The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-23

| aen occurred. me was furious with passion
aus rusned at McVey. Had he caught the
'atter, there Is no telling what 90. bait
would have done In his fury, but the mica
We're on hand and rushed between che men
| 'nus avoiding scene which would HAYS
| euusu 10 tho disgraceful event jus, what
ehect the untimely incident will have on
| the boxing game in this vicinity in fi,tnra
Vt can not now be we'll gagged. bur ,,sat A.
VIII in1ure puglism in this city IS beyond
| question: a close estimate placed the M.
tendance at 5000.
AT the Ringsidc, Lsnox Athletic club.
New York, November 22.--The twenty-
round contest between James Corbe,f az
california, the eS-chainpion heayyweigbt
Boxer OF the world, aud Tom snarkey of
ireland. who first showed his prowess ne
lighter while serving In the United staes
Us a plue jacket In the navy, drew an ennr.
nous crowd OF sporting men 20 the I,enox
club house tonight. In fact, such 4 ram
resentative gathering of the sporting eIe.
uiehe from all over the Country was never
within the CITY limits at one time bsfora
| ine Iact phat The contest was cer.ai, IL
take place without any legal Interference
induced many hundreas OF followers ami
auin1refs OF the art OF self defense TO nska
| long Journeys In order to be az the rin.y
SIDE When the fight took place Mr.
every cty OF any prominence in THE Un,,ai
States was represented by parties or at
| least dozen and in many instances daIn,
cations numbering over 100, each in charx,,
oil weiI-known men from the different
| sport1nS centera
iouaS not seat could be bought at the
club house. Those who had made no piu.
VISION mad to pay exorbitant prices to tho
wlae-awake spectators. The tickets for
IN he, tt,at, a.
Drought fabulous prices tonight The orig
mai cost Of those pasteboards was $50 each
out tonight twice that sum could not pur-
chase one OF them, and In two instances
they brought 500 apiece.
The ring is pitched in the center of the
house and the boxes are built Ground 1t.
On each end of the box enclosure tier nm,
tier of chairs are ranged on a rradua,lv
inclined structure. which very nearly
touches the roof of the building on bo b
ends.
Along each side OF the structure are long
galleries running nearly the entire length
OF the house and these elevated places were
partitioned into small boxes which wele
considered the best possible places of van
tage.
The doors OF THE big building were thrown
open shortly after s o'clock. At that early
hour hundreds of people were waiting pa
uently in front Of the club house As
soon as the first Corners passed through the
turnstiles others took their places on Tho
outside and this continued for over thr q
hours While the crowd was a large ona
ii was never beyond the control of the po-
lice. Inside the building all was bustlo
and excitement, but at s o'clock the house |
was scarcely half filled This was easily
accounted for by the fact that us the big |
evert was not scheduled 10 take place until |
about 10 O'Clock the holders OF coupons for |
reserved seats were In no hurry to get up
town to he cooped up for any unnecessary |
length of tiny
The gambling instinct. a necessary adj |
junct to all manner of fistic contests, was
in evidence as soon as the sports began to
gather in the boxes. Corbetts stock was
always in preference and the odds on the
Californian opened ait 100 to So
BY half Fast O'Clock nearly every seat
in tbs house was occupied Bankers and
brokers Of prominence, lawyers OF note and
business mon representing nearly every
rb &c CT trade, mireled with well known
politicians and held animated conversations
in close proximity to the ringside. One well
known member Of the produce exchange
took the Shirley end of the largest wager
of the night, which was $500 to $500 On
Corbett.
ice vcndig laid the cd is on the Cali
forniah.
The first OF The two preliminary bouts
was begun at S.45 o'clock. The principals
were local boxers, Jack Sullivan and
Charley Schultz, who were announced TO
go ten rounds. This proved TO be a smuggling
match, totally devoid of science. 1t was
full Of ginger, however, and amused the
spectators.
rne men had hardly shaped themselves
for the seventh rouaa when Schultz put
over a straight right baud smash full ON
jaw, which put him down and
nut him out. The referee, Charley White,
bYr, Gfr hn
clared Schultz the winner
During the progress OF this bout there
was comnotio. in box at the rinSsiIe.
Kid Mccoy. the pugil.st. who is to meet
Peter Maher at Coney Island next month,
ha. gained admission 10 the arena d.s-
guiaed with false black Whiskers ana mus
tache.
Some days ago Tom ORourke, manager
OF the club, forbade Mccoy the privaese of |
the duo house, although the "kld'
had been engaged by morning newspaper
to write the story of the big fight. a keen
watch was kept by the men u, the door.
but he clever4y bafled the vigllance wi n
his disguise. AS soon as he took his seat
at the ringstde Mccoy was recognized ana
he removed his hireute appendages.
Dett ctive Zeigler ordered Mccoy TO leave ,
the building, but Mccoy refused. Then
Zeigler and Detective MulhoAard urged
Mccoy to leave aud caught nm by me
aims, at the same time pushing him
through the crowi. Mccoy left very re-
protesting as he went The obi
.ers left Mccoy at the entrance to the J
building and he walked out on Lexington
avenue. AS he passed each door on his way r
,ut Mccoy dema ttied a passout chsck and Il
waa accommodated The incident caused a
good deal of excitement, but the SIP 5ct1tors 1
20 q sfttied back in their seats and forgot i
he little episode.
The second preliminary bout brought II
* d. Harris OF Chicago and cnarIey
40 Zen OF jersey City toEethe,. They boNe! c
II iOS pounds. Harris had the advantage Q
n height and reach, but Roaen m 4de up =
or this disadvantage with wonderful ,
supply of pluck ard aggresslyeness' fodea J
sas oveIInatehe, from TIE start. \
In the ninth round Harris Knocked him
III his feet with right eros. Har II
hon wen after his MAJ and saot he
efts and rights on both Jaws. "hfh
adm went 10 his corner il Mas 9 nd
hit his Jaw was broken AM Caa lei {
White stopped the bout then and thera I