The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-20
POLICE STOPPED THE BOUT.
Exciting Finish TO a Boxfn Matcn
in tbe Academy of Music.


caorge Dixon the feather weight cham
MON: Joe Jordan. his handler. of Boston;
Xix Leonard, Tom O,Reurke, and Par
son Davies. the two pugilistic managers,
were arrested last night for participa-
ting in an alleged prize fight at the Aca-
denny of Music. Dixon. Jordan and Leon
ard were charged with a violation OF
the law, and O'Rourke and Davies were
mt down for aiding and abetting a prize
fight. The prisoners were k to the
East T~wenty-second street police station
and lodged in a cell. They were bailed
out later by Dave Holland, former back
Of Peter Maher, the Irish boxer, and
Thomas d. DAILY, of fhis city.
Several weeks ago O'Rourke n
Davies conceived the idea of holding a
two nights athletic and boxing tourna-
ment, and engaged the Academy OF
Music. The affair was held under the
auspices of a mysterious organization
. described as the National Athletic Club
of America.
have been the big attraction. while this
evening Joe Walcott, the BLACK hurr1-
cane light, weight" and Tommy Ryan,
the Telter weight champion, Were billed
have boxed five rounds and the decision
was to have been left to the judgment
OIL the aQQleQcG.
Before the bouts came off O'Rourke an
nounced that there would be no knock
outs. The crowd took the information
good naturally, and prepared them
selves for a tame Set-to. However before
the first minute had passed it could be
readily perceived that the contest was
for blood, and that both men would strive
with might and main to protect their
regulations.
In the second round the men clinched
and Leonard began to foul. Dixon tried
ia shove him off hI1f I.p0n9r9'S gfrpnPfh
and weight told. The referee tried to
vain to separate the boxers and O'Rourke
then jumped into the ring. This was the
signal for a number of men who were
seated near the ropes to also climb into
the ring and attempt to separate the
At this point Inspector Cortright, with
a number of policemen took a hand in
proceedings and drove the crowd back.
the pugflists with O'Rourke and Davies
placed under arrest.
GreenvflIe Ex5ae Club.
All arrangements have been COM
pleted for the combined prize shooting
and bowling festival that is to be held
under the auspices of the G%reenville
Rife Club at the Greenville Schuetzen
Park, on Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day. August 20. 80. and 81. The shooting
will commence at one o'clock Thursday
afternoon. In the shooting competition
there will be four targets including the
Judges target. open to judges only. The
prizes, of which there are over fifty, will
be in cash.
The bowling alleys will be opened at
one O'Clock each afternoon. The fol-
lowing committee will have charge of
the alleys Valentine Holzappel, chair
man. Henry Lutz. o Hill, E. A..
Wuestner. y; Edward schultz and Rob
ert .Zeiger. The game will be head pin,
each ticket emitting the player to three
balls. The best three tickets will count,
and no player can obtain more than one
3pr;ze. The prizes will be as follows:
first. s25; second, SIS; third. $40: fourth.
lSS; fifth, $6.sixth, IS: seventh 81; eighth,
So NINTH. So: tenth. 81. Premiums. for
best ten tickets, SO; for second best ten
Yachting Notes.
The members OF the Greenville Yacht
3cqug suggest that it would be the proper
thing for DIR. HOLSTER to change the
.name of his boat Clara to that of Hoo
!doo. 1T was only a little over a week
laso that a gasoline stove exploded in
Ihsr bow. causing d big hole to be made
the port side. and nearly killing the
{orncf. who happened to be on board
lat the time of the accident In the race
,Aanong boats belonging to the members
Hof the club for q silver 1oE1ng cup
fdDnated by Vice Commodore Charles D.
which was sailed on Satur-
Day afternoon, the ill~fafed boat had her