New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
SOME LTTELY BOXING BOUTS.
PROFESSIONALS AMUsE NEw-YoRK ATHLETIC
CLUBMFN.


Lovers Of scientific sparring were in their eieIheh'
last night at the New-York Athletic Club. The ciuo
cave its third subscription boxing tournament anu
every inch of space in the gymnasium "ae Oc'uP'i.
The contests were between professional boxers ana
under Marquis Of QueensbeTy rules. There was no
effort at anaeur.sm the bouts lasting from clever ca
NtoDs Of four rounds each OF fourteen ronlus'
Rich purses were offered the contestants, ana inc
pucists fought noby for Uncl, sans dollars or inc
Icing green they term II. Among 'he spco'd'oS
were the well known faces Of men famous IN the soc
political aad business life OF the metropolis MaA"eh
L More was the referee; +. W. kearncy ana James
W. Motley judges: Robert stall. timer, and Dennis T.
Butler. master of ceremonies.
The first bout of the evening was supposed TO be
the feature Of The night The battle between two
lghtweights, George Reynolds ard =. mccarthy, BON
Of th, CITY, The contest was fifteen r0hndS OF ihFec
minutes each REYNOLDS had the best Of II during the
first two rounds but Mccarthy improved after tht ana
the contest a lively one until the seventh r1na'
when both men tired badly. Blood WIS nos drawn
until the tenth round. when No Carihys nose gave
way Mccarthy refused 10 fight after the fourteenth
round and the battle was gwen l" hc,holu''
Mccarthy was badly used mp.
The second bout I'm the mldde-wcg't Class.
six rounds, between BIZ" Davis, OF Philadelphia ana
Frank Craig, OF Harlem. The latter Is a chocolate
colored young man. who answers to the nlcNhihe OF
TIE Coffee Cooler" Mr.. Davis's back, shoulders anu
arms grOtesQuey tattocd, ana IN private Nc Nc
is known rs Bubbles" Davis. Davis was as strong as
a lion and the Cooler" slippery as an eel. Craig
fought on the defensive forstwo rounds, and
them seeing that Davis had nothing but brute strength
Craig went to work In earnest. The Cooler won
easily, and he so to church to-day and nobody
will knew that he was working last night
Two coorcd boxers, known as snowfall and Moses
Corbett fought in the bantam weight class They
took the place Of William Murray and John Grlfin,
who failed to appear. Neither man showed any
science and the crowd roared at the windmill smuggling
Cort,ett was knocked four times In the second
round. SNOWFALL went all to pieces in the next
round and was knocked out. The winner wanted TO
Quit in the second round. The defeated man was
apparently winning easily until he was knocked
through the ropes.
W. Young. OF Washington, q plcasant-faced young
man. then measured strength and science with John
Conway, Of Philadelphia. The latter was as Tat as n
prize pig at fair time, but he had strength. Young
was n sparrer, pure and simple. and his blows lacked
force Conway green tights, and as he could not
box ii was soon red above the green. Young won the
battle.
The liveliest interest evnced in the six-round
match between Eugene Hombacker, Of this city. and
W. Edgerton the very black Kentucky Rosebud
Iornbackers skin was like white marble, and Eager
TOMS like a piece Of ebony. The latter was TOO De
m0nstratve and was called the saucy COON lie
became unpopular in spite of his terrific blows >cht
ment changed when Edgerton refused TO knock out
his rival in the fifth round, stepping back TO the centre
of the ring to allow the umbrella maker 10 recover
Hornbacker plucky but he never had any cDAhce'