The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-30
WHITE Is DEFEATED.
~xR CHICAGO LIGHTWEIGHT
nESTED BIZ JORDAN.
e~~s Does stanton Abbot I'm FOa1
a~.nhs. and Erne and DOwnsy
,senwe Their Fourth Draw-The
- Willard Tournament Opens.

.n,rY,f,N Nov. ss.-At the National
s. 1.~.s.~ Club today Spike" sullivan. the
3s..ssrsr boxer. defeated Jimmy Curran.
-. r.riishnan. On points In a twenty
u r.s.r IL the evening Ben Jordan. the
q ..S.ssrwefesft champion of England. de-
sgs'...6 Tommy White, OF Chicago. in a pro-
4 ss'.ssA frf, of nineteen rounds. They
= g s. IA pounds for purse OF 200 and q
80 81 Of something more than eos. This
-. whites FIRST appearance in England.
s. s.sss.sn and curran ciashed at l35 pounds
= nurse of 2fG and substantial side
4 q. Eating favored White In the White
sss.ss.a confest. lie IS taller than his oppo-
4 ..-e asd appeared TO be eieverer, scoring
4 - sapidly in the earlier rounds. Jor-
) ~ however, never wasted blow, and
ss~sss left the marks OF his handiworx.
s 49, saenty of execution with both hands
9. - q slose quarters he weakened White.
~. - much distressed In the nineteenth
.s vnen his second, Barry, gave IN
~ In c 49,. .,a ,..,o-
We = ss.s.;rsd good lead for the first dozen
-. hut his exertions told upon him
s-.sn~ the remainder of the fight. To-
800 he close Sullivan was the aggressor.
8. ION after close contest
A.ons the supporters of White present
-. T6d Sloan, the Jockey. and Capt.
tsaon. Of baseball fame
sxanfon Abbott Was Easy.
rAfTTNoRE, Nov. 2s.-The first box
= hsuts held within the city limits Tor
- tIsan q year took place tonight In
~ neuenubly rooms Of the Academy OF
4 100 under the auspices OF the Eureka
l,hiefte Club big crowd went to see
~ enorf. The star bout of the evening
- hefveen Joe Cans. the Baltimore col
- lightweight, and Stanton Abbott. of
rreisnd. The latter was fat, and Cans
s.unA him an easy mark His seconds
1hreg up the sponge In the fourth round.
Their Fourth Draw.
nsYFAIlO, n r.. Nov. z.-Frank Erne,
Y Tia city. and Jack Downey. of Brook
m fought their fourth draw tonight at
ihe Empire Athletic Club.
uig billiard Tournament.
new YORK, Nov. 29.-The five-cornered
hulnrd tournament which will decide the
rhaunaouship Of the world began tonight
q the concert hall OF the Madison Square
Harden. Aside from the glory the success
III nlayer viii receive a diamond medal
"a . Der cent. Of s.. go purse. added 10
c1erhaN Of the gate receipts. The con-
t1ssants are Frank Ives. the present hold
& of the championship emblem; Jacob
echaefer, George Siosson, Maurice DAILY
M George Sutton.
This tournament is being held under diff
1srenf conditions than those of any other
epnt1sf ever held In the United States.
ne eighteen-inch balk line game, with
the anchor shot practically barred. Is the
ktest game which the big ones" are
aeked to solve.
D4jy and Schaefer were selected to open
IL tournament Ii was expected that the
meeting Of these two old timers would
form drawing card. On the contrary,
he concert hall was hardly half filled.
Ihefe we're number Of ladies In the hali.
Neither of the experts appeared to play
anything like the billiards they are capa-
be Of. In the nineteenth inning Schaefer
made run OF 10 Days play grew worse
= the game progressed. 1t was not until
ne twenty first inning that he succeeded
b getting count In double figures.
Ii the thirty-third inning Schaefer gave
n exhibition Of skill. making a run Of 81.
The score was: Schaefer, 500: DAILY. 279.