The evening world., 1894-08-14
ROUGH ON The SPORTS
Justice Voorhis Lays Down the
Law Regarding Glove Fights.
Eight OF the Raided Men Held for
Trial-Nineteen Fined.
Mysterious Disappearance of n Man
and II I<eg of beer.


and angry seedlings than commonly at
tend case of life and death, Justice
Noorhis finally settled accounts in def
ferson Market Police Court this morn
ing with the prize-hghters who were
captured in last nights raid.
If accepted az precedent. his iudg-
ment makes boxing, or the sembla nee
thereof high crime and misdemeanur
and punishable at sight. without trial.
All the ladies and gentlemen who
gather OF gala night In any fashionable
athletic club 10 see two muscular pets
of their teams eXemplfy the noble art
de la boxe' are liable to ten days or
slU therefor, while the principals and
their immediate accessories in and about
the ring can only be dealt with by the
more ponderous judges OF the General
Sessions Court
At the same time that hard lot, the
newspaper reporters. who may be dele
gated to one of these Olympian func-
lions, are just 30 per cent less culpnble
than the respectable ladies' and gentle
men that look ON. However, what the
captured reporter escapes In line Is
amply made up in the form of red
no! on }aiekeMdi nii tr9 On the bench ,
prize, fight held on the second floor OF
2Ul West Broadway. This was the first
act of rafting burlesque. The fun
and excitement began with the call OF
curtain and was sustained to the very
last gasp Of the comedians.
,e Tony f., Rrim 1ls fnown as Tor" t., ke,
street Italian boorb!aeks, seventeen
gloves last night. fhe headquarter.s
We're liked at a barber shop al 90 SUN.
by word OF mouth, and at o'clock about
| tNo hundred men were assembled at the
shop ready to see the event
| IT Is not proven that there was any
stake. more than n keg of beer. or that
cent was charged for admission.
Among those who were hidden to at
tend was the redoubtable broadswords-
| Duncan {. Ross. Also among the guests
was Policeman Keaiey, who says that he
was there in disguise. all unawares to
cipals and abettors, for their part say
that they knew that Keaiey was po-
| iiceman from the beginning and were
| very we'll acquainted with him.
ITALIANS ahe srTwd g9i 80 numerous that TIE
majority ~ the crowd the Slip, ana with
twenty-six favored, ones mostly Ital.
iasns, went to II varick street, and
Vorable, 70 2Ol West Broadway.
Ihey obtained a room on the second
hoor and clearing a space set the
got started, Policeman Kealey succeed
ed in getting out and sending word to
h' ca s5at nacp IN MssbDqugalb Stree
Of his men, Disgusting them by remov.
Ing their coats and wearing citizens
hats. They swooped upon the building
attacking in from! and rear, top and bot
up the fire-eseape. they burst Upon nj H. b
scene with clubs and pistols drawn, an,
2 stampede ensned. As the GROVE
men at every exit they decided to sur
| render.
one man escaped. How he did IT
With him vanished the stake which
was said to be a key of beer, and that
helps along the mystery.
the >, cabPtiyes were led to the station.
succeeded in getting out before morning.
Alderman Beck bailed him out.
This Is Ross version of the event.
which all hands indorse: -
II was notified at o'clock last even
ing that there was to be sparring match
between two likely littie, Italilns and
was "a asked Re TO re,erse Wh9n we 9a
put on the .eight-ounce. gloves they had
brought with them. AS referee ! an
nounced TO the crowd that this was to be
se0 bSyss 20 went sen pG az and had Jus,
finished the first round when there was
terrible racket at the doors and win
dows and a lot of men in their shirt
sleeves burst In. went, to the door
| thinking II was the landlord. and an
excited policeman levelled pistol at
me, shouting that he would shoot the
first man that moved. then saw that
we were arrested and sent for bail. II
was an impromptu sparring match
within the law and | can't understand
| the raid"
Justice Voorhis held the following
eight men for trial In $500 bail. Toney
Belmont and Cunio Pace, the principals;
Duncan c. Ross, the referee: Dinh to
Morano, Robert Reed, William NJ. Smith,
John Bond and Benjamin, all seconds,
timekeepers and bottle-holders.
The remaining eighteen were herded
in front Of the dock and. without being
questioned, were fined $40 each.
A young man.. who said he was re
porter for a Sunday morning paper,
stepped up and said that he was at the
IT eeting on business.
The Justice took occasion to inform
newspaper men that they were not 10
be any more exempted from the penal
ties or violating the law than other
citizens, but stretched IA point Of in
diligence in this case by reducing this
reporters fine TO 80.