The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-04
BETTING IN SALT LAKE.
Quite a Large Sum Changed Hands
On the Fight.


Not since the Fitzsimmons-Corbet
fight at Carson on March Il, 1897. has
there been so much interest shown in a
prize fight in Salt Lake as there was
last evening All during the day there
was much talk of the fight. and many
good sized bets were laid. There was a
surprisingly large amount of Sharkey
money in the city, and at odds from 10
TO TO 10 to 1t was all snapped up.
Most of the big bets We're put up at 10
to s on Jeffries, as these were the pre-
vailing odds at New York.
M. L. Mulvey was a strong Sharkey
hacker, and he made one bet of $500
TO 5000, with Sammy Reggel taking the
Jeffries end. Louis Dittman was re-
ported to have put up $500 of his good
money on Sharkey at the same odds,
but who the lucky taker was could not
be learned. Clarence Mccormick was
another hacker of the sailor boy. and
he dropped $500 in four Lets of 800 to
$50. Ben Luce taking the Jeffries end.
Jimmie Fulton was out to the extent
of s240, Ed McCune getting the better
portion of it. J. T. Lynch is reported to
have backed Sharkey with a wad of
$500.
A syndicate of gamblers was out-dur-
ing the afternoon looking for Sharkey
money, and one guest at the Cullen
dropped $500 to them. Gus Holmes was
somewhat hard hit, for he made a half
dozen bets of $40 to $50 during the day.
and after the fight was in progress
offered freely $50 TO $40 on Sharkey and
found takers every time.
J. K Gillespie was a Sharkey man to
the extent of several hundreds, scat
tered in small bets. Harry Joseph put
up goodly wad of his dough on JEFF
fries and was a big winner. Ben Luce
cleared up about 800 during the day
He backed JefTries for all he was worth
and after the fight was in progress
made several big bets.
At several places the returns were re-
ceived, but the biggest crowds were at
Louis Dittman's and at the stock ex-
change. At Dittmans nearly 500 peo-
pie gathered, and for the hour or more
during which the fight lasted. the place
was so crammed with men that it was
impossible TO get in or out. Ii was
largely a Sharkey crowd, and while the
betting was free it was mostly in small
amounts, and few wagers were laid
larger than SO TO SIS.
At the stock exchange the betting was
brisk, and during the evening 1851
changed hands. Before the fight began
to come in by rounds. the odds were
10 TO s on Jeffries, and they. remained
there during the first five rounds. with
little Sharkey money in sight. for JEFF
fries seemed to be having much the
best of it. But as the fight progressed
and Sharkey began the fierce fighting
that characterized the next few rounds.
the betting began to be brisker.
From 10 TO the odds went TO 10 to
Q. and then to even money. When the
eleventh round came and there was no
sign of a knockout. the Jeffries men
began TO get frightened, and asked s to
10 on Jeffries, an exact reversal of the
earlier odds. There was considerable
hedging. and many faint-hearted ones
played to come out even-
After the eighteenth round there was
little betting, until just before the an
nouncement was made that Jeffries had
won. Then there was a suspiciously
sudden increase in eagerness of the JEFF
fries men, and there were some that
said that private tips had been given
out before the dispatch was read. There
was little enthusiasm at any stage and