The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-23
SHARkEY is WINNER
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enough ahead to do this We're only
comparative few, however, and the
past few days there was a lively
scramble to secure good seats. Today
not a seat was to be had at the club
house after l o'clock, and those who
had not made early provision had to
pay exOrbitant prices to the wide
awake spectators. Tickets for seats in
the immediate vicinity Of the ring
brought fabulous prices tonight. The
original cost Of these paste-boards was
$50 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
So to $l5, brought prices increased two
and thTee-fold and the club manage
ment did not put any of the SO admis-
sion tickets on sale. The anxious sports
who clamored at the entrance gladly
paid 50 and in many cases So for the
privilege Of standing up at the eX-
IRENE ends Of the building.
The club house is not very well
adapted for 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 boxes are built around
it. on each end Of the box enclosure
tier upon tier Of chairs are raised on
a gradually inclined structure, which
very nearly touched 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 were
petitioned into small boxes which were
coveted as the best possible places Of
vantage.
DOORS THROWN OPEN.
The doors Of the big building were
thrown open shortly after o'clock. At
that early hour hundreds Of people
We're waiting patiently in front of the
club house, on Lexington avenue. AS
soon as the first Corners 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 a large force of pc
lice While the crowd was a large one,
1t 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
excitement, but at s o'clock the han
was scarcely half filled. This was
easily accounted for by the fact that
as the big event was not scheduled to
take place until about 10 O'Clock, the
holders of coupons for reserved seats
were in no hurry to get up town to be
cooped up for any unnecessary length
of time
The gambling instinct. which is a
necessary adjunct to all manner Of
hstic contests, was in evidence as soon
as the sports began to gather in the
boxes Corbett stock was always in
preference and the odds on the Cali
fornian 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 during the last
forty-eight hours, however, in 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 half past s o'clock nearly every
seat in the house was occupied Bank
ers and brokers of prominence, lawyers
of note, and business men, representing
nearly every phase Of trade, mingled
with Weil-knOWn politicians and held
animated conversations in close proX-
unity TO the ring side. one well known
member of the produce exchange took
the Sharkey end of one Of the largest
wagers Of the night which was 81 500
10 $1,000 on Corbett. joe Vendig laid
the odds on the Californian.
The first of the two preliminary bouts
was begun at S.45 o'clock The prin-
c!pals " ere two local boxers. Jack Sul-
livan and Charlie Schultz, who We're
announced to so ten rounds at $50
pounds.
This proved to be a smuggling match.
totally devoid of science. 1t was full
OF ginger. however, and amused the