The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-03
BUNCOED THE SPORTS
Small-Sized Riot at the Murphy.
McCue Fight"
Dead Beats Break Into the Hall and
Are dubbed.
Then the Manager Disappears with
the Spectators Money.

That faithful ooteric OF dead game
sports" who woul! sooner miss meal
than slashng glove contest were bun.
coed early this morning In n Rrooklya
suburb out OF witnessing a fght they
had travelled miles 10 see. AMI Incl
lcntally were film TANNED out OF their
money. However there was n small
sized riot, and the boys got little en-
cltement for their trouble and MONEY.
Indeed, quite few found II highly
necessary to participate in little free
for-all dodge quickly contest, which
proved to be highly interesting.
The fracas happened about T. 30 4. NJ.
Just AS the fighters were preparing to
enter the ring they failed to fight In.
Several toughs. who either did not have
the essential long green" as one sport
exp essed II, or were aware OF the fact
that they would be film fla mined II they
| paid at the door. endeavored to gain ac-
cess to the hall through several handy
, windows from an adjacent building The
| latter is several stories high and Just on
level with the floor where the ring
was pitched.
The first intimation the flfty-odd spec.
tators got that trouble was brewing was
when several windows In the rear of the
hall were suddenly opened and hall
hundred or more dead-heads tried to gci
| into the hall all at once.
Inc proprietor OF the place was ad.
verse to admitting them without paying
the price of admission, 81, and called sew.
| eral - liked deputies. who were present
to aid him. They willingly went to work
| and gave the intruders a vicious broad.
| side with their clubs.
Many heads were sna shed in tho fret
| charge. and the toughs retreuted to the
roof. but the deputies were not salts
ned; They followed the men onto, the
roof, where the real fighting took place.
The disturbers made stand in the
dangerous place in which they
We're cornsred. but only for a
Iaid 't out y" BY u knocks e"t sao on " the
head and the rest concluded to sur
render. ladder was procured and all
hands were ordered to descend 1t as
| quickly as possible.
They obeyed orders. but got their
revenge a minute later when they made
= vicious attack on the building with
bottles and stones OF all descriptions,
dows of the hall in shower Every
body in the hall made a dash for cover.
while the stones kept coming through
injured. Johnny Eckhardt had II mar.
row escape from being struck by a
soda. water, bottle. The rowdies were
| fought DN tne uepOt1eS ana some OF
the sports, and at last peace was re-
| stored
Then came the i,im-ham act on the
part of the managers Of the fight"
| Gentlemen" suuehked a little fellow
| with IL buncO voice, there will be q
contest here tonight between. Tin
Murphy. of Harlem. and Marty McCue
Of Yorkville. McCue got a decision over
Murphy and Murphy proposes to ge
square. SO yer can expect gooc
fight"
The audience was satisfied anc
breathed freer than before. though thu
room wes closer than a Turkish bath
They waited and waited. but thu
lighters failed to materialize. Ate
an hours delay some one proposed
seeing what the trouble was All hand
followed suit and began hunt for tn
manager OF the show who Is reported
to be one Time Goldsmith. the ALLEGED
hacker of Murphy. He couldn't b.
found and, to quote the words of Fight
er McCue he Flew the coop with th'
coin" The spectators felt angry tina
they got buncoed again. and woul!
surely have had revenge on Goldsmith
had they found him. McCue Is es
pecially Indignant and proposes to s."
cure Goldsmith's scalp. 400
He said he was guaranteed $50
purse by the latter. but when II came
Town to business Goldsmith only Offered
him about $50 to meet Murphy.