The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-11

i'Eimmcdia.a neiehbo!hood were patrollc1
bRSn force OF blueceats and the people
5syylio had booked their seats in advance
had no difficulty III getting sadmlttance
tstpthe club house building. " .
sltsfel3y $50 o'clock there were 1000 people
SIM the house and the turnstlles were
sSc'lnkiEg snerrly. so that by s o'clock
ggthes attendance was nearly as many
y thpusands, as the hours indicated The
gboxes and seats in the vicinity of the
ring were filed up by s O'Clock and to
.9lopk at the gathering OF sports one
sSWould think that all who are Interested
i fns wfnter. retiring In New Orleans had
LIZ some magical force BEEN shipped
ffsuddenly to Gotham. Bookmakers
s9lieaded5y Joe VcndIg made the welkin
&Efdng with their shouts of III bet Il
sfhousand to nine hundred on AfcCCr;
come on with your money. the Kid must
sTln; come on with your money" 'U.
i5sNAIany bets we're booked at these odds
Sand then the Shnrkcg money, which
Siiovc III sight forced the iaHrdf odds IL
SnethInS better than even money.
ssgftsCan Mccoy wln"" wnsitllc question
(which went the rounds OF the boxes and
s aile answer 10 this query was Even
shtbnoy if the fight Is OF the Level"
"Sharkey can do the Kid. but let US
9Sknow how they are going 10 fight"
9sy91n reply to this 1t was Nane"allE cir
Sctlla ted thGt there had been no meeting
Sosithc principals. their managers or the
rafcrcc. Tim Hurst this afternoon and
Sthc latter would use hls hest judgment
jigin, deciding when and where clinch
y sopcGrred In the face ~ the articles OF
sSflGrcemrct which contained. two. the
deirh;h and thirteenth. which seemed 10
8firlii.T each other.
as In the first u: the two preliminary
sRcontcsts, lsador Straus. OF Philadelphia.
sSwcn f.'Om KfL Garter, an orergrown ill.,
vnnile. who halls from Brooklyn. They
sSwcre scheduled TO fight ten rounds at
sSeatch weiEhts. Carter was The heavier
sbv at least five pounds. Strauss was al
5trays IN to his man and had ali the bet
4s4cr OF the bout when In the sixth round
iSCartcr tried 10 wiring his opponents
sgdieck. Referee White stopped the bout
gfnpi awarded the fight 10 Straus on "a
sEyery rnTpahTc tout Time OF round. +: IS.
sISId .Ri'oa;1. ng Cleveland. aud Frank
Y pa tteryon. OF Brooklyn. were the 'nnrtlc-
K tpaGtS In the second preliminary. These
af1Sds met for ten rhund no at i2l
ss$pnurfs, Patterson WAS declared The
winner Ivy Referee White.
Aftcr the preliminary hon.s had been
Sdecid"1. the betting was 100 to 90 IN IA
7SSC" ot Mccoy. "a few minutes later the
sSbc'itrg changed to even money.
a.Thcrc was a meeting held In She Of
ftcr o. she club. between McCov. Tom
8S9'Rourkc and Rc.crc" Tim Hurst 1t
,W1D:90. There were there several nrnml-
jatticnt men. among them being Jim Ken
jTardy, FnSene CnnIlskey aud Zen Ben
Stton. MCcoy's manager. Al this confer
5Sfencc Il wls derideh tint Tin Hurst
s&shouid decide as tho official referee,
Sayhni constituted \ ciirCh HTd thus OBJ
zsyia't any diHicultT after men entered
bIthe ring.
t$ M"COy's seconds were Doc Payne, Con
Z ReIil?' and Frank Erne: time-kccpcr,
.tsSnta Fenton. OF f'ufaio Toms seconds
'%gwcrc Tom O'Rourkc. T0mmG Ryan, oc
Y Syracusc; George Dixon and Jack
StiDonEhcr;y. TIme-kcepcr. Prof. JImmS'
9SpeForest. SharlseE weighed !ie pounds;
sSsaicCJy. los.
I'D Mccoy wore white running trunks,
belt with the stars and stripes.
Tom wore green trunks with belt OF
SIAmerican colors.
~ Ronad i-TheF iiddied. Mccoy tricd 4
sFlttt !or the wind but missed. Tom