The Butler weekly times., 1896-10-15
SPORTING WORLD.
so.dlar" Palmer Defeats Johnny
Murphy at London.
6VALCOTT WHIPPED BILL QUINN.
"a Round Go Between O'Brien and Moore
rhe Recent Chicago Fight May Cause
trouble for the Participants
COrbett and Sharkey.

rnypoy, Oct 13-''Pedlar" Palmer
4 England, VINO holds the title of
Aampion bantam-weight pugilist of
| 4. world, last night defeated Johnny
Warmly. OF Boston, in 20-round go
hfore the National Sporting club.
me quarters Of the club were crammed
"a their utmost capacity, many
hsbionable sports being among the
mectstors. When the pugilists en-
vred the ring it was easy to be seen
,hat both had paid strict attention to
p,ining, and it was also plain to ex-
urts that they were in for long and
,.dious fight. Palmer meant to take
40 chances, but to win on points. At
no stage OF the 20 rounds did he at
tempt knockout. He punished the
American very little, and in fact there
vas very little blood shed. Palmer,
however, always had the fight in hand,
and at no stage was Murphy danger
ous The affair was voted very tame,
The only redeeming feature being Pal
mers cleverness and Murphy's game
ness There was very little applause
:, the finish, and. in fact, the fight
had been SO one-sided that it was re-
lief to see it ended.
JOE wALCoTT WHIPPED BILL QUINN.
MAsPETH, l.. l.. Oct. 13.-The Empire
Athletic club held it's second boxing
tournament of the season last night.
The first event was a ten-round go at
catch weights between Dick OBrien,
Of Boston, and Dick Moore, of st.
Paul: O'Brien winning in five rounds.
The second and principal bout of the
night was 2O-round contest at 14s
pounds between the colored boxers.
Joe Walcott, of Boston, and
"Scaldy" Bill Quinn, of Penn
ylvania. Walcott had the best
Of the main event from the start,
though Quinn was game and took n
world of punishment. In the 18th
round Walcott rushed, landing left on
body and right and left on face. Bill
was sent down three times with right
swings, but he managed to come up
gamely, and in the most plucky man.
ner fought back. His pluck held him
up but his strength soon gave out, and,
after standing more punishment than
the ordinary man could bear, Quinn
was knocked out by a lefthand swing
on the jaw. The time for this round
was minutes and SO seconds. The
referee declared Walcott the winner.
Two minutes later Quinn walked out
Of the ring and was congratulated by
his admirers for his wonderful work.
THE RECENT FIGHT AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Chief of Police
Badenoch has taken hand in the Chi
ago Athletic club prize fight matter.
Yesterday two detectives were put to
work on the case, and determined eff.
fort will be made to get the necessary
evidence to convict the principals, DIR.
Milton B. Pine and Fred w. Swift.
The police say they will not be content
in punishing the participants alone,
but will make an effort to take into
custody the referee, seconds, timekeep
ers and spectators-in fact, every body
connected with the affair. When the
police have collected the necessary evi
dence the arrests will be made and the
cases vigorously prosecuted.
CoRBETT. AND suARKEY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.--Managel
Groom, of the National Athletic clut
Of this city, has agreed to deposit SO,
900 in the hands of the referee who
may be selected for the finish fight be
tween Corbett and Sharkey, for which
they signed articles on June last
and has set December as the day fol
the fight. Dan Lynch, on behalf o
Sharkey, accepted the proposition las
night and anxiously waits word from
Corbett.