The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-24
FIGHTING WITH "PILLOWS"
dead Game Sports" Fooled with a Fake
Prize Fight at Lanham's.
But There Came Near Being a Genuine Riot
in the Ring-Given to Thompson
In the Fifth Round.

A few of the sports who were put ION"
ven out to LsDham's roadhouse last night
and witnessed a very ''faky" fight. The
fight was to rave been between George
Thompson. the kansas City KID and
Frank Dwyer. of Alexandria. Ind. but be-
fore the fight ended all the seconds and
about half of the favored spectators who
were admitted in the canvas-inclosed arena
had taken q part In it in one way or an
other. and at one time all of them were In
the ring in q tangled mass of struggling
"sports."
The tight was kept very quiet. and not
an officer was upon the scene to interfere
just as 1t became interesting, n the fight
went on with pummeling and punching
till 1t was awarded to Dryer upon q foul,
referee and timekeepers, with the SEQ
onds combined, could note. The mill vas
to have begun at IL o'clock. but there was
as usual endless wrangllDg about the purse,
the seconds and q multitude of other minor
points. and IL was nearly midnight before
the punching match commenced.
Dwyer had ten pounds advantage Of his
opponent IN weight. HE weight beng given
at III pounds, while that of the kid" was
III pounds. In the corner occupied by
thompson I1oTO I1hlc pIeblQcQ 6o DOLtlo-
holder and Johnnie Green acted as second,
Herry O'Connot seconded Dwyer aud All
Newall acted as hls bottle-holder. There
was considerable difficulty experienced In
securing u referee. and finally Tommy Mil
Ter was taken from the corner occupied By
the kansas City Kid" whom ne WAS to
second. and served as referee. The next
important question to be settled was the
selection of timekeepers. and Roy Bowman
and Richard Henderson were chosen for
this duty.
Referee Tommy Miller introduced the
men to the small audience OF select sports,
and enjoined silence during the fight AS
there were several families residing within
q few miles of the place, aud the noise
would disturb them, and tomorrow they
will be kicking on the JOINT.
In the first round there was very little
fighting; both men seemed to be afraid of
his opponent.
In the second round it became q fight in
earnest-real fighting without regard to
fouls or anything else. As soon as the
men stepped forward they clinched and
began pummeling one another Wherever
they could secure an opening. In this
struck, and had it not been for the 'pIi-
lows" upon the hands of the men some
damage would have been done. As it was
the blows were Ineffective, but the kid"
had the best Of il.
When time was called for the third round
both men sprang to the center of the ring
and started in for gore. They clinched as
soon as they met and began pummeilng
one another. The referee called to them
TO break. but he called in vain. as they
made no effort to break. 1t was very APP
parent that both men were riled. Dryer
threw the kid" to his knees ana
was punching him In the face. Referee
Miller spranR to the center of the
ring to force the men to break away. lie
grasped Dwyer by the shoulder. and the
latter turned quickly and. catching the
referee by the leg. turned him upon his
shoulder. The whole crowd was in an up
roar by this time. The seconds of each
man sprang into the rims and took Q part
in the scntle in aid of their prin-
cIpal. The bottle holders saw heaps
of Jun" spelling. and also took q hand IN
IL. then some half dozen or more tors
sprang into the ring. and they were all
tumbling about the ring and there seemed
to he n riot imminent. All the while the
tImekeeDers were loudly calling time. but
no attention was paid TO them. and the
free-for-all fight took precedence of
everything else for q few minutes.
The men were finally separated, and
then the time keepers said time
was not yet up. Dryers seconds
urged him to "Ro get i'm" and Dryer
rushed To the center Of the ring bnt didn't
get 'im." because he did not come from his