The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-05
REAL THING" FOR SPORTS
"KID" MC0Y's FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
WE'RE FULL OF GINGER.
Two knocl<Outs, but Time Was Not
Counted-Prominent city OFF,
ciaIs Were There.


of almost much interest to the sports. as
well as prominent citizens as the ''enter-
tainment" given a month ago. when Mayor
Taggart saw four men knocked out. There
were no knockouts last night, but there
were several bouts in which men were all
but gone. There was no counting out"
The gong was sounded and the falling glad
iator removed before this technicality could
be complied with. On two occasions the
knockout blow was given, but time was
called and the victim hustled to his corner
and revived before the call for time again.
There were several excellent exhibitions,
with enough ginger in them to satisfy any
body. The sport continued from $3.50 clock
until nearly IL o'clock, and during that time
there were eleven set-tos, besides a five
cornered battle royal
Tomlinson Hall was we'll filed. The lower
floor was taken as far back from the ring
as it was possible for people to see the
events The galleries and balconies and
stage were jammed every seat and all
available standing room being taken. A
number Of the prominent city officials were
there. The carnival opened with bouts be-
tween three pairs of young colored men of
local fame, James Beal received the ref
erees decision in set-to with Billy Ty-
rene, Sam Grundy and Harry Rhodes
fought a draw. which was amusing from
the fact that neither man seemed to know
the least thing about boxing, and bud"
Bell bested Waymon White in a three
round go.
The real thing" commenced when Dan
Callahan, of Louisville. came on with
Tommy Cavanaugh, of Buffalo. The
~ he In
weight, but Callahan was too old man for
the wiry Buffalo boy and lacked consider
able in skill. Before the men began they
were cautioned by Referee Siler and Nc
Coy that there must be no knockouts They
fought fast and furious, and two or three
times it looked as if Callahan was going
out. Once he was saved by the gong, which
was struck by Manager mike" Toomey a
minute before the end of the round, and
another time the referee sent the men to
their corners while Callahan still had life
enough to amble slowly. At this time Po-
lice Captain Kruger and Sergeant Hyland
moved their seats around to where the
gong hung and thereafter saw to it that it
was pulled just as soon as one man was
hors du combat. The police wanted no
Counting" One of them also held a watch
on the rounds, and was careful that they
be not extended beyond three minutes. The
combined efforts of the police the manager
and the referee to prevent knockouts sue
ceeded fairly WELL and technically there
were none, but there were at least two In
fact. Cavanaugh easily won the go with
Callahan, and could have put his man out
at almost any moment.
CARRIED TO HIS CORNER.
In the next go, which was between
George Bredwell and Louis Schupp, of this
city, the gong had to be sounded to
keep Bredwell on his feet, and even then it
required the support of the referee to get
the man to his corner He was just as near
out as it is possible for man to be and
still be in. He did not seem to be conscious
of his surroundings as he was led and
dragged to his corner, famed and bathed
and swabbed and brought out ready for the
next round. He showed up better in the
last round and was in fair condition when
the gong cut the round short and ended the
bout.
The "battle royal was participated in by
five young colored men, among them George
Shine, the man who won similar contest
at the former carnival. Shine waded into
his rivals right and left, fighting furiously,
hitting every head that came his way, and
chasing the others round the ring at his
mercy. Some OF them fell down to avoid
his terrific swings. They were counted out
as fast as they fell The last man up with
Shine ''saw his finish" before he was much
punished and preferred to fall at the first
hard blow to standing up and being knocked
down. The fight was not all that was eX-
pected, and it was limited that there was
collision among some of the men.
DOC" Payne, of Cleveland, and Punch
Campbell, of this city, were the next in the
ring. Campbell made a fair showing be-
fore McCoys shifty partner and received
applause from the spectators: Payne, how
ever, had him at his mercy throughout, and
could have ended the fight at almost any
time. They made good exhibition. After
they had shaken hands and were retiring
from the ring small package was thrown
into the ring and both men grabbed for it.
Referee Siler picked it UP while they were
struggling for it, but seeing that 1t was
something intended as a present for one of
the men, he threw it down and allowed them
to struggle for 1t. Payne reached 1t first
gold watch chain and charm which some of
his admirers took the occasion to present
him.
By far the best go of the evening was that
between BILLY Layton, of st. Louis, and
Tommy Cavanaugh of Buffalo, which came
next. They are lightweights and appeared
to be well matched in weight and BOTH
showed great skill as boxers. They were
both hard hitters and fast fighters but dur
ing the first two rounds neither damaged
the other to a great extent. They struck
some hard blows, but were each clever
enough to ward them off or get out of the
way. 1t was pretty exhibition. In the
third round they got down to harder fight
ing, and there was probably less scientific
judgment used. Cavanaugh had been doing
most of the leading UP to this time, and the
crowd seemed to believe that he was the
better of the two. But Layton waited his
opportunity when his man was overconfl-
dent and landed a terrific right on the jaw.
1t sent Cavanaugh Keeling from the middle
of the ring to the ropes and he would prob
ably not have stopped there had not the
referee caught his hand. He was himself
in a second and back upon his antagonist
with terrible rush. He caught Layton I'M
der the ear and sent him to the floor in
heap, Layton striking his head. 1t looked
then as IT, with all the precaution man
would have TO be carried, knocked out, off
the platform; but Layton was not the least
groggy. He sprang to his feet and there
was lively mix, which came to an end
with the sound OF the gong and the end OF
the go.
CANADY AND DOC PAYNE.
Referee Siler introduced Willis Canady as
''Ephraim,' when the latter came on for
go with doc" Payne. The big negro
made a much better showing than at the
last carnival" In the first and second
rounds he seemed to fear that Payne would
give him the same punishment he received
before but he became convinced that Payne
had no intention of trying to knock him
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