The Portland daily press., 1898-11-23


he could not get in, but he baffied their
vigilance with his disguise. As soon as ne
took his seat at the ringside, Mccoy wa
reooR nizsd and he removed his false
whiskers Detective Sergeant Armstrong
ordered Mccoy to lesve the building, but
the kid refused. Then Armstrong and
Detective Muiholland urged Mccoy to
leave, and caught him by the arms, at
the same time pushing him through the
crowd. Mccoy left very reluctantly, pro-
testing as he went. The officers left Mo
Coy at the entrance to the building and
he walked out on Lexington avenue. AS
he passed each door on his way out. Nc
Coy demanded pass out check and was
accommodated. The Incident caused a
good deal of excitement but the spectators
soon oalmed down.
The second preliminary bout brought
'sKid' Harris of Chicago and Charley
Roden of Jersey City together. They
boxed at I0S pounds. Harris bad the
advantage in height and reach, but Roden
had wonderful supply of pluck and
aggressiveness.
knocked koden off his feet with cross
on the Jaw. Harris then went after his
man and had him Keeling when the gong
soundsd with lefts and rights on both
laws, When Roden went TO his corner it
was found that his jaw wss broken and
Charley White stopped the bout and
AVA ded tie light to harris. Roden was
oheered for his gameness.
During the intervals between the
Harris Hoden bout and the arrival of the
big fellows, betting of the iiyeliest kind
took place. Many big wagers were made
amounting to thousands of dollars. Some
of the biggest bookmakers In ths country
were among the most interested betters
and they bet both ways whenever an OPP
portunity offered. Some of them vera
simply gambling on the even and trying
to pick a winner while others could not
forego the chance of making per cent
book.
Joe Uliman was one of the latter so rt
and his be is were as varied as they were
numerous. He always looked Tor the
shade.
Corbett's hackers forced the price of
the Californian to 500 TO $40, just as it
was learned that the ex-champion had
| reached the club house and was in his
| dressing room.
At 2s minutes after ten o'clock buzz
of excitement ran through the building
and Tom Shsrkey pushed his way
| through the betting crowd. He was at
Tired in light blue dressing gown,
underneath which he had an American
| flag wound around his waist for a belt
He was accompanied By his manager,
| Tom O'Rourke, John L. Dougherty,
George Dixon, Bob Armstrong and JACK
Reid, who acted as bis seconds.
4 Prof. Jimmy De Forest held the watch
for she Irishmau. Sharkey never looked
better in his life and said he weighed i76
pounds. He was very confident and ex-
hibited no signs of nervousness.
| Anpouncer Charley Harvey called the
attention of the onlookers to the fact that
the principals wished them to refrain
from smoking and Immediately all cigars
wore trodden under foot.
D The crowd was beginning to be uneasy
| at Corhett delay in making his appear
ance when some one in the hall called
i"three cheers for Sharksy." these we're
given with will and repeated all over
the house, Corbetu did not reach the
rinqside until 1898 O'Clock just fifteen
minutes later than Sharkey. There was
wild cheer as he was seen making MS
way to the ringside. When he reached
the steps leading up to the ring, Corbett
stopped for q moment to shake hands
with some friends Then he climbed
nimbIy through the ropes and rested his
arms on them for few seconds, during
which he smiled across the ring at
| O'Rourke, who stood in front Of Sharkey.
Corbett was developed in dark olive
green dressing gown. His hair was parted
| in the middle and carefully combed and
| brushed.
His seconds were Charley White, George
Considine, Jack Mcvey and John Con-
sidine of Detroit acted as his time keeper.
| Both men had their choice of two sets
| of gloves Corbett selected his pair, which
were made for him in California , ey
| were pair of typical fighting gloves be-
ing Just shaped TO the clinched fist,
whereas Sharkey's were the long taperlng
| glove usually donned by boxers.
They we're nearly an inch and half
| longer than his opponents, which would
give him an opportunity OF forcing the
1 hair in the gloves away from the
knuckles The gloves were OF the Tegula-
| ton weight of five ounces as provided by
the Horton law When the men were in
| traduced, Sharkey's name was mentioned
| first and there were prolonged cheers to
which Sharkey bowed repeatedly. .Corbett
received more demonstrative ovation,
the cheering lasting more than minute.
Corbett wore white trunks and red,
white and green sash. which his seconds
took off us soon as he stood erect. Sharkey
1 wore green splits, held by belted Ameri-
can flag. There was long coufab be-
tween the principals, their seconds and
| the refer ee, after which the men retired
1 to their corners after having agreed not
to hit in clincbes or In breakaways and
that they would step back when ordered
to break Everything was then in order
| for the bout to begin.
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Round 1.-The men fiddled for several
seconds and Jim made q left lead for