The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-18
Sure THING PUG|L|SA
George SiIer Roasts New York
Fight Methods.
MOST OUTRAGEOUS STEAL
Fixed by Gamblers, With
Iammany on the Side.

Chicago. H.. Jan. '17.-George siler
writes in the Tribune:
There seems little doubt that the Hor-
&c N law will be repealed. If any question
re manned it was settled last Friday night
juI ging from the press accounts, was a
els ar case Of highway robbery. This
roll oery, however, is only one in scores
wta IN have been perpetrated on Gotham
ring followers within the last year.
'kA,r your money down with the gang
andy on can't lose has been the slogan
aroHn, New York during the last Year,
and sn n has been the case.
EGAsA ards knocked Judge out in tn.
secono ound at the Pelican club in
Brooklyn last fall, but the referee, Frank
Herald, 8 ave Judge fully half minute
10 regain his feet. Later on in the con-
test Judge dropped his man, and before
Edwards II id time to touch the floor he
Was declare out. In speaking abJut the
affair after1 Yards Herald said they were
not betting their money or running" a
Shortly aft ar that light Owen ZeigIer
and Kid Mo Partland met at the Broad
way club. Nc Partland had the better of
the first nine rounds, but IN. the other
sixteen Zeigler slammed the kid" all
over the ring. The croz~d-tllat is. those
not lin wiki the play'-eNpected that
Zeigler would receive the decision. but
Referee Johnny White announced that
Mcfarland n ad won on .poin Is, which de-
cision brought forth a howl that could
have been heard on the Bro oklyn bridge.
1t is needless ito say that thu right money
was down on the kid"
short time after that Eddie" Con-
molly and -'MattY'' Mathis VS. clashed at
the same club, and Connolly beat his man
handily, but draw was the best Ed
die" could get. Jenny White refereed
the contest
Following that canse the Charley Burns
Owen Zeigler fight This contest took
| place at the Hercul es club, and the
wise money was down on Burns to win
in five rounds. Zeigler' az :cordingly took
nap in the fifth for the limit
These are only a few; of the good
things" that We're executed by the fight
promoters while I was iIs New York.
Friday nights battle between MtCov
and Choynsk was the hi ggest steal ever
known to the Broadway club. Meow
was a / to favorite, and from all ac-
counts thousands of dollars We're placed
at these odds. 1t looked like picking I'D
money and it was reported around town
which was all in favor of Mccoy. the
managers of the club sent some of the
gate receipts into the arena to bet on
the kid"
1t is impossible for any man not an ac
tual spectator to state just what or what
did not occur, but according to all press
reports Choynski had Mccoy dead to the
world in the second round and the re-
fierce gave him from twelve to fifteen
seconds to regain his feet and the time
keeper pulled the gong forty seconds be-
fore the end of the round.
Choynski looked like winner Just
about that time, but there was too much
money at stake, hence the referees long
count and the timekeeper's mistake
After the gong had sounded denoting
the end of the third round reports say
that Mccoy struck Choynski, the effect
of which blow prevented CIloynski from
continuing the contest. The blow, judg-
| ing from the accounts. was foul, and,
whether intentional or unintentional, it
| incapacitated Choynsh from going any
! further, and therefore he should have
| been declared the winner.
Had the foul blow not initiated against
! Choynskis chances Of winning, or had
it had no material effect on the result of
the battle, the referee might have over
looked it with a caution: but such was
not the case, and from the press reports
of the affair should say that Choynski
was robbed.