The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-23
SCENES AT THE RlNGSl0E
Preliminary Bouts and Appearance
fthe Main COmbatants.

The twenty-round glove hgnt between
James ]. Corbett of California, the e1-
champion heavyweight boxer of the worid'
and Tom sharkey of Dundalk. Ireland. who
frst showed his prowess as a nghter whle
serving the United States as p-ue--aCAe
in rbe navy. drew an enormous crown OF
sporting men TO the Lenox Athletic cIuo
house tonight. In fact, such represents "a
tive gathering OF the sporting element
from all over the country was never IN the
CITY limits at one time before. me Iact
that the contest would certainly take place
without any legal interference induced
MANY hundreds of followers and admirers
Of the manly art of self-defense 10 make
long Journeys in order 70 be at the ring
side when the fight took place Nearly
every city OF any prominence in the INIT
ed States was represented by parties OF
az least a dozen and in many instances
delegations numbering over a hundred.
each in charge of we.l-known men in dif-
ferant sporting centers. Weeks ago. when
the seats were first put on sale. the snreWd
people who lived quite a long distance
from this city either wrote or wired for
seats 20 be reserved. and by doing so saved
themselves a lot OF trouble on their ar
rival here. Those who saw far enough
ahead 10 DO this were only comparative
few. however. and the past few days
there was a lively scramble 10 secure good
seats.
Today not A seat was 20 be had in the
club house after O'Clock and those who
had not made early provision had 10 pay
exorbitant prices 10 the wideawake spec
~ ne = .
vicinity Of the ring brought fabulous prices
tonight. The original cost OF these paste
boards was 81 each. but tonight twice
that sum could not purchase one OF them.
and in two instances they brought 500
apiece. The other tickets. costing from =
70 SIS. brought prices two and ihree-fold
and the cub management did no; put any
admission tickets on sale.
The anxious spoE.s who clsmorsd AZ the
entrances gladly paid 8 and in many cases
$ for the privilege Of Standing I'D at the
extreme ends % the building The cub
house g not very wei adapted for a
PUEHIstic encounter. as Il Is long and mar
TOW. having been built for al Ice skating
rink The ring Is pitched IN The center Of
the house and the boxes are built around
Il On each end Of the box enclosure tier
upon tier % chairs are ranged on 4 grad
TALLY inclined structure. which very near
II touches the roof % the building a. >ech
end. Along each SIDE q the structure are
.oug galleries. running nearly ne entire
length % rne house. and these elevated
PLACES were parritioned into small boxes.
which were considered the best possible
places or vantage
The doors q The bsE buHting were
thrown open shorty after 5 O'Clock A.
that early hou- hundreds upon hundreds
% people were waiting patiently II 'front.'
o. The club house on LeIingcon avenue
A. soon as the first coners passed through
tn ,urnscfe. othe-s took taeir PAGES OF
the outside and thiS coErnuei fo- over
three hours. The croEcS were KEEP. in
check BY a large force OF spo2.ce- Whle
the crowd was a large one. i Ezs never
81 yoae the control OF tae poiloe. and n
fact Vas noc IS dense a. The authorities
expected
Inside the building al was hustle and
excitement, b.; a. O'Clock The house was