Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-23

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 pasteboards was SO each. but to-
night twice that sum could not purchase
one of them and in two instances they
brought 500 apiece. The other tickets,
costing from S to sl5. brought prices two
and three-fold and the club management
did not put any Of the s. admission tickets
on sale. -' --
The anxious sports who clamored at the
entrance gladly paid S., and in many cases
S. for the privilege of standing up at the
extreme ends of the building. The club
house is not very. well adapted. Tor
pugilistic encounter, as it is long and mar
row. having been built for an ice skating
| rink. The ring is pitched in the center of
the house, and the boxes are built around
il. On each end of the box enclosure tier
| upon tier of chairs are arranged on a
gradually inclined 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 were parttioned into small
| boxes, which We're considered the best pos
| sible place of vantage.
The Crowd Came Early.
| The doors of the big building We're thrown
| open shortly after o'clock. AT that early
| hour hundreds upon hundreds of people
| were waiting patiently in front of the
| club house on Lexington avenue. AS soon
| as the firstcomers passed through the turn
| stile others took their places on the OUT
side, and this continued for three hours.
| The crowds were kept in check by large
| force of police. While the crowd was a
| large one, it was never beyond the con.
| troll of the police and. in fact. was not as
dense as the authorities expected.
citement, but at s o'clock the house was
counted for by the fact that as the big
about 10 o'clock the holders of coupons
| for reserved seats We're in no hurry to get
length Of time. The gambling instinct,
which is necessary adjunct to all man-
ner of fistic contests. was in evidence as
! boxes.
Corbetts stock was always in preference
| and the odds on the Californian opened
at 100 to so. The betting did not take on
| as lively turn on former occasions
when fighters of less note have met in
during f the last % forty-eight "a hours se how how
| ever. in the sporting resorts throughout
the city that the sIackness. of the wager
| ing on the spot did not indicate any loss
| of interest in the heavyweight bout.
BY $50 o'clock every seat in the house
was occupied. Bankers and brokers Of
promise. lawyers of note and business men.
representing nearly every phase of trade,
mingled with well known politicians in
close proximity to the ringsde. One well
known member of the Produce exchange
| took the Sharkey end of one of the largest
wagers of the night. which was $l.5Oo TO
on the Californian.
was wsss begun U ,oa., at s45 O'clock The Rrnepsl
Charley Schultz. who Were announced to
go ten rounds at 135 pounds.
I'm Inns proved to be slusging match: to.
ginger, however. and amused the seecta-
tors. The men had hardly shaped them
put over straight right hand smash full
OF sullivan 3 Jaw, which put him down
and practically out. The referee, Charley
and declared Schultz the winner During
the progress of this bout there was COM
motion In box at the ringside. Kid Nc
Maher at Coney Island next month had
gained admission to the arena disguised
with false black whiskers and mustache.
Kid Mccoy Hustled Out.
Some days ago Tom O'Rourke, manager
of the club, forbade Mccoy the privilege
OF entering the clubhouse, although the
| Kid had been engaged by a morning
paper TO write the story of the big fight
| "A careful watch was kept by the
on the door, so that he could not get in,
| his disguise. As soon as he took his seat
! at the ringsde Mccoy was recognized and
| he removed his hirsute appendageS
Detective Sergeant Armstrong ordered
Mccoy TO leave the building but the Kid
refused. Then Armstrong and Detective
| Muiholland urged him to leave and caught
| MN by the arms at the same time push
ing him through the crowd. Mccoy left
very reluctantly. protesting as he went.
The officers left Mccoy at the entrance to
the building and he walked out on Lex
inSton avenue. As he passed each door
or his way out Mccoy demanded a pass
| out check and was accommodated. The
incident caused good deal of excitement,
but the spectators soon settled back in
their seats and forgot the little episode
| The second preliminary bout brought
kid Harris. of Chicago. and Charley
Roden. OF Jersey City. together. They
boxed al los pounds. Harris had the nd
vantage in height and reach, but Roden
made up for this disadvantage with a won
derful supply of pluck and aggressiveness
Roden was overmatched from the start
In the ninth round Harris about knocked
him OFF his feet with a right across on the
jaw. Harris then went after his man and
had him reeling 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 Charley White
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