The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-08
Champion "Kid" Mccoy Put "Jimmy''
Blackwell and slack" Tierney to
Sleep, Each i'm Two Rounds.
FINE NIGHT FOR THE SPORTS
..DOC" PAYNE'S SCIENTIFIC WORK ON
A CoLORED PUGILIsT.
BredveI Carried on, After a Solar
PIexus BIOw-Five Fight
Ing at Once.

The sports of indianapolis who, a few
weeks ago, were clamoring for the passage
of the Clark prize fight ordinance, learned
| last night that they had been ION dead
| one" There is no need Of such an ordinance
| in Indianapolis. Tt would be superfiuous.
| The exhibition last night at Tomlinson Hall,
! dignifed by the name Of pugistic carni-
| val, showed that everything goes, and the
| sports ought to be happy 1t was Kid
Mccoy affair with number of preliminary
| bouts before the appearance of Mccoy. Four
| men were knocked out as clean as fighters
were ever knocked out in the prize ring.
The carnival" proved a great drawing
card Tomlnson Hall was packed from
stage to top gallery. twenty-five foot
ring was pitched in the middle Of the hall,
and the seats were arranged around it in
such way that every seat holder could see
| the events. The galleries and the stage were
| also utilized, and every seat was taken.
BY $50 o'clock there was long line of
people fighting for an opportunity to pas
| their money for seats to witness the fight
When the exhibition finally opened, at
about $3.50 o'clock, the hall was crowded.
The tip had been out several days that
| there would be sensations" Every seat
was taken and several hundred were occu-
| pying standing room. Most of the city OFF,
Gals were there. Nearly all of the mem
bers of the City Council came over from
the Council chamber in a body. Many we'll
known citizens occupied seats near the ring.
and Mayor Taggart had chair in the front
row on the stage.
All the sports of the town were there
men who would not care to waste their time
looking at matches for points. A squad of
| 1oAo TofN foiT
but there was no interference. Most of the
| police were stationed at the box office,
where several thousand dollars in receipts
had been taken in. Several times Captain
Dawson called the referee to the ropes and
talked with him, but this did not prevent
the knockouts, of which there were four.
1t was by far the best exhibition of pugi-
ism ever seen in the city, and the sports
are now wondering why it is that they have
been putting up hack hire and other ex-
| pense to see hippodromes in the woods.
! There were several more or less interest
ing contests before the real sport began.
| The first was between William Shupp.
white, and Kid Beale, known the
| BLACK Diamond" 1t was q three-round
go, without incident, and was won by Beale.
The second bout was between George Wins
Ter and BILLY" Arnold 1t was a three
round affair." and Referee Sam Murbarger
decided for Arnold Winsler had the best
| of it early in the third round, but lost his
grip, and was driven all around the ring by
his antagonist.
Following this bout. Billy Madden was
introduced by Master of Ceremonies Mike
| Toomey and he stated that he was there
on behalf of Gus Rubin to challenge Kid
Mccoy to fight for the championship Of the
world. He explained that his man claimed
this championship by forfeit and that Nc
Coy would claim it next Wednesday by for
felt. His man was willing to sign articles
at once and fight it out with Mccoy.
Rubin was also introduced, but made no
| speech. -
| THE FIRST SLUGGING.
Henry Shupp and Sam Chadwick then met
for three rounds. Neither man had q good
fight in him, for at the end of the first
round they were both winded. Chadwick
| did all the fighting in this round and vir-
tually whipped himself in trying to make
the other fellow fight. The second round
was stopped by the referee and the bout
was called a draw. The men forgot their
! skill and began smuggling.
Bud Bell and Fred Blackburn, two ne
g roes. followed with q frosty exhibition;
would not stand it. They were Kissed and
| the referee called time before the rounds
were over and hustled them from the ring.
A CLEAN KNOCKOUT.
The best feature Of the entertainment,
from a pugilistic standpoint, came next. 1t
was a "go' between DOC" Payne, Nc
Coy's sparring partner and Willis Canaday,
big negro with lots of strength and a
doubtful science in the manly art 1t is
said there was a side bet on this match
| Of fhof Eaxy I,Se
out in four rounds. If there was such a
bet Payne is $3.50 to the good. for Canaday
| did not last two rounds. There was an arr
gument at the beginning about gloves.
! Payne brought pair of his own gloves into
the ring. The colored man would not stand
| this, and his seconds brought on two pairs
OF tve-ounce gloves, one pair of which was
offered to Payne. Payne refused to ac-
! cept them, and the result was that both
! men used the pillows" that the other men
| before them had used.
! The first round looked like the end of
| Canaday. Payne kept jabbing him with
his left until Canaday did not seem to
know where he was Just before time was
| called he knocked the colored man down,
and it required the assistance of his sec
| onds to move him to his corner. When time
for the second round was called the colored
man was groggy, and it was easy to see
that he was not to last the round out
! Payne kept hitting him right and left, and.
| lodging the heavy swings of the coored
man, Payne knocked his antagonist down,
| waited for him to get fairly on his feet and
lHSH smoked MIN down again. 1t was a
| clean Knockout. Canaday couldn't rise in
! the limit of time.
/ kid" Broad, Of Cleveland, knocked out
| BILLY Bredwell, of this city by the ia
nous solar plexus blow used by Fitzsn-
| mons in the defeat of Corbett a year ago.
| Broad started the fighting in the first round
| but seemed to find good ANTAGONIST who
parted his blows and hit back with well
! directed but Intellectual rights. The men
| fought hard and seemed to be equally
| matched.
A SOLAR PLEXUS FINISH
| Finally Broad found the opening he was
waiting for, and landed on the pit of Bred
wells stomach. Bredwell sank to his knees.
and as he was in this position Broad struck
| him on the jaw. The blow was fair under
the rules, but it seemed cowardly in an af-
| fair such as that of last nights, and the
| crowd Kissed him. Bredwell fell to the floor
| to avoid further punishment and the ref
cree gave the bout to Broad.
The funniest thing seen in Indianapolis
for many a day was the next event on the
! programme 1t was known as the Battle
! Royal, and consisted of a smuggling match
| by five colored young men. They were
| privileged to hit one another at any stage
| be knocked down they were to be dragged
off the stage and counted out The man
who stayed last was to be declared the
| winner. Tom Shine was last ON his feet,
! and received the prize, a gold watch. He
| was called for a speech and said: This IS
! harder than shootin craps"
MCCOY FLOORS TWO.
The carnival closed by two events in
which kid" Mccoy appeared, He met
Jimmy Blackwell, of this city, and
| Jack Tferney. of Frankfort. knocking out