Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-08
Unsatisfactory End Of the Great
Cooking Main.
NEARLY A FREE FIGHT IN THE PIT.
Garza's Followers Scattered, But
His Energy Unchecked.
THE DISORDERS IN KANSAS.
THE GREAT COOKING MAIN.
Seven BATTLES Not Being Fought All Bets
Declared or

seven Batties Not Being Fought All Beta
Declared OF
Nrw YORK. Jan. s.-The most interesting
cooking main that has taken place IN wears was
begun IN Newark. y. J.. early this morning.
The men furnishing the birds we're Arthur u.
Suit Of Suitiand, Prince Georges county, Md,
aud Anthony Green of Sacramento. Cal The
main was arranged a month ago. and the terms
were : o a battle and Fl 600 on the mann.
There were as many people around the pit nt
o clock as the seats would hold and every
man had paid - admission. Only local breeders
ana sports were present. but there was eyi-
IDENTITY large amount OF money among them,
judging from the betting.
WON BY SHARP TRICK.
The handler.of Maryland birds plaved Q
sharp trick in the fifth battle. and by techni-
oality won the battle, but tue excit,r raeut over
the play great. and at one time IL looked A
tAonSh there would Se tgLt The birds had
iousht Tor seventeen minutes and the Callfor-
ma bird had stabbed his opponent so ot.ep aud
DC hard that at the end OF that time the south
ern bird lay dead in the pat.
ihc Mafylaud handler called for a count not
admitting that his bird Was gone After the
handlers had picked their birds up and gone a.
tnc scratch the Maryland man, whose place it
was TO hrst put his bird down made a ieint 20
DO SO, but only a felnt When the California
A"hoiet saw II lac Thought the other bird had
-.
iairlS down. The other then earned lis hird
a4oit ana Claimed the hight on the technicalIty
Inc ielcfee gave the decision In favor of
Maryiand, as he had 20 do under I'm, rulcs
hSn Jumped INTO the Plt hclter-skelter and
yelled 'fraad.' Green SAID hc hal b,on rol,haa
and refused to go on with the ,nnin lie
made protest against the payment OF auy
money on the battles or the main and
a hundred or more of the spectators said
they would stand by him. he finally
ST eli
the building the spectators making hero Of
MN. Ihe trick OF the other side did not meet
appreciation. even among eastern sports, many
ot whom refused 20 accept money they had
won 10y the technical decision.
The ain of prospective war settled down
after awhile and proposition was made TO
Ureen that new judge he chosen m order
that the main might go on. Gree refused 10 give
his consent Tor some time. lie WAS cyId. .tiy
an6ered by the technical decision against hlrn.
but Bnally agreed on condItiun that be could
secure a handler to take his own place. There
was very little trouble about this, and a, z IS
a. m Il Was decided 10 go ahead.
Ii took the Maryland bird just four minutes
and ten seconds to finish the Californian in tho
sixth battle.
The seventh battle resulted in n victory for
California In eleven minutcs nineteen seconds
III TOOK twenty-siN minutes 20 decide tho
eighth Ihe California bird was a steady prod
Ger and he KILLED the Maryland cock making
the score "A tle at four battles each
Maryland won the ninth battle after a hot
contest lhe score was again eVened an tho
tenth battle. Ihe eleventh resulted in a VIC
tory for California
-HE REFEREE DErARTs
At this point the referee aud Marylaud's
handler left the building. California was ready
for the twelfth battle, but could find no oppo-
nent.
The score stood-California, 6: Maryland, 8.
How the award Of stake money will he made
is not yet settled. The terms of the main
required seven battles TO be won. All bets were
declared of. Green may sue for the stakes
The crowd went away greatly disgusted-