The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-04

next big fight. This was between
June "a The crowd was larger than at
the Dixon-Santry fight, and more than
DIXON DEFEATED.
Dixon and ben" Jordan fought next
at h Lenox A. c.. This was on July 1
and the attendance was just as large
as at the Sullivan-Hawkins fight Dixon
was defeated and received the small end
the receipts of the fight
The first heavyweight fight Of the
year Of 1898 was held at the Pelican A
c., Bay Ridge, on July 16, between
The Pelican club was damned to over
flowing, but as the house was rather
small only $1,000 passed to the manage
ment. The fighters got $1,000.
The crowd was not sc large as the
Bernstein-Santry fight at h Lenox
A c., July %, but the receipts bowed
$4,000 at that.
Then followed the second heavyweight
battle OF the year. It was at the Lenox
A. c., August 5. and was between JEFF
fries h present champion, and Arm
strong. Fol his ten rounds of work
Jeffries received the biggest part of a
10000 purse. About ST 900 were paid by
spectators.
BACK TO coNEY ISLAND.
The next two prominent fights were
at Coney Island. One at the Coney ISL
and A. c.. between Jack" Downey n
Danny" Mcbride, the other at the
Greater New York clubs arena, between
Kid" MCFARLAND and Jack" Daily.
The former was on August 2. The lat
ter was on August 8 and attracted to
the Island club a crowd of almost 5000
persons.
Then came the star fight of the year
and the last big fight of 1898 CorDetr
and Sharkey were the contestants and
the Lenox A. c. the place of meeting.
The date was November p. When the
men stepped in the ring not an empty
seat was in the house. Sharkey won
the fight on a foul in the ninth round.
Nearly ten thousand persons groaned
and Kissed. The public had spent $4,000
to see a twenty-round light ana wnen
they heard that it was a put up JOB,
they were with difficulty restrained
from mobbing the box ofice
FIRST FIGHT OF 1899.
The first fight held in 1899 was at the
Greenwood A. c. on h afternoon OF
January 2. Matthews and Ziegler met
at catchweight, the out resulting in a
draw after 20 rounds of vicious hghting-
This easily showed $4,000 in the box Of
fee. Of this the fighters received s3.-
On January 10 sharkey and Mccoy
came together at the Lenox A c. before
a $43, 900 house.
The next big fight Of 1899 was held in
this city at the Lenox Athletic club on
February Is and resulted in a riot the
contestants were Jack Bonner and
"1OIlIlYA w est. HI III 16AlA
one of Bonner's seconds put oil OF mus
tard on his gloves, and as soon as he hit
West he almost blinded him. Charley
White, the referee, was also afrected- lie
Immediately sent Bonner to his corne
and gave the fight to West The public
paid about 10000 to see this exhibition.
CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTED FOR
The championship was fought for by
Fitzsimmons and Jeffries at the Coney
Island Athletic club on June 3. Almost
5000 persons paid to see "Fitz" go down
before the big boilermaker The receipts
were So, 900. OF this the fighters receiv-
ed SAG. 900.
At the next fight the public was again
sold. The Lenox Athletic club adver-
tised a fight between Peter Maher and
Mike Morrisey, of Tipperary, ireland,
to take place on June 20. Five thousand
fighting enthusiasts paid to see the bat
tie. Thirty-six seconds after the men
put up their hands Morrfsey was lying
on the floor and determined to stay there.
1t was afterward proved that Morrisey
was an east side iceman. This joke cost
the public 10000
The Tuckahoe Athletic club, of West
chester, then took a hand in the money
making, and had Terry" McGovern and
"Pedlar' Palmer, h English champion,
as the main attraction. The fight. which
took place September 2, did not last a
full round, but the public paid $30,0 600 to
see that much.
Zoe" Cans and sSpider" Kelly met at
the Lenox A. C. October 8 and fought
before a 5000 house. This proved an ex-
cellent battle.
MORE HEAVY WEIGHTS BATTLE.
Gus Rubin and Jim" Jeffords were
the next pair to pocket a large sum of
money. They met at the Broadway Ath-
letic club October "a and divided about
S 1000, Rubin getting the bigger portion.
The clubs share was about IS, 1000.
The Seaside Athletic club got the next
plum. This was the Jeffries-Sharkey
fight. The total receipts for this ght
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thirds of this, or 4 1864. Jeffries' share
was $33, 423, and Sharkey's 81 .141.
A conservative estimate of the number
of persons who have paid to see prize
fights since the first of January, this
year. places the figures at $50, 900. This
makes allowance for 80 weeks of fight
ing, seven clubs holding fights once a
week to a general average attendance Of
$500.
without overestimating. in fact If any
thing the figures are al underestimate,
$780, 900 were paid by the public to prize
fight promoters since the nrst OF the
year. OF this the Broadway club got the
greatest share. In most fights the total
receipts We're divided evenly the
management and the fighters, so that the
pugilists for their work received about
s1s5, 900.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB.
The new Twentieth Century club has
held but three fights, n has divided
S127, 900 with the fighters. 1t is expected
that Corbett and Mccoy will draw at
least $50, 900, all of which will make a
grand total of $177,0 0 for just four
fights.
The Coney Island organization from
its big fights easily took in about $780,
600. TIE smaller clubs, such as the Her
cules, Sampson, Pelican. Greenwood and
Carlisle captured the remainder of the
$3.50, 900.
The fight between Mccoy and Maher,
which was held at the Coney Island "A.
c. on New Years day. 1900. was one of
the best fights between big men since
the Horton law permitted public exhibit
lions of pugilism. The total receipts be-
ing somewhat in excess of ST, 600.
FIGHTS AT THE BROADWAY.
Spike Sullivan and George McFad-