Evening star., 1894-03-27
TWO STARRING BOUTS.
The Inaugural Entertainment of the
Country Club Inst Nighi.

The Country Club, composed mainly of
members Of the Capital City Athletic Club
of this city, gave what it called it's in
augural entertainment at their club house
near Highlands, Md, last night. There
were about 100 persons present, nearly all
of whom. are residents of this city. The
entertainment consisted of two sparring
bouts, good in themselves, but SO badly
managed that there was a general and al
most constant utterance of profaue pro-
tests. The first bout was between two col
ored men, Jim Jayne OF Washington and
George Ringo of Wilmington. They weigh
ed in at 140 pounds, and wore four-ounce
gloves. The Wilmington darkey is an ex-
perienced fighter, and it was supposed> that
Jayne, who made his debut in the ring on
this occasion, would be an easy mark for
him. Consequently, it was something of a
surprise to see Jayne sail in at the call of
time and punch Ringo so hard and often
that the latter showed the white fea ther at
the close of the ninth round and refused to
go back into the ring. The lighting was
stiff and sharp while it lasted, and although
each fighter scored a knock down, neither
was very badly hurt Ringo had ,he sci
ence, but was lacking in sand. Jayne
made up in strength what he lacked in
skill, and was game to the core. George
Mccoy refereed the bout, and properly
awarded il to the Washington boy. These
men fought for purse of $50, of which the
winner received two-thirds. It's payment
exhausted nearly the entire receipts of the
evening, and it looked as though the other
bout ON the program would not lake place.
Cartwright and Moore.
After considerable parleying, $50 was sub
scribed and the contestants agreed to enter
the ring for that amount. They are both
white men, Ned Cartwright Of Washing
ton and Fred Moore of Wilmington Cart
wright calls himself the lightweight cham
pion of the District, but no one appears 10
know where or how he got the title His
bout with Moore was to have oean for fif-
teen rounds, but owing to the lateness of
the hour and the necessity OF making con-
nections with the last tram to town. il was
reduced to six. That number was sufficient
TO demonstrate, however, that Cartwright
is not in the same class as Moore. The
latter outfought him In every way and
Cartwright was able to stay the SIX rounds
only because he clnched Moore at nearly
every exchange and escaped punishment in
that way. The fight was clearly Moore's
but to the surprise and disgust of every
lover of fair play, the referee, Mr.. Murphy
declared 1t a draw, and then diScreetly dis
appeared from view. The opening" of the
Country Club would have been more sue
Cessful If the pugilistic arena had been less
frigid and the events had been attended
with less wrangling and outside interfer-
ence.
Deputy Sheriff Bounced.
An amusing feature of the occasion was
the presence of a coal-black deputy sheriff
who made more noise trying to maintain
order than all the rest of the spectators
combined. He made one attempt to assert
the majesty of the law and to protect the
fair fame of Prince Georges county, by
Jumping into the ring during an unusually
exciting exchange between the two cClored
fighters. What he meant to do will never
be known, for he had made only a few
steps INTO the arena when the referee rush
ed at him, and by half-Nelson lock threw
him clean over the ropes among the spec
tatorS, who added to his discontinue nv
showing him out of the hall. That brought
him into the bar room, and he remained
there the rest Of the evening and made no
further ATTEMPT to Interfere