The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12

champion. McAuliffe was not in prime
condition at the time, and would have
lost but for the unfairness of his adj
herents, who deliberately set about to
save him from defeat, and succeeded.
Carney had McAuliffe beaten to a stand
still, and would certainly have won had
he been given fair show. The crowd
was not there to see McAuliffe whipped,
and they prevented it. That is all there
can be said about the McAuliffe- Carney
affair, which was branded a blot on
American fairness. McAuliffes gamene IS
aided materially in bringing about the
result, for he took an awful beating while
in the ring, and did not recover from the
effects Of the punishment administered by
Carney for weeks after the battle.
ATTEMPT TO JOB SULLIVAN.
1t is a matter of ring record that in
John l.. Sullivan's first big fight there
was an agreement among the crowd that
he should lose. 1t was intended that
John Flood. Sullivan's opponent, should
be given the decision, but Sullivan whip
ped Flood so thoroughly that the ref
cree did not dare to carry out any such
programme as the gang proposed. Flood
was so badly beaten that he was unable
to walk and there was no need for a
ruling by the referee. In all of Sul1vans
career in the ring he was not once ac-
cused of being party to anything not
strictly, as John put 1t, "On the level.
Sullivan could have made a fortune by
engaging in a losing battle, but no one
ever dared to even suggest such a money
making method to the champion of cham
pions.
LA BLANCHE-HERGET JOB.
~ Johnny Herget, better known in ring
circles as Young Mitchell" was the
victim of a job that made him the victor.
He was not a party to the scheme to
swindle bettors the country over 1t was
fixed that La Blanche was to LAY down"
in his fight with Herget. He was natu-
rally the favorite, and there were good
odds to be had. La Blanche was in the
plot. He was to receive his ''bit." 1t
was a paltry sum for a fighter like the
Marine to risk his reputation upon
something like $2,500-but he took the
money and permitted Herget to win. No
one lost much, as the scheme leaked cut
before there had been much money stalk
ed on the result, while many of the bet
tors who had money up got wind of the
lay of the land and protected their mon
ey The exposure ruined La Blanche.
Herget was heartbroken over the affair
and never did much after It,
JERE HUNTS DECISION.
Perhaps the most remarkable inter-
probation or Marquis or QueenSperry rules
on record is that of Jere Hunt, the we'll
known st. Louis railroad man.
There was a battle between two ne
groes in a barn in st. Louis. No one
was willing to accept the responsibility
of acting as referee. Hunt finally agreed
to offciate in that capacity. The fight
was being witnessed by a party of local
politicians and their friends-a junket1ng
party from an Eastern city. The princ1-
pals were not fighters Of note. They
went at it in rough-and-tumble style,
and there was a lively scrimmage for
few rounds. Suddenly one of tho con-
testants rushed over to Referee Hunt and
shouted: Say, Mr. Referee, that mig
ger just gcuged me. Look at my eye
rs that so2" replied the referee, upper
turbed. well, Bill. you've one gouge
coming. Go and get it,
-..- Willie Green.