The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-11
THE ATHLETIC CARNIVAL


Returns from the Fight.
The fight between Fitzsimmons and Ruiz
lin last night was made the excuse for the
giving of a local fistic carnival by 1.-The In
diana Athletic Association" The "associ-
atom is evidently not in a fiourishing con-
dition financially, judging from the meager
returns when the hat was passed among
the members at the ringside in order to
secure funds enough to induce Jim Welsh,
alias Sharkey. to "go on" with Kid Meyers.
Welsh, or Sharkey, demanded a purse Of
SIS, failing to secure which the fight did not
take place.
The preliminary events, which were be-
tween fighters of light weight, were SO live
ly as to temporarily overshadow the read
ing of returns from the big battle in New
York. Jack Laden and Roy Mason enter
tanned the sparse crowd through four
rounds of fighting, which the sports"
gathered about the ring on the stage de-
clared to be very warm" The decision
was given to Mason, and. as usual. pro-
voked storms of cheers and Kisses. accord
ing to the humor of different portions of
the audience. The second bout. between
Young Sharkey, alias 1.-The Montana Kid"
and kid" Sapperstein was even more in
teresting than the first. Sharkey seemed
to have Sapperstein outclassed, owing to
his greater height and length of reach, but
the Kid proved dead game" and bat
tied as If thousands of dollars depended
upon his muscle and skill. The decision,
which was that the contest was a draw,
aroused the customary amount of mingled
pleasure and indignation, although it
seemed clearly just. The two young men
gave clever exhibitions of sparring. feint-
ing and foot movement. At times the de-
Huht IF tho arnusd cparpQ1V knaW hounds
While the effort TO induce Jim Welsh to go
on with his bout with kid Meyers was
in progress Manager Zimmerman read the
returns of the last two rounds of the big
fight, and when he gave out the informa-
ton that the lanky blacksmith had knocked
out 1.-The Akron Giant in the sixth the
audience whooped and yelled as one man,
and most of it started for the doors. The
sentiment was almost entirely with Fitz-
simmons throughout the six rounds of the
mill. With the Geographic returns out Of
the way a vigorous attempt was made to
pull of the event of the evening. but Welsh
remained obdurate and, as a last resort, a
brother of kid Meyers, who assumes the
name of Jack Williams. consented to enter
the arena. The two men looked so fat and
clumsy as they were preparing for the
scrap that the audience guyed them I'M
mercifully. The two big fellows were SO
plainly only having fun with each other.
instead of lighting seriously. that the crowd
Kissed them from the arena, and the car
nival'' adjourned.
According to time-honored custom Su-
perintendent of Police James +. Quigley
occupied a conspicuous seat in the tele-
graph operators box. above the stage. On
one side of the ring sat Sergeants Crane
and Perry. while opposite them were Ser
geants Hagerman and Giblin.
About half way back, on the lower floor,
the familiar faces of Detectives Kinney,
Morgan and Holtz were recognized.
Returns from the big fight were also read
from one OF the stage boxes at the Park