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

Athletic club February 8 and received
az their share $4,000. Just $500 less than
$1,000 left after paying the fighters
ATTACKED THE REFEREE
IA t m4st d~isgracefnl scene occu arsz at a
the Broadway club on February y.
white: the referee. decided Joe. Cans
the winner. Immediately one OF Suill-
vans seconds jumped into the ring ana
landed a vicious blow over the on1ciafs
eye knocking him to the floor. After
this the big crowd present surged toward
the affair would result in q free fight.
h police were forced to clear the
building. To see the fight the public
paid about 49, 900.
The following week Matthews and Nc
Partland met at the Nc
Partland was knocked out and got the
small end of $4,000, half of h total
When Waicott defeated, Choynski at
the Broadway Athletic club February %
there We're about 5000 persons in the
building This fight was one of the big
gest surprises of the veal, Choynski be-
ing a 3 to i favorite.
McGovern was the next to appear
get his share of the money He jour-
neyed over to the Broadway A. G. March
8 and quickly disposed of Oscar Gardner.
He worked just eight minute and nine
teen seconds, for which he received rs
per cent of a $4,000 purse
For the third time kid" Broad ap-
peared at the Broadway A. c., on March
Is. His opponent was Spike" Sullivan.
The latter was victorious and got the
better portion of $4,000.
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
Then came the battle for the light
weight championship between Frank
Erne and Joe" Cans. This was on
March %. The big Broadway club house
was damned to the doors. The manage
ment and lighters divided $4,000.
The next fight Of consequence in
Greater New York was also at the
Broadway Athletic club. 1t took place
on April II. The contestants were "Mys-
terious Billy Smith and "Matty" Mat
thews. The fight was for the welter
weight championship and caused the
public to spend $40, 900 to see it.
Athletic club was between McGovern
n Tommy" Warren. The crowd was
not as large as at man. of the other big
fights, but at that the club and fighters
divided $3.50
A week later "Joe'' Bernstein and
Oscar Gardner met at the Broadway
and left the building with $4,000 between
LICENSES FORBIDDEN.
In the last week of April the police
commissioners announced that no licenses
would be renewed on May l. This had
the effect of making all the clubs in
Greater New York hold fights on the last
day OF April. At the Hercules A. c.,
in Brooklyn, Fitzsimmons knocked big
ED" Dunkhorst out before q crowd of
seven thousand. O'Brien and
fought to a draw, to the delight of six
thousand fighting enthusiasts at the
JAMMED TO THE DOORS.
When Jeffries and Corbett stepped in
the ring at the Seaside A G. on May II
the big club house was damned to the
doors. A conservative stimat gave the
management $50, 1000. The lighters fought
for so per cent of the total receipts.
The Broadway A. c. again fooled the
public on May Is. They put on Dan"
Creedon against Mccoy, who merely toy
ed with the veteran for six rounds and
then knocked him out. About $4,000
was spent by lighting enthusiasts to see
A fight that lasted only two rounds
attracted about 5000 persons to the
Broadway A. C. on May %. The contest
was between ans and Hawkins, the
former winning.
The McCoy-Bonner fight at the Broad
way A. G. on June l was as well attend
ID as many OF the other big ngnts,
management and the fighters. The next
bout went to the Seaside Sporting club.
and the promoters of this organization
took in about $4,000 on h Connolly
Matthews fight on June s.
McGOvERN FOUGHT AGAIN.
McGovern and White were the next
star attractions. They met at the Sea-
side Sporting club on July II, n went
away with 10000 between them. The
club had $4,000 left after paying the
fighters.
About $1,000 spectators watched the
fght between Tom" Sharkey and Gus"
Rubin at the Seaside club June 26. The
receipts in the box office showed In ex-
cess of $4,000. OF this Sharkey and
Rubin got $4,000
Another joke was played on July 3,
when the Broadway club offered as It's
principal bout Peter Maher and Steve"
O'Donnell for twenty-five rounds. The
spectators We're thoroughly disguised
over O'Donnelrs showing. He lasted
one minute and forty-eight seconds be-
fore the rishma This joke cost the
public $12. 600.
The twentieth Century club entered
the field with one of the strong
est drawing attractions for sew
eral years. The t~en-round bout between
Erne and McGovern damned the
spacious Madison Square Garden from
the boxe to the top tier. 1t was esti-
mated that $1,000 persons saw the fight
The were $50. 900. T~hefght-
ers divided $26, 900, McGovern getting
49, 900 and Erne $1,000.
The Twentieth Century club q the
call for the next big fight. Fitzsim-
mons knocked Rubin out on August 10
before a crowded house. The manage |
ment divided SAL, 900 with fighters.
The more recent fights of
and Sharkey and Corbett and Mccoy
were big winners and fully $780, 900 were
paid in by the public to the box offices
Of the Seaside A. G.. and Madison Square
garden.
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