The record-union., 1898-11-23

be reserved, and by so doing saved
themselves a lot of trouble on their ar
rival here. Those who saw far enough
ahead to do this were only a compare
tive few, however, and for the past few
days there was a lively scramble to Sc
cure good seats. To-day not a seat was
to be had at the club after / O'Clock.
and those who had not made early pro-
visions had to pay exorbitant prices to
the wideawake speculators. Tickets for
seats in the immediate vicinity of the
ring brought fabulous prices tonight.
The original cost of these pasteboards
was $40, but tonight twice that sum
could not purchase one of them, and
in two instances they brought S1OO
apiece. The other tickets, costing from
So to S15, brought two and three fold.
and the club management did not put
any of the So admission tickets on
sale. The anxious sports who clamored
at the entrances gladly paid So and in
many cases IS for the privilege of
standing up at the extreme end of the
building.
The clubhouse is not very we'll adapt
ed for pugilistic encounter, as it is
long and narrow, having been built for
an ice skating rink. The ring is pitch
ed in the center of the house, and the
boxes are built around it. On each
end of the box inclosure, tier upon tier
OF chairs are ranged on a gradually
inclined structure, which very nearly
touched the roof of the building at
both ends. Along each side of the
structure are long galleries running
nearly the entire length of the house,
and these elevated places were parti-
toned into small boxes, which were
considered the best possible place of
vantage.
The doors of the big building were
thrown open shortly after 5 o'clock. At
that early hour hundreds upon hum
dreds of people We're waiting patiently
in front of the clubhouse on Lexington
avenue. AS soon as the first comers
passed through the turnstile, others
took their places on the outside and
this continued for over three hours. The
crowds We're kept in check by a large
force of policemen. While the crowd
was large one, it was never beyond
the control of the police.
Inside the building all was hustle and
excitement, but at 8 O'Clock the house
was scarcely half filed. This was
easily accounted for by the fact that as
the big event was not scheduled to take
place until about 10 o'clock the holders
OF coupons for reserved seats were in
no hurry to get up town to be cooped
for an unnecessary length Of time.
The gambling instinct, which is a. nee
essary adjunct to all manner of fstic
contest, was in evidence as soon as the
sports began to gather in the boxes.
Corbetts stock was always in prefer
ence, and the odds on the San Fran
ciscan opened at 100 to 80. The bet
ting did not take on as lively a turn
as on former occasions when fighters
of less note have met in this arena. So
much betting had been done during the
last orty-eight hours, however, in the
sporting resorts throughout the city,
that the slackness of the wagering on
the spot did not indicate any loss of in
terest in the heavyweight bout.
By hadf-past 8 o'clock nearly every
seat in the house was occupied Bank
ers and brokers of prominence. law
yers of note and business men repre-
senting nearly every phase of trade
mingled with well-known politicians.
CLOSE proximity to the ringsfde. One
we'll known member of the Produce Ex-
change took the Sharkey end of one of
the largest wagers of the night, which
was 81, 800 against 81 800 on Corbett.
Joe Vendig laid odds on the Califor-
nian.
PRELIMINARY BOUTS.
The first of the two preliminary
bouts was begun at S:45. The prin-
cipals were two local boxers, Jack Sui
livan and Charley Schultz, who were
announced to go ten rounds. This
proved to be a slugging match, totally
devoid of science. 1t was full of gin
ger, however, and amused the specta-
tors.
The men had hardly shaped them
selves for the seventh round when
Schultz put over a straight right t-hand
smash full on Sullivan's jaw, .which put
him down and practically out. The
referee, Charley White, then humanely
stopped the bout, and declared Schultz
the winner.
During the progress of the bout there
was commotion in box at the ring
side. kid Mccoy, the pugilist who
is to meet Peter Maher at Coney ISL
and next month, had gained admission
to the arena disguised with false black
wIiskers and moustache Some days
ago Tom O'Rourke, manager of the
club, forbade Mccoy the privilege of
entering the club house, although the
kid" had been engaged by a morning
newspaper to write the story Of the big
fight. A careful watch was kept by
the men on the doors, so that he could
not get in, but he cleverly baffied the
vigilance. AS soon as he took his seat
at the ringside Mccoy was recognized,
and he removed his disguise Detective
Sergeant Armstrong ordered Mccoy to
leave the building, but the kid re-
fused. Then Armstrong and Detective
Mulholland urged him to leave and
caught him by the arms, at the same
time pushing him through the crowd
Mccoy left very reluctantly, protesting
as he went. The officers left Mccoy
at the entrance to the building, and he
walked out on Lexington avenue. As
he passed each door on his way out Nc
Coy demanded pass-out check, and
was accommodated. The incident
caused a. good deal of excitement, but
the spectators soon forgot the little epi-
sode.
The second bout brought kid Har-
ris of Chicago and Charley Roden of
Jersey City together. They boxed at
JOS pounds. Harris had the advantage
in hight and reach, but Roden made up
for this disadvantage with a wonderful
supply of pluck and aggressiveness.
Roden was over-matched from the
start. In the ninth round Harris about
knocked him off his feet with a right
across the jaw. Harris went after his
man, and had him reeling when the
oronu sounded with laffS auH ri orhtc ~,