The Portland daily press., 1897-03-25
A LA CARSON CITY.
Profound 7ugilistic Event Pulled Off
in Portland.

To Which All the Sporting People Lent
Their Presence-Bouts between Local
Celebrities End With Go Between
Professionals.
If there is ANYTHING that we enjoy
here In Portland it is d boxing exhibit
ion" with little tinge OF excitement
and few dashes of claret to make it In
teresting. On such occasions the sports
Of the Forest City may be seen at their
best and those who have not seem them
at boxing match do not fully appreci-
ate the dead game quality Of our young
men about town nor can they under
stand the spirit which fires their blood
when such wicked exhibitions are under
way. 10 be present ar such affairs is the
highest ambition of Cholly's life and
the very knowing way in which he talks
of counters. 'jabs,'' and "hooks"
while smoking cigarettes and drinking
soda water in the all night drug stores il
beautiful to listen to.
| Nevada may be very warm state.
Carson City can perhaps boast of having
seen the famous Corbett- Fitzsimmons
match but is there any one state in the
Union or any one town in the State
which has greater reputation for it's
sporting blood than Portland the Me-
tropolis of Maine.
Last night there was boxing exhibit
ion in City hall. 1t was the event of the
winter and anyone with the proper sport
ing spirit is lacking in grace il he fails
to SO acknowledge. On the stage. a
square oircle'' was roped off Ia the
City arena. This "ring" was presumab-
~ of the right size and was an artistic
creation in itself. Unfortunately the
posts which marked the four corners
were weak in the joints and wholly in-
capaoitated, before the evening was over,
to withstand the terrific knock -out
blows which landed the pugilists on the
ropes.
On three sides of this ring settees had
been arranged to nicely and here were
assem- bled the "oreme de la creme of
Portland's sporting population. This
representation from the upper crust Of
the gamy young bloods was the fairest
ever seen atlany affair held in Portland.
The Avenue had strong delegation
present, while real wicked professional
| men, merchants who had won silk hats
on the Corbett- Fitzsimmons match and
could tell just how the former was
knocked out, the wisdom of the press
and the dignity Of the police department.
| were seated. The others occupied seats
in the gallery and on the floor of the
hall while in the queer little alcoves on
| the Congress street side of the hall many
of the city fathers watched the proceed
| ings interestedly, gaining many valuable
points which may perhaps come in handy
before the year Is out and the annual
appropriations are awarded.
| The exhibition was advertised to come
off sharply at eight O'Clock but it was
nearer nine when the referee, a business
like looking gentleman in his shirt
sleeves stepped briskly into. the ring.
Before this he had told the newspapers
men that he didn't want his own name
used in the affair. He said he belonged
| in Lewiston and for this occasion only
would be known as cd. j. Murphy. =
One of the reporters suggested that I'D.
J. Murphy" might object to having his
name borrowed by the referee. No, he
WON'T KICK" replied the referee, 1.-THE
real d. j. Is dead.''
"We intend to give good show but
you must keep quiet and make no I'M
necessary noise. Every mill will be for
business but no shouting or yelling will
lie allowed" The crowd applauded and
Billy Quinn,a red headed youth in black
trunks, stepped into the ring and took
chair in the corner. Joseph Soule of
Deering somewhat larger than Quinn
was the other youth. The seconds were
very offieieus and carried rather dirty
towels and were dressed appropriately for
the occasion. The time Keeper didn't
want his name mentioned in this affair
and hereafter we won't refer to him in
any way.
Young Quinn and Soule then COM
menced to spar. The former was very
lively on his feet and spent most of his
Il tlul0 Ill oddCA0& htOunu ouo Lluks Dot0Edl
times Quinn succeeded in landing
heavily" on Soule's jaw but his blows
were without force. The second round
was little faster than the first and
| Quinn's constant dancing about weak
ened him little. In the third round
Soule finally succeeded in hitting Quinn
hard blow onssthe nose and the "claret'
flowed freely. Up to this time the red
headed youth had had the best of the
mill but when the blood spurted out of
Quinn's nose the crowd yelled with de-
light. This was real warm stuff. such
as the Forest City sports love to see. They
yelled and applauded with delight. They
began to think it was about time for the
police to interfere and some Of the nerv-
GUS ones began to hunt their overshoes.
Edward Joyce of Portland and Billy
Mahoney of Lewiston were the next VIC
tins of this very cruel and blood thirsty
affair. 1t was said that Mahoney WAS
the champion of New England of his
weight which was 105 pounds. Joyce
weighed 122 pounds but wasn't intro