The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-23

Today not a seat was to he had at
the club house after / o'clock. and
those who had not made early provision
had to pay exorbitaut prices 10 the
wide-aw2l1e speclla-ors. Tickets for
seats in the Immediate vicinity OF The
ring brought fabulous prices tonight
The original cost Of these seats was
$50 each. but tonight twice that sum
could not purchase one of them. and
Ia two instances they brought Sl00
apiece. The other tickets, costing from
70 10 $40, brought prices two and three
1old, ana the club management did naI
put any Of the SO admission tickets On
sale. The anxious spores who clamorad
at the entrances gladly paid IS, and in
many cases s. for the privilege of
standing up at the extreme ends c. the
building.
The club house is not very well adapt
ed Tor pugilistic encounter, as it is
long and narrow, having been built for
an ice skating rink. The ring is pitched
IN the center of the house, and the
beEes are built around it, On each end
OF the box enclosure tier upon tier of
chairs are ranged on a gradually in
cIneu structure, which very nearly
touches 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 are partitioned into
sfnali boxes, which were considered the
best possible places of vantage.
The crowds were kept in check by a
large force Of police. While the crowd
gas a large one, it was never beyond
The control of the police, and, in fact,
was not as dense as the authorities
expected.
C0RBETT THE FAVORITE.
The gambling instinct, which is
necessary adjunct to all manner of ifs
Tic contests, was in evidence as soon as
the sports began to gather in the boxes.
NofbettS S. stock was always in prefer
ence, and the odds on the San Fran
ciscan opened at 100 to So The betting
GIG 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
forty-eight hours, however, III the
sporting resorts throughout the. city
that the slacKnesS of the wagering on
the spot did not indicate any loss of
interest in the heavyweight bout.
by S:5e O'clock nearly every seat in
the house was occupied. Bankers and
brokers Of prominence, lawyers OF note
and business men, representing nearly
every phase Of trade. mingled with well
known politicians and held animated
conversations in close proximity to the
the produce exchange took the Sharkey
end Of the largest wagers of the night,
which was $1,000 and $500 on Corbett.
Joe Fendig laid odds on the Califor-
MAN
The first Of the two preliminary bouts
was begun at S:45 O'Clock. The prin-
cipals were two local boxers, Jack Sui
Ivan and Charley Schultz, who were
announced to go ten rounds at 135
pounds. This proved to be a sluggish
match, totally devoid Of science. The
men had hardly shaped themselves for
the seventh round when Schultz put
over a straight right-hand smash full
on Suliivan's jaw, which put him down
and practically out. The referee, Char
ley White, then humanely stopped the
bout and declared Schultz the winner.
MCCOY THROWN OUT.
During the progress of this bout there
was cpmmotiOn IN box at the ring,
side Kid Mccoy, the pugilist who is
TO meet Peter Maher at Coney Island
next month, had gained admission to
the arena disguised with false black
whisiIers and mustache. Some days ago
Tom O'Rourke, manager of the club,
forbade Mccoy the privilege of enter
ing the club house, although the kid
had been engaged by morning news
paper to write the story of the big
fight. A careful watch was kept of
the doors, so that he could not get in,
bat he cleverly batfled the vigilance
with his disguise. AS soon as he took
his seat at the riEgside, Mccoy was
recognized and he removed his hirsute
apDendages.
Detective Sergeant Armstrong order
ed Mccoy TO leave the building, but
tae kid refused. Then Armstrong
and Detective AInlholland 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 OF the building,
and he walked cut on Lexington ave
nue.. AS he passed each door on his
way ont Mccoy demanded a pass-out
check and was accommodated. The
incident caused a good deal of excite
rnent, but the spectators soon settled
back in their seats and forgot the little
episode.
A BROKEN JAW.
The second bout brought Kid Harris
of Chicago and Charley Roden Of Jer-
sey City together. They boxed at 10S
pounds. Harris had the advantage in
height and reach, but Roden made up
for this disadvantage with wonder
FIJI supply OF pluck and aggresslVeness.
Roden was over-matched from the
start III the Llli44 LONll0 IlcA liS dAtAl
knocked him off his feet with q right
across the jaw. Harris then went af
ter his man and had him reeliGg when
the gong sounded, With lefts and rights
on both Jaws. When Roden went to
his corner, it was found that his jaw
was broken, and the referee promptly
stopped the contest and awarded the
fight to Harris.
During the Interval between the Har-
n toa Of tl1a
big fellows betting of the liveliest kind
took place. Many big wagers were
made. amounting to thousands OF dol
lars. Some Of the biggest boolzmakers
ii the country were among the most
Interested betters, and they bet both
ways whenever an opportunity offered.
Spme of them were simply gambling
or the event and trying to pick a win
ner. while others could not forego the
chance of making a percentage book.
Ine Ullman was one of the latter sort,
and his bets were as varied as they
were numerous. He always looked for
the shade.
the Californian to 500 to $40 just as it
was learned that the ex-ehampion had
reached the club house and was in his
dressing room.
sHARKEY's APPEARANCE.
At 1928 O'Clock a buzz of excitement
ran through the building and Tom
Sharkey pushed his way through the
betting crowd. He was attired in
light blue dressing gown, under which
he had an American flag around his
waist for a belt. Ee was accompanied
by his manager, Tom O'Rourke. John
T. Dougherty, George Dixon, Bob Arm
strong and Jack Reid. who acted as his
seconds Prof. Jimmy de Forrest held
the watch for the Irishman. Sharkey