The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06

The Place and the Manner In which Prise.
hghtcrs Get Their start.

W III HhCONfhN
The Place and the Manner In which Prise.
nghtcrs Get Their start.
Mr.. Jack Butler and Mr.. Bob Dillon lndulge6
In n prizetlght Gt a South Brooklyn club
one las, night week for glory and a small purse,
The man who has not seen a South Brooklyn
pr,2cilg.t has missed one event OF great human
interest. Since MIR. Terry Nc,iovern spranS
into prominence as a professional scrapper.
South Brook yn. the place Of his birth, has be.
come The most enthusiastic centre of prize fight
ing In the country. Pedestrians on the street
are treated to exhibitions Of the manly art on
every street corner by small boys. who are 40
ready to take falls out Of grown men who incur
their eunlty as out Of one another, There il .
club IN South Brooklyn which gives exhibitions
once a week, and whose chief claim TO patron.
age is that It has n large fund by means of which
II supports the widows and children Of deceased
members, IN addition to providing the where's
wlthal for the existence of sundry members
who have been Temporarily ont Of work since
the cub came into existence,
II was AZ this club that Mr.. Butler and Mr..
pton came together IN what - known in the
parIano1 Of the prlle ring as q preliminary"
Messrs. Butler ana Dillon are what Is known az
local talent. That means that they can't light
put are wiling 20 max" a bluff at II Sonth
Brooklyn waS red bot foo a smuggling match when
VI 'sSrs. Butter aud Dillon camo into the ring
aud there were howlo of delight when 1t was an
uounCed that they would light at lJD pounds,
and that hitting IN the clinohas would be- allowed.
When Nj DllUn'- seconds tore his coat and trous-
ers from him IN his corner they revealed to the
spectators a wcll-bult Young man. who may
have weighed 30 pounds but who looked more
like l70. When Mr.. Buffers clothing was
snatcnod from hun and hcftCod up in fun view
Of the audience. there was "A rOar Of laughter.
for he didn't weigh an ounce under 2rC pounds.
and across his stomach and chest were great
rolls OF fat. II looked rs though Mr.. DIiiou was
gong TO have a clnch. and that young man evi-
gently thought 50, tor he joined in the laugh on
his opponent and mace side remarks to he
Without doubt Butter had the biggest arm
ever seen IN south Brooklyn, 1t seemed TO
b" as big around as a barrel and whatever
MUSCLE II contained was completely concealed
It's a ripe. Bob. yelled a man in front, and
Mr.. D.lon turned around and wlnked n know.
POKE him one in the belly, Bob and it'll
bc All over, yelled another one Of Nr. Dllon's
admirers, and the well-put-togethar fighter
smiled once more and mace gest"ulattons in
bus corner TO i~llustrat" how he would attend TO
ms n "t he mranr IHs" Mr. Butler had sauniered
to the centre Of the ring with the srnce Of an
elephant, and stood, there with an EXPRESSION
on his face which indicated that he couldn't I'M
drrstand why ever body was laughing at hun;
The referee jumped MIC the ring next. and
after the usual instructions to the fighters they
squared of and went nj each other, Mr. Butler
showed thath- was slow and clumsy, While his
upuunent sYrinted around the ring with great
dGlly lOtkilE II w bIfIlllEr nv iHdhN
"A right hurd blow IN Mr. Buffers stomach
that seemed TO sink six inches n the fe,h.
Butler. and while he was still thinking it over.
Mr.. Dillon brought M his left, landing II plumb
on 'I ,So no ,G od N Gye BI WGTe E iSG lErerd ia, Of nq Mr.,
Dillon shrleked their approval.
The referee ran over and began his nonot-
though II was all over, nut one Mr.. Buffers
second. slded up to hun and soaked hum N the
back of the neck with a wet sponge. II was
to that. The effect on Mr.. Butler was instan-
taneo,-. lie srrang 10 his feet and swng,ng
his arms around wildly. made a rush al Mr.;
7 Tor cover, Al This ~iuncture the bell rang and
, there was a minutes rest for the fighters.
to and = was evident from their gestures that
the were censli;fng hum for not nnshlng prs
waS Tia, Nr. Dillon went fer Mr.. Butler the
moment the bel! rang, and began e, pound
hm" all around The ring Blow after blow iei
n the eve, he got Them m lie nose and he got
them N The stomach -Four times he went
down On tho, eoor, but each me he mananed
to get 80 his feet before the ten seconds OF time
has expired. MI. Onion laughed is he punched
aud the crowd hOutrd md howled, south
Brook. II agreed that Il was the funniest light
Once. jus, once, did Mr. Butler make n stagger
10 DO soGcth,ng HI opponent had made q
fraction Of an .nch and the force Of the swing
had carr ed linn clean around 20 that his hack
Was to his orptncnt Mr. Bdll"r saw q chance.
in the direct on q! Mr. DllCn's head. II didn't
come within . foot of MIR. DlIon's face, but the
universal opinion was mat Il II mad landed. the
The SPECTATORS NJ. Dillon got hunk in the
next few minutes by PLAYING 'cttoos al, over Mr..
]iEut'er.. fac" ana body lna when IT," Len rang
str,.cl ng ~ a"i enough AIR 10 III hLs lungs.
hi,, Irnv told hmm TINT no WAS wasting lima
and that II was hi. duty from all Stal dpoints
10 put an end to The farce. A, The heginBing
carry out his instructions with a vengeance.
lie gave llr. Eu,iCr II larIupiLg -uch as Few
mon ,tand up under Mr. hntl"r didnt ea.
enough TO- prevent himself beng COUNTED our;
Toward the clorc Of The round NJ Dillon sailed
il once more, There was a furious mi1jnp.
laughing a. though very inllrh amused All AZ.
i was right at hi poiGt, tha, Nlr Butler MADE
opponent, The wer" ~ very cloSe quarters
and Dillon va. sendi = them in to the stomach
thick and fa;t S~uddcull up zane TIE ponder;
on arm of the Butler and int a Dillon started
70 bronx away i was s"nt, a,ro,- TO the Jaw.
There wa a crack thai could BE- heard all over
the hoH.S and ilr. Dillon landed on hi ear IN
and then again. and hnally he TOPPED fat on
his stomach with his nose ground into the
The referee counted steadily. while Mr..
water on him from their corner. When the
count got up 10 eight VIZ. Dillon made a Last
enort 10 ri-o but I va in vain, He managed
10 ct his body IN b" raising himself on his
long log. but he could not get his face away
from ~. noor The referee ounded ten. ara
Mr.. Dillon secords ran over and carried him
out in their arms. Mr. Butler looked at his
PROSTATE foe ard then gave A little laugh as
though he had planned i all out II took ten
minutes TO bring Mr. Dillon 10, during which
time a POLICEMAN took charge ~ Mr.. Butler.
When Nlr. Dillnn's eyes did or~n ar-in, 10
i1uuirnI where he wa. ard " hen the events Of
the Inst few moment. were explained 70 him,
he wanted 70 fight II all over again But Mr.
Bltlcr's second were counting OUT the stake
money and couldn't SEQ II that wav.