Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-19
HUGH HART BENEFIT.
Big Tournament Held In New York
 Last Night.

New York, Dec 19.-An all-around sporting show, such as is entirely un- usual in this city, took place at the Grand Central Palace last night for the benefit of the family of Hugh $. Hart, the late sporting Writef,fi who was for merly an athlete and always popular. The entertainment. which was well attended, comprised an, exhibition of almost every kind of sport, and the various features of the program com pelled attention and won applause.
 An address by John l.. Sullivan, who was the nominal master of ceremonies. was one of the most taking events. The former heavyweight champion appeared on the platform in evening dress and carried an opera hat in his hand. He looked as if he had never undergone q painful operation. It needed only the mention of his name by John Dunne, the announcer, to as sure John that his popularity was un- shaken. Substantially this is what the greatest of pugiliStS said:
 Tt is a pleasure for me to be here and do any little thing 1 can to help along this testimonial Most of us i knew Hugh Hart and knew that his qualities were good ones. He was a fine fellow here and one who should be all right in the hereafter May God | have mercy oil his soul. We can only | help his family now. Everything 1 say l is only taking up valuable time, for 1 there arc a lot of events to be run off for your enjoyment and so l can only | say in conclusion that 1 am, as ever, | your friend, John L.. Sullivan"
 Tumultuous applause greeted the ap- pearance and retirement of the only John L." and before he could begin l to talk lie had to wait until the audi ence had tired of crying "Who's all light:' and answering it with his name and cheers.
 The program of the evening opened with a couple of vocal selections by 1 Master Alfred Purser, the only boy tenor of the "AEr Coney Island" com pany. Then came a wrestling bout | catch-aS-catch-can. between George Bechtel of the New York A. C. and Hugh Leonard. the boxing instructor of that organization. It was very clever, but the bout was limited and neither got q fall. Johnny Dunne's unknown who was introduced as | Rocco Define. Italian champion did some very artistic bag punching with and without q hlindfold.
 Other features included catcf-as- | catch-can wrestling bout between { George Bothner and Bill Brown. in | which Brown undertook to throw Bothner ill ten minutes, but did not ] succeed. Then there was q catch-aS- catch-can bout between Gustave Estel and Fred Mohl. This manifestly was for blood as well as money. The men started out as if bent on murder One
 is a bartender and the other an iceman ! and both are powerfully built. They 1 soon began to pant and sweat and the sports had great fun watching them. | Mohl won the first fall in two minutes and forty seconds and Estel the sec ond in three minutes and eight sec unds. Then they heaved and @rullted and perspired until time was called and the referee sent them off the stage | and declared it draw. Each was still hopeful and willing to. continue.
 The police were there with copies of the law in their pockets to prevent any boxing, and the knights of the gloves who went to fight, Jimmy Handler and Matty Matthews. for instance, could | only be introduced. J. c. CiraVeur did Il neat bag punching turn; the Leando brothers. strong men and gymnastS, performed the feats that kept the | house enrapt with interest; the Kelly brothers punched the bag: Ernest Roeber and Charles Leonhardt had a Graeco-Roman bout: the Dempsey brothers, two boys who were to box. did a buck dance, and Johnny Dunne .'did q turn between bouts by a 1 clever imitation of the cornet in a ren- tlition of ''Killarney."
 To wind up with there was a five mile race on home trainers between ..Mile-a Minute" Murphy and Frank
 Albert, the siN-day rider This afforded fine illustration of how fast q man can ride where there is no
 wind resistance and of the wonderful leg action of both men. The time for the five miles was five minutes and ffty-two seconds, Murphy was the | winner.
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