The sun., 1897-11-14
RIOT At The ARENA.
Joe Butler and Jack Bonner
Fight Two Rounds.
TIE POLICE TAKE A HAND.
Jack DOughcrty of Wilmington
Clearly Out Points Jack Dia-
nond of Philadelphia.
A Knock Out.
TIE POLICE TAKE A HAND.

Special to THE Sun.
R1SGsIDE, The Arena, Philadelphia,
Nov. Is.
1t was a rotten finish.
1t was a riot.
Butler had Bonner out for fair. Then
he loss his head, fouled Bonner; feinted
at Referee Crowhurst, and would have
landed in cell at City Hall, had it not
been that Crowhurst n fused to make a
charge.
It was all over in the second round.
Theses grudge fights amt the whole
thing after all. The police jump in and
spoil it every trip. Why, there was
bunch of them in the ring in minute,
and in another two fly cops had But
Ter on the way to the station.
The bout started all right enough.
Bonner had licked Butler. Then he
talked too much and Butler chased him
for another match. 1t was easy money
for Crowhurft but it was no cinch that
Bonner could keep the date as he was
said to be dodging a love affair that has
reached the constable's hand. That
goes. too.
Now for the fight.
In the first round Butler put Bonner to
the floor with a punch on the jaw and
then stood over him waiting till he
got up to punch him again. lie got gay
and smashed at Bonner before he was
lair on his feet, landed lightly. The
crowd howled "Foul; Foup' and the
round was stopped and the men were
sent to their corners by the bill.
The hot number was the second round.
Butler went crazy At the tap of the
bell the two left their corners for the
centre Of the ring. A bit Of sparring, Il
straight one for the jaw, and down goes
Bonner As the Summit Hill miner rose
to his feet Referee Crowhurst stepped in
to force Butler back far enough to let
Bonner up and to the amazcmcnt OF the
1000 sports present Butler made play
for Crowhurst with his left. Crowhurst
back-steppcd, triprd and went through
the ropes with Butler hot after him.
Then the rut Two d zen policemen
rushed to the ring, grabbed Butler and
would have hustled him to a cell in a
jifiy, but Crowhurst was game and
wouldn't stand ior it.
Then the crowd took Il hand. They
wanted to kill Butler. That's 10 joke,
ut that.
The great pit was alive with how.ing,
.hricking, cursing mob. They wanted
Butlcr. For once Butler was glad to be
IN the hands OF the police. They hr*t led
him into caD thr,lyh the alley exit
from the Arena and drove off with him
before the crowd knew that he was gone.
Buffers finish was right there that min
ute.
This is the second riot that has taken
place in this building, which is the best
appointed place in all the world for hold
ing Il boxing contest. 1t isa 100 to
shot that this ends the game. No town
will stacd for riots as a regular thing.
The preliminary goes were all right.
The show opened with cracker-jack
bout between Jack Doughcry, of VIII
mngton, and Jack Diamond, OF Phla-
Gclpha. Doughcrty was five pounds
too fat. His condition would have Leen
better had he been lighter. They fought
three rlttling rounds and in about the
middle Of the fourth out goes Diamond
one on the jaw did it. Diamond put up
good stiff fight up to the third round
and Doughcry felt the gaff all right, all
right, but Diamond was strictly out of it
in the third round and in the fourth
Dougherty had him just right and copped
him clean out
Cal Mccarthy and Patsy Donovan
fought SO and So battle for six rounds
to Il good even draw. About the same
may be said of the go between Tommy
Clary Of Paramount and Dan Mcconnell
of Camden.
The fight Of the night, however, was
between two blacks-Ed. Smith and Joe
Cross-both OF Philadclph Smith WI s
80 pounds to the bad for weight but he
won out just the same. He was game as
pebble and the crowd gave him the
ht hand throughout the fight. 1t was
hammer and tongs from start to finish.
What they didn't knew about boxing
they made up by what they did know
about fighting They were willing
workers.
That riot spolt II goods nigln's port.
That's what.