The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-23
Police lnterfered in One Of The
Events.
Williams and Mahoney
Given Decisions.
Rosenberg aud Fraser Boxed
Twelve Rounds to Draw.

Those who saw the boxing exhibition
ct the Auditorium last night got their
moneys worth If 1t was the real thing
they were looking for. Last nights ex-
hibition came very near being the real
thing as far as excitement and red-hot
scrapping goes. There WAS not a dull
minute in the entire evening and In two
of the bouts at least the spectators got
more than they paid for.
There were somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of 600 people present. Every seat
from which the ring could be seen was oc-
selves with standing room. Mr.. McGinty
of sporting reputation, acted as master
of ceremonies. He made q little speech
before the affair commenced in which
he said that this exhibition was intend
ed to be the real article" and 1t came
very near approaching what Mr.. McGin-
ty prophesied it would be. He said that
there wasn't squarer man In the bust
ness than Larry Mccormick, and he intro
duced MIR. Mccormick as the referee. MIR.
MoCormick's appearance in the ring with
his coat off as II he meant business, was
the signal for applause.
Mr.. McGinty then announced that MIR.
Connors, who was to have boxed Dennis
Mc(sovern of Portland, "had taken the
part of friend, and and was unable to
appear. In his absence Mr.. Sphinx Ma
honey of Lewiston had kindly consented
to box four rounds for decision. Mr..
Sphinx Mahoney had on a pair of orange
colored tights and Mr.. MoGovern, who
does not like the orange color, began
the performance rs soon as time was
called by trying to extiDguish the wearer
of this inappropriate article of apparel.
At first MoGoveru didn't do much but
dodge the swings and jabs Of Mahoney,
though he landed once or twice on the
Lewiston man in the first round. In the
second round McGovern sailed In as if
he intended to put an end to Mahoney.
McGovern's tactics seemed to be to rush
his man and butt him with his head and
shoulders whenever an opportunity
offered. In doing this he time and again
forced his man to the ropes. Finally
McGovern made Is wild rush at Mahoney
and carried him over the ropes and both
men fell head first to the floor, distance
of perhaps three feet. Here McGovern
and the wearer Of the orange trunks We're
pretty badly mixed up. The crowd
yelled and shouted all Kind of advice to
Mahoney and McGovern became unpopu-
lar at once. The men were separated
and returned to the ring where the round
ended with McGovern still rushing his
man and butting at him with his head,
while Mahoney landed some heavy blows
on his opponents head and neck.
In the third round McGovern went In
like wild man. Mahoney met him with
terrible left handler and brought him
to his knees. Again McGovern rushed
his man and once more came down upon
his knees from the effects of Mahoney's
blows. The crowd approved of the Lew
iston's mans work and cheered him
wildly. Finally MoGovern forced his man
into "a corner and tried to throw him over
the ropes. AS soon as the referee could
separate the men Mahopey, with his
anger trifle aroused, proceeded to pound
McGovern to his hearts content and to
the great joy of the crowd At the end
of the second round McGoyern staggered
into mis- corner and when the gong
sounded the referee announced that. MIR.
MeGovern said his head ached and the
decision s-as given to Mahoney, who left
the ring amidst the cheers of the crowd
Mr.. McGinty made his appearance in
the ring again in few minutes and
said that the next bout would BIZ between
Jack Williams of New Orleans (cheers,
and Luke Manual of Portland, (more
cheers), for eight rounds. Here Mr.. Nc
Ginty was interrupted by Manual. wis
said he was bired to box only six rounds.
Mir. McGinty then called out for the
manager of the exhibitions, and asked
how many rounds Manual had signed to
box. The manager said 1t was six rounds,
whereupon some in the crowd began TO
shout that it was advertised to be eight
and nothing but eight rounds would
satisfy them. In the four rounds which
followed these people got more than they
paid to see Mr.. McGinty wounu up this
little sptcCu Ny euyihe phoe Wills uouU Is
going to be the real thing, though we call
1t boxing exhibition" and MIR. Nc
Ginty was not mistaken in his prediction.
1t began with some sparring, las all
greats event do. Then Williams got down
to solid work and began to deliver some
terrible blows on Manuals neck and
head, which Manual received without
He managed to get back some
OF the blows he received with interest
and when the gong sounded at the end
of the first round both men were prstty
we'll warmed up. The second began
where the first left off. Manual received
some wicked punishment in the first of
this round and retaliated ones or twice
by forcing his man TO the ropes. This
continued during the thiri round, Man
ual putting up good clean exhibition