The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-18
A TGOODWIN WON $4,000
HE CHEERED THE LOUDEsT OF l.
WHEN "FITZ- LAID CORBETT LOW.
Heard the Returns at Engiish's Opera
HOusc-Intense Interest i'm the
Streets During the Fight.

The people who have been complaining
that the papers are filed with stuff about
two brutes who intend to fight had a
powerful demonstration yesterday of the
fact that the newspapers were simply CIV
ing news that the great majority of the
neople We're deeply interested in, deplorable
a comment as this may seem upon public
taste The complaining individual himself
probably either squeezed himself into the
dense jam at one of the theaters where the
news OF the fight was given hot from the
wires. or stood most of the afternoon in
the driving rain in another dense crowd
before one of the bulletin boards. drinking
in the news from the ring as fast as il
was posted up. Then after he had yelled
himself hoarse. after he had hurried home
earlier than usual to tell his wife and fam
lily about II, he found that they already
knew a couple of hours before he arrived
that Corbett had been knocked out" and
were eager to know the details. Another
curious fact is that just about every man,
woman and child that read the accounts
in yesterdays evening papers will read
over the fuller account published this
morning 10 CLEAN further details.
Local interest in the contest was intense,
though comparatively little money changed
hands on the result in indianapolis. All the
theaters had announced that the fight
would be given by rounds from the stage
and the Grand and Empire were packed
and jammed with humanity. They yelled
with perfectly impartial enthusiasm when
ever either of the pugilists got in a good
blow and when it was finally announced
that "Fftz' had made a Knockout, the
roof bid fair to go off. They were for the
winner every time and it was surprising
TO find after the fight was over how many
people there were who knew "Fftz'' was
going to win and had been hoping all along
that Corbett would get knocked out ION
account of the way he treated his Wife
because he thought he was the whole
thing and for numerous other reasons.
IL was worth several times the price of
admission to hear the from the
galleries as the announcements of the va
dious rounds were made.
AT English's Opera House there was no
show on the boards, but a crowd of about
nine hundred men paid their money to sit
there and hear the news of the fight. They
were mostly business men and their
demonstrations Were not SO boiSterous as
those at the cheaper theaters. but they
We're demonstrative enough for all practi-
cal purposes. The most notable figure in
the house was the ~well-known actor, Nat
Goodwin, who occupied a box with Maxine
Elliott n several members of his COM
ANY. AS the fight went on and each round
SHOWeN OOIDell Sledully Cunning. 1OOuWln ;
face was drawn and his interest was in
tense. Once or twice, as the thing was
nearing the end, those who were observing
him noted a slight twitch of pain shoot
across his face as the kilograms noted that
Corbett landed telling blows. When the
unexpected announcements came that Fitz-
had won the fight, Goodwin
sprang to his feet and cheered like mad,
continuing his cheering after the rest of
the house had stopped. His sadness was
all changed TO hilarity and when the next
telegram confirmed the news, he again
cheered until he was hoarse. He had good
reason to rejoice. That lucky blow over
Corbett's heart had won for him 81. 900. and
but a moment before he had settled down
10 the belief that he had lost $1,000. He
punished some pretty high-priced cham
payne after the performance last night and
nothing was too good for his friends.
Notwithstanding the driving rain, there
were big crowds in front of the various
bulletin boards during the progress of the
fight and they yelled themselves hoarse
over the result. The one poolroom of the
town was damned, but the betting was
light.