The herald., 1897-10-23
A BLACK EYE
Is Administered to Inn
ported Pugilists
The SCHEME THAT FAILED
M'STAY ATTACHES THE BOX OF
FICE TO PREVENT FRAUD
The Fistic Carnival Finishes With a
Financial Fizzle-Fighters Have
Sore Heads

Five hundred mer and two drunken.
prostitutes paid from 81 to 50 each to
get k,to Hazards pavilion last night.
They went there for the purpose of wit
Messing two prize fights and, prelim-
deputy constable in charge of the box
office and the receipts; platform in the
center of the floor which had been in
tended as a prize ring but was lacking in
ropes and posts; score or more of rub
bers, traiT,ers and general assistants run
ming around In various conditions OF
fury, aroused by the fact that there
seemed to be no chance OF their getting
their fingers orr the money supposed to
have been offered for the fights; and a
local saloonkeeper trying to arrange the
firlances so that he would be sure to lose
nothing.
The crowd bore II manfully, anG
strange to say, there were no denla nds
made for the return Of the price of ad-
mission. Perhaps this was because they
realized that such a demand would be in
vain. since ar. officer, armed with am
attachment, was coolly watching the
coiss as ii came in and saw to it that
none Of it went out again until that at
tachment was satisfied. Then after an
hours search for posts, several iron
pipes were found, and to them were
joined several pieces Of rope, and ring
was improvised on. the platform. 1t
was then announced what had caused
the whole trouble.
THE FAKE CLUB
AS is we'll known the fights were to
have been held. un6aer the auspices of
what is known as the Southern Califor-
mia Athletic club. This organization.
was formed for the purpose of giving a
series of fights this week in an effort
disinterested of course-to provide more
sport during the races. A Mr.. McRob-
erts was, or appeared to be, at the head
of this alleged club. He is said to be
horseman and has additional reputatiori
as patron of prize fights. He engaged
Walter McStay, the late secretary of
tine L. A. Athletic club, as factotum and
secretary in the preparation of the ar
rangem en.ts for the tournament of pugil-
ism. From McStay's action last night
there must have been an effort mace to
work him financially an@ leave him to
foot all bills. He would not have it that
way, however and some time yesterday
afternoon assigred his claim against
the so-called club to the colleetins
firm of w. H. Holmes & Co., with in
s.ructior.s to attach the receipts at last
nights fight.
THE ATTACHMENT
With the secretary's claim of $3.50 for
services rendered were associated vari-
Gus and. sundry claims for printing, ad-
vertising, ETC., the total amount being
s2S245 Tl9a collecting firm secured
writ of attachment in Justice Young's
court, and armed with this instrument
Deputy Cons a BILE j. H. De La Monte re-
paired to Hazards pavilion soon after
the box receipts had reached an amount
that was worth taking AND coolly served
the attachmeSN. Nor was this all the
secretary did. He had borrowed of the
Athletic club the ring posts and ropes,
and seeing a chance that some person
might gobble these he went to the pa
vilion and gobbled them himself, .eav-
ing the ring bare.
BUSINESS AT LAST
When the fighters arrived at the pa
vilion and learned what had been done
they were almost wild for time. Fred
Hausted alias Prof. young Dutchy,"
who had made the several matches
wanted to know what could be done and
was told by the deputy constable that
the satisfaction of the attachment was
the first thing that had to be done. He
had received ira advance portion of
the purse that McRoberts had offered,
and rather than have the crowd disap-
pointed he announced that he would
have the first fight of the evening, If he
had to pay the bill for it himself. Then
the improvised ring was prepared and
after seemingly endless grand stand
speeches the first fight was announced
as fifteen round bout between Bob
Thompson and Kid Parker.
PARKER ER-THOMPSON
No fault could be found with the fight
itself, for the men went at each other
in hammer and tongs style and, put up
as good mill as amy one present cared
to witness. The only Objectionable
fea ature of IL was the apparent desire on
the part of Thompson to avoid real
fighting. He gave Parker battle for
a time. but in the twelfth rounG the
fight was awarded, to the latter, Thomp-
son having almost quit fighting land for
three previous rounds having spert
most of his time in running away from
his opponent delivering only an coca
sional blow. Harry Monahan acted as
referee in this bout.
HANSTED- D-MROBERTS
1t was supposed that the second fight
between Joe King and Jack Carter
would follow at once, but 1t was soon
discovered that the purse Of $4OO that
had been offered the men had not BEEN
put UP, ard of course they were not there
to hammer each other simply for the
amusement of the crowd. Without some
assurance Of getting at least portion
Of the purse they positively refused to
fight. Hareted mounted the platform,
and, after asking if either Henry Edele-
man or McRoberts were in the house
ard receiving no response, stated that
he had brought the mor here at the re-
quest Of Edeleman and McRoberts, the
latter agre eing to put UP the purse. The
attachment had been surprise to him,
and he was left without cent He c.s-
r,.ed ell other connection with the mat"
ter than that of manager of the fighters
themselves, and positively asserted that
he had never handled, cent of the purse
money. There was money in the box