The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
BLUECOATS IN THE RING.
an ExCrrrTG AFFAIR AT THE PRO
FESSIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT


Con Couehi.. whips snih-one or the
Jatter'- Seconds Attack. Couehian Dur.
'ns the Bout-Other Interesting Fights.
Wild excitement reiened at the Grand Cen
trai Palace last night, where the professional
boxing tournament came to q close. mid
fierce fighting. frenzied yells. and fearful dis
oraer. The bout that caused all the confusion
was between Con CouRhlan. the Herculean
hammer thrower OF the Cherry Diamond Club.
c Smith. the gigantic negro known rs
the washington Thunderbolt. Each had won
. bout on the night previous. and they met to
settle the question OF final honors.
Coughlan. n magnificent specimen OF phys.
ical manhood. with buiRing muscles and
cleaning white skin. seemed to tower above
his coal-black antagonist. whose brond chest.
long arms. and we'll formed logs showed
muscle In solid knots. Coughlan was COM
paratively a tyro in ring science. while Smith
mad had considerable experience in the
squared circle. and had defeated John Jack
son, the Tennessee Hercules. The latter
had laid Coughlan low when thoy met
In the ring Of the New York Ath-
istic Club q short time ago. and the odds in
.ast nights battle seemed to favor smith.
a,.nomgn thsre wGs some allowance for I'm
The interest in the, bout was intense. and
G Gnsn s lie Giants sm dpHed ns each H. other there was
he reached touchlsn'ss body. The BIG white IL
p @sa tP to s sSSRf sh his n ar%s as tnooGh l he OK
r. !, Negro : ssn va. e ipos Z TO e , Es'' rop sas
nearly .D Ehos Sas !" out S,ie' TYING Hns t to ss sD q T sss
round closed with honors easy. WON ~
th IN ia r. on ss Ssash Essad ;s s% la ct s,. .ne%s VIII III
pIR lellow: he responded with u vicious
effect. and at ths close Of the ronnd Smith was
4 the on s's" Of S sSs l SsatSd t. a9 hs
got after t. ch him yieionsly: ooughian got Smiths
A this point George Cannon. who was behind
Smith ns created a sensation: Cannon. WHO
ietic Club ring. j snS dH'n tsroash A The
pammsiieS. him far hSHfH'a and i'I was h%s SHSi:
an ENJOYABLE time. when he was in turn
i %dlaRs S.S Sn BY se GS%shl" Il this sse D 9 and Sot tse
coats seized cGushian. who was trying to get
was as" overpo SHa sdIeF sn stItRsf hsd fh so ms'' to n lis
corner. and was rapidly taking. OF. his
s'SiHsS ths s s4oad MADE Tss . r rush ior int .hc his his ss sias::
turmoil haa subsidized ths policemen ieit the
ss s'N 49, JNeSSS uCStooA Niiut Soukhluh |
The first bout Of tho night was Of a sort to
and EdwsrG t fsi1'ff SH whiss. I t%o bs s1, !
spared with lndicrous nwkwnrdness 70. a
OF the white man. and by a HURRICANE Of blows
ss xs eonls s spinning Ea n sa around the ring TIL
counted coru tafe out 1t ""'e"'0 or0p' '0uho"t' and was
Reilly and Murphy. featherwelehts. gave a
furionsIy Tor four round and bofS we're
bruised and bloody at the close. The work
Tss Sis ,0 mn trG IN F tSs iast e%e r nsiIl5 9 Sns
>, Clarence, MeePherson. the colored Simeon of
t%s s hiee' last Si' ni e 0 S!th s bisf s Ms%s to ss ss AT
punched Clarence furIously. for : min
utes and rs seconds. whom the eolored boz.
SS eleiessi1p r oEaie.t ft tSe the aop %eut niisst as 9sisrss
stopped the bout. and McManus got the do
,ority Who had bsatsn Edward TTa Gom miHsHn
opt again and met Martin, MoCue. a fresh
out little MoCue showsd surprising quickness
md clexerness. HO avoided Moore's PUSHES
md inflicted hard punishment He got the
The ana! bout in the special i~ight;ysieht
'oiored; Of New York. It Was = sciontins al:
Which Yonn g lost ITO TOOTH hAfr the ft,'i i%aa astdihi lis.
agreed. and the referee ordered another round.
yhich Capt. Berghold would not permit. and
no referee thereupon declared the battle
lrawn.. Both men were exhausted at the close
tho fourth round. The summary:
Bantam: v eight class, los TO ~ pounds-Third bout.
,harles Moore, colored Of Hudson county, \. ", beat
:ds ard r Comiskey OF New York in Two rounds
iillsspic OF Philadelphia beAt. u. j. stroben OF New
e~ YORK beat CRATES a 90 oV eoio SSI'' OF " Guaso on
ounty In four rounds.
Feather. weight class l15 to 122 pounds-First bout.
lillian Reilly OF New York beat John Murphy of Phil
delphin in four rounds Final bout. While Rose of
ound.
special Light eight Glass. 1913 to 100 pounds-F,rst
Biny Young of Washington. D. g. beat Louis
OF New York in four rounds; final bout, a drawn
Olden of New York.
Light. weight Class. 1871 to 1870 'pounds-Ffrst bout
,sk MoAsnn. Of New York bea. Clarence McPherson.
wslter weight Glass, $40 to Lao pounds-Georve Gan
on OF New York won by default.
Heavy. weight ~ClRss-Final bout, Con CouRhiAu beat
G. Smith in three roundS