The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-23
Proved to Be a Big Fake from Start
to Finish.
SHARKEY GETS A DECISION
Be One Of COrbetts Seconds Committed Breach Of
Prize Ring Etiquette The Sailor Boy Made the Best
Showing, However, and Would Have Won Had
the Fight COntiDued to Finish

New York, Nov. 22-The twenty round
glove fight between James J. Corbett. OF
California. the ex-champion heavy weight
boxer of the world. and Tom sharkey of
DundalF ireland who nrst showed his
prowess as a fighter while serving the
United states as blue jacket In the ma
Wy. drew an enormous crowd Of sporting
men to the Lenox Athletic club house to-
night In fact such a representative gath
,I'ug OF the sporting element from ala
over the country was never I'm the city
the contest would certainly take place
without any legal Interference ind iced
many hundreds of followers AMI admir-
ers Of the art OF self defense to make
long journeys In order TO be at the ring
side when the fight took place Nct.ray
every city of any prominence In rhe Tn
ietd states was represented by parties of
at least dozen and IN many Instances
delegations numbering over a hundred
each in charge Of well known mca IN dir-
ferent sporting centers.
Weeks ago when the seats were first
placed on sale, the shrewd people VINO
lived long way from the city, either
wrote or wired for seats to be reserved
and by doing so, saved themselves lot
of trouble on their arrival here Those
,,sI,. gar
were only a comparative Few owever, and
the past few days there was n lively
scramble to secure good seats. Today not
a seat was TO be had, the club house af-
ter one o'clock and those who had not
made early provision had 20 pay oxhor-
bitant prices TO the wfde-awake specu-
lators. Tickets for seats I'm the immediate
vicinity OF the ring brought fabulous
prices tonight The original cost Of these
pasteboards was $1,000 each but tonight
twice that sum could not purchase one
of them and in one or two Instances they
brought $4,000 apiece The other tickets
costing from $500 to 1900 brought prices
two ana three fold and the club manage
ment did not put any Of the $500 admls-
sion tickets on sale.
The anxious sports who clamored at
the entrances gladly paid five and eight
dollars for the privilege Of standing mp
at the extreme ends OF The building. The
club house is not very well adopted for
pugllistc encounter, as It Is long and
narrow having been burt for an ice skat-
ing rink. The ring is ,Hcl In the cen
ter OF the house and bcG's are built
around it. on each end OF cnclo-
sure tier upon tier OF chair. are arranged
on n gradually Inclined structure which
nearly touches the roof Of tho building
at both ends. Along each side OF the struc
ture are long galleries running nearly
the entire length OF the house and these
elevated places were portitoned Into
small boxes which were considered the
best possible places or vantage.
DOORS OPEN AT 500 O'CLOCK.
The doors OF the big building were
thrown open shortly after o'clock. At
that early hour hundreds upon hundreds
Of people were waiting patiently IN front
of the club house at Lexington avenue.
AS soon as the first comers passed through
the turnstile others took their places on
the outside and this continued for three
hours. The crowds were kept IN check by
"A large force Of police While the crowd
was a large one 81 was never beyond tho
control Of the police and IN fact not as
dense as the authorities expected
Inside the building an was hustle and
excitement. The big event was not sched-
uled 10 take place until ten o'clock.
The holders Of coupons FOR resccyei
seats were IN no hurry 10 get up town TO
be cooped for an unnecessary time
The gambling iRstinct which IS nee
essars adjunct 10 all kinds Of fistic con-
tests was in evidence as soon as the
sports began to gather IA the boxes.
CoIbstt's stock was always in prefer
ence. and the odds on the Californian op-
ened at 100 20 So The betting did not take
on as lively a turn as on former ocea-
slons. when fighters Of less note have met
IN this arena 50 much betting had been
done during the Last 4s hours, however.
IN the sporting resorts, that the slack
ness Of the wagering on the spot did not
Indicate any loss OF interest In the heavy
weight bout
BY half. past eight nearly every seat
IN the house was occupied. Bankers and
brokers Of prominence, lawyers Of noe
and business men reDresnting nearly ey-
cry phsse Of trade, mingled with well
known politicians and held animated
conversations IN close proximity Of the
ringside. One well known member Of the
Produce Exchange took the sharkey end
Of one OF the largest wagers Of the night
which was sl.50e to s.so0 on corbett Joe
yendlg iaid the odds on tae Californian