ ,,o outsot TINT
. V' 30 "o'. w ~" "a. wy ou.S ' .''''
Italy myth and That the I tournament last
night was run under the direction OF Me s,s,,
Frank White. professional pugilist; Billy
hacLor ~ agh,ors. p,,ic, Instico righa ~
VI ."''o ~
Brooklyn' high mosul In the sar n boat Boat
in n .1crsev CIV saloon. and lin Butlor n
n... "' .... ~ aa auu ' IT,
teur ranks. but who is as great u professional
ne John /. sullivan ar l,ob Titzsimmons. II ia
no secret that amateur lighters nowadays will
not don a glove unless they receive from 500
upward. and it is we'l.known fact that men
VINO hold high positions IN amateur circles arc
fully aware of this state ollthngs and yet wink
n1 ~. :. 10 nv. neeos'a.y .of Ihh ous W
name any particular fight or amateur
u, tn .t tor az r near al
money ' was paid to contestants this wintnr.
tours are steep In the extreme s some Of them
even a! asking $1,000 for r Iour,E2und go with
to the exsns State Of rs and they do
for hS s '9RsSG 81
direction.
t LTa nsS Eons yrs ady ns
public was led to bolicve that Charles Kan
mer of the West Sides and jim Butler OF the
cans OF Brooklyn would don the gloves. the
show was extensively Ioomed. and md the Metro.
p3tan Opera House was crowded to the doors
the so On" pGS wsre t ssee
Soqs and s
city. enjoyed It immensely. Police INSPECTOR
Williams was on the stage; and + looked ire
s s srss sssn
dosen Feet rom tSs Sa eoe
Estp every the 81 II sS pa nF
preliminary bouts were over ~ IL o'clock, and
% %S1s A on tie lnsias and Knew new The the
s sasey Itso the aae old Hame ANA mark WHAT
tell you" Charles Harvey the master OF cere-
Hammer was ali dressed md ready to fight
It was learned that Frank White was dsber
though that worthy We're. about to
hght for the eh,ampionsh!r Of the the , wSTE1ld.
in boots. jcers.. and catcals. Hammer mp
to light Still no Butler. and after a wait Of
ten minutes Lynslh ann9Snssi to the crowd
man man away. w "'''' ~ 'o'' N1 VIVA '''N
# was p!sin to everyone tia. White was as de,
Kissed When he came craving in at ii:i5
tIs time time donned his street clothes.
ard Lynch vas Arm MI in his detserWWI hiao
as is though blows Would be struck. but cooler
counsel prevailed anH Lynch h finally consented
at l 30 both men were in the ring. The re-
ferro was Charlie Norton, an OK champion
prize. lighter now saloon Keeper
A. W. Schlchter Of Philadelphia. When tho |
men came together Hammer was apparently |
nervous. and Butler landed heavy right |
hand swing. He followed this up by scoring a |
blow. and hammers friends were amazed.
Hammer ieaped to his feet and began fighting
result was never In doubt. He had no DIM |
Guilty at all In landing his left Whenever and |
wherever he pleased. In fact it was a very |
jus: handled affair after the second round.
the stal%art West, slider; When the bout was
about the enclosure. and it was noticed that
than usual. No tine was lost in getting cahiil
and CaIinn into the ring, and it looked us |
though there would be a good fight, although |
fair-hnired Scot. The gloves wore surpris- |
inrly small for a public exhibition. es- |
pecially between amateurs. and the sec
Rnuckles in ord or that each blow would count |
for all that was in it. The first round was |
Chhll, Was trying 70 lignt 19lrly. me second