The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-11
All the Champions We're There. Including
Corbe,t, Who Was Caught in Trap and
Forced to Agree 10 Fight Jackson.
Johnny Griflin Knocked Out by Solly
Smith in the Fourth Round.
Six Thousand Dollars and the Feat ber. Weight
Championship Won by Chance Blow
Pete Shea Bfsred by Jimmy Barry.
A GALAXY OF SPORTS.

Nearly All the Champions and "Ex.'s." Ex-
crpt Sullivan, at the Ring Side.
Special 10 tho Indianapolis Journal
RoBY. Ind, July 1o.-Johnny Griffin. the
Braintree lad. and Solly Smith. the Pacific
coast champion. met ght at the Colum-
bian Athletic Club for the feather-weight
championship of the world and purse OF
Sc coo. Six special trains were brought
into requisition by the Illinois Central 20
accommodate the ticket holders and even
after these bad been dispatched from Chr
cago, two additional trains of ten cars
were found necessary In order TO accommo-
date the overflow of patrons of the ring.
Half an hour before the commencement OF
operations the big amphitbeater.
which. since the last encounter. had been
covered with a roof. and otherwise made
comfortable and convenient for both spec.
tators and representatives. Of the press.
was crowded to suffocatson. In the boxes
and front seats there were assembled
notable collection of champions, from the
heavy weights 10 the intermediate divis-
ion. and then:e downwards to the ban-
tams AmoD2 those were James J. Corbett.
Denver" Ed Smith, champion heavy
weight of America; Bill Bradburn, ex-
champion heavy weight of Illinois; Dan
Creedon. holder of the middle weight
championship of Australia; Tom Ryan.
oham pion welter weight of America; "Mys-
terioUs" Billy Smith. champion
welter weight of the world:
Tom Tracy. champion welter weight
of Australia; George Dawson, cham
pion light weight of Australia; Young Cor.
bett. champion light weight of the Pacific
coast; Billy Meyer. ex-chsmpion light
weight of America; Harry Gilmore. ex-chsm-
pion light weight of Canada and the
United States: Young Critic. feather
weight champion of Australia; Billy
Murphy. ex-champion feather weight
of the world. and George Dixon. the world
beating bantam weight Aside from these
there was Paddy Smith. brother Of Dom
yer Ed" now matched to fight young Cor
bett; Professor Donaldson. Billy Delaney.
Corbetts trainer: William A Brady. Cor
belts manager; Tom O'Rourke. backer OF
Dixon; Col. John Il. Hopkins backer OF
Creedon and Tracy: Dick Roche. backer OF
Jack McAuiiffe; buffalo Costello. Billy
Woods, Hughey Napier, Ed Alexander,
baoker of Critic; Tommy White. champion
feather weight OF Illinois; AL Smith. the
famous New York sportsman; Foxhall
keene. Porter Ashe. owner of the much
disputed Geraldine; Fatty" Phillips. Abs
Levy. Frank OBrien. "Parson" Davies.
Johnnie Campbell, owner of Diablo; Tom
Williams. Nose Gunst. Frank Taral. the
Jockey; George Rose. backer of Griffin;
Matt Hogan. Leo Mayer. Billy Reilly. the
pool seller; Frank n. Shaw, Curt Gum.
Cy Jaynes Dick Pryor. Bud Remand,
Maxey Blume. Alt. Kennedy. Clinton T..
Riley. Judge Burke. starter PettiDgill.
Mike Norton, and frankie McHugh. of
Griffin and Smith reached the private en-
trance of the club shortly before o'clock.
The scales were balanced at l22 for each
man. Present at the weighing were Joe
Choynski. Samuel Fitzpatrick. Seward
Smith and others. Before the men went
into the ring director-generai O'Malley
was handed certificate signed by DIR. j.
j. smith intimstinQ that both men Were
ments. and perfectly capable of engaging
In what-under the laws of the State of
IndIana-could be regarded as q
friendly contest. Betting on the
during the day. and long before
the men appeared In the ring q fortune
hung on the outcome OF the fight. For
forty-eight hours. despite the fact that
Griffin was a 10 to z favorite. Smith gained
friends with rapidity. and the ODDS came
down to even money. Not only this but
young Critic, of Australia. managed to
secure q wager at 5 TO for the Eastern
boy for several hundreds of dollars. Dick
Roche Abe Levy. Leo Kline. Joe Ullman.
Sam Myer and Dick Abrsm rounded mp
plenty of money for smith. and were in the
best of feather when they gathered at the
ring. Boston also interested
In the outcome, for Nose Gunst, of
San Francisco. had sent 5000
to the capital of Beanland in charge
of Larry Killen 10 place on Smith in the
Griffin stronghold. with the ex pectation of
getting 2 To for his money. In the mean
time Al Smith, known TO every body In
New York sporting strongbolds. had
drummed up a good many thousand dollars
for the support of Griffin. OF the bets Joe
Ullman had covered Griffin money aGgre-
eating 8. 900. the largest single wager be-
ing 81. coo against 8. .500 the big end being
put I'D by Al Smith. of New York. Anothse
of 81. 900 to 81 900 was taken at the ring
side by Ullman on Smith. James Fleming
Carroll. manager of Griffin. finding the
long END.