The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-23
CORBETT IS
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those who had not made early provi-
sion had to pay eXorbitant prices to
TIE wide awake spectators. who snap
ped up the best seats early in the
game. Tickets for seats in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the ring brought
fabulous prices tonight. The original
costs of these paste boards was twen-
~ dollars each, but then twice that
sum could not purchase one of them
in two instances they brought 800
apiece. The other tickets. costing
from So to $15, brought prices increased
two and three fold and the club mani
agemeit did not put any of the IS ad-
mission tickets on sale. The anxious
sports who clamored at the entrances
gladly paid So and in many instances
IS for TIE privilege of standing up at
the extreme ends of the building.
The club house is not very well
adapted for pugilistic encounters. as
it is long and narrow, having been
built for an ice skating rink. The ring
it pitched in the center of the house
and the boxes are built around it. on
each each of the box inclosure tier
upon tier of chairs are ranged on y
gradually inclined structure which
very nearly touches the roof of
the building at both ends. on
each side of the structure are large
galleries running nearly the entire
length of the house and these elevated
places were partitioned into small
boxes. which We're considered the best
of vantage. The view from any part
of the building was unobstructed.
The doors of the big building werc
thrown open shortly after five O'clock
at that early hour hundreds of people
were waiting patiently in front of the
club house on Lexington avenue. AS
soon as the first comors passed through
the turnstiles others took their places
on the outside and this continued for
over three hours. The crowds were
kept in check by Il large force Of
police.
While the crowd was large one. it
was never beyond the control of the
police and in fact was not as dense as
the authorities expected.
Inside the building all was hustle
and eXcitment, but at s o'clock the
house was scarcely half filled This
was easily accounted for by the fact
that the big event was not scheduled
10 take place until about ten o'clock,
Inc holders Of COunonS for reserved
seats were in no hurry to get up town
In he cooped up for any unnecessary
length of time. The gambling instinct
which is a necessarw adjunct TO all
manner of fistic contests was in evil
dence as soon as the sports began to
gather in the boxes.
CORBETT STOCK HIGH.
COrbetts stock was always in pref
erence and the odds on the Californian
opened at 100 to so. The betting 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 dur
ing the last forty-eight hours. how
ever. in the sporting resorts through
out the city that the slackness of the
wagering on the spot did not indicate
any loss of interest in the heavy weight
bout.
a few minutes before o'clock those
inside the building heard loud cheer
ing and the word was passed around
that some one of importance had ar
rived. This was true. 1t was Sharkey
who received the ovation as he drove
up to the club house accompanied by