The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23

treme ends of the building. The club
house is not very well adapted for a
pugilistic encounter as 1t 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 IL. On each end Of
the box enclosure tier upon tier Of
chairs are arranged on a gradually in
clined 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 partitioned into
small boxes which were considered the
best possible places of vantage.
The doors of the big building were
thrown open shortly after 5 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 first conner
passed through the turnstile others
took their places on the outside. and
this continued for over three hours.
The crowds were kept I'm check by a
large force of police. While the crowd
was a large one IL was never beyond the
control of the police. and in fact, was
not as dense as the authorities ex-
pected.
Inside the building all was hustle and
was scarcely half filled. This was cas-
lily 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
for an unnecessary length of time.
The gambling instinct, which Is a
necessary adjunct to all manner OF fis-
tic contests. was in evidence as soon as
the sports began to gather in the boxes
Corbett's stock was ALWAYS in prefer
ence. and the odds on the San Fran
ciscoan opened at 100 to so. The bet
ting did not take on as lively turn as
on former occasions. when fighters Of
less note have met in this arena. So
much betting had been done during the
last 4s hours. however. in the sporting
resorts through the city that the slack
ness of the wagering on the spot did
not indicate any loss of interest in the
heavyweight bout.
BY $3.50 O'Clock nearly every seat In
the house was occupied. Bankers and
brokers of prominence, lawyers of note
and business men representing nearly
every phase of trade mingled with
well-known politicians and held ami
mated conversations in close proximity
to the rfngside. one well known MEM
ber of the Produce Exchange took
Sharkey's end of the largest wagers of
Corbett.
Joe Vendig laid the odds on the Cali
fornian.
The first of the two preliminary bouts
was begun at S:45 o'clock. The prin-
cipals were two local boxers. Jack Sui
livan and Charley Schultz. who were
announced to go 10 rounds at 1875
pounds.
This proved TO be a sluggish match
totally devoid of science. The men had
hardly shaped themselves for the sew
enth round when Schultz put over a
straight right-hand smash full on Sui
livan's jaw, which put him down and
out. The referee, Charley White, then
humanely stopped the bout and de-
clared Schultz the winner.
During the progress of this bout there
was a commotion in box at the ring
side. Kid Mccoy. the pugilist who is
to meet Peter Maher Coney Island
next month. had gained admission to
the area, disguised with false black
whiskers and moustache. Some DAYS
ago Tom O'Rourke. manager OF the
club. forbade MCCOY the privilege OF
entering the club house, although the
kid" had been engaged py a morning
newspaper TO write the Story OF the Dig
hght. "A caretul watch was keP, py
them OF the doors, so tnat ne coulu not
get in' Dut ne cieNeriy paIleu tne WEI
ianSe Win ms 49,,
TOOK ms seat AT ,ne Ilnsue; ~ ~
was recosIiizeu anu "e MS MI
sue appenuS , .r,s,ronr or-
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.ne no ,ia.I ,,raad hir,
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~ - % = s.u,a tirna nusbiny
Nj, ,hr1,,,ah ,ha crowd Mccoy Ieft
,,ar,, rainctantly protesting as he went
rhe oaicers Ieft Mccoy at the entrance
20 the hn,idiny and he walked ont on
I.exinpton avenue. AS he passed each
door on his way ont. Mccoy demanded
n mass ont check and was accommo-
dated The incident caused a good deal
of excitement, but the spectators soon
settled back i'm their seats and forgot
the little episode.
The second bout brought Kid Harris
of Chicago and Charley Roden of Jer-
sey City together. they boxed at 10s
pounds. Harris had the advantage n
height and reach. but Roden made up