The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-13
SPARRING BEFORE SPORTS
The Local Roby Association Gives q
Series of Exhibitions at the Empire.
Frank Dwyer and Harry 0Conner Have q
Very Clever Set To-TwO Children Put
on the Gloves-0lher Bouts.

There was q series of boxing bouts q. the
Empire last night. under the tof
the Columbian Athletic Club. and the last
number on the programme was an interest
ing set-to. The others were a job lot OF set
tos. without regard to sizing or class. The
ten.cent folks. way up in the gallery, en-
joyed the affair hugely. and guyed every
body that appeared. from the man who
wore his whiskers too long to the
referee, Chris. Zimmerman. when he told
the crowd that Mr.. Foppisno was not on
the stage that night because he was busy
going down the street with "a
streak of yellow in his back" Mr.. L.
sat in the audience and let the remark pass
although there was q demand from certain
quarters that lie show the gentleman. on
the stage that there was no chrome colors
on his back. A number of sports on the
'levee" got together several days ago ana
imported q Cincinnati light weight tor che
purpose OF d~iscOmtiting Mr.. +. This little
remark was one calculated to bring Mr.. r.
against the light weight. Mr.. L. failed to
respond, and the sports were out the
amount they had contributed TO bring the
Cincinnati man here.
Two chilcfen. named George and Wright.
were trsy brought out before the admiring
multituds. and they showed themselves
quite clever. One of them is a bright chap.
the son of Quincy Wright. the man who
WAS killed by al electric car on Massachu-
sets avenue several weeks ago. The boy.
some time ago, fought nearly thirty rounds
in a room adjoining Gus kakhe's gam Uiing
house on Washington street. and would
form an admirable subject for the Board of
Cbildren's Guardians. if he is allowed to
continue in his present pugilistic careen
kid" Thompson, a chocolate-colored
man, and Fred M~oFadden. spared three
rounds. and the negro sho we'd several fan
tastic ways of tossing his fists. The white
mans nose showed blood. Herb Hale and
Kid Mccoy came together for three rounds,
and they compared In size like q freight
train to O mule car. Riley Evans. another
gentleman of dark hue. "tumIed" Chris
Wade in a three-round bout. and Wade re-
sponded with several clever blows. A man
named Conley. at whose whiskers the gal
lery took umbrage, tried to lind Nike Gill
lespie, reputsd to be the feather weight of
Ohio. and the misfit in the match was so
apparent that the audience hooted and
laughed. Even at his weight the big man
was no match for the Ohio man.
Frank Dryer and Harry O'Conner wound
up the exhibition with five rounds that
showed spirit. Three policemen took seats
on the stage to get q better view OF the
match. and the men went at Ii In true
pugilistic fashion. The honors were about
evenly divided. and one of the colored
pugilists thought this entitled him to q
grab &C q silver dollar which some enthusi-
asst threw on the stage and which Dwyer.
with due p%recaution. had put under his
chair. Both men were q pretty pink when
the curtain dropped. 1t was announced
that Dwyer and. Thompson will fight on
the 23d. Several other matches were an
DOunced.