The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-25

at Mllpitas that they became afraid, and
We're tainted afterward with their coward
ice by the chicken-sports. They used no
pohcy whatever in trying to get evidence
pack to San Jose and aroused Sheriff j. ii.
Lyndon. They demanded that he get
together force of thirty or forty men and
proceed against the alleged bird-fghters.
Such thing was about impossible and
unreasonable under the circumstances, but
Sheriff Lyndon summoned his deputies, j.
M. Black and Fred Tenant, to assist him
and the three officers of the Humane So
clety IN investigating the matter.
They arrived at Milpitas at 80 A. NJ.
and came to the barn in which the main
was in progress. Then came the excite
ment of the evening. The Humane Soci-
ETY. men were little too eager to make a
much judgment they rushed to the barn.
By peculiar coincidence, the man who
knocked on the door used the rap adopted
by the spectators to gain entrance.
There was a substitute for the regular
| doorkeeper on guard at the time. As he
opened the door Sheriff Lyndon and his
deputies rushed in, expecting to catch the
law-breakers in the act. The whole body
of six men pushed past the doorkeeper
and before he could give the alarm they
We're in the annex where the cockpit was.
Their attack was fruitless. No fight was in
progress and there was no positive evil
dence that the law was being violated,
though there could be no doubt as to the
| reason for the gathering of so many men.
But the sports were scared just the same.
They tried to fee in every direction, but
Sheriff Lyndon barred their passage way
at the door. Some dived through windows
IN their anxiety to get out, while others
climbed around in every direction. Still
the Sheriff and his deputies could find no
evidence OF criminality, and though he
had virtually placed all the spectators
under arrest he was compelled to dismiss
them. He and his deputies tried to break
| into the chicken-heelers' rooms, but by the
time they could get the door open the
birds, gaffs and all other evidence had
been spirited away.
Slowly the excitement died down. Presi-
dent Shafter hung around Jones' saloon
for long time, but becoming sleepy he
went home. At 80 A. NJ. the fighting of
the birds was begun again, and it con-
tinued until daylight. Constable Otto
Wolf, who accompanied the Sheriff party,
remained behind. However, he could not
prevent the main from being carried on
by the quiet but powerful crowd, the per-
sons composing it having determined to
see the thing through to the finish. Nearly
every man around the cockpit had a sus-
picious bullying to the right hand behind
trousers-pocket, and heavy guard was
kept around the barn.
When the raid was made by Sheriff Lyn-
don and his deputies, several funny scenes
took place through the men trying to es-
cape arrest. Frank Knobloch, the hay
and grain man of the Potrero, made wild
play to conceal his identity. He had
handkerchief on which was embroidered
the name Crank" He must have thought
in his excitement that this would crimi-
nate him, SO with wonderful forethought,
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out of his handkerchief and threw away
the tell-tale piece of cotton. He received
a hearty laugh little later.
When the Humane Society mem bers and
the Sheriff and his deputies returned to
San Jose, the fight was resumed. At
4 80 A. NJ. Tom Boyle, who represented
Johnny Maher, placed a fve-year-old,
Norton of Sacramento, who represented
the San Jose faction as handler at the re-
quest of William Burt, put down a similar
fowl. Both birds fought well for few
flights, but the San Francisco bird was the
cleyerer in the use of the gaffs, and cut
Burt's bird in the neck, killing it. The
score then stood to 0 in favor of San
Francisco.
The fifth fight went to San Jose. Boyle
handled a quarter Jap quarter Henney
fowl. 1t was rather sleepy bird, and the
quarter Jap Alviso muff Norton put against
it at four pounds and ten ounces, even
weight, was too lively for the San Fran
cisco chick 1t was fine fight, being hot
and lively. The San Francisco bird was
killed by cut in the neck. Score: 4 to 1
in favor of San Francisco.
The sixth battle was draw. Sacra-
mento pyle, weighing five pounds ten
ounces, met full Jap from San Francisco
latter bird, though getting both wings
broken, fought gamely until almost killed.
San Jose won the seventh fight, which
was a good one. Two quarter. Japs, weigh
ing four pounds and nine ounces, were
placed in the pit They fought like true
game fowl. Makers bird fought well
with broken leg, but it got the worst of it
all through. After half an hours fight it
was killed. Score: 4 to 2 in favor Of San
Francisco
Maher came back into the pit for the
eighth fight. He handled a 5-pound
4-ounce half Jap half Dom, which was
badly GATED by a 5-pound 2-ounce red
half Jap handled by Norton. Makers
bird got much the worse of it until, at last,
he made a strong effort and sunk his gaff
into the brain of the other bird. Score: 5
to in favor of San Francisco.
The ninth fight went to San Jose, how
ever, and the spirits of the fighters
from the Garden City and the Capital City
began to rise again. Two black-red quar-
eSI Jap LlullS, Will WllGe leChS, ana DOtn
weighing pounds and Is ounces came
next and fought about evenly until both
were almost exhausted. Finally Norton's
bird sank its gait into the brain of Makers
bird after a good fight. Score: to in
favor of San Francisco.
The tenth and last fight took place at 7
A. NJ. Maher put in the pit red-black
half Jap half Dom, weighing pounds and
1 ounce. Norton put down red-black
quarter Jap weighing 5 pounds. The best
fight of the night resulted. Both birds
were strong and clever, and some pretty
work was done. Makers bird was an ex-
ceedingly clever QUICKER and hit well with
his gaffs. He finally won the fight after
twenty minutes hard battle and the great
est cooking main of the decade was won by
San Francisco by a score of 6 to 8.