Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-25


CLAUDE MATTHEW'S. ROBERT LOWRY.
ed in New York Id returned prisoner to
Purvs, Miss.
The governor then got in with both left
and right. and the champion was convicted
of prizefighting and sentenced to a years
imprisonment. Sullivan, although some
what daZed, came up to the scratch smiling
sckly smile, appealed his case, got new
trial. and pleading guilty was by agreement
with the district attorney fined 81 coo. AL
though Sullivan escaped imprisonment,
Governor Lowry was well satisfied with
the result of the legal setto, for according
to the big fellows" own statement it cost
him nearly &c., 600 to keep out of jail 1t is
very much to be doubted whether Sullivan
had anything left after he had deducted
that sum from the $4,000 stake, the 81 ,000
side bet and 60 per cent of the gate receipts,
his total winnings on the fight.
Meanwhile Governor Lowry had not
wholly neglected Kilrain. That worthy
was arrested in Baltimore, found guilty of
assault and battery at Purvis, fined $500
and sentenced to two months imprison-
. ment. lin all, the n-Kilrain-Low-
ry fight ended with the governor of Missis-
sippi very much on top.
Although the laws against priZefghting
are quite rigidly enforced when a great bat
ent states display considerable inconsist-
ency and lack of energy when fights occur
between men of less note than the leading
heavyweights. For example, fights were
of common occurrence in New Orleans last
year during the regime of Governor Muir
ply j. Foster, and Sullivan and Corbett
battled there for $45, COO and the champion
ship of the world Sept = 1892. Dozens of
other really notable contests also occurred
in the city during 1912 and until the col
lapse of the Crescent City Athletic club in
1898, owing to the Improbable financial
result of the $4,000 battle between Bob
FitzsmmonS and Jim Hall.
In New York city glove contests in which
knockouts occur are held in variety thea
tiers very frequently, and although Governor
Flower, in response to public clamOr, posi-
lively forbade the Corbett- Mitchell fight at
Coney Island, dozens of other fights that
were exactly as unlawful We're held at the
Coney Island Athletic club without appar-
emily attracting the governors attention.
The political trouble at Coney Island, how
ever has caused the club to cease opera
tions, and no more fights will be held there
in all probability. San Francisco, long the
scene of pugilistic encounters has finally
called a halt after the killing of four pugil-
lists in the city.
The first fatal bout was when Tug Will
son killed Burnie Kelly several years ago.
In April, 1889, Ed CUTIE killed Tom Avery
with a single blow at the Cremorne theater.
Avery fell dead on the stage. In June,
1890, Frank la Rue killed Harry Mcbride
at the Golden Gate Athletic club. The last
fatal fight in San Francisco occurred in
February, 1898. Dial Hawkins killed Will
liam Hanson, and Frisco concluded that it
was about time TO end the slaughter. With
fighting stopped at Coney Island, San Fran
cisco, New Orleans and Roby and under
the ban in Great Britain, the horde of ma
tive and foreign pugilists now in this coun-
try is naturally noting a painful tight
ness in the money market. The pugilistic
Othello can hardly get chance to even do
battle with pillows now, and if there is
not revulson in public sentiment soon
he will ere long find his occupation gone.
EARLE H. EATON