The evening times., 1895-10-08
NEWYORK TAKES The FEVER
Authorities Stopped the Looked For
o-Lavigne Bout.
Big Crowd of boxing Lovers Were on
Hand, lint the BlnecOats Scored
knOckOY.

The much adv ertised Young GriffO"-
Lavigne bout, which was expected to Oc-
cur last night in Hudson County under the
auspices OF the Active Athletic Association.
did not occur owing to Interference OF the
authorities.
The Active Athletic Association, after
months of prepa aratiOn, announced that their
new clubhouse would be opened last night
with three contests, the principal of which
was twenty round go at catch weights
between Young GriffO, OF Australia, and
Kid Lavigne, OF Saginaw, Mich The 9th
er bouts were To have been OF ten rounds
duration between sam" Kelley and Cas-
par Leon, at ITO pounds, while .Solly'
Smith, of Los Angeles, and KID Nc
Partland, of New York city, were to meet
at / % pounds.
About O'Clock 1t was rumored that the
Hudson County authorities would not per-
NIT the fight TO take place, but notwi;h-
standing this fully 1000 persons made
their way by rail and water to the club
house.
Two Staten Island fcrryboats which were
densely packed did not land any OF their
passengers at the dock, and their passen-
gers as well as those who arrived by rail
Were disappointed when Manager Early in
formed them that the police authorities had
decided not to allow the bouts to 20 on.
There was nothing else for them To do
but TO return To the city. which they did.
The bouts have been indefinitely post pOncd.
The hue and cry raised nearly every
where just now against prize fighting does
not seem to have seriously affected the
new boom the ring has recently received
in New Orleaus. The other day IL was
noted in these columns that battle had
been held there before the Olympic Club
and now comes the news that Jack Ever
hart, the famous Southern lightweight,
and Owen Zeigler. Philadelphia, have been
matched 10 fight before the same club on
the 24th of this month.
Herman Berneau, the Tcxas heavyweight.
and Bill Mayo started 10 fight to a finish
near the line bet ween NJ ichigan and Indiana
on Sunday morning, but after three rounds
had been gone through with. in which
neither man was hit hard enough 10 be
hurt, The officers put stop to it. Ber-
neau is now out with a challenge to fight
any man in the world, barring Fitzsimuions
and Corbett.
The cry raised by Brady and Corl-eit two
years ago that Charley Mitchell would
not EJECT Corbeit in the ring is being raised
by these worthless in regard Ia FitZsinI-
mons. Corbett insists in an interview at
San Antonio that Fitzsimmons does not
intend 10 go into The ring with him. Billy
Brady made bluff that he would let
81 900 that Mitchell would not be IN the
ring at the appointed time. got c.iled,
and lost his money. Neither he nor Cor
bett are making any such rash bets with
regard to FitZsnmons. Notwithstanding
they are using the same old chestnut.
The preliminary boxing contests given by
the Eureka Athletic Club at the Front
Street Theater, Baltimore. last night start
ed at 1890 p. M, but the star bout did
not begin until after midnight. Charles
kid Mccoy, OF Cincinnati. and he Ulnian.
of Baltimore, middleweights. at twenty
rounds, We're the chief attraction. The
fight was awarded to Mccoy. after twelve
and one half rounds, as he outfought
Ulman from the start.
In the preliminary set-to Jack Ward, OF
Newark, n. j. won from Jack Clancy,
If Baltimore. Each weighed III pounds
The ten rounds which they were billed
to spar went nearly to the end OF the
last round. Ward had been playing for
-haney's body. while Clancy WORK ed for
Wards head 1t was a hot contest from
start to finish. CLANCY was very game
and did not quit until he was unable
to hold up his hands. Had he been able
to stop Wards right hand body blows
Ward would not have defeated him.