New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-11
4 TAUU4NY MODEL.

Said William =. Devery, Chief or Police, last
r,,osaov evening. with reference to the long
~ contest between Jeffries and FitZ-
simmons. II will stop any prze-hght. Inc
6rst hard blow struck will end the fight Thls
.xrlic,t and absolute declaration, widely pub
llsbed the following morning, caused much So
lIcitnde among devotees OF the prlze-rihg WHO
did not know Devery or were not sure whether
thcy knew him or not. On "Wednesday their
anxiety was converted into CONSERVATION by
this sp;rlted application Of the previous an
nouncement:
shall he present at the contest. and as Chief
OF Police | shall personally see to IT that the
letter and spirit OF the law are oDeyed anu
that there will be no smuggling nor heavy hlttlne
ANY person who permits himself TO be gulied or
imposed upon by thinking otherwise VIII mo
himself very much mistaken III VIII We Nei
for the public TO understand that the FIRST heavy
blow struck will mark the end or the contest
But the gloom which pervaded the outer cir
clos Of pugIsm was short-lived. Before night
fall Of Wednesday still, small voice was re-
peatlng all over town that distinguished
BROOKLYN statesman had caused Devery to be
informed on the highest authority that ne aid
not know what he was talking about, that the
"sparrng contest authorized by the law was
going TO be a fight 10 finish. with which no
Interference on the part OF the police would
be tolerated for a moment, and that conse-
quently the dead game sports OF the country
we're perfectly safe In laying down their money
for tickets and putting it UP in bets On Thurs
day nobody really believed that there would
be any trouble, and by Friday morning inc
last lingering doubt had disappeared ON FIJI
day evening nearly ten thousand eager ana
iubilant persons assembled under the hospitaDle
roof of the Coney Island Athletic Club, ana
in one of the best seats sat William s. Devery,
Chief of Police, in full uniform. AT the APP
pointed hour the combatants appeared, and
after eleven rounds Of lust abont the hottest
land heaviest work ever seen in the prize
"ring" the company had the rapture OF seeing
the old champion reduced 10 complete insensi-
bty and a new champion crowned. "I'he
first hard blow struck will end the fight said
Deyery on Tuesday and Wednesday. Blows
hard enough to fell an OK We're struck In every
round and the battle ended with knockout
which kent Fitzsimmons unconscious for thirty
seconds And from first TO last Devery looked
in vain for an excuse TO stop the fight
What magnificent parsonage Devery Is
when standing in front Of pOolroom OF whose
existence he has no knowledge. or before
legislative committee whose authority he de-
fees, And what a poor miserable insignii-
cant pusillanimous creature he Is when he has
received authentic instructions to efface him
self, We suppose there are great many per-
sons who would rather be cut up and fed to
chickens than TO make such an exhibition Of
imbecility as that which the Chief Of Police of
New-York has just made But probably Dev-
cry is very well pleased with himself. He has
furnished a striking illustration Of government
10y Tammany Hall, and that Is reason enough
for pride and gratitude